
All News: James Hunt
McLarens Dominate GT3 Week 1 Podium
August 7th, 2014 by Jaime Baker
The McLaren MP4 12C GT3 has seen its share of ups and downs since its positive reception into iRacing.com a few years ago. In recent months, however, it’s been just short of being completely absent from its current home in the GT3 Challenge Series. With the addition of the RUF RT 12R and, most recently, … Read the Rest »
Talk About Ron Howard’s “Rush”
September 18th, 2013 by DavidP
It’s a motorsports axiom that the definitive racing movie has yet to be made. From To Please a Lady and The Racers, to Grand Prix, Winning, Le Mans, Days of Thunder and Driven, gearheads and cinema buffs have found the balance between authenticity and drama (and in the case of Driven, just about everything else) … Read the Rest »
iRacer Profile: Troy Schulz
February 23rd, 2013 by DavidP
It might be bit of a stretch to call Troy Schulz the James Hunt of iRacing, but there are some similarities in the arcs of their careers. After all, “Hunt the Shunt” did not have a particularly outstanding record in the junior formulae of his day. But once he found his way into Formula One, … Read the Rest »
iRacer Profile – David Burnett
September 24th, 2011 by DavidP
When it comes to sim racing, Club England’s David Burnett is far from a one trick pony. Although he is most active in the the Classic Lotus GP series, he owns a very, er, catholic collection of iRacing wheels, from his Lotus 79, Dallara IndyCar and Star Mazda to HPD ARX01, Chevrolet Impala Class B … Read the Rest »
The 28th Vintage Racing Festival Formula 1 Reunion June 22 – 25, 2007
August 15th, 2010 by DavidP
Editor’s Note: Divina Galica, iRacing.com’s Director of Partner Relations, has enjoyed a thoroughly remarkable sports career. A two-time captain of the British Olympic Ski team, she competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympic games and also set a world speed skiing record of 125 mph. She later turned her competitive focus to race … Read the Rest »
An Interesting Year, Part I
January 1st, 2010 by DavidP
1978 was an interesting year for me, as it was the year I was named to drive the Hesketh 308E in the FIA Formula One Championship. I would be on the tracks with the great drivers of that time, six of whom were or would become World Champions: Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 and ’74), Niki Lauda … Read the Rest »
BRDC International Trophy Silverstone
November 21st, 2009 by DavidP
It’s 1978 and I’m sitting in Hesketh Formula One car at Silverstone listening to Rene Arnoux’s team trying to fire his engine in the next door garage. My race is in his hands. If he fails to start I will get to race as I’m reserve driver for this event and Nikki Lauda already refused … Read the Rest »