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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.

BMW rubbishes F1 return talk

May 20th, 2013

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BMW rubbishes F1 return talk

BMW has rubbished suggestions that it is considering a Formula 1 return. In the wake of Honda announcing it is coming back to grand prix racing in 2015, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone tipped BMW to follow suit in the not too distant future. However, BMW itself has distanced itself from such a scenario, and its motorsport boss Jens Marquardt made it clear on Monday that the company was happy focusing on its DTM and sportscar activities

Lowe to join Mercedes F1 team in June

May 20th, 2013

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Lowe to join Mercedes F1 team in June

Paddy Lowe has been given an early release by McLaren so will join Mercedes next month in a senior management role rather than waiting until 2014. The former McLaren technical director had originally only been expected to join Mercedes when his old contract ran out at the end of the year.

Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

May 17th, 2013

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Mercedes: holding up rivals not enough

Mercedes says it cannot rely Monaco’s lack of overtaking opportunities to make up for its race-day tyre issues. The Brackley-based team has impressed with its single-lap form this year, securing pole position at the last three races. However, it has struggled with its longer-run pace and both Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have endured frustrating slumps down the order in races.

Wolff plans to sell Williams stake

April 15th, 2013

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Wolff plans to sell Williams stake

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff plans to sell the shares he still has in Williams, but he will only do so when the right buyer is found. After Wolff’s move from executive director at Williams to a senior role at Mercedes was announced earlier this year, it was made clear that Wolff would retain the 16 per cent stake he has in the Grove-based outfit. However, having progressed with buying a shareholding in the Mercedes F1 team, Wolff says that he has agreed with his German bosses that he will offload his involvement at Williams when the moment is right.

Mercedes sure tyre woes are easing

March 20th, 2013

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Mercedes sure tyre woes are easing

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff is convinced his Formula 1 team is more on top of the tyre situation than it was last year, despite a repeat of problems in the Australian Grand Prix. Just as in 2012 , Mercedes impressed in qualifying at Albert Park but could not maintain its pace throughout the whole race. While Lewis Hamilton held on to fifth place , the team knows that a better handle on its tyres could have helped it do more

Mercedes will protect data from Honda

March 16th, 2013

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Mercedes will protect data from Honda

Mercedes will move to ensure that McLaren’s knowledge of its 2014 engine is of no benefit to Honda should the team subsequently switch to the Japanese engine manufacturer.

Susie Wolff keen to add GT campaign

February 19th, 2013

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Susie Wolff keen to add GT campaign

Susie Wolff is hoping to race in sportscars this year alongside her role as a Williams Formula 1 development driver . The 30-year-old raced in the DTM from 2006-12 and is set to explore opportunities in GT racing for this season. Wolff decided to walk away from the DTM prior to her Williams development driver role being expanded, but she is keen to race competitively this year.

Kubica ‘very comfortable’ in DTM test

January 24th, 2013

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Kubica ‘very comfortable’ in DTM test

Robert Kubica said his DTM test with Mercedes posed no physical problems at all. The Valencia run on Thursday was the first time that Kubica had driven a high-specification racing car since the horrific rallying accident in February 2011 that left him with multiple fractures and a partially severed right arm. Kubica completed 114 laps of the Spanish track, initially in wet conditions before the track dried

Whitmarsh praises ‘crucial’ Haug

December 14th, 2012

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Whitmarsh praises ‘crucial’ Haug

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has praised departing Mercedes motorsport chief Norbert Haug’s “crucial” contribution to his squad’s success. Mercedes announced on Thursday that Haug, who has been its motorsport boss since 1991, would leave the company at the end of the season. McLaren has used Mercedes engines in Formula 1 since 1995, and was the firm’s official works partner until it set up its own factory team in 2010

BMW switches to Z4 for ALMS

December 2nd, 2012

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BMW switches to Z4 for ALMS

BMW’s works American Le Mans Series team Rahal Letterman Lanigan will switch from the M3 GT to a new GTE version of the Z4 for 2013. RLL has run BMW’s ALMS programme since 2009, winning the teams’ and manufacturers’ titles in ’10, then taking a clean sweep of drivers’, teams’ and manufacturers’ crowns the following year. The GT3 variant of the Z4 is already used by BMW teams in European sportscar racing, coming close to the GT1 world title with Vita4One this season.

