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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.

Caterham signs new head of aero

March 4th, 2013

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Caterham signs new head of aero

Caterham has bolstered its technical team by recruiting Hari Roberts as head of aerodynamics. Roberts, who worked for Jordan before moving to Renault/Lotus, where he worked before this latest switch, has experience in vehicle dynamics as well as aerodynamics. Caterham is now in its fourth season in Formula 1 but has yet to achieve its aim of joining the midfield

Hamilton tops penultimate day of testing

March 2nd, 2013

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Hamilton tops penultimate day of testing

Lewis Hamilton ended the third day of the final pre-season Barcelona test on top of the timesheets. The weather was the best seen so far and the Mercedes driver’s morning effort of 1m20.558s, set on Pirelli’s soft tyre, proved quicker than anyone could manage in the afternoon.

Hamilton puts Mercedes on top again

March 2nd, 2013

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Hamilton puts Mercedes on top again

Lewis Hamilton set the pace on the third morning of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona on Saturday, recording the fastest at the Spanish circuit so far this year. The Mercedes driver’s time of 1m20.558s was set on soft Pirelli tyres and put him over a second clear of the rest of the field, which was led by Force India’s Adrian Sutil. Hamilton was instantly on the pace, the 2008 world champion dipping into the 1m23s inside his first three laps thanks to the dry conditions that were in contrast to those experienced on Thursday and Friday

Button quickest on second morning

March 1st, 2013

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Button quickest on second morning

Jenson Button put McLaren at the head of the field on the second morning of Formula 1′s final pre-season test at Barcelona on Friday. The 2009 world champion’s 1m25.936s lap came on medium-compound Pirelli slicks and knocked newly re-signed Force India driver Adrian Sutil off the top spot.

Hamilton tops rain-hit final morning

February 22nd, 2013

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Hamilton tops rain-hit final morning

Lewis Hamilton capitalised on the break between rain showers to set the fastest time on the final morning of the Barcelona test week. Rain marred the first few hours of running, but at least offered a chance to sample the wet and intermediate tyres. A brief period of respite in the weather then allowed most teams to put in a reasonable number of slick-shod laps before the next shower shortly before the lunch break.

Alonso leads the way on day three

February 21st, 2013

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Alonso leads the way on day three

Fernando Alonso went fastest on the penultimate day of Formula 1′s first winter test at Barcelona. The majority of teams dedicated the afternoon to the first full-race simulations of 2013, meaning that the morning order was largely unchanged. It also meant Alonso, who eventually worked his way down to a 1m21.875s before lunch , stayed on top for the remainder of the third day in Catalunya

Alonso sets early day-three pace

February 21st, 2013

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Alonso sets early day-three pace

Fernando Alonso led the way on Thursday morning in Barcelona Formula 1 winter testing.

Grosjean leads test day two for Lotus

February 6th, 2013

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Grosjean leads test day two for Lotus

Romain Grosjean set the pace on the second day of pre-season Formula 1 testing at Jerez, while Lewis Hamilton’s first outing for Mercedes was cut short by a crash. Lotus driver Grosjean, who led the way in the morning , went faster on a series of short runs on the soft tyre in the afternoon

Grosjean quickest early on day two

February 6th, 2013

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Grosjean quickest early on day two

Romain Grosjean topped the timesheets while Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes Formula 1 test debut ended in the barriers on the second morning at Jerez. The Briton had just set his fastest time in the W04, a 1m19.519s, when he slid across the gravel and nosed into the tyres at Dry Sack. He was unhurt in the crash , which Mercedes later diagnosed as caused by a rear brake problem

Button fastest on first Jerez test day

February 5th, 2013

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Button fastest on first Jerez test day

Jenson Button shrugged off early reliability woes to set the pace on the opening day of Formula 1′s first pre-season test of 2013 at Jerez. The Briton’s morning ground to a halt after just three exploratory laps due to a fuel-pump failure on his McLaren, and he remained sidelined until the midway point.

