Rob Veenstra

Rob founded GPToday together with Danny. He started as an intern at the end of 2004, after which he became the first journalist to be hired and wrote articles and various interesting columns for many years. He was regularly the daily hub of the news, but also provided live coverage of the test sessions.

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Video: A lap onboard around Spa-Francorchamps with Button
Spa-Franchorchamps hosts the Grand Prix of Belgium this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Jenson Button around that track. ...

22 Aug 2013 09:33
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McLaren admits entire season without a win likely for 2013
McLaren has conceded it will probably chalk up a rare and unwanted statistic in 2013. Not often does the great British team go an entire season without winning a single race, bu...

21 Aug 2013 17:15
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Belgium 2013 preview quotes: Mercedes
Nico Rosberg: "Spa is most definitely one of the best tracks of the year and all drivers love racing there. It's a great feeling to drive through the fast corners, and particula...

21 Aug 2013 15:33
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Schumacher confirms his presence at Race of Champions 2013
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher is the first driver in the line-up for the 2013 Race Of Champions at Bangkok's Rajamangala Stadium on the weekend of Decem...

21 Aug 2013 13:02
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Ferrari tries to keep 2014 driver rumours outside
Ferrari has moved to ease the speculation about its 2014 driver lineup. With the Italian team's number 1 driver Fernando Alonso linked with a sensational switch to Red Bull, the...

21 Aug 2013 09:05
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No Red Bull driver announcement at Spa - Marko
Helmut Marko backtracked on Tuesday, revealing Red Bull will in fact not finalise its 2014 driver lineup this weekend in Belgium. Earlier, amid reports the world champion team h...

20 Aug 2013 16:24
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Belgium 2013 preview quotes: Williams
Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: "After the August break it is great to be back racing again and the whole team is looking forward to arriving at Spa-Francorchamps this weeken...

20 Aug 2013 15:20
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Singapore replaces unpopular chicane with left-hand corner
Organisers of the Singapore grand prix will finally remove the controversial 'Singapore sling' chicane. The slow and unusual chicane, featuring high and harsh kerbs for the left...

20 Aug 2013 14:03
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Valencia in negotiations to lower fee for holding GP
Valencia's formula one foray may not be over. Last week, we reported that the only negotiations between organisers of the Spanish street race and Bernie Ecclestone are now about...

20 Aug 2013 12:12
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Pirelli confirms 2014 tyre dimensions not changing
Pirelli has confirmed reports the size of its F1 tyres will not be changing. Earlier, it was suggested that because the torque produced by next year's new V6 engines will be muc...

20 Aug 2013 11:53
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Belgium 2013 preview quotes: Sauber
After a two week summer break the Sauber F1 Team is looking forward to the Belgian Grand Prix at the circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, which is taking place from 23rd to 25th of Aug...

20 Aug 2013 10:39
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Williams has done a good job on the budget for 2014
Deputy boss Claire Williams insists she is "happy" with the Oxfordshire based team's budget for 2014. Her comments come amid reports many teams on the grid, like Sauber and even...

20 Aug 2013 09:59
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Ferrari an option for Raikkonen as Red Bull talks collapse
Kimi Raikkonen's manager is not ruling out a return to Ferrari for the 2007 world champion. On Monday, Steve Robertson admitted talks with Red Bull about Raikkonen replacing the...

20 Aug 2013 08:44
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Belgium 2013 preview quotes: Pirelli
Before the mid-season break, the Formula One teams visited the slowest permanent track on the calendar: the Hungaroring. Now they head to one of the quickest of all: Spa-Francor...

19 Aug 2013 16:41
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Teams should accept 2014 F1 tyre specification - Lauda
F1 teams should accept the chosen specification of next year's Pirelli tyres. That is the claim of Niki Lauda, who was speaking to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport amid reports th...

19 Aug 2013 16:00
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Raikkonen not in Red Bull's plans for next year
Helmut Marko has hinted that Kimi Raikkonen is not in Red Bull's plans for 2014. The Austrian's comments come amid reports the 2007 world champion has actually decided to move f...

19 Aug 2013 15:21
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Hamilton better reference for Rosberg than Schumacher
Nico Rosberg is very happy to be tested alongside the undoubted talents of Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, team boss Ross Brawn insists. Paired with the great seven time world champ...

