Danny Sosef

Danny is the owner of GPToday.net and has been following Formula 1 very closely since the 1996 Belgian Grand Prix, having watched all but a few races live. He started setting up the website in 2002, and on January 6, 2003, F1Today.nl was launched, which later became F1Today.net, which in turn changed to the current GPToday.net.

Over the years, the large network he has built up in the F1 paddock has resulted in many scoops, such as Michael Schumacher being carsick, and of course the scoop of the century that Max Verstappen was going to replace Daniil Kvyat from the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix - which he managed to win the following week!

Over the past 20 years, he has attended more than a hundred F1 test sessions in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Belgium to report live, and attended multiple Grands Prix.

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McLaren denies Dennis to challenge new FIA rule
McLaren has played down reports team supremo Ron Dennis is furious about a new engine rule in formula one. We reported this week that Dennis vowed to sue the FIA if it enforces ...

08 May 2016 09:55
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Toro Rosso fires engineer Xevi Pujolar
Slowly but surely the details surrounding the unrest within Scuderia Toro Rosso are emerging. Helmut Marko has been seen by the German press as wanting to create more calm withi...

05 May 2016 21:22
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Raikkonen under fire over motocross track
Kimi Raikkonen is under fire for building a motocross circuit on his land in Finland without obtaining the necessary permits. Yle, the Finnish broadcaster, reports that local re...

05 May 2016 15:38
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Helmut Marko: "MotoGP hot on F1 wheels"
Dr Helmut Marko has acknowledged that F1 is coming under threat by its two-wheeled equivalent when it comes to being the best form of top motor racing. As he this week ruled out...

05 May 2016 15:15
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Ron Dennis disputes new engine supply rule
Ron Dennis has reportedly warned that he will not accept a new FIA regulation regarding the supply of engines to customer teams. In reaction to the Red Bull saga of late 2015, a...

05 May 2016 14:51
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Vasseur: "Renault seeking champion driver for 2020"
Frederic Vasseur says Renault is looking to re-create its glory of the past by building towards success with a promising new driver. The French carmaker returned to full works t...

05 May 2016 14:28
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Honda questions need for louder F1 engines
Honda has questioned moves to further turn up the volume of F1's current 'power units'. With many believing the turbo V6 engines are not loud enough for the 'sho...

05 May 2016 14:05
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Top teams in leadership move against Ecclestone
Mercedes and Red Bull have joined Ferrari in reportedly moving against F1's long-time 'supremo' Bernie Ecclestone. Reports recently suggested Ferrari president Sergi...

05 May 2016 13:45
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Sauber staff waiting for salaries again
Sauber's financial struggle rolls on, with the Swiss newspaper Blick reporting that team staff are now waiting for their April wages. Team boss and co-owner Monisha Kaltenbo...

05 May 2016 12:59
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Ecclestone tells Hamilton to stop moaning
Bernie Ecclestone has told reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton to stop "moaning". Although the Mercedes driver has been generally more cheerful in 2016, the F1 supr...

05 May 2016 12:11
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Red Bull Racing announces Max Verstappen to replace Kvyat

Red Bull Racing will have a new driver line-up from the Spanish Grand Prix. Max Verstappen will be joining the team to drive alongside Daniel Ricciardo. Daniil Kvyat will contin...

05 May 2016 09:41
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Chat about Max Verstappen his seat at Red Bull Racing
Specially for the changes at Red Bull Racing, where Max Verstappen will take over the seat of Kvyat, we opened a chat for our visitors. You can chat about the hype around Versta...

04 May 2016 22:26
Exclusive: Verstappen takes over seat of Kvyat with immediate effect
Max Verstappen will replace Daniil Kvyat at Red Bull Racing with immediate effect. In a straight swap, the move will also see Kvyat will return to Toro Rosso from the Spani...

04 May 2016 22:04
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Mercedes also spent tokens for Sochi
Ferrari is not the only engine manufacturer that spent some performance development 'tokens' ahead of Russia. It was already known that Ferrari had upgraded its 'pow...

30 Apr 2016 08:27
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McLaren talks with FIA to get Alonso back in the car
McLaren has confirmed talks with the FIA about getting injured Fernando Alonso back into his McLaren-Honda are "ongoing" in Bahrain. We reported earlier that, after S...

