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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.

Faster tracks to benefit Ferrari – Massa

June 17th, 2013

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Faster tracks to benefit Ferrari – Massa

Felipe Massa believes Formula 1′s return to fast venues like Silverstone will help Ferrari get back on terms with Red Bull. The recent venues of Monaco and Montreal have not played to the strengths of the Ferrari package, and Massa’s team-mate Fernando Alonso has lost ground to Sebastian Vettel in the drivers’ championship. But rather than feel that the last two outings are an indication that Ferrari’s development push has stalled, Massa thinks that the next few races will show that the Maranello outfit can still deliver the form that has helped it win two races so far this year

Hamilton: Mercedes still trailing rivals

June 12th, 2013

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Hamilton: Mercedes still trailing rivals

Lewis Hamilton believes that Mercedes will still need a good step up in form for the British Grand Prix if it is going to be able to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari. Although the Briton is upbeat about the progress his team has made in the last couple of races with its long-run form, he has warned his home fans not to get too excited about his prospects for Silverstone

Fritsche Charges, Narrows Moreira’s Lead

by Katier Scott on June 10th, 2013

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Watkins Glen is always a popular venue on the CTC calendar.

It was business as usual as the field moved to Watkins Glen with Gernot Fritsche taking maximum points in the week’s Classic Team Championship battles, narrowing the gap to series leader Nuno Moreira by 11 points. Watkins Glen is usually a popular track, often boasting the highest participation of the entire season for any series, and this week proved to be no different as 159 drivers took part in 18 online race starts during the course of seven days. Peter Duggan, David Ballew and Jean-Francois Boscus made the most starts during the course of the week, each registering seven starts, although only Duggan was able to win any of his races. He finished with three victories but poor results elsewhere resulted in him only scoring 101 points while the other [...]

Canada race quotes: Mercedes

June 9th, 2013

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Lewis Hamilton – 3rd: “The car felt fantastic today and I had good grip for the low-speed corners but we just weren’t quite on the pace of Seb and Fernando. I was on the maximum that I could possibly drive and we got absolutely everything out of the car today. It would have been nice to have kept second place of course but Fernando was very quick today and it was difficult to keep him behind.

Massa: crash streak like a movie

June 8th, 2013

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Massa: crash streak like a movie

Felipe Massa described his run of crashes in the last two grands prix as being akin to a movie storyline, as an accident in Canadian Grand Prix qualifying dropped him to 16th on the grid. The Montreal incident followed two shunts in Monaco – one in practice and one in the race – at the same corner. While the first was a driver error, the second was caused by a suspension problem.

Boullier wants tyre testing discussion

June 7th, 2013

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Boullier wants tyre testing discussion

Formula 1 teams need to sit down with Pirelli and sort out a way of ensuring that all outfits are treated equally in the wake of the Mercedes secret test controversy, reckons Lotus boss Eric Boullier. Mercedes is due to face an FIA International Tribunal hearing to answer charges that it may have breached F1′s rules by running its 2013 car in a recent test it conducted for Pirelli at Barcelona. While Boullier has faith that the FIA will ensure that any rules breach is punished, he thinks that there also needs to be some discussions with Pirelli about how to move forward.

Massa gets new chassis after crash

June 4th, 2013

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Massa gets new chassis after crash

Felipe Massa will get a new chassis for the Canadian Grand Prix as his car was too badly damaged in its Monaco crash . The Brazilian had two heavy impacts at Sainte Devote during the Monte Carlo weekend. A crash in final practice ruled him out of qualifying, and then his race ended with another accident at the same spot.

Aston trio dominate Blancpain

June 2nd, 2013

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Aston trio dominate Blancpain

The factory Aston Martin V12 Vantage driven by Darren Turner, Frederic Makowiecki and Stefan Mucke claimed a dominant victory in the second round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Silverstone. The Aston, which was a late entry for the event, led all but the first 13 laps of the three-hour race on the way to a 20-second victory ahead of two WRT Audi R8 LMS ultras. Turner started the winning car from pole position, but lost out to Lucas Ordonez in the RJN Nissan GT-R at the first corner.

Ferrari: Mercedes test all that matters

June 1st, 2013

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Ferrari: Mercedes test all that matters

Ferrari insists there is too much focus on ‘irrelevant detail’ in the tyre testing row and that the emphasis should be on Mercedes breaching Formula 1 rules by using a 2013 car.