19 Aug 2013 14:24
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Ferrari growing impatient over unpaid bills Sauber
Reports that Sauber's Russian rescue deal is on the brink of collapse are persisting. Last week, despite F1's August slumber, the Swiss team was forced to reject reports the mil...

19 Aug 2013 13:02
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Caterham promises early call over 2014 drivers
Caterham has promised to make an early call over its 2014 driver lineup. Regarding the current lineup, the team announced at last season's Brazil finale that Charles Pic would b...

19 Aug 2013 12:13
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Raikkonen helps GP3 with development test at Barcelona
Kimi Raikkonen has tested this year's GP3 car in Barcelona. Reports said the 2007 world champion, friends with GP3 team owner Afa Heikkinen, was at the Spanish grand prix venue ...

19 Aug 2013 11:25
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Red Bull Racing to announce 2014 lineup at Spa - report
Red Bull has signed Daniel Ricciardo to replace his departing Australian countryman Mark Webber in 2014. That is the claim of Germany's Sport Bild, whose correspondents Bianca G...

19 Aug 2013 10:06
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Grosjean celebrates summer break with newly-born son
Romain Grosjean is celebrating F1's August break as a new father. The Lotus driver, whose wife Marion Jolles met 27-year-old Grosjean as a F1 reporter for French television TF1,...

09 Aug 2013 16:55
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2014 absence for India 'not a good message' - Stewart
Sitting out next year's F1 calendar is "not a good message" being sent by organisers of the Indian grand prix. That is the warning of triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, f...

09 Aug 2013 13:32
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Red Bull Racing also leads pitstop race in 2013
Red Bull is leading not only the drivers' and constructors' championships in 2013, its pit crew is also the fastest in formula one. That is the finding of Germany's Auto Motor u...

09 Aug 2013 12:15
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Sauber bailout collapse rumours 'not worth a denial'
Leading figures of Sauber's Russian rescue deal have played down reports of a delay that means vital money is not yet flowing to the embattled Swiss team. The German newspaper D...

09 Aug 2013 10:25
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Lotus denies unpaid staff threatening to go on strike
Lotus has played down reports the Enstone based team is struggling to survive financially amid crippling debts. It was already known that the team's highest-paid member, lead dr...

09 Aug 2013 09:07
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Tilke 100 per cent certain Sochi will be ready for F1
Hermann Tilke insists he is "100 per cent certain" the circuit in Sochi will be ready for next year's inaugural Russian grand prix. Big doubts hang over the 2014 race on the Bla...

08 Aug 2013 12:14
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'Putin yet to sign off Russian rescue deal for Sauber'
Monisha Kaltenborn has admitted Sauber's Russian rescue deal is facing delays. Despite reports of an enormous investment in the struggling Swiss team by Russian government-linke...

08 Aug 2013 11:51
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Bianchi admits to possibility of Ferrari seat for 2014
Jules Bianchi has admitted it is possible he will be called up for a Ferrari race seat in 2014. While president Luca di Montezemolo admitted Brazilian Felipe Massa's future is u...

08 Aug 2013 10:34
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Next young Russian drivers emerge on F1 radar
Amid the country's rising presence in the sport, the next Russian drivers have appeared on the formula one radar. The Black Sea coastal city of Sochi is set to host the inaugura...

08 Aug 2013 08:49
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Hakkinen working hard to secure future of Bottas
Mika Hakkinen says he is "working hard" to secure the future of Williams rookie Valtteri Bottas. Bottas, the 23-year-old Finn, made his debut this year just as the British team'...

07 Aug 2013 12:09
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WTCC: Citroën confirms Yvan Muller as teammate for Loeb
Citroën Racing signed WTCC recordman Yvan Muller to join his fellow countryman Sébastien Loeb for the team's first two seasons in the FIA World Touring Car Championship: 2014 ...

07 Aug 2013 11:43
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Vettel, Rosberg and Horner back Ecclestone amid legal troubles
World champion Sebastian Vettel has jumped to the defence of F1's embattled chief executive. Already under fire by German prosecutors over the Gerhard Gribkowsky bribe affair, E...

07 Aug 2013 10:10
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Webber won't miss 'boy' Vettel a huge amount
Mark Webber, retiring from formula one at the end of the season, has admitted he will not miss his teammate Sebastian Vettel. The Australian appeared on the BBC's highly popular...

06 Aug 2013 12:14
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'Any change' welcome for struggling Williams - Maldonado
Pastor Maldonado insists the arrival at Williams of Pat Symonds, and the departure of Mike Coughlan, must be good for the beleaguered British team. 2012 appeared to be a turnaro...

