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iGPS Week 4 – Bienvenue au Québec

September 3rd, 2013 by

As the iRacing.com Grand Prix Series (iGPS) moves into the second quarter of 2013 Season 3, we make the journey back to North America – this time to Canada’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, right in the heart of Montréal on the manmade Ile Notre Dame. Montréal is another historic venue for Formula 1 cars dating back … Read the Rest »

Kerkhof’s Dutch Treat

August 28th, 2013 by

This weekend saw the virtual Williams-Toyota FW31s take to Dutch shores for Round 13 of the iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series. Not only did the 29 sim-racers have to face the twisty turns of the former Formula One circuit, but in addition an updated tyre model released to competitors since their last race. Starting … Read the Rest »

Red Bull F1 Seat a Mixed Blessing – Ask Mark Webber

August 15th, 2013 by

Dysfunctional intra-team rivalries are nothing new to Formula One.   One of F1’s axioms, of course, is the first driver you have to beat is your teammate.  Nobody takes a whole lot of notice when that team is Marussia or Minardi, but when it involves drivers on a front running team things can quickly become a … Read the Rest »

NASCAR and NBC Change the Motorsports TV Landscape – Again

July 24th, 2013 by

Yesterday’s news of NASCAR’s ten year TV rights deal with the NBC Sports Group brings fundamental changes to the motorsports television landscape . . . again.   Some of us can recall the days when “motorsports” and “television” were all but mutually exclusive.  Apart from ABC’s Wide World of Sports’ highlight coverage of the Monaco Grand … Read the Rest »

Day of Reckoning

July 17th, 2013 by

No matter how you cut it, the news of Formula One impresario Bernie Ecclestone’s idictment on bribery charges by a German court is a big deal.  For the record, the idictment alleges Ecclestone bribed convicted banker Gerhard Gribkowsky some $44 million in connection with the sale of 48% of Ecclestone’s Formula One holding company to CVC Capital … Read the Rest »

Webber To Porsche, F1 Silly Season Commences

June 27th, 2013 by

The Formula One silly-season kicked-off with a bang today when Red Bull driver Mark Webber announced he will join Porsche’s new sports car program in 2014.  The Australian’s decision not only vacates one of the most desirable seats in F1, it sets in motion the annual game of musical chairs among the top drivers and … Read the Rest »

Famine or Feast

June 26th, 2013 by

Once upon a time, North American Formula One fans were on a starvation diet.  With the just a single race on the calendar – the Grand Prix of Canada – in a less than central location, a generation of American, Canadian and Mexican race fans had little chance of seeing an F1 race in person. … Read the Rest »

iRNC Shines at Sunny Laguna Seca

June 13th, 2013 by

Week Six saw iRacing.com’s inRacing News Challenge mixed-class series head to sunny Monterey, California to tackle the very popular road course at Laguna Seca.  This 2.2 mile eleven turn circuit provides iRNC sim-racers with several elevation changes and the infamous “Corkscrew” proves to be the most challenging sector on track.  The best racers in the … Read the Rest »

Doyle and Miller Taste the Milk

May 31st, 2013 by

The fourth week of the iRacing.com IndyCar Oval Series headed to the  Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of IndyCar racing.  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has hosted racing events for almost every major racing series; this includes NASCAR, Grand-Am, Formula 1, MotoGP and of course IZOD IndyCar racing. The circuit that we visit this week is the … Read the Rest »

Get to Know . . . Tyler Laughlin

May 13th, 2013 by

I think many of you can relate to this statement: When you first started out sim racing, you really didn’t take it seriously, but then something in you made you realize that if you try, you could really accomplish a great deal. That is definitely the case for iRacer Tyler Laughlin from Knoxville, Tennessee. If … Read the Rest »