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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.

Ferrari hails Bianchi’s start to 2013

April 17th, 2013

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Ferrari hails Bianchi’s start to 2013

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has hailed Marussia driver Jules Bianchi’s “great” start to the season.

Perez ‘hasn’t put a foot wrong’

April 1st, 2013

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Perez ‘hasn’t put a foot wrong’

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says he has been impressed with Sergio Perez’s attitude amid a difficult start to the 2013 Formula 1 season for the British squad. The Mexican driver joined McLaren for this year, replacing Lewis Hamilton after spending two seasons with Sauber. Perez claimed at the end of last year that he saw no reason why he could not immediately fight for the title with McLaren, but its car struggles have meant he has scored just two points in the first two races.

Marussia had ‘no choice’ over Razia

March 1st, 2013

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Marussia had ‘no choice’ over Razia

Marussia team boss John Booth said the squad had to drop Luiz Razia having previously released Timo Glock in order to secure its financial future . AUTOSPORT revealed earlier on Friday that Jules Bianchi would replace Razia for the 2013 Formula 1 season as the Brazilian’s backers had missed the deadline for a second payment

Ferrari test for European F3 champion

February 19th, 2013

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Ferrari test for European F3 champion

A Ferrari Formula 1 test drive will again be awarded to the winner of the Formula 3 European Championship this year.

Marciello keeps Prema F3 drive

January 22nd, 2013

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Marciello keeps Prema F3 drive

Raffaele Marciello will, as expected, remain with Prema Powerteam for this year’s European Formula 3 championship. The 18-year-old Italian finished second in last year’s points and third in the Euro Series, which ran largely concurrently.

Bianchi excited about back-to-back runs

September 12th, 2012

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Bianchi excited about back-to-back runs

Jules Bianchi has admitted that he will need to remain ‘totally focused’ when he switches from Ferrari to Force India for the second day of Formula 1′s young driver test at Magny-Cours on Wednesday. Bianchi has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2009 and was fastest on the opening day of the test . But the Frenchman has also spent 2012 as Force India’s reserve driver and has already tested the VJM05 at Jerez and Mugello this year.

Perez: Second won’t influence Ferrari

September 9th, 2012

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Perez: Second won’t influence Ferrari

Sergio Perez played down the prospect of his second place in the Italian Grand Prix moving him closer to taking a Ferrari seat for the 2013 season. Sauber’s impressive Mexican is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy and has been linked with Felipe Massa’s place in the Maranello team for much of the year

Ferrari: Perez taming aggression

June 14th, 2012

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Ferrari: Perez taming aggression

Ferrari believes that Sergio Perez’s return to form in the Canadian Grand Prix was helped by him learning to tame his aggression. Up until last weekend’s race in Montreal, the Mexican had not scored a point since he finished runner-up to Fernando Alonso at the Malaysian Grand Prix back in March.

Massa: Perez form no added pressure

March 25th, 2012

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Massa: Perez form no added pressure

Felipe Massa said that he does not feel under any more pressure at Ferrari as a result of Sergio Perez’s second-placed finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Sauber driver Perez, who is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, put race-long pressure on the Italian squad’s lead driver Fernando Alonso and eventually finished 2.3 seconds behind to claim the first podium finish of his Formula 1 career. The Mexican finished over 1.5 minutes ahead of the Brazilian.

Ferrari: customer car could aid Italians

March 12th, 2012

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Ferrari: customer car could aid Italians

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has re-ignited the customer car debate by claiming it would help facilitate the return of an Italian presence to the Formula 1 grid. Di Montezemolo and Ferrari have been staunch advocates of the idea of third cars, saying as recently as November that their support was in the interests of the sport in general . Speaking to Gazzetta , the Ferrari president said it would also be an ideal way of promoting an Italian presence on the F1 grid

Marciello completes Prema line-up

February 17th, 2012

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Marciello completes Prema line-up

