Jonathan Moore'S BIO

Name: Jonathan Moore

Location: London, England

Career Path: Digital Manager at The Condé Nast Publications Ltd

Previous Career Paths:  Production Designer for Kerrang! magazine, followed by a sideways shimmy into tech as desktop publishing really took hold, and then became a print publishing consultant for Emap. I've always kept on freelance writing, design, production and photography, just to make sure I have zero spare time apparently. Since '97 I've overseen production of daily newspapers and a review magazine for Q Magazine onsite at Glastonbury, plus shoot at other music festivals. By day I also chair UK committees on PDF and digital image standards, retaining a veneer of professionalism (though without the suit). By night I worked on GT Legends, and have been part of the Virtua_LM mod team since the early days working on car textures and game UI.

Notable Projects/Wins: Last year I was awarded an industry prize for services to the UK publishing industry. My photo of Bruno Senna's F3 Snetterton crash  was a picture of the year in Autosport (mainly as the journalist was narrowly missed by Senna's car...). 

Car: Alfa Romeo Gtv Cup; Rover 220.

Fav Past Cars: VW Beetle 1303s, Fiesta XR2i

Next Car: Alfa Romeo Brera S, Lotus Exige or (if I really go insane) a Mustang.

Car Passions: I spent my childhood on South Bank at Brands Hatch, and saw some of the classic Group C, bike and F1 races there. The glory years of FIA GT led to my first Le Mans trip in 1999, and from there I've never looked back. Now I'm lucky enough to make it to a large number of national and international races every year. Pau and Le Mans are highlights, and my first Petit Le Mans last year was a blast - I love pretty much all sportscar and touring racing. Every Spring I get ever closer to trying my hand at a proper car race, only to flee to the safety of the computer and rFactor...

Personal Style: Short-sleeve shirts and baggy jeans

Favourite Band of the Moment: Queens Of The Stone Age

Personal Motto: Always use your initiative; never follow the crowd


4,147 Posted Mar 08 2010, 04:43 PM by Jonathan Moore with 28 comment(s)

EVENT>> SUMO POWER OPEN DAY
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It's not often that a team opens up their doors to the general public, and certainly not with the open arms that greeted people at the Sumo Power open day down in a surprisingly sunny Rye on the south coast of England. The entire factory was completely accessible and the whole range of JR Motorsport and Sumo Power's activities on display, with helpful staff able to talk through everything from CNC machining to the chassis dyno and, of course, the new Nissan GT-R GT1 World Championship weapons...

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Posted Mar 05 2010, 11:10 AM by Jonathan Moore with 23 comment(s)

GALLERY>> FIA GT1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LAUNCH
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2010 sees the return of top-flight GT racing as an official World Championship for the first time since 1992, lining up alongside Formula One, World Touring Cars and World Rallying. British team Sumo Power will be running a pair of Nissan GT-Rs in the 10-round championship, which kicks off in Abu Dhabi next month. Speedhunters were able to see the cars being unloaded and prepared down at Sumo Power's base in Rye , on the south coast of England, back in January: since then the cars and team haven't...

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4,147 Posted Feb 13 2010, 01:53 PM by Jonathan Moore with 42 comment(s)

GALLERY>> SUMO POWER DR30 SKYLINE
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Under a grey tarp in the corner of the Sumo Power/JR Motorsport factory was a little piece of Nissan history, a dusty but beautiful early '80s 2-door coupé DR30 Skyline. Parked up next to the two brand new race-prepped GT-Rs, it was in stark contrast to the high-tech engineering of the 2010 GT1s. Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes filled in the details: "The car used to belong to the director of Nissan GB. Each year he would import a Japanese car; in 1987 he imported this one – it's...

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Posted Feb 13 2010, 09:10 AM by Jonathan Moore with 9 comment(s)

DESKTOPS>> EVO WAREHOUSE
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Head to the Desktops section to grab widescreen or standard format desktops of the amazing Sumo Power/JR Motorsport warehouse, packed with Mitsubishi Evo Xs. Jonathan Moore
 
 

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4,147 Posted Feb 04 2010, 08:10 AM by Jonathan Moore with 52 comment(s)

BUILDER>> STARING INTO THE FACE OF EVO
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Sometimes you have good days. And then there are great days. Having taken in the impressive JR Motosport/Sumo Power factory in Rye, Rod and I had one more treat in store courtesy of Sumo Power boss Andy Barnes. We drove out to JRM's separate storage facility in my car; starting up my Alfa GTV, Andy asked if it was a diesel... rather embarrassed I had to say: "uh, no it's a 3L V6..." Okay. I think I need to get a service. Or a new car. When we arrived, I started unpacking my gear...

