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.
News
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China 2013 preview quotes: Pirelli
Pirelli has nominated the P Zero White medium and P Zero Yellow soft tyres for China: the first time that this combination makes an appearance this year. China is well-known for...
08 Apr 2013 16:07 -
Kimi Raikkonen participates in motocross practice sessionKimi Raikkonen filled in the time between the recent Malaysian grand prix and round three in China this weekend with a spot of motocross. Founded alongside his rallying team dur...
08 Apr 2013 15:22 -
Bianchi admits Ferrari future is in the back of his mindJules Bianchi has refused to rule out speculation his impressive pace with Marussia so far in 2013 could lead to a future at Ferrari. Having missed out on the Force India seat f...
08 Apr 2013 15:12 -
'Howling V6 turbo engines will produce noise'
One respected veteran correspondent has allayed fears F1's scream will become a whimper when the new V6 rules take over next year. Apparently spurred on by Bernie Ecclestone, th...
08 Apr 2013 14:16 -
China 2013 preview quotes: Caterham F1 TeamCharles Pic: "Next we have two more back to back races, in Shanghai, China, and then straight to Bahrain. They're both modern circuits but they put different demands on the cars...
08 Apr 2013 13:38 -
Barrichello would race in F1 once more 'for the pleasure'
Rubens Barrichello has admitted he would happily step back into the cockpit of a formula one car, to race one more time just for "the pleasure and passion". The Brazilian, who h...
08 Apr 2013 12:49 -
Lotus has no complaints about Pirelli tyresLotus has admitted it is opposed to Pirelli making radical changes to its 2013 tyres. After Australia and Malaysia, when the behaviour of the Italian marque's new heavily-degrad...
08 Apr 2013 12:11 -
Supermarket Sainsbury's denies losing boss to F1
Sainsbury's, the UK supermarket giant, has denied rumours it could lose its boss to formula one. Last week, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone failed to deny rumours Sainsbury...
08 Apr 2013 11:29 -
Red Bull signs Beitske Visser to famous 'junior team'Red Bull has signed up a female driver to its famous driver development 'junior team'. 18-year-old Netherlander Beitske Visser, having won two races in 2012, will race this year...
08 Apr 2013 10:44 -
Selfishness ultimately is what makes a champion - BergerGerhard Berger has refused to jump on the bandwagon with those criticising Sebastian Vettel in the wake of the 'Multi-21' affair. Lotus team boss Eric Boullier is the latest to ...
08 Apr 2013 08:43 -
Ecclestone not worried about new civil unrest in Bahrain
Bernie Ecclestone has played down reports civil unrest could yet again affect the running of Bahrain's grand prix. Ever since the revolutionary Arab Spring of early 2011, formul...
05 Apr 2013 16:24 -
China 2013 preview quotes: SauberAfter a short break, the Sauber F1 Team is off to Shanghai where the UBS Chinese Grand Prix will take place from 12th to 14th of April. After Nico Hülkenberg scored four points...
05 Apr 2013 15:17 -
Santander scoops up top award for London Grand PrixWhen Santander launched its speculative proposal for an exhilarating Formula 1 night race through the sprawling streets of London, it sounded too good to be true. Just how, we i...
05 Apr 2013 14:05 -
China 2013 preview quotes: MercedesNico Rosberg: "I travel to China next week with very good memories from winning my first Formula One race in Shanghai last year, and having led the race there for the past three...
05 Apr 2013 12:43 -
Pirelli seeking 'balance' between sport and entertainment
Amid criticism of the Italian marque's approach, Martin Brundle has defended F1 tyre supplier Pirelli. After the winter test period and the first two races of 2013, countless dr...
05 Apr 2013 10:38 -
Engine makers and teams get extra test in 2014 - report
F1's engine manufacturers have reportedly won the battle for an extra pre-season test for 2014. Apparently against the resistance of some teams, the engine suppliers had argued ...
05 Apr 2013 09:33 -
Di Resta worried about challenge to balance developmentPaul di Resta is worried Force India will struggle to keep up with the development race in 2013. Driving for one of F1's small-to-middle budget teams, the Scot is concerned that...
05 Apr 2013 08:46 -
Vergne admits the stakes are high at Toro RossoJean-Eric Vergne has hinted just how high the stakes are at Toro Rosso this year. His teammate Daniel Ricciardo came out fighting in 2013 by declaring his friendship with the Fr...