06 Aug 2013 11:57
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Lotus struggling under EUR 120 million debt - reports
Troubling signs of financial weakness are emerging from Lotus. The authoritative German website motorsport-total.com reports that, although in the hunt for the 2013 title, the G...

06 Aug 2013 09:28
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Calado 'can't hide' being on track for Force India future
A 24-year-old Briton is on track to becoming the next rookie in formula one. As the sport prepared to enter the August break, Force India driver Adrian Sutil admitted in Hungary...

06 Aug 2013 08:44
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Russia moves to end 2014 grand prix uncertainty
Russia on Monday moved towards ending the uncertainty over its inaugural grand prix at Sochi. Earlier, the country's automobile federation, the RAF, missed the July 31 deadline ...

05 Aug 2013 16:20
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Summer break rare slice of relief for F1's hard workers
F1's 'summer break' is a rare slice of relief for the sport's hard-working men and women. "The level of dedication (in F1) is quite high," said former Toro Rosso technical direc...

05 Aug 2013 15:34
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Renault chief thinks 2014 cars to be faster eventually
Renault chief Remi Taffin does not think the cars will lose much of their speed as F1 moves from V8 to V6 power next year. "I don't think we'll lose so much," the French marque'...

05 Aug 2013 14:54
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Esteban Gutierrez has much to gain and little to lose
Esteban Gutierrez insists he is not worrying about speculation his F1 career might end after just a single season. Amid Sauber's struggle for pace and survival in 2013, the rook...

05 Aug 2013 13:40
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Ecclestone vows to help Felipe Nasr towards F1
As one Brazilian driver's future hangs in the balance, yet another looks set to step onto the 2014 grid. Livio Oricchio, the respected correspondent for Brazil's O Estado de S.P...

05 Aug 2013 13:06
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Valencia left off F1's provisional 2014 calendar - report
Valencia has been left off F1's provisional calendar for 2014, it has emerged. Absent from this year's schedule, the street race was set to return next year according to a new a...

05 Aug 2013 12:10
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Petrov pushes for F1 return with Williams or Marussia
Vitaly Petrov may have some new power behind him as he pushes to return to formula one. Earlier, after losing his Caterham seat and splitting with his manager, the Russian admit...

05 Aug 2013 10:48
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Video: Mercedes offers fans first taste of new engine sound
The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team has given Formula One fans around the globe a unique insight into the future today on its official commercial YouTube channel. To mark...

05 Aug 2013 09:58
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Drivers come and go while Ferrari remains - Di Montezemolo
Luca di Montezemolo has fired yet another warning at Fernando Alonso, insisting Ferrari has never had trouble filling its race seats. "Even if I have lots of problems," the Mara...

05 Aug 2013 08:50
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Vergne clears the air with Red Bull management
Jean-Eric Vergne has admitted being left out of Red Bull's plans initially left him "upset". Earlier in the running to replace the Le Mans-bound Mark Webber, Red Bull made clear...

02 Aug 2013 12:44
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Hamilton warmly welcomes compliments from Lauda
Lewis Hamilton has warmly welcomed the "great compliment" made by triple world champion Niki Lauda after the recent Hungarian grand prix. Having won his first race for Mercedes ...

02 Aug 2013 11:59
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Ferrari sponsor pulls plug on 'Wrooom' event
Ferrari's annual pre-season event on the slopes of Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio will take place no more. Corriere dello Sport newspaper reports that the main sponsor ...

02 Aug 2013 10:03
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Sauber knows how to survive difficult times - Kaltenborn
Monisha Kaltenborn has denied Sauber was ever close to "bankruptcy". Having admitted it was having trouble paying increasingly impatient suppliers, the Swiss team recently annou...

02 Aug 2013 08:24
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Sirotkin has to wait until 2014 to begin F1 quest
Sergey Sirotkin has admitted he will not begin his quest for a formula one seat until early next year. As a 2014 race seat for the 17-year-old is part of Sauber's new deal with ...

01 Aug 2013 16:28
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Michael Schumacher surprised by top form Mercedes
Michael Schumacher has admitted he did not expect his former team Mercedes to make such a leap forwards in 2013. After his F1 comeback with Mercedes between 2010 and 2012, Schum...

