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  • David Phillips
    Editor and Chief
    David Phillips is a long-time contributor to print and electronic publications in the U.S. and abroad, including Racer, Autosport, AutoWeek, Motor Sport and SPEEDtv.com, oversees the daily updating of news stories and assigns, edits and contributes feature material for inRacingNews.com.
  • Chris Hall
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Chris Hall has been writing since the nineties and moved into motorsports reporting in 2005, covering series such as ALMS, British GT, FIA GT, Le Mans and 2CV racing for Full Throttle magazine, Motorsport.com, The-Paddock.net, GTGateway.com, L' Endurance and, of course, inRacingNews. During 2008 and 2009, he worked with the RSS Performance Porsche Carrera Cup Team (and former British GT(C) champions) as a data engineer for a variety of drivers and models of 997s.
  • Jameson Spies
    Contributing Writer
    19 years old, Jameson Spies lives in Quartz Hill, California. He grew-up surrounded by racing. His mother raced late models throughout Southern California while his father built and setup the car. Not surprisingly, Jameson began racing go-karts at the age of 13, and is now racing Spec Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. He has a passion about all forms of racing and hopes to make a career out of it.
  • Jason Lofing
    iRacing.com Series Writer
    Jason is 21 years old and was born and raised in Elk Grove. California. A big time NASCAR fan, he hasn’t missed a race on Sunday in years. Lofing is also a huge San Fransisco Giants fan and tries to take in at least a couple games a year. Other than sim racing, his biggest (and far more expensive!) hobby is photography. Although he is rather new to sim racing, Lofing has already accomplished some pretty impressive results, qualifying for the 2011 iRacing Oval Pro Series in Season 1, 2011, winning the inaugural Landon Cassill Qualifying Challenge and finishing runner-up in the second one.
  • David Ifeguni
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1988 and moved to Midland, Michigan when I was two years old. I stayed there until third grade when I moved to Farmington Hills, Michigan and now I currently live in Naperville, IL where I'm attending Metea Valley High School as a 9th grader. In the past, I have participated in soccer and this year I plan on joining swimming or water polo. My family includes my 15 year old sister, a 7 year old sister and my mom and dad. I have been writing since 6th grade and have participated in many writing contests in my school and have received several awards for writing.
    My fascination for motorsports began when I was nine. The first NASCAR race I watched on TV was the 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway, won by Kasey Kahne. My favorite NASCAR drivers are Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr, and Jimmie Johnson. I have watched all the races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series since 2010. I currently have three wins on iRacing, two of them in the Nationwide car at Daytona and one in the Street stocks at Charlotte. My favorite car and type of track on iRacing is the Nationwide Series (B Class) car and superspeedways.
  • Katier Scott
    Contributing Writer
    I am a veteran sim racer who first started racing way back in 1993 on the SPRTSIMS section of Compuserve with a league who can trace themselves all the way to the present. Within that league I act as Chief Steward and try to bring the unique viewpoint that this experience gives me into my articles.
    I have a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Editorial design and have been writing for seven years and currently cover the Lotus 79 CTC and Radical series alongside my freelance work. Living in the UK, as well as motorsports I love Photography, Arts and Crafts and reading.
  • Dylan Sharman
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Adelaide and we moved-out for Angle Vale for a few years until I was about 7 years old, when we moved to the Barossa Valley where I live now. I'm 19 years old and currently traveling back and forth weekly as I'm studying for a Diploma of Furniture Design and Technology.

    I've always had a love for racing as my close family did some racing and we were always out at the local dirt track. I joined iRacing back in 2010 and slowly but surely got the hang of it as this is my first experience with sim racing and am loving it each time I race. I've won two SK Modified titles (almost had three in a row but finished P2 in 2011 S4), an inRacingNews Challenge championship (2012 S1 Mazda) and was also an AustralAsian Intel GT Series Finalist.
  • Nathan Aljoe
    Contributing Writer
    Nathan's passion for motorsport first began in the late 1980s, captivated by the season in which Aryton Senna won his first F1 title with McLaren. Over the years his interest widened to include the British Touring Car Championship, World Rally Championship, NASCAR and various other forms of motorsport. Nathan began sim-racing in the mid 1990s using games developed by Papyrus. He later moved onto SimBim simulations such as GTR, GTR2 and GTR Evolution and has most recently joined the iRacing community.