04 Apr 2013 15:47 -
IRL: Ana Beatriz keeps Dale Coyne seat until Indy 500Dale Coyne Racing announced that Ana Beatriz will be in the driver's seat of the No. 18 Honda-powered car this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park and through the 97th Running of...
04 Apr 2013 14:29 -
Sauber extends deal with logistics partner PlanzerIn Formula One speed is pretty much everything not only on the track, but off it as well. One minute new parts are being developed at the factory, the next they are needed fo...
04 Apr 2013 13:50 -
'Pointless' to ban team orders again Toro Rosso bossAfter the 'Multi-21' affair re-fired the old debate about team orders, Franz Tost insists it is "pointless" to reintroduce a ban. In Malaysia recently, Sebastian Vettel ignored ...
04 Apr 2013 12:15 -
Villeneuve would bet on Alonso or Raikkonen to win the titleJacques Villeneuve, the 1997 world champion turned TV pundit, thinks Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen would be a good bet for this year's championship. "I said before Australia that it wou...
04 Apr 2013 11:32 -
No young Indian drivers close to F1 - Chandhok
India is facing a long wait for another formula one driver, Karun Chandhok has warned. Not too long ago, both Chandhok and Narain Karthikeyan were representing the populous nati...
04 Apr 2013 10:51 -
Webber lucky to escape penalty after Sepang - rivalMark Webber may have been the victim of the 'Multi-21' affair at Sepang, but the Australian's behaviour also raised a few eyebrows. As his teammate Sebastian Vettel ignored team...
04 Apr 2013 09:27 -
F1 could artificially enhance sound of V6 engines - EcclestoneThe calmer tones of F1's new-generation turbo V6 engines could be artificially enhanced, according to Bernie Ecclestone. The F1 chief executive is worried the sport will lose so...
04 Apr 2013 08:54 -
McLaren newcomer Perez 'has not put a foot wrong'McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says he is happy with team newcomer Sergio Perez. Mexican Perez has had a difficult and low-profile start to his career with the famous British tea...
03 Apr 2013 16:48 -
Video: Third episode of Sauber's Cutaway Series
Sauber has started with what they call the Cutaway Series. In 15 'shorties', Sauber will pick one particular car part or subject and Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hülkenberg...
03 Apr 2013 14:29 -
Red Bull Racing claims new pitstop recordWith no shortage of talking points in Malaysia lots of stuff that would usually make headlines passed by unnoticed. For instance, despite the slippery surface and the concentrat...
03 Apr 2013 13:50 -
Snubbed Paul di Resta happy to be beating McLarenHaving missed out on a race seat with the famous team in 2013, Paul di Resta now hopes to beat McLaren -- at the wheel of a Force India. With Lewis Hamilton leaving for Mercedes...
03 Apr 2013 12:15 -
IRL: Conor Daly joins AJ Foyt Racing for Indy 500
Conor Daly has often listened to his father, Derek, describe what it's like to compete in the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. The buzz of hundreds of thousands of spectators on Race...
03 Apr 2013 11:40 -
Battle brewing as Felipe Massa gets upper hand at FerrariThe fiery F1 pairing on everybody's lips at present is Sebastian Vettel versus Mark Webber. But another fascinating battle is brewing at Ferrari. The sport's journalists are por...
03 Apr 2013 10:54 -
GP3: GP3 Series adds Valencia to the 2013 calendar
GP3 Series organisers are pleased to announce Round 2 of the 2013 season will be held in Valencia at the Circuit de Ricardo Tormo on 15-16 June. This will be a standalone event ...
03 Apr 2013 09:08 -
Porsche refuses to deny Mark Webber rumoursPorsche has refused to deny rumours it is lining up Mark Webber to lead its charge with a new Le Mans prototype next year. Amid the 'Multi-21' affair and claims the Australian's...
03 Apr 2013 08:48 -
WTCC: Change at Lada, Kozlovskiy in for DudukaloMikhail Kozlovskiy will replace Aleksei Dudukalo at the wheel of one of LADA Sport Lukoils Granta cars from the next event at Marrakech. The 29-year old from St. Petersburg wi...
02 Apr 2013 14:31 -
Raikkonen 'always a candidate' for Red Bull seat - MateschitzKimi Raikkonen is "a candidate" to replace Mark Webber at Red Bull, team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has admitted. In the wake of the 'Multi-21' team orders affair, Red Bull denie...