Wittmann gets BMW DTM race seat

December 2nd, 2012

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Wittmann gets BMW DTM race seat

BMW will promote test driver Marco Wittmann into a race seat as it expands to eight cars for the 2013 DTM. Wittmann finished second in the 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series before switching to his BMW role this year. BMW motorsport boss Jens Marquardt said the 23-year-old German had proved he was worthy of a race chance

Mercedes set to ditch Coanda exhaust

November 22nd, 2012

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Mercedes set to ditch Coanda exhaust

Mercedes is set to abandon its Coanda-effect exhaust for the final race of the season in a bid to try and get a better understanding of its tyre situation. After Nico Rosberg reverted to the non-Coanda design in Austin to assist the team’s 2013 development programme, the team has elected to switch both its drivers to the old version for the final weekend of the season.

Mercedes sure of enough engines in ’14

August 3rd, 2012

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Mercedes sure of enough engines in ’14

Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug is confident that there will be enough new engines to supply the entire Formula 1 grid in 2014 – even if independent supplier PURE fails to resurrect its plans. As AUTOSPORT revealed last weekend, PURE has been forced to suspend its operations because investment money has failed to come through – and it cannot continue working until the finances are in place

Capello officially retires from racing

July 23rd, 2012

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Capello officially retires from racing

Audi legend Rinaldo Capello has officially called time on his top flight endurance prototype career, having hinted as much after finishing second in June’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

Honda confirms Tarquini and Monteiro

July 18th, 2012

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Honda confirms Tarquini and Monteiro

Honda has announced Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro as its drivers for its first season in the World Touring Car Championship. The duo will drive the Civic cars run by Italian team JAS Motorsport. Honda said Monteiro will enter the final three races of the 2012 season at Suzuka, Shanghai and Macau as part of the Japanese manufacturer’s development programme

Haug: Young driver test row ‘ridiculous’

July 3rd, 2012

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Haug: Young driver test row ‘ridiculous’

Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug has labelled the uncertain situation surrounding Formula 1′s young driver test as ‘ridiculous’ – with a number of teams now unsure about where they will run.

Schumacher joins FOTA Fans’ Forum

July 2nd, 2012

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Schumacher joins FOTA Fans’ Forum

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg are among the drivers who have been announced as star guests at a FOTA Fans’ Forum that will take place in Stuttgart ahead of the German Grand Prix. The Mercedes drivers will be joined by Nico Hulkenberg, Timo Glock and Mercedes-Benz motorsport boss Norbert Haug for the event, which takes place at its Niederlassung venue in Stuttgart on July 18

Mercedes calm over Schumacher issues

June 22nd, 2012

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Mercedes calm over Schumacher issues

Mercedes has promised Michael Schumacher that it will adopt a ‘calm and concentrated’ approach to sorting out the reliability problems that have wrecked his season.

Schumacher talks down victory chances

June 21st, 2012

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Schumacher talks down victory chances

Michael Schumacher believes talk of him being able to win this weekend’s European Grand Prix is too optimistic. The seven-time world champion was installed as one of the pre-race favourites in Valencia, partly due to the pace he showed in Monaco and the suggestion from Pirelli motorsport boss Paul Hembery that he would be the man to beat . But Schumacher believes that Mercedes’ form in Canada, where it was also expected to shine but came up short, suggests that it will not be competing for victory this weekend.

Renault sets deadline for 2014 plans

June 14th, 2012

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Renault sets deadline for 2014 plans

Renault will decide in September just how many customer teams it will be able to supply when Formula 1 switches to the new V6 turbo engines from 2014. Amid some concern in the paddock about dramatic cost increases for teams because engine makers have to pass on the development costs of the new power units, sources have revealed that efforts are being made to ensure that the situation does not destabilise the sport. Renault Sport F1′s managing director Jean-Francois Caubet believes that a lifting of the current limitation of manufacturer to supply a maximum of three teams would be a big help – especially amid uncertainty about the number of outfits independent suppliers PURE and Cosworth may reach deals with.