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Posted Feb 03 2010, 07:42 AM by Jonathan Moore with 31 comment(s)

BUILDER>> SUMO POWER/JR MOTORSPORTS FACTORY PT1
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It's funny how things come around. Last November I spent a rainy couple of days down in Rye on the South coast of England. Rye is a lovely town: quintessentially English with cobbled streets and fortified walls (and an unexpected American car show scheduled that weekend), but with movies on the laptop all watched, Medieval tower climbed and coffee shops exhausted I thought I'd take a drive out in the gale to the coastline, across the marshes, as the show looked rained off. Driving out through...

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4,147 Posted Jan 31 2010, 04:13 PM by Jonathan Moore with no comments

DESKTOPS>> DUBAI 24 HOURS 2010
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Finally i've had a chance to put together some desktops from the Dubai 24 Hours trip: the race-winning Imsa Porsche 997, 'our' Speedhunters Porsche Cup and a couple of night shots for race fans out there. Check out both widescreen and standard formats in the desktops section. Jonathan Moore
 
 

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Posted Jan 28 2010, 10:17 AM by Jonathan Moore with 15 comment(s)

RACE TEAM>> BARWELL MOTORSPORT: THE HISTORICS
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Developing new cars and supporting current racers might be their speciality, but Barwell also have a lot of experience running historic cars. Parked up in front of the prep bays are two stunning examples they take care of: a pristine 1969 Porsche 917 and an original 1697 Ford GT40. The Porsche 917 is chassis number 013/34. It was built for the 1970 season, and although it didn't have much success whilst racing with John Wyer Automotive's Gulf team its claim to fame is that it was used in...

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4,147 Posted Jan 24 2010, 06:32 AM by Jonathan Moore with 8 comment(s)

RACE TEAM>> BARWELL MOTORSPORT: GT CARS
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During 2009 Barwell ran a capacity programme with six cars in action across national and European GT series, Belgian touring cars and various historic events. In Britain, two cars ran in British GT: a full season entry in partnership with the Beachdeen team running their Aston Martin DBRS9 along with run-outs for the new Ginetta G50z. The Ginetta was entered in the Invitational class, bringing a bit more interest to what was a pretty lacklustre season in British GTs. Across the water in Belgium,...

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Posted Jan 18 2010, 05:21 PM by Jonathan Moore with 11 comment(s)

EVENT>> DUBAI 24 HOURS: FIGHT TO THE FINISH
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As the sun began to rise over the Dubai Autodrome race the state of the surviving cars became clearer. The nights are always hard in endurance racing. Drivers are pushed to the limit by the concentration required to keep going at maximum pace over their stints. Of the 75 cars that started, over a third had hit trouble (or something more solid) over the course of the race and were out of contention. 6:50am. The Speedhunters team had been up for almost 21 hours but the cameras kept clicking, the video...

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4,147 Posted Jan 16 2010, 07:46 AM by Jonathan Moore with 10 comment(s)

EVENT>> DUBAI 24 HOURS: DARKNESS DESCENDS
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The Dubai 24 Hours had a proper 12 hours of darkness. At Le Mans, the mother of all endurance races, it's still light way into the evening – it does happen in June after all. But here in the Middle East it's a pretty even split. The start straight at the Dubai Autodrome is under powerful daylight-strength floodlights, but as soon as the cars run down the hill from turn one it's into darkness. There's a fair amount of ambient light pollution from the nearby town, but for the...

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Posted Jan 16 2010, 03:50 AM by Jonathan Moore with 15 comment(s)

EVENT>> DUBAI 24 HOURS: THE RACE IS ON
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Before taking up position for the start of the Dubai 24 hours I had a couple of minutes to run round the grid: or half of it at least. The usual parade of national flags awaited the cars as they formed up. With 68 cars taking the 2pm start (five would start from the pitlane) the start straight was packed with people and jostling teams trying to get their cars through the throng and into position. As with the pitlane, there were some near misses as drivers just didn't see people or someone stepped...

