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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.

Horner: Vettel has not undermined me

April 12th, 2013

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Horner: Vettel has not undermined me

Red Bull boss Christian Horner denies his leadership has been undermined by Sebastian Vettel’s decision to ignore team orders during the Malaysian Grand Prix.

Force India sure wheelnut issue fixed

April 8th, 2013

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Force India sure wheelnut issue fixed

Force India boss Vijay Mallya is confident his team has rectified the issues with its wheelnut system that marred its Malaysian Grand Prix last month. Both Paul di Resta and Adrian Sutil were forced to retire from the second race of the season because of problems with the captive wheelnut system the team is using this year. Mallya says the team has had time to understand and correct the problem, and is confident Force India will be able enjoy a strong Chinese Grand Prix this weekend.

Daly’s News

by Conor Daly on April 3rd, 2013

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P16 to P23 to P13 to P21 to P13, fifth fastest lap . . . an eventful GP2 debut.

Editor’s note:  Lightning can strike any time, any place . . . but you have to be there for it to strike you.  Ask iRacer Conor Daly.  After an off-season which, among other things, saw him test an IndyCar for AJ Foyt Racing, test a GP2 car for the new Hilmer Motorsports outfit, win the MRF Challenge and prepare himself for a third season of GP3, he found himself on a plane to Malaysia with the somewhat murky prospects of a ride in the GP2 race at the Malaysian Grand Prix.  And that was just the start of a whirlwind for Daly as, shortly after writing this blog, he was named to drive one of AJ Foyt Racing’s entries in the 2013 Indianapolis 500.  More on that next time.  For [...]

Alonso undanted by points setback

March 27th, 2013

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Alonso undanted by points setback

Fernando Alonso is still convinced he can start the European season in a stronger championship situation than last season, despite the blow of his early retirement in Malaysia. Last year a shock win in a still-troubled Ferrari in the Sepang rain was key to keeping Alonso in the hunt early on

Pirelli: Red Bull tyre criticism is wrong

March 26th, 2013

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Pirelli: Red Bull tyre criticism is wrong

Pirelli insists it is unmoved by complaints from Red Bull about its tyres, and it thinks that the Malaysian Grand Prix proved it is doing the right thing. Formula 1′s tyre supplier faced a hard time from Red Bull representatives over the Sepang weekend, with the reigning champion team eager for the tyres to be less aggressive. Red Bull feels that the impact of the tyre on car performance is too great, which is limiting the speed of its car.

Vettel sure of better tyre management

March 21st, 2013

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Vettel sure of better tyre management

Sebastian Vettel thinks Red Bull learned enough from its troubled Australian Grand Prix to get a better handle on tyre management in Malaysia this weekend. Red Bull dominated practice and qualifying in Melbourne , only to slip to third and sixth places in the race as it struggled to make the Pirelli tyres last as long as rivals. Vettel denied that he had thought Melbourne victory was guaranteed after practice and qualifying, but acknowledged the tyre situation came as a surprise that Red Bull has had to react to.

Lotus form not beyond Ferrari – Alonso

March 21st, 2013

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Lotus form not beyond Ferrari – Alonso

Ferrari is capable of everything that Lotus achieved in the Australian Grand Prix, reckons Fernando Alonso. Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen won the Melbourne event having matched Red Bull and Ferrari’s pace and achieved better tyre mileage. Alonso said Lotus’s performance did not unnerve him at all as he is sure the 2013 Ferrari is equally good

Rossi: Leading trio will be hard to beat

February 28th, 2013

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Rossi: Leading trio will be hard to beat

Valentino Rossi believes he will be hard-pressed to beat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and Honda duo Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez on the basis of MotoGP testing so far. Seven-time champion Rossi was fourth quickest on the final day of this week’s test in Malaysia. Although he has been close to the frontrunning pace throughout the winter, Rossi now feels he will have to dig very deep to beat last year’s title combatants Lorenzo and Pedrosa, and rising star Marquez

Dovizioso reassured by Ducati gains

February 26th, 2013

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Dovizioso reassured by Ducati gains

