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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Hamilton doesn't remember considering 2013 sabbaticalLewis Hamilton has denied Bernie Ecclestone's claim that he would have preferred a sabbatical in 2013 rather than stay at McLaren. Referring to the 2008 world champion's soured ...
22 Mar 2013 12:08 -
GP2: Stefano Coletti claims first pole position of 2013
Stefano Coletti put the record straight in today's qualifying in Malaysia: the Monegasque driver snatched his first GP2 pole position with a blazing laptime of 1:44.280 in an ex...
22 Mar 2013 11:32 -
Malaysia 2013 Friday quotes: Red Bull RacingSebastian Vettel: "I think it was unusual today as in the second session one part of the track was pretty wet and the other was dry – but it all dried out quite fast, as it was...
22 Mar 2013 11:13 -
Alonso not worried by Raikkonen's winning paceFernando Alonso on Thursday said Kimi Raikkonen's winning pace in Australia a week ago is not a worry. Both the Spaniard and Raikkonen's Lotus managed to finish ahead of Sebasti...
22 Mar 2013 10:50 -
Wolff takes over from Mercedes' departing CEO Nick Fry
The latest subject of Mercedes' radical formula one shakeup is Nick Fry. A stalwart of the Brackley based team since its days as BAR, 56-year-old Briton Fry, 56, is vacating his...
22 Mar 2013 09:32 -
FP2: Raikkonen edges out Vettel by 0.019 of a secondKimi Raikkonen set the fastest time in the second free practice session for the 2013 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix in Sepang, before rain half an hour from the end prev...
22 Mar 2013 09:10 -
Sergio Perez has no regrets about McLaren moveSergio Perez insists he has no regrets about joining a McLaren team in crisis. The young Mexican admitted on Thursday that when he signed to replace Lewis Hamilton for 2013, he ...
22 Mar 2013 07:26 -
FP1: Webber and Vettel surround Raikkonen in top threePractice one for the 2013 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix got off to a slow start in warm conditions in Sepang on Friday morning, as Mark Webber set the pace by a fractio...
22 Mar 2013 06:43 -
Williams' daughter Claire shaping up as new team boss
Claire Williams could be shaping up to take over at the helm of her father's famous British team. When Claire's mother, Ginny Williams, died in the days preceeding the recent 20...
22 Mar 2013 03:57 -
Marussia and Caterham held talks about possible mergerF1 backmarkers Marussia and Caterham held talks over the winter about a possible merger. The surprise news emerged as F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone attempted to explain w...
21 Mar 2013 17:02 -
McLaren presses ahead with plans to improve 2013 carMcLaren is pressing ahead with plans to improve the new 2013 car, as suggestions last year's winning model could be resurrected begin to fade. Despite struggling markedly with t...
21 Mar 2013 16:10 -
Mercedes boss most impressed by Ferrari in MelbourneThe headlines in Australia last weekend were that Red Bull dominated qualifying, before Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen eased to victory. But Ross Brawn, boss of the Mercedes team, said t...
21 Mar 2013 15:27 -
Villeneuve and Coulthard question Vettel greatnessTwo former drivers have questioned whether reigning triple world champion Sebastian Vettel weighs up against his highly rated rivals. David Coulthard, who made room for German V...
21 Mar 2013 14:53 -
Caterham and CNN renew multi-year partnershipCNN International and Caterham F1 Team have announced today that the leading international news network has renewed its multi-year partnership deal with Caterham F1 Team. The sp...
21 Mar 2013 13:37 -
Massa takes record for longest Ferrari drought from AlesiFelipe Massa is enduring the longest victory drought in the history of all Ferrari drivers, according to an analysis by Italy's Autosprint. Dating back to his title-losing win i...
21 Mar 2013 12:15 -
Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: PirelliThe toughest compound in PirelliÂ’s new 2013 range of tyres makes its debut in Malaysia, complete with a brand new colour. The P Zero Orange hard has been nominated for Sepang t...
21 Mar 2013 11:44 -
Video: A lap around Sepang onboard with De la Rosa
Sepang International Circuit hosts the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap with Pedro de la Rosa onboard around that track. Order 2013 Formul...
21 Mar 2013 10:42 -
Alain Prost assumes advisery rol within Renault Sport F1
The Renault Group and four-time Formula 1 world champion, Alain Prost, are delighted to announce the prolongation of their relationship for the coming year. Alain has been the B...