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4,147 Posted Jan 15 2010, 02:35 PM by Jonathan Moore with 16 comment(s)

EVENT>> DUBAI 24 HOURS: QUALIFYING
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Number of minutes to set the grid: 90. Number of cars fighting it out: 72. Chances of finding a clear piece of track to set your lap: 0. Qualifying will be followed by two hours of night practice to round the day off. All drivers must make it out on track for at least a lap so their car can take up its qualifying slot, so the pressure will be on. The all-Australian entry from Mal Rose Racing is a big Aussie V8 Holden Commodore. It's a shame their sponsor didn't seem to have any product on...

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Posted Jan 15 2010, 11:00 AM by Jonathan Moore with 10 comment(s)

EVENT>> DUBAI 24 HOURS: PREPARATION
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The Dubai 24 Hours is the first major race of 2010 and its fifth running features multi-national teams running near to 80 cars spread over 10 classes, a dozen manufacturers and both petrol and diesel power. More and more professional teams are turning up, bringing top drivers with them, but the depth of the field means no one expects a clear run. Traffic is a killer, and closing speeds immense between the fastest GT cars and the slower diesel hatches. The crew of the Need For Speed Porsche made have...

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4,147 Posted Jan 09 2010, 09:55 AM by Jonathan Moore with 11 comment(s)

BEHIND THE SCENES>> BARWELL MOTORSPORT: THE TEAM
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When you arrive at a track and see all the cars lined up on the grid, it's easy to forget just how much effort goes into to getting them there in the first place. Preparation and set-up, aero and data logging, tyre supply and driver management, engine maintenance and body repairs... It takes weeks of work and considerable sums of money just to get a car to an event. Away from the glitz and glamour of F1 and other major series, the majority of motorsport around the world is sustained by small...

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Posted Dec 30 2009, 09:18 AM by Jonathan Moore with 2 comment(s)

PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2009>> JONATHAN MOORE PART 3
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BMW Show RWYB, Santa Pod – September The handy thing about a sportwagon is that there's more space for spare tyres. There's something fantastically gladiatorial about the 'Run What Ya Brung' sessions at Santa Pod drag strip, home to the big car club shows in the UK. You want the applause of the crowd? Light 'em up in the burn-out area. Jap Show RWYB, Santa Pod – June It's all so easy when you sign up to take a run down the quarter mile: it's damn cheap and...

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4,147 Posted Dec 29 2009, 01:28 PM by Jonathan Moore with 8 comment(s)

PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2009>> JONATHAN MOORE PART 2
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FIA GT3 Silverstone – May For me racing should equal excitement and danger: preferably with plenty of fire - at the back of the car, I hasten to add. There's something primal about over-running cars as they brake into corners: exhausts popping and spitting flame. Some cars do it more than others, depending on engine config, and you know that those are the ones to keep an eye on. All the Aston Martins in the GT3 race at Silverstone in May spat flame as they reached the apex of the Abbey...

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Posted Dec 29 2009, 11:04 AM by Jonathan Moore with 2 comment(s)

REVIEW>> BRITISH TOURING CARS 2009
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The BTCC gave us a preview of what the World series could look like next year and it's not a bad vision: few manufacturer teams following a couple of drop-outs at the end of 2008 (notably SEAT), but a strong grid of well-sorted ex-works or self-prepared independent professional teams. And most importantly, great racing. Eight drivers in four different cars won during the year, 13 drivers led a race at some stage and there was even a record period of seven different winners in a row. Although...

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4,147 Posted Dec 21 2009, 10:20 PM by Jonathan Moore with 5 comment(s)

PHOTOS OF THE YEAR 2009>> JONATHAN MOORE PART 1
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British Touring Cars Race 3, Brands Hatch – April Touring cars are back in business in the UK. Crowd numbers are back up to the glory days of the Super Tourers of the '90s, the drivers have proper charisma (okay, maybe it is a bit pantomime occasionally) and although the cars might not seem outwardly that impressive the racing is what makes the series. I've been lucky to live near Brands Hatch in the south-east of England all my life, but I've never tired of watching cars tumble...

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Posted Dec 18 2009, 11:00 AM by Jonathan Moore with 8 comment(s)

REVIEW>> DTM 2009
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It was three championships in a row for Audi in 2009 as Timo Scheider in an A4 carried a narrow mid-season lead through to the title, using consistency over outright speed to clinch the prize at the last race. He narrowly beat a charging Gary Paffett in a 2009 C-Class Mercedes, who took four wins to Scheider's two but just couldn't match his results mid-season. Scheider hit a rich vein of form at the fifth round, with a 6th place at Brands Hatch the only result lower than first or second...

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