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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.

IndyCar hires Walker for new role

May 13th, 2013

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IndyCar hires Walker for new role

IndyCar has confirmed that Derrick Walker will join the series as its president of operations and competition after the Indianapolis 500. The long-time team owner and manager will be responsible for all technical and competition aspects of the series

Spain qualifying quotes: Ferrari

May 11th, 2013

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Fernando Alonso – 5th: “It’s a well known fact that Saturday afternoon is our weak point and fifth place is more or less what we were expecting. We were well aware that Red Bull and Mercedes would both be very strong, but while it’s true we have to start taking back points on Vettel, we are not too scared of Mercedes, who usually have higher tyre degradation. The team and I are optimistic for tomorrow as our race pace isg ood and usually we manage to go better on Sunday

Williams records UKP5 million loss

April 29th, 2013

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Williams records UKP5 million loss

The Williams group recorded a loss of £5.0m in 2012, although a technical accounting treatment meant it was deprived of part of its Formula 1 revenues. The result compares to a £7.4m profit during 2011.

Ogier feared glitch would cost victory

April 15th, 2013

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Ogier feared glitch would cost victory

Sebastien Ogier feared his bid for Rally of Portugal victory would be ended by the technical problems that struck his Volkswagen on Sunday morning. The Frenchman had built up a lead of more than a minute over everyone but team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala heading into the final four stages, but a technical problem – subsequently diagnosed as a slipping clutch – meant he surrendered huge chunks of time on stage 12. With no service to separate that SS12 and the following 52-kilometre stage 13, and with Mikko Hirvonen rapidly closing, Ogier’s lead looked increasingly precarious.

Webber fears he will start from the back

April 13th, 2013

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Webber fears he will start from the back

Mark Webber fears he will have to start at the back of the Chinese Grand Prix grid after a fuel pressure issue halted his Red Bull in Q2. The Australian was left in 14th position having had to park his Red Bull in an escape road. Webber admitted there was a danger his car would not have sufficient fuel left to provide the mandatory post-qualifying sample

Murphy sets up own team for LMP2

March 12th, 2013

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Murphy sets up own team for LMP2

Irish sportscar entrant Murphy Prototypes is setting up its own team for its attack on the Le Mans 24 Hours and the European Le Mans Series in 2013. Team owner Greg Murphy, whose LMP2 ORECA-Nissan 03 was run by the RLR Motorsports squad in 2012, has decided to go it alone this season and already has the core of his team in place at premises in Brackley near Silverstone.

Ostberg says comfortable podium lost

March 9th, 2013

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Ostberg says comfortable podium lost

Mads Ostberg has no doubt that he could have hung on for second place in Rally Mexico had his M-Sport Ford not succumbed to mechanical problems on Saturday morning. The Norwegian retired from the day when he suffered an alternator failure on the road section after the leg’s opening test. His Fiesta RS WRC had already been slowed by a clutch failure on Ibarrilla.

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

Perez shrugs off McLaren tech changes

March 1st, 2013

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Perez shrugs off McLaren tech changes

Sergio Perez insists that McLaren’s chances of winning the world championship this year will not be compromised by the technical staffing shake-up caused by Paddy Lowe’s planned departure. Lowe has been moved away from McLaren’s F1 efforts for the remainder of the year ahead of an expected move to Mercedes in 2014.

Lauda insists Lowe no threat to Brawn

February 26th, 2013

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Lauda insists Lowe no threat to Brawn

Ross Brawn’s immediate future as team principal at Mercedes is not in doubt, insists its chairman Niki Lauda, despite Paddy Lowe planning to switch from McLaren. Speculation that Brawn will be stepping down from his role sooner rather than later grew after it emerged that McLaren technical director Lowe has agreed to join Mercedes at the start of next year.

Goss appointed new McLaren tech chief

February 25th, 2013

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Goss appointed new McLaren tech chief

McLaren has appointed Tim Goss as its new technical director, in the wake of Paddy Lowe’s decision to switch to Mercedes. After weeks of speculation about Lowe’s future, sources confirmed on Monday that he had now agreed to leave the Woking-based team and join Mercedes from the start of 2014.