21 Mar 2013 10:08 -
Red Bull Racing too fixated on qualifying - MarkoRed Bull might need to tweak its focus if it wants to win in 2013. That is the admission of the energy drink-owned squad's forthright management figure Dr Helmut Marko, on the e...
21 Mar 2013 09:23 -
McLaren 'not considering' pulling 2012 car out of mothballsMartin Whitmarsh has played down reports McLaren could end its crisis by pulling its winning 2012 car out of mothballs. The famous British team, whose Jenson Button closed last ...
21 Mar 2013 08:44 -
Marussia yet to ink new commercial dealThe first race of the 2013 season came and went without Marussia signing a commercial agreement with the sport's owners. In the days before Melbourne, team boss John Booth denie...
20 Mar 2013 16:41 -
Pirelli hits back at Lauda after tyre criticismPaul Hembery has hit back at Niki Lauda, after the famous Austrian lashed out at Pirelli in the wake of the 2013 season opener. Lauda, the outspoken former triple world champion...
20 Mar 2013 16:07 -
Dakar: Route for 2014 to visit Bolivia for the first time
For its 35th edition, the 6th to be organised in South America, the Dakar will set off on 5th January from Rosario in Argentina and finish in Valparaiso in Chile on 18th January...
20 Mar 2013 15:34 -
Gillette thrown in the hat for McLaren title sponsorship - reportAnother name has emerged as a possible successor for McLaren's departing title sponsor Vodafone. The conventional wisdom in the paddock is that the Sergio Perez-linked Telmex - ...
20 Mar 2013 14:53 -
Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: Caterham F1 TeamCharles Pic: "Malaysia will be the first Caterham F1 Team home race for me and I'm looking forward to what will be a very busy week, but one where I think we'll see a lot of sup...
20 Mar 2013 14:11 -
GP2: Berthon and Ceccon kick off season for TridentTrident Racing have confirmed today that Frenchman Nathanaël Berthon and Italian Kevin Ceccon will be joining them for the opening round of the 2013 GP2 Series season in Malays...
20 Mar 2013 13:51 -
McLaren apologises to Red Bull Racing for software issueMcLaren has apologised for an electronic glitch that affected Red Bull's Mark Webber during the Australian grand prix. After the Australian driver had a bad start in Melbourne a...
20 Mar 2013 12:13 -
Russia GP organiser liquidated after bankrupt - reports
A dark cloud has moved above next year's inaugural Russian grand prix. Speed Week is reporting that the debt-ridden race organiser, Formula Sochi, has gone bankrupt and been liq...
20 Mar 2013 11:56 -
Ferrari takes part in first Peace Road Show in JerusalemFerrari is to take to the streets of Jerusalem. A car from the Maranello team driven by Giancarlo Fisichella will take part in the first edition of the 'Jerusalem Peace Road Sho...
20 Mar 2013 11:05 -
Caterham insists F1 quit rumours are nonsenseCaterham has hit back at paddock rumours team founder Tony Fernandes has lost interest in the F1 project and could soon shut it down. Late last year, Malaysian entrepreneur Fern...
20 Mar 2013 10:24 -
Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber What is your favourite part of the Sepang Circuit? Webber: "It's the second to last corner because it's very tricky to get right, but I've always enjoyed driving i...
20 Mar 2013 09:21 -
Nick Heidfeld admits to missing F1 'incredibly'
Nick Heidfeld has admitted he is badly missing formula one. The 35-year-old German contested 185 grands prix between 2000 and 2011, but now races a Le Mans prototype in the Worl...
20 Mar 2013 08:36 -
Di Montezemolo glad Ferrari lives up to expectationsFerrari Chairman Luca di Montezemolo has declared himself satisfied with the result of the season-opening Grand Prix, announcing on Ferrari.com: " 'La Speranzosa' (The Hopeful O...
19 Mar 2013 16:25 -
Alonso and Lauda agree - Red Bull still fastest
Italy's super-critical press has declared itself happy with the outcome of the 2013 season opener. "Everyone had bet on Vettel winning in Australia, but the attacker become the ...
19 Mar 2013 15:55 -
Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: MercedesNico Rosberg: "Sepang is one of my favourite tracks on the Formula One calendar. The layout has a little bit of everything with the slow and fast corners making a nice mix. For ...