02 Apr 2013 13:51 -
GP3: Status Grand Prix completes line-up with Fong
Chinese racer Adderly Fong has signed to join Status Grand Prix for the 2013 season and complete the team's line-up for the GP3 Series. The 23-year-old Hong Kong-based driver...
02 Apr 2013 12:49 -
'Supermarket boss being lined up to replace Ecclestone'
Bernie Ecclestone has failed to deny rumours Justin King, the 51-year-old British boss of supermarket chain Sainsbury's, is being lined up to replace him. F1's 82-year-old chief...
02 Apr 2013 12:04 -
Video: Second episode of Sauber's Cutaway Series
Sauber has started with what they call the Cutaway Series. In 15 'shorties', Sauber will pick one particular car part or subject and Chief Designer Matt Morris, Nico Hülkenberg...
02 Apr 2013 11:12 -
FIA tells Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes to change 'splitters'F1's governing body has warned three top teams to make changes to their cars ahead of the next race in China, it has emerged. Italian reports, including in the pages of Itali...
02 Apr 2013 10:33 -
Pirelli to 'review' its tyre approach after Bahrain
Pirelli will "review" its approach to the 2013 season after Bahrain, the tyre supplier's Paul Hembery has now admitted. Earlier, after Mercedes and Red Bull complained loudly ab...
02 Apr 2013 09:55 -
Alonso and Hamilton would also ignore orders - Horner
Christian Horner has defended Sebastian Vettel, arguing that Mark Webber has also ignored team orders and that champions do not succeed by being "submissive". Now more than a we...
02 Apr 2013 08:27 -
Villeneuve compares Vettel vs Webber with Pironi vs Villeneuve1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is not sure Sebastian Vettel's apologies should be so readily accepted. Vettel repeatedly said sorry to Mark Webber after Sunday's Malaysi...
29 Mar 2013 13:26 -
Marussia will talk to Ferrari and Mercedes about engines
Marussia chief executive Andy Webb has admitted the team will be powered either by Ferrari or Mercedes engines in 2014. Cosworth, whose only customer in F1 this year is the Banb...
29 Mar 2013 11:15 -
Bernie Ecclestone almost took over tennis - report
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed how close he came to changing forever the international game of tennis. Sportsvibe reports that the F1 chief executive led a consortium including ...
28 Mar 2013 16:12 -
Petrov not giving up on F1 after Kosachenko split
Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov has revealed he will now handle his own affairs after splitting with his manager. It emerged recently that driver manager Oksana Kosachenko has jo...
28 Mar 2013 14:16 -
Williams considering going back to FW34 exhaust systemWilliams could revert to the exhaust of its 2012 car, after struggling for pace and handling with the new FW35 so far this season. Technical boss Mike Coughlan admitted to ESPN ...
28 Mar 2013 12:50 -
Force India renews agreement with engine supplier MercedesSahara Force India and Mercedes-Benz are delighted to announce the signature of a long-term agreement for the Silverstone-based team to use a full Mercedes-Benz powertrain from ...
28 Mar 2013 12:15 -
Changing tyre compounds now would be wrong - PirelliPirelli has ruled out making changes to its 2013 product, despite Red Bull and Mercedes complaining that this year's tyres are penalising the best cars. Mercedes' Toto Wolff, an...
28 Mar 2013 11:42 -
Dakar: Peterhansel to defend title with X-Raid Mini
Some two months after the 2013 Dakar Rally ended in Santiago de Chile with the second consecutive win of the Monster Energy X-raid Team, ASO announced the first facts for the 20...
28 Mar 2013 10:46 -
Premature to predict Webber exit - Red Bull RacingRed Bull on Wednesday denied reports Mark Webber will surely leave Red Bull at the end of the season. Major German daily Bild had reported it has learned the 36-year-old Austral...
28 Mar 2013 09:26 -
Williams' future in 'extremely safe' hands of Claire Williams
Claire Williams is now the deputy principal of her father Sir Frank's eponymous formula one team. In between Australia and Malaysia, we reported rumours that the 36-year-old was...
28 Mar 2013 08:53 -
Ferrari and Lotus would 'veto' tyre changes - reportFerrari and Lotus would veto any move to have Pirelli change the compounds of its 2013 tyres. Before the RB9 finished first and second in Malaysia, Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko cl...
27 Mar 2013 09:36 -
Sauber situation is not acceptable - HulkenbergNew Sauber driver Nico Hulkenberg said eighth place in Malaysia last Sunday was "unacceptable". After moving over the winter from Force India, the German was unable to make his ...
