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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Two serious candidates in frame for Lotus seat of Raikkonen
Two candidates have emerged as possible replacements for the surgery-bound Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus for the remaining two grands prix of the year. If the 'Quantum' investment ...

11 Nov 2013 11:51
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Mateschitz : "2013 title lacked sheen of earlier wins"
A leading figure at Red Bull's title sponsor Infiniti has admitted Sebastian Vettel has been "too successful" this year. Andy Palmer, the luxury Nissan division's marketing boss...

11 Nov 2013 09:54
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Mike Coughlan returns to Nascar Series
Mike Coughlan is returning to America's premier Nascar series. After leaving F1 in disgrace amid the 'spygate' scandal of last decade, the former McLaren chief designer re-emerg...

11 Nov 2013 09:28
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Alonso might be replaced by Bianchi for American Grand Prix
It is possible Fernando Alonso will not travel to Austin for this weekend's US grand prix. The highly respected correspondent for Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport, Pino Allievi, ...

11 Nov 2013 09:07
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Kvyat qualified and gets his F1 super license
Daniil Kvyat has qualified for his F1 super licence. Energy drink company Red Bull has named the Russian teenager as Daniel Ricciardo's successor at Toro Rosso for 2014. But ...

11 Nov 2013 08:47
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BREAKING: Raikkonen not racing anymore for Lotus
Kimi Raikkonen will miss the rest of the 2013 season, Lotus announced on Sunday. Some cynics were already expecting to hear that the Finn will not be in Austin or Brazil, follow...

10 Nov 2013 12:44
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Ricciardo happy with human teammate Vettel for 2014
Daniel Ricciardo might be forgiven if his excitement is tempered by nerves as the last few races of the 2013 season play out. On the one hand, the 24-year-old Australian is abou...

03 Nov 2013 17:31
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Races in Mexico and New Jersey to be dropped from 2014 calendar
F1's bustling 2014 calendar looks set to shed at least a couple of races. The German-language Speed Week reports that the new grands prix scheduled for New Jersey and Mexico wil...

03 Nov 2013 12:46
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Ecclestone backs Raikkonen to stop driving for Lotus
Bernie Ecclestone has backed Kimi Raikkonen's threat to strike after the Finn revealed he has not been paid "a single euro" in 2013. Raikkonen only travelled to Abu Dhabi at the...

03 Nov 2013 12:18
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Whitmarsh: "McLaren to announce 2014 drivers soon"
McLaren is racing towards confirming that Sergio Perez will join Jenson Button in the British team's driver lineup for a second consecutive season in 2014. It was earlier ru...

03 Nov 2013 10:58
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Raikkonen excluded from qualifying in Abu Dhabi!
Kimi Raikkonen has been excluded from qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a front floor deflection test failure. Representatives of his Lotus team were summoned to...

02 Nov 2013 20:53
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Car of Kimi Raikkonen fails FIA floor test after qualifying
Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus Formula 1 car has failed a front floor deflection test after qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Finn had qualified in fifth place, but follow...

02 Nov 2013 17:57
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Lotus investor Quantum wants Nico Hulkenberg
Lotus' 35 per cent team investor Quantum wants Nico Hulkenberg at the wheel in 2014, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. However, the Enstone based team is running out...

02 Nov 2013 17:55
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No more Friday sessions for Kovalainen
Friday in Abu Dhabi was Heikki Kovalainen's last appearance at the wheel of a Caterham in 2013. Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper reports that the Finn, who has made several ...

02 Nov 2013 15:44
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Kobayashi photographed when smoking cigarette
Kamui Kobayashi has dealt his bid to return to formula one a blow, after photos emerged of the former Toyota and Sauber driver smoking a cigarette. Walking next to an unnamed...

02 Nov 2013 12:25
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Unpaid Raikkonen threatens Lotus to stop racing
Eric Boullier has confirmed that Lotus is still behind in its payments to Kimi Raikkonen. The Finnish driver, who sat out Thursday's proceedings in Abu Dhabi, revealed when he f...

02 Nov 2013 11:06
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Sutil scared for children on 2014 grid
Formula one has come too soon for incoming Russian drivers Sergey Sirotkin and Daniil Kvyat, who are both still in their teens. That is the claim of Adrian Sutil, referring t...

