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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.

Fisichella to race Superstars Maserati

September 21st, 2012

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Fisichella to race Superstars Maserati

Giancarlo Fisichella will join the Superstars field for his home rounds of the championship at Vallelunga in October.

Fisichella: Le Mans GTE win beats F1

June 17th, 2012

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Fisichella: Le Mans GTE win beats F1

Giancarlo Fisichella says realising his dream of winning at Le Mans outranks any of his three Formula 1 grand prix victories.

GP drivers join new i1 Supercar series

December 20th, 2011

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GP drivers join new i1 Supercar series

Former grand prix drivers Jacques Villeneuve and Giancarlo Fisichella have joined the new i1 Supercar Series. The championship will use Radical SR3 cars for its inaugural season, which will visit the Buddh International circuit in India, the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi, the Losail circuit in Qatar, Sepang in Malaysia and Sakhir in Bahrain. Villeneuve and Fisichella will be joined by former and current GP drivers like Jean Alesi, Tonio Liuzzi, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Karun Chandhok and Mika Salo, according to Indian media.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Sunday quotes: Renault

November 1st, 2009

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Fernando Alonso – 14th: “The result today is disappointing as we were not able to produce the performance we wanted. I would have liked to finish the season on a high, especially as this was my last race with Renault.

Brazil Friday quotes: Ferrari

October 16th, 2009

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Giancarlo Fisichella – 20th: “Eighteenth and twentieth places in FP2 is not a result we can be happy about but, to use a footballing expression, it’s all looking very tight, as it has been in fact for much of the year.

McLaren: Beating Ferrari is important

October 14th, 2009

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McLaren: Beating Ferrari is important

McLaren engineering director Paddy Lowe says beating Ferrari to third place in the constructors’ championship would be a very satisfying milestone at the end of a difficult year. Having been near the tail of the field in winter testing, McLaren mounted an impressive resurgence during the season and is now just two points behind Ferrari in the standings, having won in Hungary and Singapore. Although the team has been fighting for championships at this stage in the past two years, Lowe said the significance of taking third place from Ferrari should not be underestimated

Fisichella laments qualifying struggle

September 13th, 2009

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Fisichella laments qualifying struggle

Giancarlo Fisichella believes his poor qualifying position was the main reason why he failed to score points on his debut with Ferrari. The Italian, fresh from finishing second at the Belgian Grand Prix with Force India, endured a difficult weekend at Monza, qualifying in 14th position and going on to finish in ninth, nearly a minute behind team-mate Kimi Raikkonen

iRacer Profile: Sandeep Banerjee

by Jason Noble on September 12th, 2009

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iRacer Profile: Sandeep Banerjee

Sim-racing is not for everyone. Many iRacing members will be the only sim-racer in their household, or the only one amongst their group of friends. Some of you may even be the only iRacer in your town or region. But spare a thought for Sandeep Banerjee: he is the only active iRacer in his country. And he lives in India, which makes him a one in 1.2 billion kind of guy! We caught up with Sandeep recently. inRacingNews: India has a lot of people but only one active iRacer.  How does it feel to be the sole local representative? Sandeep: It feels lonely! No, seriously, I’m surprised in a way as I know there are many here that follow racing — F1 mostly as it’s the most publicized and known-about [...]

Q and A with Giancarlo Fisichella

September 11th, 2009

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Q and A with Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella finished his first practice session as a Ferrari driver in a promising eighth place – ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen – but things went less well in the afternoon at Monza, when he slipped to 20th.

Fisichella enjoys ‘positive’ first day

September 11th, 2009

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Fisichella enjoys ‘positive’ first day

Giancarlo Fisichella felt he had made a satisfying start to his Ferrari stint in practice at Monza, suggesting that he made good progress with understanding the car even though he was at the foot of the times at the end of the day. The Italian had an encouraging morning session, taking eighth place, ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, although Fisichella had used soft tyres when many others did not

Fisichella could still race in 2010

September 9th, 2009

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Fisichella could still race in 2010

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali says Giancarlo Fisichella could continue racing with another team in 2010 alongside his role as Ferrari’s reserve driver. Fisichella will stay on at Ferrari when his current stint deputising for the injured Felipe Massa comes to an end, having signed to become the team’s third driver in 2010.

