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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Buemi optimistic about his chances at Force India
Swiss newspaper Blick has tipped Force India to announce Paul di Resta's next teammate on Wednesday. Veteran journalist Roger Benoit said the Silverstone based team has weighed ...

07 Nov 2012 13:55
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Mark Webber tips 2012 finale to be 'very dramatic'
If as is expected the 2012 title battle goes down to the wire, Mark Webber is not sure he would put his money on his Red Bull teammate. With a 10 point lead over Ferrari's Ferna...

07 Nov 2012 12:16
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More trouble but no blame for embattled Romain Grosjean
Romain Grosjean was back in the wars in Abu Dhabi, but this time no one is calling for the embattled Frenchman to be banned. It was rumoured recently that more collisions for th...

07 Nov 2012 11:21
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Ecclestone names date for possible Magny Cours return in 2013
Bernie Ecclestone has named Magny Cours as the likely venue for a 2013 French grand prix. Quadruple world champion Alain Prost was in Abu Dhabi last weekend for talks with the F...

07 Nov 2012 09:49
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Tony Fernandes stepping down as Caterham boss
Tony Fernandes has confirmed reports he is stepping down as boss of his formula one team Caterham. That might be news for team driver Heikki Kovalainen, who earlier played down ...

07 Nov 2012 08:37
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Lotus win helps talks with team investors - Boullier
Kimi Raikkonen's triumph in Abu Dhabi was important for more than just giving the Finn and Lotus the winning feeling. Turun Sanomat newspaper reveals that boss Eric Boullier is ...

06 Nov 2012 16:34
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Ma Qinghua to race for HRT in 2013 - reports
Ma Qinghua looks set to join Pedro de la Rosa at HRT in 2013. China Daily, citing the information of Tencent's sports channel, reported that the Spanish team "announced at a pre...

06 Nov 2012 15:07
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Video: Newey drives Red Bull Racing RB6 and Leyton House
Red Bull Racing's Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey recently had the unique opportunity to get behind the wheel of not one, but two groundbreaking Formula One cars, each penn...

06 Nov 2012 14:45
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India and China to race for glory at ROC Asia
The two most populous nations on Earth will be in the hunt for glory at ROC 2012 as Team India and Team China have joined hosts Team Thailand in the line-up for ROC Asia on Frid...

06 Nov 2012 13:34
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Pressure on McLaren to up game for 2013
Still among F1's grandee teams, there are signs McLaren needs to up its game if it wants to win its first title since 2008 in the near future. Indeed, the British team is losing...

06 Nov 2012 12:43
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Horner suspects 'human error' for qualifying debacle
Christian Horner has admitted "human error" led to Sebastian Vettel having to start Sunday's Abu Dhabi grand prix from the back of the field. After qualifying third in Abu Dhabi...

06 Nov 2012 12:16
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Formula 1 drivers to pay more for super license
The cost of a formula one driver's mandatory FIA 'super license' is going up, the Times newspaper reports. It emerged in Abu Dhabi last weekend that teams have been told by the ...

06 Nov 2012 11:21
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Renault Sport F1 boss Jean-Francois Caubet retires
Jean-Francois Caubet is stepping down as engine supplier Renault's F1 boss. According to French-language reports in Eurosport and the F1 website F1i, Caubet is retiring, to b...

06 Nov 2012 09:48
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Robin Frijns - 'I twice said no to Red Bull'
Robin Frijns has revealed he once turned down an offer to join F1 world champion Red Bull's young driver development programme. Actually, "I twice said no to Red Bull," the 21-y...

06 Nov 2012 08:32
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Sebastian Vettel reaches first 'match point' of 2012 title
Depending on who he spoke to after Sunday's Abu Dhabi grand prix, Fernando Alonso insisted his glass was either "half full" or "completely full". Whichever, the Spaniard's publi...

05 Nov 2012 16:13
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Rosberg thankful to escape unhurt after crash with Karthikeyan
Nico Rosberg said he was thankful both he and HRTs Narain Karthikeyan emerged unscathed from a lap eight accident that saw both exit the Abu Grand Prix in spectacular fashion....

05 Nov 2012 14:48
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Anthony Hamilton tips Lewis to win title for Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton's father and former manager Anthony has tipped his son to win the title for Mercedes within three years. After six years, 20 wins and a title, McLaren careerist a...