    When he's not working or sim racing, Nathan enjoys spending time and relaxing with his family. Other hobbies include going to festivals, tinkering with his car and doing up his house.
  • Austin Hartenfels
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia, I have always had a serious passion for cars and motorsports. Hoping one day to become an automotive journalist for a magazine, I constantly crave the exciting competition that comes along with racing and sim-racing. Having participated in a mere test session in a Legends car at Old Dominion Speedway, I have not been able to get into any real-life competition . . . yet.

    As a sim racer, my interests date back to "GTR Evolution." My goal is to have fun and win some races. I made it to Oval Pro in 2010, but did not become very successful. I enjoy any mixed road racing competition and love racing the Silverados around almost any track.
  • Jordan Hightower
    Contributing Writer
    Jordan began sim-racing in 2005 with the NASCAR Racing 2003 Season sim and then joined the iRacing community in June of 2008. He hails from Fort Smith, Arkansas where he is currently enrolled at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, after which he plans to attend the University of Arkansas to earn his MBA. Although he enjoys watching and playing basketball, most of Jordan's focus is on motorsports, particularly NASCAR: "Anything that burns gas and goes fast, I like."
  • Scott Kelly
    Contributing Writer
    Born and raised in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area, Scott Kelly has had a love for motorsports ever since his father did the right thing by introducing auto racing into his life. No longer able to quench his need for speed by spectating NASCAR races on TV and watching dirt track stars slide around local tracks, Kelly eventually picked-up sim racing in his teens, wheeling cars found in Ratbag Games' "Dirt Track Racing" and "World of Outlaws: Sprint Cars" while also becoming introduced into multiple Papyrus sim-racing series. Joining the iRacing ranks in late 2011, Kelly set his sights on the short track racing he was familiar with, focusing on the sprint car, while also driving the Legends and street stock in multiple iRacing.com leagues.

    Kelly brings not just his enthusiasm for racing to the highest-rated motorsports simulation, but also his B.A. degree in English; he covers the action seen in the iRacing.com Sprint Car Series, while also placing the spotlight on various leagues within the service. Enjoying his start to a career in motorsports journalism, Kelly also doesn't mind visiting victory lane from time-to-time.
  • Kenneth O'Keefe
    Contributing Writer
    Kenneth was born in Smithville, Ontario on December 23, 1994. A major racing fan, he enjoys competitive kart racing in the Rotax Max category at Mosport International Karting. Kenneth also tunes into Formula One and NASCAR races on those Sundays when he is not at the kart track.

    O'Keefe has been sim-racing since 2005, starting on the Live For Speed simulator. After moving to iRacing in 2008, he was able to qualify for the NASCAR iRacing Pro Series (NiPS) in both 2011 and 2012. He will continue to compete and write about the iRacing.com Skip Barber Series throughout the coming year before taking another run at the NiPS in late 2013.
  • Chris Owens
    Contributing Writer
    I was born in Florence, South Carolina in 1989 and have lived here my entire life. I've been around racing since I was a young kid watching with my dad on Sundays. In 2009 and found my local track, Florence Motor Speedway and started working for them as a PR guy the same year. At the end of that season, I started writing for RACE22.com, a Late Model Stock Car news site. In 2010, I picked up my first DSLR camera and started shooting races. To this day, I've experienced some of the best races from behind the camera.

    I've been with the iRacing service since its public beta in 2008, back when the top oval car was the Late Model. I've been in over 500 races on the service with 70+ wins on both oval and road. My favorite car on the service is the Chevrolet Silverado. Darlington Raceway and Concord Speedway are my favorite tracks simply because everybody hates them.
  • George Wood
    Contributing Writer
    After beginning his racing career with go-karts at age seven, George then turned wrenches on street stocks until he could finally turn the wheel. Following the successes of his friends and family, George has since retired from real-world racing, where he is now a science and mathematics faculty member for several local community colleges. When George isn't grading laboratory reports or iRacing, he is performing at bluegrass festivals in the Northeast, making fishing lures, playing golf, and rooting for his beloved Baltimore Orioles.