27 Oct 2013 13:36
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Perez hints McLaren told him he will stay in 2014
Sergio Perez on Sunday hinted the decision about his future has now been "made". Until now, McLaren has only said the Mexican - who switched from Sauber at the end of last year ...

27 Oct 2013 12:31
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Vettel takes win and fourth world championship!
Sebastian Vettel has won the Indian Grand Prix and also his fourth world championship. He joins the greatest of Formula 1 with this result. Nico Rosberg finished second with Gro...

27 Oct 2013 12:30
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Hamilton: "Alonso would do better in Vettel's car"
At the wheel of a Red Bull, Fernando Alonso's feats would be "far beyond" what Sebastian Vettel has achieved. That is the claim of Lewis Hamilton, despite having recently clarif...

26 Oct 2013 18:09
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Pirelli threatens again to leave F1 before 2014
Pirelli has renewed its threat to quit formula one. F1's controversial Italian tyre supplier has signed deals for 2014 and beyond with the teams and Bernie Ecclestone, and even ...

26 Oct 2013 15:29
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Massa: "I will ignore team orders again"
Felipe Massa has warned he still will not move over for teammate Fernando Alonso in the remaining few races of his Ferrari career. The Brazilian, who is looking for an altern...

26 Oct 2013 13:14
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Raikkonen blames Pirelli for bad performance
Kimi Raikkonen has pointed to Pirelli's reversion to 2012-specification tyres, and the tightening of the operating guidelines, as the reason he has fallen off the pace at recent...

26 Oct 2013 12:17
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Lotus confirms negotiations with Maldonado
Eric Boullier has admitted Pastor Maldonado is in the running to race for Lotus in 2014. But at the same time, the Enstone based team's boss made it clear that his preferred pic...

26 Oct 2013 08:50
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Helmut Marko: "Red Bull won't fire Felix da Costa"
Antonio Felix da Costa has not been dropped by Red Bull, despite failing to impress enough to secure the Toro Rosso seat for 2014. Portuguese da Costa, 22, was the hot favourite...

25 Oct 2013 19:40
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DTM: Timo Glock takes lucky first win
A great finale: to conclude the season, the DTM fans got to see an action-packed rain race with plenty of surprises at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg. After entertaining ...

20 Oct 2013 22:53
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Brawn: "Works teams to have V6 engine advantage"
Ross Brawn has admitted F1's works teams will have an engine advantage in the new turbo V6 era. That is because the rules forbid the engine manufacturers to supply more than ...

20 Oct 2013 15:57
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Manager Hulkenberg: "2014 deal not signed yet"
Nico Hulkenberg, the new key to unlocking the remainder of the 2014 'silly season', has not signed a deal yet. That was the claim on Tuesday of his manager Werner Heinz, amid r...

15 Oct 2013 19:55
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Boullier: "We choose Hulkenberg for 2014 at Lotus"
Eric Boullier has admitted Nico Hulkenberg is Lotus' "choice" successor for the Ferrari-bound Kimi Raikkonen. Raikkonen recently said he decided to leave the Enstone based team ...

15 Oct 2013 00:03
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Alonso: "Vettel will win 2013 title in the end"
2013's world champion could be crowned on Sunday. "I hope it (the championship) is still exciting when formula one comes to America," former world champion Mario Andretti is quo...

14 Oct 2013 00:07
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Kovalainen: "Serious talks with Caterham about 2014 race return"
Heikki Kovalainen has revealed he is in "serious" talks with Caterham about returning to the F1 grid in 2014. Having been dropped from the race lineup this year, Finn Kovalainen...

13 Oct 2013 18:05
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No penalty for Valencia after breaking F1 contract
Valencia will not be penalised after dropping out of Formula One. We reported a week ago that race official Gonzalo Gobert confirmed the Spanish city, already absent from the 20...

13 Oct 2013 16:34
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Villeneuve: "Vettel has destroyed Webber"
The skills of Sebastian Vettel's teammate have contributed to the reigning world champion's image problem. McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh would not entirely agree with that state...

13 Oct 2013 16:03
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Crash with Marussia led to death of Maria de Villota
Maria de Villota's family have confirmed the testing crash at the wheel of a Marussia last July led to her death on Friday. "Maria left us while she was sleeping as a consequenc...

13 Oct 2013 07:19
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Whitmarsh: "Honda would like to see Alonso at McLaren"
Martin Whitmarsh has admitted Honda would like Fernando Alonso to be powered by its Japanese engines in 2015. The McLaren boss had triggered the Alonso-to-Woking rumours recentl...