05 Nov 2012 13:51
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Bernie Ecclestone to pay budget cap whistle-blowers
Bernie Ecclestone has an innovative idea to police his F1 budget cap. Some top teams are not keen on the proposal to cap their total annual spend to US $250 million, but the spo...

05 Nov 2012 12:14
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Bruno Senna denies worrying about F1 future
Bruno Senna has denied his concerns about the future are contributing to a loss of form towards the end of the 2012 season. Although finishing eighth in Abu Dhabi, the Brazilian...

05 Nov 2012 11:36
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Ferrari asked FIA question about Red Bull Racing RB8
Ferrari this week asked a question to the FIA about championship contender Red Bull's car, according to the Spanish sports daily AS. The report said Ferrari, whose Fernando Alon...

05 Nov 2012 10:37
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Comeback 'iceman' planning long party after win
Kimi Raikkonen returned to the winner's circle in Abu Dhabi in his inimitable style. Once derided for being robotic and shy, the 2007 world champion is now widely loved for bein...

05 Nov 2012 09:58
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Vettel's lead down to 10 points after Abu Dhabi thriller
Sebastian Vettel picked up the pieces of a devastating Saturday in Abu Dhabi by carving through the field to finish Sunday's spectacular grand prix in third place. Given his pit...

05 Nov 2012 08:45
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FP2: Ferrari no match for Red Bull on first day in Abu Dhabi
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel rose to the top of the pile as dusk fell in Abu Dhabi on Friday afternoon, but the world champion ended FP2 only 0.168s ahead of FP1 pacesetter Lewis...

02 Nov 2012 16:26
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Technical trouble is Alonso's last hope - Lauda
Fernando Alonso's last hope to rescue his flagging championship charge in 2012 is a spate of technical problems for Red Bull. That is the view of F1 great Niki Lauda, who told G...

02 Nov 2012 16:08
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Mark Webber calls for better drug testing in F1
Mark Webber has called on F1's governing body to step up its drug testing, after a motorcycle racer was banned. Fellow Australian Anthony West, who races in the second-tier Moto...

02 Nov 2012 14:29
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Max Chilton's sponsors ready to fund 2013 debut
Max Chilton is on the cusp of securing a deal to make his formula one debut next year. The GP2 driver and Briton will on Friday drive Marussia's 2012 car during initial practice...

02 Nov 2012 13:39
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FP1: McLaren off to an impressive start in Abu Dhabi
McLaren got their Abu Dhabi campaign off to a dramatic start with the two fastest times on Friday, as Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button dominated Practice One. Hamilton began ...

02 Nov 2012 12:08
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Lewis Hamilton not worried about Mercedes slump
Lewis Hamilton insists he is not worried Mercedes' performance slump could slide into 2013. Despite the Brackley based team's Shanghai breakthrough and Michael Schumacher's Mona...

02 Nov 2012 11:47
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Red Bull Racing can clinch teams' title in Abu Dhabi
With two races still to run after this weekend in Abu Dhabi, Red Bull is on the cusp of imminently wrapping up the 2012 constructors' championship. The teams' title, which could...

02 Nov 2012 10:13
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Kimi Raikkonen happy with one-year contracts
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted he is happy to take his return to F1 one step at a time. The 2007 world champion returned to the sport in 2012 after a two-year rallying foray, and h...

02 Nov 2012 09:37
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Ferrari concentrates on improving DRS for qualifying
Ferrari is focused on improving the rear wing of its 2012 car, as Fernando Alonso pushes to rescue his dwindling championship challenge to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.Germany's ...

02 Nov 2012 08:39
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Boullier: "Romain Grosjean deserves Lotus seat"
Lotus looks set to complete its 2013 driver lineup with Romain Grosjean. The team this week confirmed officially that Kimi Raikkonen is staying next year, but the announcement m...

01 Nov 2012 16:19
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Prost leads talks with Ecclestone on behalf of Paul Ricard
Paul Ricard has recruited Alain Prost to lead the talks with Bernie Ecclestone about reviving the French grand prix in 2013. Media sources RMC Sport and L'Equipe said the four-t...

01 Nov 2012 15:36
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Alguersuari offers 'notebook of secrets' to 2013 team
Jaime Alguersuari hopes his "little notebook" can help him mount a return to the formula one grid for 2013. Spain's El Confidencial publication said the former Toro Rosso driver...