27 Mar 2013 08:45 -
Renault reveals engine talks with Scuderia Toro RossoRenault has admitted it is negotiating with Toro Rosso. Currently, the second Red Bull-owned team is powered by Ferrari's V8 engine. But it has been rumoured that, in order for ...
26 Mar 2013 09:20 -
Ecclestone comments make Hamilton 'a little bit nervous'Lewis Hamilton has admitted Bernie Ecclestone's recent comments are making him "nervous". The F1 chief executive revealed recently that Red Bull - not Mercedes - was actually 20...
26 Mar 2013 08:42 -
Marussia merger 'made no sense, end of story' - CaterhamCaterham has belatedly confirmed reports that talks about a possible merger with rival backmarker Marussia took place over the winter. In explaining the delay in Marussia being ...
25 Mar 2013 16:52 -
Romain Grosjean to be father in the summerRomain Grosjean will soon be a father. After his new wife Marion Jolles - who met Grosjean whilst a F1 television reporter - was spotted apparently pregnant, the French Lotus dr...
25 Mar 2013 16:21 -
Time for Ferrari to win title instead of losing in last race
The time has arrived for Ferrari to deliver its first title since 2007. That is the forthright assessment of team boss Stefano Domenicali, who since taking over from Jean Todt h...
25 Mar 2013 14:47 -
Pirelli 'has promised' to change tyre compounds - Marko
Helmut Marko says Pirelli "has promised" to change its tyre compounds in time for next month's Bahrain grand prix. Together with Mercedes, Red Bull has been pushing F1's Italian...
25 Mar 2013 13:58 -
Lauda and Wolff sides against Brawn over Rosberg team orderMercedes' German-speaking faction has spoken out against the team orders that prevented Nico Rosberg from finishing on the podium in Malaysia. German Rosberg asked and asked aga...
25 Mar 2013 12:51 -
Kubica 'definitely' in running for F1 return with Lotus
Robert Kubica is "definitely" in the running to return to formula one with Lotus in 2014. Turning down an offer to return to circuit racing in the German touring car series DTM ...
25 Mar 2013 12:09 -
GP2: Coletti makes up for disappointment with victory
He wanted it so badly! Stefano Coletti took a lights-to-flag win in Sunday's Sprint Race at Sepang International Circuit and made up for Saterday's disappointment. The Monegasqu...
25 Mar 2013 11:10 -
Sepang shows Red Bull Racing 'not united' - Alonso
Fernando Alonso, who wears a giant Samurai tattoo on his back and neck, sounded disappointed to have missed Sunday's war between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Beached in the...
25 Mar 2013 10:44 -
F3: Marciello shines in dreadful weather at Monza
The dreadful weather conditions in Monza did nothing to stop Raffaelo Marciello's (Prema Powerteam) domination. Even though the red flag hung out because of the pouring rain ...
25 Mar 2013 09:30 -
Vettel apologetic after stealing Webber's win
F1 erupted in controversy on Sunday, after Sebastian Vettel ignored a team order to win the Malaysian grand prix. The German and his teammate Mark Webber were issued a codeword ...
25 Mar 2013 08:56 -
Lotus unable to provide two cars in the same configurationAfter Kimi Raikkonen eased to victory in Australia, and set the pace in Malaysia on Friday, the forgotten man of Lotus is Romain Grosjean. The Frenchman suspected his problems i...
22 Mar 2013 14:58 -
Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: SauberIn free practice two of the Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix the Sauber F1 Team drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Esteban Gutiérrez finished 13th and 14th respectively. Both drivers wer...
22 Mar 2013 14:40 -
Massa not disadvantaged by strategic calls FerrariFelipe Massa has denied suggestions last Sunday's 2013 season opener was clear evidence he is still Fernando Alonso's 'number 2' at Ferrari. Despite qualifying right on Spaniard...
22 Mar 2013 14:24 -
Robin Frijns to focus completely on Sauber test roleNew Sauber tester Robin Frijns will focus solely on his formula one role in 2013. The 21-year-old Dutchman had hoped to split his time between the Swiss team's garage and a race...
22 Mar 2013 13:38 -
Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen: "It was a pretty good day. We tried changing a few things on the car and made progress with where we wanted to be at the end of the sessions. We had some running...
22 Mar 2013 12:46
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