13 Oct 2013 07:09
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Sauber: "Sirotkin can be happy after Ferrari test at Fiorano"
Sergey Sirotkin "can be happy" after kicking off his quest for a F1 super licence on Friday. The Russian teen, who will line up as Sauber's 2014 race driver if he qualifies f...

12 Oct 2013 16:50
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Christian Horner: "Fan apologised to me for Vettel booing"
A spectator who booed Sebastian Vettel under the podium in Singapore subsequently wrote to apologise, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has revealed. "He had done it (booed...

12 Oct 2013 16:15
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Domenicali: "Vettel reminds me of the good times with Schumacher"
Stefano Domenicali says the door to Ferrari is open to Sebastian Vettel in the future. German Vettel has won the past three world champions for Red Bull, is cruising to a fourth...

12 Oct 2013 15:05
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Prost: "Lotus won't be a Renault works team"
Renault ambassador Alain Prost has dismissed rumours Lotus could become the French carmaker's works team. Lotus boss Eric Boullier revealed at Suzuka he is discussing "a brandin...

12 Oct 2013 14:28
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Exclusive: Sirotkin completes two-day Sauber test at Vairano
Sergey Sirotkin is preparing for his Formula 1 debut as a racing driver next season. The 18-year old driver has taken a race seat at the Swiss Sauber Formula 1 team, with the te...

27 Sep 2013 15:23
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Fernandes: "Kovalainen has big chance of 2014 return"
Caterham supremo Tony Fernandes has admitted Heikki Kovalainen is in the running to return to a race seat in 2014. The Finn was ousted in favour of two 'pay drivers' this ye...

22 Sep 2013 12:51
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Caterham extends Renault partnership for three more years
Caterham has confirmed that they will continue to use Renault power from 2014. The Leafield based team has used Renault engines since the start of 2011 and the partnership will ...

22 Sep 2013 11:53
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Perez not sure of McLaren seat for 2014
Just because Fernando Alonso has played down the McLaren rumours, it doesn't mean Sergio Perez's place at the British team is now safe. The Mexican indicated on Thursday that he...

22 Sep 2013 11:47
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F1 looking to ban helmet livery changes
The days of constantly-changing helmet livery designs in formula one could be coming to an end. This weekend, world champion Sebastian Vettel - who regularly changes the design ...

21 Sep 2013 12:21
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Button and McLaren will stay together for 2014
As the class of 2014 shapes up towards the end of a frantic 'silly season', McLaren is still yet to announce its driver lineup for next year. Boss Martin Whitmarsh has indica...

18 Sep 2013 16:42
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McLaren to help Pirelli with 2011 car for tyre testing
McLaren has admitted it is "likely" to help Pirelli with tyre testing at some point in the future. We reported early this week that the British team could be next in line, after...

13 Sep 2013 15:39
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Massa's engineer also to leave Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen's return to Ferrari could spell the end of race engineer Rob Smedley's career at the Italian team. As rumours of the Finn's signing became clearer at Monza las...

13 Sep 2013 12:49
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Bottas not looking for a move to Lotus
Valtteri Bottas has counted himself out of the running to replace his Finnish countryman Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus. "For me it would be better to stay at Williams," the Finnish...

13 Sep 2013 12:32
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Schumacher: "Alonso and Raikkonen lineup is explosive"
Ferrari has put together a potentially "explosive" driver lineup for 2014, according to former team champion Michael Schumacher. The great German, who became F1's most succes...

13 Sep 2013 12:27
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Fantasy Vuelta a España: at least 13.250 Euro of prizes!
The final grand tour of 2013 is just around the corner. On Saturday 24 August, the Vuelta a España starts with a team time trial stage from Vilanova de Arousa to Sanxenxo. Titl...

23 Aug 2013 11:54
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Williams expects Symonds impact to be immediate
Williams is expecting the imminent arrival of well-known technical figure Pat Symonds to have "an immediate impact" on the struggling team. Amid the Oxfordshire based team's ...

16 Aug 2013 11:34
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Sirotkin start programme with Sauber next Tuesday
Sergey Sirotkin's preparation for his 2014 formula one debut remains on track. That is the message not only from the struggling Swiss team, but also the Sirotkin camp, following...