01 Nov 2012 14:23
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Williams
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "The Yas Marina Circuit layout of long straights and relatively tight corners puts a lot of energy into the brake system and with reasona...

01 Nov 2012 13:35
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Marussia in talks with investors after recording big loss
Marussia is in "talks with potential investors" after recording a $79 million loss last year, the business journalist Christian Sylt reports. Writing in the Guardian, Sylt quote...

01 Nov 2012 12:14
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Video: A lap around Yas Marina Circuit with Alonso
Abu Dhabi will play host for the eightteenth Grand Prix of this season. As preview for that race a video of a lap around the Yas Marina Circuit with Fernando Alonso. Orde...

01 Nov 2012 11:58
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Kovalainen still waiting for Caterham's driver decision
Caterham boss Tony Fernandes has admitted he "cannot discount going down the pay-driver route" for 2013, according to a report in the Guardian. That would be bad news for Heikki...

01 Nov 2012 11:07
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CVC Capital puts F1 float on hold until 2014
F1's plans to float on the stock exchange look set to sit idle on the grid for some time. Writing in the Telegraph, business journalist Christian Sylt said the sport's owner CVC...

01 Nov 2012 09:49
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Toro Rosso continues with Ricciardo and Vergne for 2013
Scuderia Toro Rosso is pleased to confirm that it will continue with its current driver line-up of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne for the 2013 Formula 1 season. It will b...

01 Nov 2012 08:47
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Experts doubt 2012 title to go down to the wire
Bruno Senna hopes the battle between Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel for the 2012 title goes down to the wire in his native Brazil next month. But he doubts it. "I hope it ...

31 Oct 2012 16:36
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Jorge Lorenzo to make Race of Champions debut in Bangkok
Fresh from sealing the MotoGP world championship last weekend, Jorge Lorenzo is joining the growing list of motor sport legends heading to the Race Of Champions at Bangkok's Raj...

31 Oct 2012 15:57
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Fernando Alonso says Ferrari row reports 'not true'
Fernando Alonso has dismissed as "not true" reports in the Italian press of a post-qualifying row with Ferrari team members in India last weekend. La Stampa newspaper claimed th...

31 Oct 2012 15:17
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel: "In just three years, the race has grown to be one of the highlights of the season. Starting at dusk and finishing in the dark makes it something unique and im...

31 Oct 2012 13:35
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Pirelli's Hembery doubts 'tyre war' to return to F1
Paul Hembery doubts Pirelli will be fighting in formula one against a rival tyre manufacturer any time soon. It was rumoured in India last weekend that the Italian supplier's Br...

31 Oct 2012 12:14
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Raikkonen not ruling out return to Ferrari, McLaren
Although committing to Lotus for another season, Kimi Raikkonen is not ruling out a return to his former teams McLaren or Ferrari in the future. The 2007 world champion has been...

31 Oct 2012 11:22
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Sauber confirms Nico Hulkenberg as driver for 2013
Nico Hülkenberg has been confirmed as one of the two team drivers for the Sauber F1 Team in season 2013. The 25-year-old German won the GP2 Series in 2009, made his Formula One...

31 Oct 2012 10:48
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Continuing the development of the CT01, which has further updates planned for each of the remaining 2012 races, Caterham F1 Team will launch a number of technical updates at the...

31 Oct 2012 10:07
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Vettel-Ferrari rumour 'to upset Red Bull' - Marko
The 'Vettel to Ferrari' story that emerged with renewed vigour in recent days was planted to disrupt Red Bull, Dr Helmut Marko has suggested. Runaway championship leader Sebasti...

31 Oct 2012 08:39
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Red Bull still counting on Webber's team spirit
With Mark Webber a massive 73 points behind his teammate but so far refusing to play a subordinate role to Sebastian Vettel, the 'team orders' issue remains a pertinent one as R...

30 Oct 2012 16:26
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Force India needs fast driver, not pay-driver - Szafnauer
Force India has added fuel to speculation it is considering Sebastien Buemi or Adrian Sutil to replace the Sauber-bound Nico Hulkenberg in 2013. Officially, the Silverstone base...

30 Oct 2012 15:30
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Mercedes
Michael Schumacher: "Abu Dhabi is one of the races I look forward to travelling to. The facilities there are state of the art, very modern and very attractive. The timing of the...

30 Oct 2012 15:06
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Rubens Barrichello refusing to rule out F1 return
Rubens Barrichello is refusing to give up on his formula one career. After 19 consecutive seasons on the grid, the Brazilian veteran finally bowed out at the end of last year, w...