F1 constructor rules ‘should be eased’

February 15th, 2013

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F1 constructor rules ‘should be eased’

Caterham team principal Cyril Abiteboul believes Formula 1 must consider easing the criteria that teams have to meet in order to qualify as a constructor. The designated ‘listed parts’ that teams must produce themselves to qualify as a constructor have, for the first time, been published in the public domain in this year’s Sporting Regulations . The list exists to prevent full-blown customer cars from being used, but Abiteboul believes parts that are not significant performance differentiators should not be on the list

Marussia MR02 a ‘massive’ step forward

February 5th, 2013

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Marussia MR02 a ‘massive’ step forward

Marussia’s new MR02 Formula 1 car is a “massive” technical step forward, according to team boss John Booth, but the squad is trying to keep its expectations in check. The 2013 design is the first created completely under Marussia’s revised technical structure, under which it has taken its technical programme entirely in-house using the facilities of its former partner Wirth Research

Lowe staying for 2013, McLaren insists

January 31st, 2013

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Lowe staying for 2013, McLaren insists

McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe will remain at the squad for 2013, but his longer-term future is in doubt, says team boss Martin Whitmarsh. Lowe has been strongly linked with a switch to Mercedes as part of the German outfit’s management restructuring. During the launch of the 2013 McLaren Formula 1 car , Whitmarsh insisted Lowe was still on board

Susie Wolff to increase Williams role

January 28th, 2013

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Susie Wolff to increase Williams role

Susie Wolff will increase her development role with the Williams Formula 1 team in the 2013 season. The former DTM driver joined the team last year, conducting her first F1 test in an older-spec car in October.

Panther DRR retains Servia for 2013

December 5th, 2012

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Panther DRR retains Servia for 2013

Panther DRR will carry an unchanged line-up into the 2013 IndyCar season after confirming that Oriol Servia will remain with the team for another year. Servia will again suit up alongside JR Hildebrand after the Panther and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing squads also confirmed that they will continue with the alliance that they formed in May of this year after DRR switched from Lotus to Chevrolet power. “Continuity is very important in our sport and now we’ll be able to build upon our successes in a second year together,” Servia.

Vettel to start from last after penalty

November 3rd, 2012

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Vettel to start from last after penalty

Sebastian Vettel will have to start the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to have enough fuel in his car to provide the mandatory sample to the FIA after qualifying. The German had stopped at the end of his in-lap after qualifying third , having been ordered over the radio to bring his car to a halt immediately.

Stewards investigate Vettel’s stoppage

November 3rd, 2012

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Stewards investigate Vettel’s stoppage

Red Bull Racing has been asked by the race stewards at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to explain why Sebastian Vettel’s car did not return to the pits after his qualifying lap. The German bounced back from a troubled final practice session to secure third place on the grid – behind Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber. However, towards the end of his in-lap, Vettel was ordered over the radio to stop his car immediately and he pulled over at Turn 19

Teams told trick brake systems illegal

November 2nd, 2012

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Teams told trick brake systems illegal

Formula 1′s teams have been told by the FIA that they cannot run trick brake systems that react to temperature to improve cooling during races, following a complaint by Red Bull. AUTOSPORT can reveal that Red Bull wrote to motor racing’s governing body ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to seek clarification on the use of thermal energy devices within the air duct of the brake system. The team contended that attempts to use either a bimetallic strip – which would change shape to open and close off cooling ducts depending on the temperature of the brake friction material – or a thermal actuator was a breach of the regulations.

Brawn backs steering committee plan

October 26th, 2012

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Brawn backs steering committee plan

Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes the introduction of a ‘Steering Committee’ in Formula 1 for next year will be a huge benefit to the sport. As AUTOSPORT revealed last week, the new governance structure that is being planned by the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone is for an 18-man strategy group to sit below a more streamlined F1 Commission to help form future rules. Although only six teams will sit on that committee, with there also being six FIA representatives and six from Ecclestone’s Formula One Management organisation, Brawn thinks that the structure will benefit all teams and the sport in general.