All News: Richie Stanaway

Stanaway Takes the Fifth iRacing Pro Race of Champions

December 17th, 2015 by David Phillips

World Endurance Championship/GP2 driver Richie Stanaway mastered the virtual Watkins Glen International on Wednesday evening to best NASCAR drivers Timmy Hill and Jay Beasley in the fifth annual iRacing Pro Race of Champions.  Staged each December, the event features an international field of professional race drivers from different disciplines competing head-to-head on iRacing.com’s online motorsport … Read the Rest »

Max Verstappen Joins Team Redline

July 30th, 2015 by

Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Max Verstappen has joined the Team Redline sim racing team.  Verstappen joins Team Redline’s already potent lineup that includes five time iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series champion Greger Huttu, Alexsi Uusi Jaakola (a two time winner in the 2015 iRacing World Championship Grand Prix Series) and former iRacing … Read the Rest »

2014 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series Preview

February 27th, 2014 by

Saturday, March 1st 2014 sees the return of the iRacing.Com World Championship Grand Prix Series at 9am EST (14:00 GMT) on iRacing Live. Now in its fifth year, it holds the stature of being the most competitive road racing series in sim-racing, and one can easily see why: 50 drivers battling over 16 tough races … Read the Rest »

Ruggier Reaches The Summit!

September 4th, 2013 by

Round Four of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to West Virginia and Summit Point Raceway. It has been a year plus since the series ran here last and with some different strategies on offer this time around competitors and fans alike could look forward to a different mix this time around the two mile … Read the Rest »

Muggo the Magnificent in Brazil

July 22nd, 2013 by

Round 11 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed back to one of the more popular tracks on the calendar: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace also known as Interlagos. This tricky 15 turn track in Brazil features a long main straight with a number of slow speed corners through the middle section of the lap, so … Read the Rest »

Down Continues Fine Form at The Glen

June 21st, 2013 by

Round 7 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series took the teams to one of the most popular tracks on the calendar: Watkins Glen.  However, this week’s racing saw the drivers take on a different challenge with the “Classic” layout bringing the big back straightaway into play. Qualifying for this week was (once again) led by … Read the Rest »

Seeing Red(line)

June 20th, 2013 by

Team Redline bills itself as “the world’s most successful virtual racing team.”  Cheeky?  Perhaps. But it’s hard to argue with an outfit whose record includes two iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series titles, 36 iWCGPS race wins, three of four iRacing.com Road Pro Series crowns (and runner-up in the other), placing one of its drivers … Read the Rest »

Crazy 8s in Virginia

June 7th, 2013 by

Round 5 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Virginia International Raceway.  It has been a few seasons since the drivers took to VIR and the sim-racers would have to re-acquaint themselves with the full 5.2 km circuit consisting of 17 corners. Qualifying was lead by Madison Down who posted a very impressive lap … Read the Rest »

Down’s Half-Dozen

April 24th, 2013 by

Round 12 of the iRacing.com V8 Supercar Series headed to Japan for the season finale, with teams tackling a new layout at Suzuka International Racing Course. The drivers took-on the challenge of the “Moto Course” which, compared to the GP circuit, features one additional chicane as well as a different chicane at the end of … Read the Rest »

2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series Kicks-Off Saturday

February 28th, 2013 by

Saturday’s opening round of the 2013 iRacing.com World Championship Grand Prix Series at Circuit de Spa Francorchamps will be broadcast on iRacing.com/live beginning at 14:00 GMT (9:00 am EST). Can Greger Huttu defend his 2012 championship title or will last year’s runner up Hugo Luis challenge again? Maybe one of the World Championship Series rookies … Read the Rest »