Sunday press conference – Bahrain

April 21st, 2013

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DRIVERS 1 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Kimi RAIKKONEN (Lotus) 3 – Romain GROSJEAN (Lotus) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard) Sebastian, fantastic victory. You’re laughing and I haven’t asked you a question already! Sebastian VETTEL: No, it’s good to see you. First of all, thank you very much, fantastic race.

McLaren: Webber ECU had no issues

March 18th, 2013

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McLaren: Webber ECU had no issues

McLaren believes an issue with the systems in the Red Bull garage, rather than a faulty ECU, was the cause of Mark Webber’s troubles at the start of the Australian Grand Prix. Webber lost all telemetry data and KERS on the formation lap, which contributed to a poor getaway and wrecked his efforts in his home grand prix. Red Bull initially suspected Webber’s problem was caused by a failure of the standard ECU , which is supplied by McLaren Electronic Systems (MES)

Laverty sure of PBM bike potential

March 1st, 2013

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Laverty sure of PBM bike potential

Michael Laverty says he is already convinced of the potential of Paul Bird’s new in-house MotoGP chassis despite only seriously running in the final afternoon of the three day Sepang test. Problems incorporating the standard Magnetti Marelli electronics into the new bike meant Laverty was effectively a bystander over the first two days at Sepang, but he was able to get out in the final afternoon and finished 22nd fastest. With team-mate Yonny Hernandez – riding an Aprilia chassis – four places back, Laverty believes the in-house PBM machine has already demonstrated its potential

Scintillating pace unexpected – Stoner

October 26th, 2012

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Scintillating pace unexpected – Stoner

Casey Stoner admits he hadn’t anticipated being so emphatically fast on the opening day of the Australian Grand Prix. While the Australian has won the past five races on his home track, he came into this year’s event with his injured worsening and his form uncertain

Lorenzo confident he can beat Pedrosa

October 12th, 2012

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Lorenzo confident he can beat Pedrosa

Jorge Lorenzo is confident he can beat Dani Pedrosa to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix despite the Honda’s practice form. Pedrosa and Honda have been the pacesetters in recent MotoGP rounds – but their run was interrupted by Pedrosa’s disastrous San Marino GP, which allowed Lorenzo to pull clear in the title battle. The Honda man then responded with a dominant performance at Aragon , and was quickest in Friday practice at Motegi as well.

Pedrosa warns against spec ECUs

September 27th, 2012

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Pedrosa warns against spec ECUs

Dani Pedrosa has warned against the possible introduction of a control ECU to MotoGP in the coming years. Series promoter Dorna announced this week that it has signed a four-year deal with electronics specialist Magneti Marelli to make a standard ECU available to all teams from 2013. Although teams will still have a choice between running the Magneti Marelli unit or producing their own ECUs next year, Dorna is known to be pushing for mandatory use of a control system from 2014

Rea ready for dream MotoGP chance

September 11th, 2012

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Rea ready for dream MotoGP chance

Jonathan Rea says simply making his MotoGP debut this weekend at Misano represents a ‘dream come true’.

Stoner: Pole pleasing after tricky session

July 7th, 2012

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Stoner: Pole pleasing after tricky session

Casey Stoner says his fourth pole position of the season came despite an engine issue forcing him to use a second Honda chassis and a less favourable set-up. Stoner had begun the session on the chassis, but had abandoned it due to struggling with rear grip – a choice he says was vindicated by immediately matching his best time on the replacement frame. Halfway through the session however he pulled off on the outside of Turn 5 when his engine failed, forcing him to switch back to the original chassis for the dramatic final minutes of qualifying.

Ducati pair eye Silverstone advances

June 12th, 2012

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Ducati pair eye Silverstone advances

Ducati’s Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden believe Silverstone will be important in assessing the true measure of the progress the team made during MotoGP’s recent tests at Barcelona and Aragon. The team left the two Spanish circuits confident it had made progress, however small, with the electronics of the GP12 – which play a key element in performance at Silverstone. Rossi said the forthcoming British Grand Prix would prove just how much the team had advanced, but kept expectations in check by insisting the main priority was to try and match his pace and finishing position in Catalunya

Aprilia blames rules for absence

June 7th, 2012

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Aprilia blames rules for absence

Italian motorcycle manufacturer Aprilia says MotoGP’s recent rule changes have carried it in the wrong direction and made the championship less appealing to constructors. Aprilia has not had a prototype presence in MotoGP’s premier class since 2004 despite dominating the 250cc category with Jorge Lorenzo in both 2006 and 2007.