02 Apr 2016 12:34
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Chat during the first free practice of Australia 2016
The 2016 season is about to start in a few minutes with the first free practice for the Australian Grand Prix. Below this article you can chat with other users of the website ab...

18 Mar 2016 02:28
Renault might built B-car for 2016
Renault is not ruling out launching a new car later this year, team boss Frederic Vasseur has admitted. The early promise of the newly-launched RS16 has been mixed, as the car i...

26 Feb 2016 14:12
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Mallya gets 75 million in F1 sponsorship deal
Vijay Mallya, the Force India boss and co-owner, will receive $75 million to walk away from a company. United Spirits, the flagship of the United Breweries company Mallya took o...

26 Feb 2016 14:08
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Hamilton: "Driver of the day is pointless"
Lewis Hamilton has launched another attack on the latest rule changes in formula one. Earlier this week, the reigning triple world champion said moves to make the cars wider but...

26 Feb 2016 13:58
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James Key denies testing 2015 Toro Rosso car
James Key on Thursday clarified reports that Toro Rosso did not take its 2016 car to the first Barcelona test. Carlos Sainz had been quoted as saying that, amid the Faenza team&...

26 Feb 2016 13:21
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Wolff: "Manor could be 'B' Mercedes team"
Mercedes is not ruling out making Manor its de-facto 'B' team. Team boss Toto Wolff admits he has some concerns about the new close relationship forged between title riv...

14 Feb 2016 12:06
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Ferrari to use 1975-style white engine cover
Reports that Ferrari is adding a lot more white to the livery of its iconic red cars for 2016 appear accurate. La Repubblica, an Italian daily, has published what it purports to...

13 Feb 2016 12:04
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Di Montezemolo: "I have news about Schumacher and it is not good"
Former Ferrari-teamboss Luca di Montezemolo has been quoted by Sky Sports: "I have news about Schumacher and it is not good. Life is strange, he was a fantastic driver.&quo...

04 Feb 2016 17:48
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Horner: "January a critical moment for Formula 1"
F1 is speeding out of a brief Christmas sojourn into a "critical" period for the future, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says. One of the hottest topics of 2015 w...

04 Jan 2016 15:10
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Raikkonen cracks down Tilke circuits
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he is a fan of F1's older circuits, amid the new era of ultra-modern tracks penned mainly by Hermann Tilke. In recent years, many of the sport...

04 Jan 2016 12:06
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Toro Rosso loses sponsor Cepsa
Cepsa, a major sponsor of the Toro Rosso team, could announce its departure from formula one "in the coming days". That is the claim of the Marca daily sports newspape...

04 Jan 2016 10:37
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Time tight to deliver new pits for Canada GP
The City of Montreal has acknowledged that time is tight to deliver the promised new pit and paddock complex for the Canadian grand prix. The race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneu...

30 Dec 2015 10:01
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Vettel tipped to win title in 2016
Sebastian Vettel has been tipped to take out the 2016 title for Ferrari. Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton were dominant in 2014 and 2015, but Ferrari improved markedly this year. Wh...

30 Dec 2015 09:33
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Johansson: "Drivers and managers giving up on F1 dream"
Drivers and managers are in danger of giving up the F1 dream, former grand prix star Stefan Johansson has warned. The Swede raced in the 80s for Ferrari and McLaren, but today h...

30 Dec 2015 08:50
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Wolff: "Mercedes considers unleashing driver rivalry"
Mercedes is considering unleashing the rivalry between teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, in a bid to spice up formula one. For the past two years amid the German marque...

30 Dec 2015 08:07
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Hamilton: "I get energy from excessive lifestyle"
Lewis Hamilton says he has no intention of easing back the intensity of his off-track lifestyle. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper asked Hamilton, the reigning triple...

29 Dec 2015 16:14
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Magnussen: "Button was heading for retirement in 2014"
Kevin Magnussen has revealed the deep shock of discovering at the eleventh hour that his F1 career was stalling after just one year. In 2014, the Dane's fledgling career was...

29 Dec 2015 15:26
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Wolff: "Red Bull cannot be written off"
Toto Wolff has tipped Red Bull to commence a process of rebuilding as the brand races back to the front in formula one. The energy drink company's premier F1 outfit dominate...