01 Aug 2013 15:12
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Davide Valsecchi deserves chance in F1 - Lotus
Eric Boullier has admitted Lotus is waiting for Kimi Raikkonen to make his decision about 2014. Earlier, it was reported Lotus is putting pressure on the Finn to come to a quick...

01 Aug 2013 13:58
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Ferrari to decide on Le Mans LMP1 design for 2015
Ferrari will decide soon whether it will push ahead with a Le Mans project. A month ago, boss Stefano Domenicali did not deny speculation the Maranello based team might design a...

01 Aug 2013 13:05
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FIA to stay in control of F1's print media accreditation
The FIA is staying in control of the accreditation of F1's print journalists. Before Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt shook hands at the Hungaroring last weekend, it was reported...

01 Aug 2013 12:10
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Marussia emerges as potential destination for Magnussen
Marussia has emerged as a potential destination for the McLaren-backed rookie Kevin Magnussen in 2013. This week, Marussia team boss John Booth admitted the team would like to k...

01 Aug 2013 11:51
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Rumours are the typical fantasy in this period - Ferrari
Ferrari has dismissed as "fantasy" reports a lucrative 2014 offer has been made to former team driver Kimi Raikkonen. Those reports had followed suggestions the Maranello based ...

01 Aug 2013 10:30
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GP2 team Russian Time working closely with Williams
A key figure of next year's inaugural Russian grand prix has played down suggestions the Sochi race might never take place. The latest reports suggest a dispute between the Russ...

01 Aug 2013 09:45
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Tost wants one more Toro Rosso year for Ricciardo
Franz Tost has admitted he would be happy if Daniel Ricciardo spends another year at Toro Rosso. Australian Ricciardo has earned a place in contention for the departing Mark Web...

31 Jul 2013 16:40
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Ferrari not pleased with latest Pirelli tyre specification
The big news following the race debut of Pirelli's latest tyre specification is that Mercedes' long struggles could finally be over. Ferrari, on the other hand, thinks the move ...

31 Jul 2013 13:37
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Marussia wants to keep Bianchi and Chilton for 2014
Marussia would like to keep its current race drivers in 2014, boss John Booth has revealed. Recently, just as Pat Symonds was set to announce his departure for Williams, Marussi...

31 Jul 2013 12:14
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Sainz jr in two or three years at F1 maturity - Tost
Team boss Franz Tost has played down rumours Carlos Sainz jr is ready to make the step up to formula one with Toro Rosso. Spaniard Sainz, whose namesake and father is the world ...

31 Jul 2013 11:31
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Silly season takes twist with Ferrari offer for Raikkonen
The 2014 driver 'silly season' has taken yet another shock twist. Germany's Bild newspaper claims Kimi Raikkonen, already wanted by Lotus next year and also in the running to sw...

31 Jul 2013 10:49
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Scheduling issue triggered sabbatical for Indian GP in 2014
Race organisers on Tuesday confirmed the Indian grand prix will not be held in 2014. Earlier, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone - under pressure to limit the calendar to a ma...

31 Jul 2013 09:51
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Ferrari begins three-day test at Magny-Cours in France
Ferrari has begun a three-day test at the former French grand prix venue Magny Cours. That is the claim of the authoritative Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, re...

31 Jul 2013 09:07
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Indian Grand Prix could return on F1 calendar in 2015
India, set to lose its place on the 2014 calendar, could return the year after. That is the claim of Vicky Chandhok, the president of the Indian motor sport federation, who work...

30 Jul 2013 12:44
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Ferrari issues public rebuke as Alonso loses patience
Amid rumours Fernando Alonso is flirting with a shock move to Red Bull, Ferrari has issued an ultra-rare public rebuke of its number 1 driver. The reprimand follows reports Alon...

30 Jul 2013 12:12
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Korean grand prix unlikely to survive beyond 2013
The Korean grand prix looks set to join India in F1 exile, as Bernie Ecclestone trims the 2014 calendar to a maximum of 20 races. It has been reported that Austria, Russia and N...

30 Jul 2013 11:40
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Ferrari confirms Allison starting work in September
Ferrari on Monday confirmed reports James Allison is joining the famous Italian team. We reported on Saturday that the Maranello based team is buying out the remainder of former...

30 Jul 2013 08:52
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Ecclestone admits Indian grand prix facing F1 axe

Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed reports a question mark hangs above India's grand prix. We reported on Friday that, with teams keen to limit the calendar to 20 races, F1's chief...

29 Jul 2013 16:30
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