19 Mar 2013 15:03 -
McLaren promises to look into Red Bull's ECU glitches
McLaren has hit back at arch-rival Red Bull's claims that the British team was responsible for Mark Webber's troubles in Melbourne. After Webber had a terrible start and then KE...
19 Mar 2013 14:44 -
IRL: Beatriz added to 25-car grid for opener in St Petersburg
Ana Beatriz, who has made 22 IZOD IndyCar Series starts over three seasons, will compete in the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg in the Honda-powered No. 18 Dal...
19 Mar 2013 14:00 -
Hamilton proud to prove critics wrong with MercedesLewis Hamilton has admitted he is happy to have "proved people wrong" after leaving McLaren. Many critics rounded on the 2008 world champion when he announced his decision to le...
19 Mar 2013 12:40 -
Brazil GP could be set to move from Interlagos - Castroneves
The Brazilian grand prix could be set to move from Interlagos. Now the popular and traditional home of Brazil's annual race, the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace is however regarded a...
19 Mar 2013 12:01 -
Malaysia 2013 preview quotes: SauberThe second round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship takes place in Malaysia next weekend from 22nd to 24th of March. After the Sauber F1 Team's driver Nico Hülkenbe...
19 Mar 2013 11:14 -
GP2: Russian Time announce signing of Sam Bird
Russian Time have announced today that Sam Bird will join their team for the 2013 GP2 Series campaign. The British driver whose GP2 career records one win, eight podium finishes...
19 Mar 2013 10:28 -
Situation with the tyres is absolutely stupid - LaudaNiki Lauda has slammed the tyre situation in formula one, accusing Pirelli and the FIA of confusing the fans. "The situation with the tyres is absolutely stupid," the forthright...
19 Mar 2013 09:37 -
Vettel has nothing to say about contract extension reportsYet another Austrian newspaper is reporting that Sebastian Vettel has extended his contract with Red Bull through 2016. From Melbourne last week, the Kleine Zeitung newspaper cl...
19 Mar 2013 08:56 -
Ferrari often asked Perez to 'take care' of Alonso in 2012
Sergio Perez has claimed that, whilst a Sauber driver, Ferrari often asked him to "take care" of Fernando Alonso. The Mexican's comments will ramp up speculation that the famous...
18 Mar 2013 16:59 -
I could have earned more at McLaren - Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton claims McLaren offered him more money than Mercedes for 2013. Ultimately, the 2008 world champion opted to switch camps, with most in the paddock believing he wan...
18 Mar 2013 15:40 -
Tost wants to abandon winter testing in EuropeToro Rosso boss Franz Tost has called on F1 to abandon winter testing in Europe. The Austrian admitted he would prefer the pre-season runs to be staged in "Abu Dhabi, Bahrain or...
18 Mar 2013 14:57 -
Perez would love to see backer Telmex at McLaren
Sergio Perez has admitted he hopes Telmex becomes a major sponsor of the McLaren team. With the British squad set to lose its Vodafone title sponsorship at the end of the season...
18 Mar 2013 14:24 -
Maldonado labels FW35 as undriveable after nightmare startIt has been a nightmare start to Williams' 2013 season. The deaths of Hugo Chavez and Ginny Williams were big commercial and personal blows for the famous British team, and now ...
18 Mar 2013 13:58 -
Sutil stuns paddock with competitive F1 comebackAdrian Sutil stunned the F1 paddock on Sunday by looking so competitive on his return to the sport after a season away. Written off by some after his 2011 assault conviction, th...
18 Mar 2013 13:12 -
Raikkonen unsure if Lotus budget big enough for titleKimi Raikkonen, 2013's early championship leader, has questioned whether Lotus can keep up its winning pace throughout the season. The Finn beat formidable opponents Fernando Al...
18 Mar 2013 12:09 -
Zytek interested in new F1 engine formula for 2014Yet another new name could be looking seriously at F1's radical engine rules for 2014. It is already a poorly-guarded paddock secret that McLaren is likely to team up with the J...
18 Mar 2013 11:20 -
Horner criticises McLaren for standard ECU troublesAt the end of a nightmare weekend for McLaren, Red Bull's Christian Horner added the final insult. Briton Horner, boss of McLaren's arch-rival, blamed the Woking based team for ...