Grosjean sets early Jerez pace

February 5th, 2013

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Grosjean sets early Jerez pace

Romain Grosjean put Lotus at the top of the timesheets on the opening morning of Formula 1′s first pre-season test of 2013 at Jerez. The Frenchman jumped to the top in the final minutes when he became the first driver to dip below the 1m20s barrier. His fastest time, a 1m19.796s, put him comfortably clear of Force India’s Paul di Resta and Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo

Van der Garde wins Singapore sprint

September 23rd, 2012

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Van der Garde wins Singapore sprint

Giedo van der Garde took his second GP2 Series win of the year by leading from start to finish in the final race of 2012 at Marina Bay in Singapore. Further back, freshly-crowned drivers’ champion Davide Valsecchi and team-mate Felipe Nasr secured the DAMS squad’s first teams’ title in GP2 with fifth and seventh placed finishes – enough to beat rival Lotus. Polesitter van der Garde leapt away at the start, holding off fellow front-row man Marcus Ericsson of iSport, with series runner-up Luiz Razia (Arden) jumping up to third as Nasr made a poor start, dropping from third to ninth.

Gutierrez fastest in Singapore practice

September 21st, 2012

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Gutierrez fastest in Singapore practice

Esteban Gutierrez topped the half hour of free practice ahead of qualifying on Friday for GP2′s first ever race around the streets of Singapore. A heavy thunderstorm in the hour before the session began soaked the track, making conditions perilous with puddles proving slow to evaporate in the humid conditions. Gutierrez lapped his Lotus GP machine in 2m14.339s, 0.332s quicker than Racing Engineering’s Fabio Leimer.

Leimer leads sodden GP2 practice

August 31st, 2012

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Leimer leads sodden GP2 practice

Fabio Leimer topped a soaking-wet half-hour free practice session for the GP2 Series at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday, which was concluded early when Johnny Cecotto Jr suffered a big crash at Pouhon.

Chilton snatches maiden GP2 pole

July 27th, 2012

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Chilton snatches maiden GP2 pole

Max Chilton will start the 17th round of the GP2 Series at the Hungaroring from his first-ever pole position in the category.

Kral fastest in Hungary GP2 practice

July 27th, 2012

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Josef Kral set the fastest time in free practice ahead of qualifying for round 17 of the GP2 Series at the Hungaroring on Friday morning. Addax racer Kral, who has failed to score a point all season with last year’s teams’ championship-winner, repeated his feat of setting fastest time in practice from Barcelona back in May. His 1m29.573s was 0.159 seconds faster than Racing Engineering’s Fabio Leimer, and both of these times were set just after the halfway point of the session

Van der Garde beats rain to take pole

July 20th, 2012

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Van der Garde beats rain to take pole

Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde took pole position, and the four points that go with it, in qualifying for round 15 of the GP2 Series at a soaking-wet Hockenheim on Friday afternoon. The session began in damp conditions, with a steady drizzle falling. James Calado (Lotus) set the first real representative time, a 1m45.919s, which was quickly topped by van der Garde on 1m45.783s, and then Davide Valsecchi (DAMS) on 1m45.152s.

Razia beats Valsecchi at Silverstone

July 8th, 2012

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Razia beats Valsecchi at Silverstone

Title rivals Luiz Razia and Davide Valsecchi finished first and second in the GP2 sprint race at Silverstone on Sunday after some thrilling on-track battles, with Razia now heading the points with five rounds remaining.

Gutierrez wins after Leimer’s disaster

July 7th, 2012

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Gutierrez wins after Leimer’s disaster

Esteban Gutierrez won the GP2 Series feature race at Silverstone on Saturday, after long-time leader Fabio Leimer failed to pit before a safety car – an error that wiped out his huge advantage and turned a potential victory into a 15th-place finish. Leimer led away from pole in a race started under the safety car due to soaking wet conditions. After six laps under the safety car, during which Daniel de Jong (Rapax) managed to crash into the back of Rodolfo Gonzalez (Caterham), Leimer pulled out a huge lead in his Racing Engineering machine.

Leimer takes pole at wet Silverstone

July 6th, 2012

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Leimer takes pole at wet Silverstone

Fabio Leimer will start from pole position in Saturday’s GP2 Series feature race at Silverstone after setting the fastest time in qualifying on a very wet track. Leimer was in imperious form behind the wheel of his Racing Engineering machine, at one point holding pole position by 2.288 seconds. His eventual margin was trimmed back to 0.915s, with nearest challenger Johnny Cecotto Jr overcoming a brief off at Village and his car coasting to a halt, before recovering to finish the session in second