30 Oct 2012 13:45
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Pirelli
The P Zero White medium tyre and the P Zero Yellow soft tyre have been nominated for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend, which follows straight off the back of the Indian Gra...

30 Oct 2012 12:14
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Alonso in India furious at technical director Fry - report
Fernando Alonso almost lost his temper ahead of last Sunday's Indian grand prix, the Italian newspaper La Stampa reports.The newspaper said the Spaniard was furious after the Ma...

30 Oct 2012 11:16
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Keep politics out of F1 Narain Karthikeyan
Narain Karthikeyan has explained why he did not respond to the Ferrari flag controversy at the weekend by flying the colours of India's navy. Ferrari irked Indian nationals and ...

30 Oct 2012 10:27
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: HRT F1 Team
With the Indian Grand Prix just finished, the teams head west for the third to last race of the season in Abu Dhabi. Narain Karthikeyan will race for the first time at the Yas M...

30 Oct 2012 09:35
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Lauda insists Brawn's job as team boss not endangered
Niki Lauda has now started his new job at Mercedes, insisting his presence does not endanger the Brackley based team's current boss, Ross Brawn. Officially, the Austrian great's...

30 Oct 2012 08:50
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Paul Ricard continues negotiations with Ecclestone
Paul Ricard will hold more talks with Bernie Ecclestone over France's potential return to the F1 calendar in 2013. After the circuit's boss Stephane Clair last week indicated a ...

29 Oct 2012 16:20
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Sutil in the running to replace Hulkenberg in 2013 - Mallya
Vijay Mallya on Monday suggested former Force India driver Adrian Sutil is a possible contender to replace Nico Hulkenberg in 2013. But Mallya, the Silverstone based team's co-o...

29 Oct 2012 15:37
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Abu Dhabi 2012 preview quotes: Sauber
The Sauber F1 Team wants to put the disappointment of the Indian Grand Prix behind it as soon as possible and is already busy packing up its 25 tons of airfreight to send it ove...

29 Oct 2012 14:59
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Kimi Raikkonen confirmed at Lotus for next year
Lotus F1 Team is pleased to announce that Kimi Räikkönen will continue to drive for the team in 2013. Kimi, who currently stands in third position in the FIA Formula 1 World D...

29 Oct 2012 13:52
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Lotus F1 Team to sell to 'Malaysian' - rumour
There are paddock rumours that F1 team Lotus' owner Genii may soon be sold. The German language Speed Week said it has heard that the likely buyer is from Malaysia. In 2010 and ...

29 Oct 2012 12:15
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Schumacher to keep Mercedes W03 for collection
After contesting his 309th and final grand prix in Brazil late next month, Michael Schumacher will keep his 'Silberpfeil'. Bild am Sonntag newspaper said Mercedes will give the ...

29 Oct 2012 11:48
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Mark Webber apologised after press conference snub
Mark Webber walked out of the official FIA press conference after Sunday's Indian grand prix. The incident occurred at the tail end of the media formalities at the Buddh circuit...

29 Oct 2012 10:35
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Vettel's title lead grows after victory in India
Fernando Alonso's points deficit to runaway leader Sebastian Vettel on Sunday grew from 5 to 13, as the German won his fourth consecutive grand prix in the now-dominant Red Bull...

29 Oct 2012 08:34
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Heikki Kovalainen facing Caterham axe to pay-driver
Heikki Kovalainen has admitted it is possible he will lose his Caterham seat at the end of the season. Although the Finn is highly regarded by the Tony Fernandes-led team, Cater...

26 Oct 2012 14:37
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McLaren pushing ahead with MP4-27 development
Even with Lewis Hamilton admitting his 2012 drivers' title push is probably over, McLaren has vowed to press ahead with the development of its current car. "Realistically we are...

26 Oct 2012 13:57
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FP2: Red Bull Racing rules opening day in India
Red Bull began to tighten their grip on the Indian Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, as Sebastian Vettel finished FP2 at the Buddh International Circuit 0.118s clear of team mate ...

26 Oct 2012 13:10
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Nurburgring still hopeful for German GP agreement

A decision about where next year's German grand prix will take place is imminent, according to the SID news agency. The Nurburgring is provisionally scheduled to host the countr...

26 Oct 2012 11:26
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