Dovizioso fastest in Catalunya test

June 4th, 2012

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Dovizioso fastest in Catalunya test

Fresh from his maiden Yamaha podium in the Catalunya Grand Prix, Andrea Dovizioso went fastest in MotoGP’s group test on the Spanish circuit. As was the case for the entire field, the Tech 3 rider’s focus was on development work rather than chasing outright laptime.

Stoner joy tempered by set-up concerns

May 5th, 2012

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Casey Stoner said concerns over the set-up of his RC213V have given his side of the Honda garage a headache for Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix despite him sealing a first pole position of 2012. The Australian said attempts to improve the set-up between final practice session and qualifying had the reverse effect, to the extent that he doubted he would be able to fight for pole. While those fears ultimately proved unfounded – Stoner claiming his first pole of the year – the Australian says Honda still has to find the optimal balance heading into tomorrow’s grand prix

Pedrosa admits he lost focus

April 7th, 2012

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Pedrosa admits he lost focus

Dani Pedrosa blamed electrical problems and handling issues for his low-key seventh on the grid for the Qatar Grand Prix, but also confessed to losing concentration in qualifying as his troubles mounted. While the Spaniard’s Honda team-mate Casey Stoner topped two practice sessions and qualified second, Pedrosa has not been a factor at the front all weekend

Stoner says traffic hid true pace

April 6th, 2012

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Stoner says traffic hid true pace

Casey Stoner says he did not have a chance to show his and Honda’s true pace in final practice in Qatar – but that despite being beaten by Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow’s Yamahas in session three, he is getting happier and happier with his bike. Reigning champion Stoner led the way in the first two practice sessions, before falling to third in Friday’s final 45 minutes.

Hayden staying cool over Ducati pace

April 5th, 2012

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Hayden staying cool over Ducati pace

Nicky Hayden says he is not getting too excited about his rapid time in the opening free practice session for MotoGP’s Qatar Grand Prix on Thursday night.

Hayden fastest in rain-affected test

March 24th, 2012

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Hayden fastest in rain-affected test

Ducati’s Nicky Hayden set the pace on a rain-affected second day of testing at Jerez, though the American set his time on an almost-dry track near the end of the day. Hayden’s lap of 1m40.755s was nearly a second faster than that of Karel Abraham on the Cardion AB privateer Ducati.

Stoner heads Jerez opening day

March 24th, 2012

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Stoner heads Jerez opening day

Casey Stoner topped the opening day of MotoGP’s final pre-season test of 2012 at Jerez on Friday. The reigning world champion completed 54 laps on his Honda and set the benchmark time of 1m39.146s on his very last tour, leaving him 0.273s ahead of Yamaha rider Jorge Lorenzo

Lorenzo happy to spend career at Yamaha

March 23rd, 2012

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Jorge Lorenzo says he would be happy to spend his entire MotoGP career at Yamaha – but admits that it needs to deliver a more competitive bike in 2012. The 2010 MotoGP title-winner has only driven for the works Yamaha team in MotoGP so far, stepping up to its second seat alongside Valentino Rossi in 2008 after winning two 250cc championships.

Senna: Williams very easy on tyres

March 3rd, 2012

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Senna: Williams very easy on tyres

Bruno Senna is excited by how kind the new Williams is on the Pirelli tyres, admitting that even he was surprised with how well the rubber lasted during his final pre-season race simulation at Barcelona today. Senna completed almost a full race distance during the afternoon session, highlighted by a 15-lap stint on the soft tyre, and a 19-lap stint on Pirelli’s medium compound. According to Senna, it was pay-off in an area the team has been especially focused on.

Stoner: Honda still has work to do

March 1st, 2012

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Stoner: Honda still has work to do

Casey Stoner says Honda still has work to do to perfect its RC213V, despite leading works team-mate Dani Pedrosa in a 1-2 on the final day of testing at Sepang.