29 Dec 2015 14:17
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Weber not allowed to visit Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher's former manager has revealed he has been unable to visit the stricken F1 legend in the wake of his 2013 skiing crash. As the two-year anniversary of the ...

29 Dec 2015 13:11
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Rossi hints at 2016 deal with Manor in F1
Alexander Rossi says his plans for the 2016 season will be revealed "soon". The 24-year-old Californian began his 2015 campaign in GP2, but made his break into formula...

29 Dec 2015 12:46
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Sirotkin: "F1 test role is possible"
Sergey Sirotkin has played down speculation he is definitely set to return to prominence in formula one next year. When still a teenager, the Russian leapt into the headlines in...

28 Dec 2015 12:33
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Lotus sold for 1 pound to Renault
French carmaker Renault bought back its former works team Lotus for a single British pound. That is the finding of F1 business journalist Christian Sylt, who wrote in the Telegr...

28 Dec 2015 12:05
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CEO Aston Martin: "We won't enter Formula 1"
The CEO of Aston Martin has confirmed speculation that the British luxury car manufacturer is in fact not entering F1 next year. Negotiations about a naming sponsorship deal ha...

24 Dec 2015 12:03
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Former manager: "Situation Schumacher still hurts me"
Michael Schumacher's former manager says he no longer watches motor sport. "It hurts," said Willi Weber, referring to the plight of his former charge Schumacher, w...

24 Dec 2015 11:25
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No race debut for Wehrlein at Manor in 2016
Talks to secure Mercedes reserve and DTM champion Pascal Wehrlein a seat at Manor next year appear to have failed. Toto Wolff has said openly he was in talks with the British ba...

24 Dec 2015 10:50
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Inaugural Baku GP facing yet another clash
Race organisers have dismissed suggestions another clash could hurt next year's inaugural race in Azerbaijan. The country, situated between Russia and Iran, is positioning i...

24 Dec 2015 09:54
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Raikkonen to marry next summer
Kimi Raikkonen looks set to get married for the second time. The Ferrari driver's partner Minttu, with whom Raikkonen already has a child, wrote on her blog that rumours the...

24 Dec 2015 09:06
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Father Bianchi: "Those responsible for Jules death must pay"
Jules Bianchi's father says he is determined that those responsible for the death of his son will be held accountable. Regarding the controversial circumstances that led to ...

23 Dec 2015 14:45
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Boullier: "McLaren could find seconds per lap this winter"
Eric Boullier says it is possible McLaren-Honda's leap over the winter will amount to multiple seconds per lap. It was Fernando Alonso who made the original claim that, afte...

23 Dec 2015 14:19
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Renault will respect Maldonado and Palmer contracts
A Renault source has dismissed speculation the team's new owner may not honour the contracts signed between Lotus and its 2016 drivers. With the French carmaker having taken...

23 Dec 2015 13:48
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Merhi looking to his options for 2016
Roberto Merhi is not ready to give up on his formula one career. The Spaniard made his F1 debut this year with Manor, but ultimately lost the seat to the better-funded Alexander...

23 Dec 2015 13:23
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Ecclestone: "Pirelli must get chance to test 2017 tyre"
Bernie Ecclestone says a dispute between Pirelli and the F1 teams means the sport might not get wider and faster tyres for 2017. It has been reported that while radical changes ...

23 Dec 2015 12:53
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Minister says second Russian driver is close to F1 deal
Rumours are gaining in strength that another Russian driver will be in the F1 paddock next year. Days ago, Oksana Kosachenko - the former manager of Russia's first-ever F1 r...

23 Dec 2015 11:57
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Police blocks Lotus pitbox
It seems the British Lotus F1 Team is again in deep trouble. The local police has blocked both pitboxes of the team and the mechanics and engineers are not allowed to get inside...

11 Nov 2015 19:40
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Red Bull: "Work on 2016 car pushing ahead"
Red Bull has denied that it will now run out of time to get a car ready to race in 2016. The former world champions' engine supply crisis has dragged on for so long that ev...

25 Oct 2015 10:52
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FIA allays F1 driver safety fears
Pastor Maldonado says he is happy with the safety levels in formula one. With the death of Jules Bianchi still on minds in the paddock, the sport was further shaken at Sochi tw...

25 Oct 2015 10:25
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Ecclestone: "Renault yet to make a decision about Lotus"
As a U-turn on the Red Bull-Renault alliance now appears possible, it could be Lotus that is the team left without an engine to fire. At one point, the Enstone team looked to h...