Malucelli gets AF Ferrari Le Mans seat

June 1st, 2013

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Malucelli gets AF Ferrari Le Mans seat

Italian Matteo Malucelli has landed a Ferrari factory drive with the AF Corse team for this month’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Malucelli, who is racing for the Risi Competizione Ferrari team in the American Le Mans Series this year, will drive AF’s lead GTE Pro class Ferrari 458 Italia alongside Gianmaria Bruni and Giancarlo Fisichella

Ferrari brought into tyre test inquiry

May 31st, 2013

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Ferrari brought into tyre test inquiry

The FIA has asked Ferrari as well as Mercedes to supply information for a disciplinary inquiry over recent Pirelli tyre tests that have taken place at Barcelona. Mercedes’ secret test for Pirelli with its 2013 car immediately after the Spanish Grand Prix was the initial focus of the scandal when news of the test broke during the Monaco GP weekend

Kobayashi completes first Ferrari F1 test

May 27th, 2013

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Kobayashi completes first Ferrari F1 test

Kamui Kobayashi had his first test in a Ferrari Formula 1 car on Monday when he tried the Italian squad’s 2010 machine at its Fiorano test track. Former Toyota and Sauber F1 driver Kobayashi is now part of Ferrari’s GT driver stable in the World Endurance Championship. He tried the Ferrari F10 in preparation for driving it at a promotional event in Moscow on July 21.

Massa accident due to car failure

May 26th, 2013

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Massa accident due to car failure

Felipe Massa’s violent crash in the Monaco Grand Prix was caused by a technical problem on his Ferrari.

Alonso: Ferrari too slow in Monaco

May 26th, 2013

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Alonso: Ferrari too slow in Monaco

Fernando Alonso says his Ferrari simply lacked the necessary pace to fight for a podium place in the Monaco Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who won his home grand prix at Barcelona just a fortnight ago, qualified sixth, before slipping back to seventh during the race. While Alonso did spend a portion of the race with reduced aero thanks to having a piece of Sergio Perez’s McLaren stuck to his Ferrari’s floor, he said the main problem was a general lack of pace.

Perez: Raikkonen at fault in collision

May 26th, 2013

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Perez: Raikkonen at fault in collision

Sergio Perez believes his incident with Kimi Raikkonen in the closing stages of the Monaco Grand Prix could have been avoided if the Lotus driver had given him room. Perez tried to pass the Finn for fifth place into the chicane having pulled off successful moves on Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in previous laps, but the pair made contact. Raikkonen suffered a left-rear puncture as a result and was forced to pit, though he recovered to finish 10th, while Perez retired with brake problems just a few laps from the finish

Rosberg wins wild Monaco GP

May 26th, 2013

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Rosberg wins wild Monaco GP

Nico Rosberg finally secured Mercedes’ first Formula 1 win of the 2013 season as he maintained the lead throughout a Monaco Grand Prix interrupted by two safety cars and a red flag. Mercedes was unable to repeat its qualifying one-two, as Lewis Hamilton fell to fourth behind the Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel. Rosberg held his lead at the start and was able to maintain an advantage of around two seconds for the majority of the race, whether in tyre conservation mode or showing his true pace.

Rivals protest Mercedes tyre test

May 26th, 2013

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Rivals protest Mercedes tyre test

Red Bull and Ferrari have protested Mercedes over a breach of Formula 1′s sporting regulations, AUTOSPORT has learned, after it emerged the Brackley-based team conducted a secret tyre test after the Spanish Grand Prix. After intense discussions between rival outfits and the FIA on the race morning of the Monaco GP, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner confirmed that a formal protest against the team has been lodged by the world champion squad. Furthermore, AUTOSPORT can reveal that Ferrari has also written to the FIA demanding clarification about the testing restrictions in light of Mercedes using a 2013 car.

Massa gets gearbox penalty after crash

May 25th, 2013

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Massa gets gearbox penalty after crash

Felipe Massa’s Ferrari should be repaired in time for Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, but will have to take a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change. The Brazilian had a huge crash at Sainte Devote in final practice, hitting the left-hand barriers on the approach to the corner before sliding head-on into the armco at the turn itself.

Alonso backed by GP Predictor players

May 24th, 2013

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Alonso backed by GP Predictor players

Fernando Alonso remains favourite to win the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, according to players of the Castrol EDGE Grand Prix Predictor, in spite of the Mercedes drivers’ domination of Thursday’s free practice .

Alonso tips Mercedes for Monaco win

May 22nd, 2013

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Alonso tips Mercedes for Monaco win

Fernando Alonso has tipped Mercedes to be a strong contender for victory in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. The German team has yet to finish higher than third in Formula 1 this year, despite claiming three pole positions, after struggling with tyre management . But the Ferrari driver believes that if Mercedes can take pole position in Monte Carlo, it will be favourite for victory.