18 Mar 2013 10:58 -
Hulkenberg to use new Sauber chassis in MalaysiaNico Hulkenberg will tackle this weekend's Malaysian grand prix with a new Sauber chassis. 90 minutes before his first race for the Swiss team in Melbourne, mechanics went to pr...
18 Mar 2013 09:17 -
Raikkonen first title leader of 2013 after victory in Australia
Kimi Raikkonen is the surprise world championship leader, after winning the season-opening Australian grand prix at the wheel of the fast and tyre-friendly Lotus. Coming in behi...
18 Mar 2013 08:31 -
Lotus F1 Team partners with Columbia Records
Lotus F1 Team is proud to announce an agreement with Columbia Records, the oldest and most credible music label in the world, which will see the team building up on the relation...
16 Mar 2013 11:57 -
Q2 and Q3 postponed until Sunday morningThe final two stages of qualifying for the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix have been postponed until Sunday due to heavy rain at the Albert Park circuit. The first...
16 Mar 2013 10:05 -
Australia 2013 Friday quotes: WilliamsMike Coughlan, Technical Director: "We did some aero evaluations this morning comparing the two packages that we brought to Melbourne. We'll be running our FW35 launch aero pack...
15 Mar 2013 14:44 -
Grosjean admits to being tired after 2012 seasonRomain Grosjean has admitted the 2012 season took its toll. Banned in Monza and written off as F1's 'first lap nutcase' by Mark Webber, Grosjean admits he was relieved at the en...
15 Mar 2013 14:12 -
Vodafone to quit Formula 1 over Bahrain issue - reportMcLaren has reportedly played down reports title sponsor Vodafone is pulling out of formula one due to the controversial Bahrain grand prix. A day after the British team confirm...
15 Mar 2013 13:53 -
Fan Fashion introduced new 2013 CollectionFan Fashion, recently introduced a whole new collection of formula 1 merchandise for the year 2013. Specifically manufactured for expressive and passionate fans of the Formula O...
15 Mar 2013 13:41 -
Kubica refers to F1 as 'tiny lights at the end of the tunnel'
Robert Kubica is not willing to give up on a future return to formula one, despite acknowledging he will not be ready for a comeback for some time. The Pole, whose right arm was...
15 Mar 2013 12:46 -
Australia 2013 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen: "It's good for the season to start and the car felt pretty strong out there. I don't think we're the fastest but it's a good start. It was nice to have a reliabl...
15 Mar 2013 12:13 -
Teams don't want to increase number of test days for 2014F1 teams will make do with a normal test programme early next year, despite the introduction of radical new engine regulations. Some of the engine suppliers reportedly want eith...
15 Mar 2013 11:34 -
Maldonado uncertain about future PDVSA backing
Pastor Maldonado has admitted he cannot be certain his F1 career will continue long after the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Sponsoring Williams via the state-contro...
15 Mar 2013 10:44 -
Australia 2013 Friday quotes: Red Bull RacingSebastian Vettel: "Overall it was a good day for us. It was pretty seamless and there was no trouble with the car. After all the mileage of testing, it was fun to be out there Â...
15 Mar 2013 10:15 -
McLaren bosses scratching their heads after difficult day
McLaren on Friday admitted it is now "worried" about the pace of the new MP4-28 car. Jenson Button was just ninth in opening practice in Melbourne, before lagging more than two ...
15 Mar 2013 09:52 -
Hydraulic active suspension secret to Mercedes' speed?Specialist publications are reporting a secret of the apparent speed of Mercedes' new W04 car -- a system known in the German squad's garage as 'Fric'. German television RTL is ...
15 Mar 2013 09:22 -
Force India welcomes back Medion as team partnerSahara Force India is delighted to welcome Medion AG as an official team partner for the 2013 season. Medion, a long-term supporter of the team, will use the association to prom...
15 Mar 2013 09:06 -
FP2: Red Bull Racing rules on day one in Australia
Sebastian Vettel led a Red Bull 1-2 in the second free practice session for the 2013 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, to show that not a lot has changed sin...
15 Mar 2013 08:56 -
Paul di Resta 'had personality make-over' for 2013
According to some, a 'new' Paul di Resta has walked through the 2013 paddock turnstile. Writing in London's Evening Standard, journalist Matt Majendie calls it an obvious "perso...
15 Mar 2013 06:56
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