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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.

George returns to Hulman and Co. board

March 23rd, 2013

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George returns to Hulman and Co. board

Tony George has returned to the board of directors of Hulman & Company, parent company to the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. George resigned from the board last October after revelations that he was linked to an attempted buyout of the IndyCar Series triggered concerns over a conflict of interest.

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

Bianchi had been set to stay as reserve

February 1st, 2013

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Bianchi had been set to stay as reserve

Force India has admitted that it had planned to run Jules Bianchi as its reserve driver for two years before considering him for a Formula 1 race drive. The Silverstone-based team launched its 2013 VJM06 on Friday, with only lead driver Paul di Resta in attendance. Bianchi, who drove for Force India in free practice on nine grand prix weekends in 2012, is one of several drivers in contention for the second race seat, with Adrian Sutil and Bruno Senna both considered leading contenders as well

Force India denies future in jeopardy

January 18th, 2013

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Force India denies future in jeopardy

Force India has rubbished suggestions that it faces an uncertain future following rumours of severe financial problems. Deputy team boss Bob Fernley told AUTOSPORT that reports suggesting the squad was in trouble were untrue. “There is absolutely no substance to it,” he said

Abiteboul named Caterham F1 boss

November 8th, 2012

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Abiteboul named Caterham F1 boss

Cyril Abiteboul has replaced Tony Fernandes as team principal of Caterham’s Formula 1 outfit with immediate effect.

Abiteboul joins Caterham as team CEO

September 21st, 2012

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Abiteboul joins Caterham as team CEO

Caterham has announced Cyril Abiteboul will join the Formula 1 team as its CEO, taking over the squad’s on and off-track operations. Abiteboul, currently working as deputy managing director of Renault Sport F1, will be reporting to Caterham Group CEO Riad Asmat and Chairman Tony Fernandes

Force India ‘must define’ ambitions

February 27th, 2012

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Force India ‘must define’ ambitions

Force India’s owners must decide within the next few months if they are happy for the outfit to keep fighting in Formula 1′s midfield pack, or if they want to dig deep into their pockets to help fund a push to the front of the grid. That is the view of the Silverstone-based outfit’s deputy team principal Bob Fernley, who says that Force India’s shareholders must soon make a call on their long-term ambitions.

Boullier: 2012 a year of adjustment

February 5th, 2012

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Boullier: 2012 a year of adjustment

Lotus team boss Eric Boullier says 2012 will still be a year of adjustment for the outfit, with 2013 the first season when it will be fully operational. The team has undergone several changes, including a new ownership, over the last year and faces 2012 with relatively modest goals after a difficult 2011. Racing under the Renault name, the team finished in fifth place in the standings last year, and Boullier wants to go one better in the upcoming season

Renault vows to be more conservative

December 1st, 2011

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Renault vows to be more conservative

Renault has vowed to take a more conservative approach to the car Kimi Raikkonen will race in his return to Formula 1 in the 2012 season. The team surprised rivals at the start of the season thanks to the introduction of a radical system with forward-facing exhausts.

Williams appoints duo for board

November 1st, 2011

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Williams appoints duo for board

Williams has announced the appointment of Nick Rose and Louise Evans to the company’s board of directors. Rose joins Toto Wolff, Mike O’Driscoll and Eddie Charlton as the company’s fourth non-executive director and will chair the Audit Committee. Evans steps up to finance director from her current position as the group’s head of finance.

Ecclestone: Pay TV would be ‘suicide’

May 8th, 2011

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Ecclestone: Pay TV would be ‘suicide’

Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned teams it would be ‘suicidal’ for them if the sport moved to News Corporation’s pay-per-view channels as part of a takeover deal. Amid signs of intense resistance from Ecclestone about the possibility of News Corporation buying into F1, the sport’s commercial rights holder says teams would lose huge sponsorship interest if coverage was no longer on mass market channels. “Murdoch hasn’t got anything really big to drive their TV audiences and Formula 1 would be good for that,” he explained in an interview with the official Formula 1 website

Teams keen for F1 ownership stake

May 6th, 2011

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Teams keen for F1 ownership stake

Formula 1 teams are ready to listen to what News Corporation’s plans for the future are, saying that ownership of a share in the sport is an ambition they are keen to achieve.

Brawn to leave Mercedes GP board

March 24th, 2011

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Brawn to leave Mercedes GP board

Ross Brawn is to help clear the way to get fully focused on helping Mercedes GP succeed in Formula 1 by resigning from its board in the next few weeks, AUTOSPORT can reveal. On the back of Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler and financial partner Aabar having become the sole shareholders in the team last month, Brawn’s imminent resignation is aimed at helping streamline the operation further

Symonds takes on Virgin role

February 11th, 2011

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Symonds takes on Virgin role

Pat Symonds is to return to Formula 1 in a consultancy role after agreeing a deal to help out the Virgin Racing team. The former Renault technical director has been out of the sport since he left the Enstone-based outfit in the wake of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix race-fixing controversy. He has spent his time since then involved in numerous other engineering and motorsport projects for his own consultancy business Neutrino Dynamics

Trulli: Lotus row has motivated team

January 17th, 2011

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Trulli: Lotus row has motivated team

Jarno Trulli says that his and Team Lotus’s motivation for 2011 are higher than they have ever been before – as he claims the naming row surrounding the outfit has actually helped spur it on this winter.

Bahar: Lotus row can avoid court

January 17th, 2011

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Bahar: Lotus row can avoid court

Group Lotus is confident that its naming dispute with Team Lotus will be settled before it hits the courts later this year. The British sportscar manufacturer is at the centre of a legal row with Team Lotus over its rival’s right to use the name, plus the termination of a deal the outfit had to run as Lotus Racing last season

Bahar: Two Lotus teams ‘no problem’

December 8th, 2010

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Bahar: Two Lotus teams ‘no problem’

Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar has insisted he would have no problem with Tony Fernandes’ Team Lotus continuing with the same name in Formula 1 next year despite his company also entering the world championship with Renault. Today’s confirmation that Group Lotus will become a shareholder in and title sponsor of the Renault team next year, and Fernandes’ insistence that he owns the rights to the Team Lotus title and can therefore use it in F1, raises the prospect of two separate Lotus Renault teams appearing on the 2011 grid.

Gascoyne: Name row won’t spoil future

November 6th, 2010

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Gascoyne: Name row won’t spoil future

Lotus Racing technical chief Mike Gascoyne says the future of his outfit is ‘very bright’ – whatever the team is called next season. As AUTOSPORT revealed yesterday, the Lotus naming situation has taken a fresh twist this weekend with the current Renault team now set to tie up with Lotus Cars for next season. That partnership would complicate the current Lotus team’s plans to be renamed Team Lotus – and could well see the outfit choose to abandon its legal bad to keep pursuing its Lotus plans.

Lotus insists it can use Team Lotus name

September 27th, 2010

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Lotus insists it can use Team Lotus name

Lotus Racing insists it can use the Team Lotus name in Formula 1, despite Proton’s claims to the contrary earlier on Monday. Lotus Racing announced last Friday that it would race under the Team Lotus banner in 2011