Andrea Dovizioso believes Ducati’s deficit to the MotoGP frontrunners has been brought back to ‘acceptable’ levels following improvements at the second Sepang winter test. All four Ducatis lagged behind Honda and Yamaha at the opening test, prompting Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden to call for major changes

Pirelli reveals early tyre choices

February 13th, 2013

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Pirelli reveals early tyre choices

Pirelli has announced the tyre compounds it will take to the first four races of the 2013 Formula 1 season. For the first time the super-soft will be used in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, in conjunction with the medium compound. The newly-branded orange hard tyre and the white medium will be taken to the Malaysian Grand Prix in order to cope with the high temperatures and abrasive surface of the Sepang International track

Marquez: Crash part of learning process

February 7th, 2013

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Marquez: Crash part of learning process

Marc Marquez said his Sepang testing crash on Thursday was an important part of his MotoGP learning process. The Moto2 champion was rapid throughout his first fully-fledged test as a factory Honda MotoGP rider. But Marquez encountered his first blip when he crashed at the final corner of the Malaysian track on the last morning.

Perez adamant he can sort qualifying

January 15th, 2013

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Perez adamant he can sort qualifying

Sergio Perez has no doubt that he can make his poor qualifying form a thing of the past under McLaren’s tutelage. Qualifying is a potential weakness for McLaren this year, with neither Perez nor team-mate Jenson Button regarded as single-lap stars in the manner of the departing Lewis Hamilton.

Stoner ‘in much stronger shape’

October 19th, 2012

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Stoner ‘in much stronger shape’

Casey Stoner believes he will be in much better shape in Malaysia this weekend than he was in his MotoGP comeback race in Japan. In his first race back since the surgery on his Indianapolis injury, Stoner qualified seventh and finished fifth at Motegi a week ago. But after taking second place in Friday practice at Sepang behind Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa, Stoner said his ankle was far less troublesome so far this weekend

Pedrosa focused on races, not title

October 16th, 2012

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Pedrosa focused on races, not title

Dani Pedrosa believes ignoring the championship situation and focussing on each race individually will aid his bid for a hat-trick of wins this weekend in Malaysia. The Spaniard enters Sepang on the back of emphatic wins at Aragon and Motegi , which themselves followed wins in the US and the Czech Republic.

Perez says podium unexpected

June 10th, 2012

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Perez says podium unexpected

Sergio Perez admitted that he had absolutely no expectation of finishing on the podium after only qualifying 15th for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Ferrari still nearly a second off – Fry

April 10th, 2012

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Ferrari still nearly a second off – Fry

Ferrari technical chief Pat Fry believes the team is still almost a second off the pace in normal dry conditions, even though Fernando Alonso is leading the Formula 1 world championship. Alonso took a shock victory in the damp in Malaysia, and finished fifth in Australia – despite Ferrari struggling for speed. Fry said Ferrari owed its position to both Alonso’s heroics, and the Sepang weather working in its favour.

HRT hoping updates yield progress

April 9th, 2012

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HRT hoping updates yield progress

HRT will introduce some small updates in this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, hoping it will help the team take another step forward. The Spanish squad failed to qualify for the season-opening race in Australia, but then put on a respectable showing in Malaysia, where it qualified and finished the race with both cars

Rossi: No miracle likely for Ducati

March 27th, 2012

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Rossi: No miracle likely for Ducati

Valentino Rossi has warned that Ducati cannot expect miracles in the 2012 MotoGP season opener in Qatar. In the wake of a troubled pre-season – in which Rossi feels the team took the wrong direction initially – the Italian says Ducati will enter Doha neither ‘too excited’ nor ‘too depressed’

Sauber: No reason to be unhappy

March 26th, 2012

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Sauber: No reason to be unhappy

Sauber says it has no reason to feel unhappy about missing out on a possible victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix, despite a late race excursion costing Sergio Perez a chance to overhaul Fernando Alonso.

Webber says inters stint cost him

March 25th, 2012

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Webber says inters stint cost him

Mark Webber admitted that he took too long to get up to speed on intermediate tyres after only finishing fourth in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Red Bull was unable to fight for victory at Sepang, with Webber only moving up to fourth when his team-mate Sebastian Vettel relinquished the position late on having sustained a puncture in contact with Narain Karthikeyan’s HRT.