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello will fill the fourth and final seat in Prema Powerteam’s 2012 F3 Euro Series line-up. The 17-year-old Italian is part of the Ferrari Driver Academy programme, and has already competed with Prema in Italian Formula 3, taking third in last season’s championship, and in the International/British round at Spa. Team boss Angelo Rosin said Marciello had already made impressive progress and was ready to move up to an international category

Ferrari warns F1 over future rules

November 6th, 2011

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Ferrari warns F1 over future rules

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has warned that his team’s continued presence in Formula 1 is dependent on major changes to the rules – as he declared it would not back down over technical regulations, testing rules and third cars. Speaking at Ferrari’s World Finals event at Mugello, and amid continued discussions over both F1′s next Concord Agreement and the position of the Formula One Teams’ Association (FOTA) as questions about the Resource Restriction Agreement persist, di Montezemolo said Ferrari would stick to its guns over the issues – and underlined his belief that F1′s rulemakers could not afford to squeeze Ferrari out. “Formula 1 is still our life, but without Ferrari there is no Formula 1, just as without Formula 1 Ferrari would be different,” said di Montezemolo.

Malvern among GP3 test line-up

October 24th, 2011

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Malvern among GP3 test line-up

Runaway British Formula Ford champion Scott Malvern, Formula Renault 3.5 race-winner Kevin Korjus and Ferrari protege Brandon Maisano head the list of newcomers in GP3 testing at Catalunya this week.

Perez makes Ferrari testing debut

September 16th, 2011

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Perez makes Ferrari testing debut

Sergio Perez has completed his first test for Ferrari, after getting half a day’s running in the 2009 F60 car at Fiorano on Thursday. The test formed part of the Ferrari Driver Academy programme, of which Perez is a member, with the Italian outfit eager to help develop the next wave of young drivers that are coming into the sport.

Brundle tops test at Silverstone

March 22nd, 2011

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Brundle tops test at Silverstone

Alex Brundle topped the first Formula 2 test of the season on Silverstone’s Grand Prix circuit this afternoon. The 20-year-old son of ex-Formula 1 racer and BBC commentator Martin Brundle set a best time of 1m50.221s in the overboost-enabled afternoon session, finishing almost 0.3 seconds ahead of former GP3 racer Miki Monras

Bianchi signs for ART for 2011

December 23rd, 2010

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Bianchi signs for ART for 2011

Ferrari test driver Jules Bianchi has re-signed for the ART team in GP2 as he bids to improve on a challenging 2010 campaign. The Frenchman was a front-runner this year, finishing third overall in the standings despite being temporarily forced out of action mid-season when he fractured a vertebrae in a crash at the Hungaroring

Bortolotti, Zampieri lose Ferrari places

December 15th, 2010

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Bortolotti, Zampieri lose Ferrari places

Mirko Bortolotti and Daniel Zampieri have lost their places in the Ferrari Driver Academy. The two Italians were among the young driver development scheme’s first recruits, along with Jules Bianchi, last year, but Ferrari says it will not be continuing with its support for them. Bortolotti first came to Ferrari’s attention when he set an impressive pace during his Formula 1 prize test after winning the Italian Formula 3 Championship in 2008.

Costa joins Ferrari Driver Academy

December 13th, 2010

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Costa joins Ferrari Driver Academy

Brazilian Nicola Costa will become the latest driver to join the Ferrari Driver Academy. The 19-year-old from Rio de Janeiro won the Formula Future Fiat championship last weekend and thus will become a part of Ferrari’s training programme for young drivers. The championship, created this season, is backed by Felipe Massa.

Perez joins Ferrari young driver scheme

October 8th, 2010

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Perez joins Ferrari young driver scheme

Ferrari has announced that Sauber’s new recruit for 2011, Sergio Perez, is to join its young driver programme.

Alonso surprised by lack of speed

May 29th, 2010

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Alonso surprised by lack of speed

Fernando Alonso admitted he was surprised by his lack of pace after failing to reach the top ten in qualifying for the Turkish Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver missed the cut to go into Q3 and will start from a disappointing 12th position.