16 Aug 2013 10:24
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Perez: "McLaren has made some progress this year"
McLaren's 2013 car is "much better" now than it was at the very start of the season, team newcomer Sergio Perez has revealed. "Driving this car was a real challenge, but it's no...

15 Aug 2013 15:21
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Ferrari plays down Raikkonen return
Ferrari has repeated its denial, as reports Kimi Raikkonen could return to the Italian team in 2014 persist. Two weeks ago, when the Raikkonen rumours first emerged, a Ferrari s...

15 Aug 2013 12:25
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Mercedes to have 100hp advantage in 2014?
Mercedes could be set to power into F1's new V6 era with a huge advantage. With the development-frozen V8 engines to be replaced by radically-different turbo units in 2014, a ne...

15 Aug 2013 11:32
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Hulkenberg: "Red Bull Racing should sign Ricciardo"
With famous alternatives looming large, Daniel Ricciardo has received a vote of confidence as he pushes to secure the Red Bull seat. As Mark Webber prepares to switch to Le M...

15 Aug 2013 09:35
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Sutil: "I want to stay at Force India next year"
Adrian Sutil is determined to remain in Formula One for the foreseeable future, saying he has no back-up plan. After spending the 2012 season on the sidelines, the German ret...

14 Aug 2013 14:04
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Tost names da Costa as likely Ricciardo successor
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost has named Antonio Felix da Costa as the likely candidate should the team have a vacancy for 2014. With Daniel Ricciardo in the running to replace R...

14 Aug 2013 11:13
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Raikkonen set to sign Ferrari contract
2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen has decided to return to Ferrari next year, the major Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat has reported this week. The Finn, whose two-year rally...

14 Aug 2013 10:19
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Sauber denies Russian rescue has collapsed
Sauber has hit back at reports its Russian rescue deal has collapsed. German-language reports had said the release of millions in crucial backing for the almost insolvent Swi...

14 Aug 2013 09:35
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Brawn denies talks over Ferrari return
Ross Brawn has dismissed rumours he might return to Ferrari once Paddy Lowe replaces him as team boss at Mercedes. After his ultra-successful stint as Ferrari's technical direct...

13 Aug 2013 11:15
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Russian entity votes down Sauber rescue
After all the 'Russian rescue deal' talk, the news about Sauber is now back into a backwards slide. A week ago, amid reports Russian entities have saved the Swiss team with prom...

13 Aug 2013 09:56
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Massa: "Ferrari to decide on 2014 focus switch"
Within the space of a few more races, Ferrari could shift the full weight of its resources to the 2014 car. That is the claim of Brazilian driver Felipe Massa, who is pushin...

13 Aug 2013 08:52
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Vergne: "I did a better job than Ricciardo"
Jean-Eric Vergne, reportedly overlooked for the 2014 Red Bull vacancy, claims he has done a better job than Daniel Ricciardo this year. The Frenchman conceded recently that t...

12 Aug 2013 14:15
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Rosberg: "Difficult decision to stop 2013 development"
More wins in 2013, or the 2014 title? Nico Rosberg is in two minds about how Mercedes should tackle the second half of this season. The German has won two races in the ever-i...

12 Aug 2013 10:02
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Colin Kolles eyes takeover of Sauber
Reports of a continuing financial crisis at Sauber are continuing to emerge. With the Swiss team's Russian saviour deal still waiting to be finalised, Bild am Sonntag newspaper...

12 Aug 2013 09:50
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Valencia in talks to terminate F1 contract
Valencia's formula one foray is set to be officially folded, according to a media report. Last week, we reported that - according to a draft 2014 calendar that is quietly doing ...

12 Aug 2013 09:19
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French expert: "F1 drivers have doped"
Even formula one is not immune to doping, according to a French expert. From 2003 to 2005, Marc Sanson was head of the conseil de prevention et de lutte contre le dopage, or the...

12 Aug 2013 08:54
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Fan Fashion F1 Shop The latest Formula 1 Merchandise
Fan Fashion F1 Shop, has the new 2013 merchandise on stock. Specifically manufactured for expressive and passionate fans of the Formula One racing team, Fan Fashion is providin...

01 Jul 2013 14:57
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Fantasy Tour de France: 20.000 Euro of prizes

On Saturday, 29 June, the Island of Corsica will be the setting for the 100th edition of the Tour de France. A jubilee that will be celebrated with legendary climbs like the Mon...

28 Jun 2013 12:46
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