Fisichella spurred on by home pressure

September 7th, 2009

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Fisichella spurred on by home pressure

Giancarlo Fisichella believes the pressure of racing for Ferrari on home ground at Monza this weekend will only serve to help him deliver in his first race for the outfit. The Italian is achieving one of his lifetime’s ambitions in joining Ferrari, after being chosen as Luca Badoer’s successor in the team’s second seat while Felipe Massa recovers from the skull injuries he suffered in his Hungarian Grand Prix crash

Fisichella joins road safety event

September 7th, 2009

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Giancarlo Fisichella is to make his first public appearance as a Ferrari driver at a road safety promotional event at Vallelunga near Rome on Tuesday. The Italian, who will drive for Ferrari until the end of the season, will join Michael Schumacher, Heikki Kovalainen, Robert Kubica, and Timo Glock at the eSafety Challenge event. “I am very happy to support this important road safety initiative as one of my first official duties for Ferrari,” said Fisichella.

Badoer says media forced him out

September 6th, 2009

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Badoer says media forced him out

Luca Badoer has claimed that negative press coverage of his two races substituting for Felipe Massa encouraged Ferrari to drop him in favour of Giancarlo Fisichella. Long-time Ferrari test driver Badoer returned to Formula 1 after a ten-year absence when Michael Schumacher’s neck injury prevented him from making his intended comeback while Massa recovered from the head injuries sustained in Hungary

Fisichella: Ferrari drive a dream for me

September 3rd, 2009

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Fisichella: Ferrari drive a dream for me

Giancarlo Fisichella says he cannot believe how his life has been transformed in the past week after being officially confirmed as a Ferrari driver for the remainder of 2009. The Italian will race alongside Kimi Raikkonen for the rest of the season before becoming Ferrari’s official reserve driver in 2010. Speaking at Maranello on Thursday, having met team principal Stefano Domenicali and other Ferrari personnel to discuss plans for the Italian Grand Prix, Fisichella was clearly overjoyed at the turn of events – which comes almost 14 years after he tested a Ferrari 412 T2 on September 27, 1995 at Fiorano

Ferrari predicts Fisichella will be strong

September 3rd, 2009

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Ferrari predicts Fisichella will be strong

Ferrari is expecting Giancarlo Fisichella to deliver valuable points for the outfit for the rest of the season, after officially confirming that the Italian will race for the Maranello team for the remainder of 2009. Fisichella is being drafted in as team-mate to Kimi Raikkonen after temporary stand-in Luca Badoer failed to impress during his two race stint with the team.

Fisichella thankful to Force India

September 3rd, 2009

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Giancarlo Fisichella has thanked his former Force India team for agreeing to release him from his contract so he can achieve his lifetime ambition and race for Ferrari. Fisichella is being slotted in alongside Kimi Raikkonen for the remainder of the 2009 season now that Felipe Massa will not be fit enough to return until next year.

Force India releases Fisichella to Ferrari

September 3rd, 2009

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Force India releases Fisichella to Ferrari

Giancarlo Fisichella will be the second Ferrari driver from the Italian Grand Prix after he was released from his contract by his Force India team on Thursday.

Mallya: No Ferrari Fisichella talk yet

August 31st, 2009

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Mallya: No Ferrari Fisichella talk yet

Force India owner Vijay Mallya insists there has been no contact yet from Ferrari regarding a deal to switch Giancarlo Fisichella to the Italian outfit.

Mallya ‘very proud’ of team performance

August 30th, 2009

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Mallya ‘very proud’ of team performance

Force India team boss Vijay Mallya says he is very proud of his team’s performance at the Belgian Grand Prix after scoring its first Formula 1 points with a podium finish. Giancarlo Fisichella finished in second position in the Spa race after fighting for victory with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen all throughout the event. Although Fisichella looked faster, he was unable to pass Raikkonen, the Finn having the benefit of KERS.