25 Oct 2015 09:55
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Haas to confirm Gutierrez on Friday
The long wait for Haas to complete its first F1 driver lineup looks set to end next week. It is now an open secret that the new American outfit, headed by Californian machine t...

25 Oct 2015 09:22
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Lauda: "Red Bull must reconcile with Renault"
Suddenly, where once it was all change in the rapidly-divorcing worlds of Red Bull and Renault, everything could stay the same. With Mercedes, Ferrari and even now Honda ruling...

25 Oct 2015 08:49
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Ecclestone confirms for new F1 engine
As Hurricane Patricia brought a different kind of whirlwind to the Austin paddock, Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday confirmed his plans to introduce a second tier of engine regulat...

25 Oct 2015 08:35
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Horner: "I'm not denying talks with Honda"
Suddenly, almost everything is back on the table as the crisis-struck Red Bull plots a course to stay in formula one. Mercedes power, however, is one possible exception, as Toto...

24 Oct 2015 13:44
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Jolyon Palmer announced by Lotus for 2016
The future is still clouded, but Lotus at least has a full driver lineup for the 2016 season. 2014 GP2 champion and current team reserve Jolyon Palmer, it was announced on Frida...

24 Oct 2015 13:13
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Hulkenberg admits he lost some weight
Nico Hulkenberg has admitted he has slimmed down during the course of the 2015 season. Although highly rated and the reigning Le Mans champion, German Hulkenberg has struggled a...

24 Oct 2015 12:56
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Chat about the first free practice of the US GP
You can chat below this message with other visitors of this website about the first free practice in Austin, Texas. The session at the Circuit of the Americas will start at 16:0...

23 Oct 2015 16:45
Verstappen keeps options open amid Red Bull crisis
An 18-year-old rookie is clearly the hottest property on F1's driver market. Max Verstappen is under firm contract to Red Bull, but the energy drink company is threatening t...

19 Oct 2015 16:18
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Analysis: It's all about the powers
F1 and power are inseparable. It’s not a coincidence, however, that ‘power’ covers both ‘engine power’ and ‘mightiness’. RedBull’...

16 Oct 2015 17:48
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History: The cockpit canopy
Every two or three years a new chapter in the discussion about the closed cockpit opens. It must be said that critics do have their reasons. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Jule...

14 Oct 2015 20:46
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Prost: "Not sure if relation between Red Bull and Renault can be repaired"
Alain Prost is not sure the damaged relationship between Renault and Red Bull can be repaired. Red Bull, and its sister team Toro Rosso, risk being left without a power unit to ...

12 Oct 2015 11:29
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FP3: Heavy crash Sainz brings out red flag
The third free practice for the Russian Grand Prix has been stopped due to the heavy crash of Carlos Sainz. He has been in the car for more than 20 minutes but at the moment of ...

10 Oct 2015 11:56
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Ecclestone: "Red Bull engine situation is solved"
Red Bull's engine saga is speeding ahead faster even than the cars on the slippery Sochi track on Friday. The day began with the energy drink company reportedly still in tal...

09 Oct 2015 14:56
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Ferrari refuses to give engines to Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing seems to be in big problems for next year. Ferrari has refused to supply engines to the Austrian team, as the Italian manufacturer is not willing to help another...

09 Oct 2015 12:24
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Nasr wants to end Sauber struggle with new engineer
Felipe Nasr has begun working with a new race engineer. After an impressive start to his F1 career with Sauber this year, the Brazilian rookie entered a slump characterised by r...

09 Oct 2015 10:20
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Ferrari feels not guilty if Red Bull has no engine
As Red Bull's options narrow further, Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has played down the prospect of a 2016 engine deal. And the Italian told Brazil's Globo that the p...

09 Oct 2015 10:00
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'Ferrari new engine supplier Toro Rosso'
Ferrari will be the new engine supplier for Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2016 onwards. According to our sources from within the Toro Rosso team, they have struck a deal with Ferrari...

06 Oct 2015 10:40
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Berger hints Red Bull getting Mercedes engines
As the uncertainty about Red Bull's future in F1 races on, Gerhard Berger suggests the team could be back in the running for Mercedes power. It is believed the Daimler board...

26 Sep 2015 14:42
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