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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FIA not aware of any further action against Vettel
F1's governing body has played down claims Sebastian Vettel faces a penalty for his behaviour during the Malaysian grand prix. After the race, the reigning world champion dismis...

29 Mar 2012 08:36
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F2: Markus Pommer ends test in Silverstone on top
Markus Pommer got his 2012 FIA Formula Two season off to the best possible start by ending today's (Wednesday) official pre-season test at Silverstone as the quickest driver ove...

28 Mar 2012 18:57
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Mark Webber back to form after demoralising 2011
After a demoralising 2011, Mark Webber is back. Unfortunately for the Australian, however, the new Red Bull is not yet a McLaren-beater. Teammate Sebastian Vettel scored back to...

28 Mar 2012 15:48
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Williams' Mark Gillan reviews encouraging weekend in Malaysia
Williams F1 scored its first points of 2012 in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The wet-dry race required the team to think on its feet and react to the track conditions, which it mana...

28 Mar 2012 14:57
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Ferrari should explain Massa's rol as test driver
A Brazilian correspondent has leapt to the defense of Felipe Massa. "Ferrari is making a huge mistake," wrote Livio Oricchio in his O Estado de S.Paulo blog. Massa is current...

28 Mar 2012 14:17
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Bahrain: "Situation just as safe as any other GP location"
Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa al-Khalifa, Bahrain's motor racing federation chief and also an FIA world council member, admitted he could not guarantee the safety of F1's travelling p...

28 Mar 2012 13:41
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Sutil sweet-talks Sauber in case of transfer of Perez to Ferrari
Adrian Sutil has admitted he would relish the opportunity to return to formula one with Sauber. Strong rumours in recent days - particularly in the wake of his podium in Malaysi...

28 Mar 2012 12:16
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Ferrari to get annual fee of 50 million in new Concorde Agreement
Ferrari's new deal for the 2013 Concorde Agreement reportedly involves a $50 million annual fee. It is believed the Italian team has now finalised its commercial agreement with ...

28 Mar 2012 11:38
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FIA could sanction Vettel for behavior during Malaysian grand prix
The FIA could sanction F1's reigning back-to-back world champion for his behaviour during the recent Malaysian grand prix. Before calling backmarker Narain Karthikeyan a "gherki...

28 Mar 2012 10:58
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Pirelli considering Alguersuari and Trulli for test role
Pirelli is reportedly considering signing a 2011 race driver to be the official tyre supplier's new test driver. AS newspaper in Spain said Jaime Alguersuari, formerly at Toro R...

28 Mar 2012 10:39
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Lewis Hamilton urges McLaren to improve race pace
Lewis Hamilton has vowed to push his McLaren engineers to improve the race pace of the British team's 2012 car. The 2008 world champion put the MP4-27 on pole position for both ...

28 Mar 2012 10:07
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Bruno Senna feels relieved after strong performance in Malaysia
Bruno Senna has admitted he feels a release of pressure following a strong showing in Malaysia last weekend. The Brazilian, whose uncle was the great triple world champion Ay...

28 Mar 2012 09:23
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Domenicali hopes for same reaction of Massa as in 2008
Amid his performance slump and rumours Sergio Perez will soon replace him, Ferrari's struggling Felipe Massa has been summoned to Maranello. A report on the Italian team's of...

28 Mar 2012 08:47
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Schumacher: "Mercedes made progress, but not ready for victory"
Michael Schumacher is looking on the bright side, even though the best qualifying effort of his F1 comeback washed away on Sunday. The seven time world champion qualified his Me...

27 Mar 2012 16:42
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F2: Christopher Zanella aims for F2 title and F1 prize test
2011 FIA Formula Two runner-up Christopher Zanella has his sights firmly set on championship victory and the Williams F1 prize test after confirming he is to return to the serie...

27 Mar 2012 16:06
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'FIA set to cancel Bahrain Grand Prix 2012'
The FIA is preparing a statement to announce the cancellation of the Bahrain Grand Prix, sources in the paddock reveal to F1Today.net. It is expected that the statement will be ...

27 Mar 2012 15:18
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Adam Parr victim of power play with Bernie Ecclestone
As ever in the complex and political world of formula one, the media reacted with cynicism to the news Adam Parr is leaving Williams. After all, it had emerged in Malaysia that ...

27 Mar 2012 14:47
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Force India to appeal verdict in case against Aerolab/Caterham
Force India has accused rivals Caterham of saving millions and then reaping even more millions by stealing their secret technical data. A British court last week awarded Vijay M...

27 Mar 2012 13:25
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Lotus wishes for a normal and clean race to show potential
Lotus Technical Director James Allison talks us through a weekend of tough calls and mixed emotions, but ultimately good cause for optimism at the start of a long season Jame...

27 Mar 2012 12:59
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Hamilton working as consultant on Lauda movie 'Rush'
Lewis Hamilton could land an acting role in the Hollywood film 'Rush'. The movie, directed by The Da Vinci Code and Apollo 13's Ron Howard, is about the epic 1976 battle between...

27 Mar 2012 12:14
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F2: Dean Stoneman returns for F2 test after cancer battle
2010 FIA Formula Two Champion Dean Stoneman will make a welcome return to the series this week when he takes part in the first official F2 test at Silverstone on 28 March - mark...

27 Mar 2012 11:43
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No clear pecking order as tyres dominate 2012
Even two races into the 2012 season, it is pointless to draw up a 'pecking order'. Indeed, the picture in the media is muddled. With Ferrari in deep trouble until the Sepang dow...

27 Mar 2012 11:09
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Red Bull Racing to discuss ignored orders with Vettel
Red Bull will sit with Sebastian Vettel following reports the German deliberately ignored the team's race instructions in Malaysia. The team was heard on the radio instructing t...

27 Mar 2012 10:49
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Perez vows to stay realistic after first podium in F1
In what was only his 19th Formula One race Sergio Pérez achieved his first podium in the highest echelon of motorsport. The 22-year-old came second in the Malaysian Grand Prix ...

27 Mar 2012 10:46
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GP3: Carlin announces Antonio Felix da Costa as driver for 2012
Carlin are pleased to announce that Portuguese racer Antonio Felix da Costa will join the team in the GP3 Series for the 2012 season. Da Costa has already worked with the team i...

27 Mar 2012 09:55
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Button punishes himself after bad day at the office
Jenson Button has revealed he will inflict his own personal punishment after losing his championship lead in Malaysia last weekend. The McLaren driver also uncharacteristically ...

27 Mar 2012 09:54
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Massa not concerned about increasing pressure
Paddock cynics wondered aloud on Sunday when Sergio Perez was caught chatting with Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali. Is the impressive young Mexican being lined up to immine...

27 Mar 2012 08:33
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Lotus' Eric Lux forgives Adrian Sutil for injuring him
Eric Lux has revealed he has forgiven Adrian Sutil for injuring him in a Shanghai nightclub a year ago. Former Force India driver Sutil received a German criminal conviction and...

26 Mar 2012 16:32
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Raikkonen treats media in Malaysia with ice-cream
'Iceman' Kimi Raikkonen on Sunday proved he is not without a sense of humour. The last time he was at Sepang, in 2009, the Ferrari driver caused raucous laughter in the F1 media...

26 Mar 2012 15:52
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Sauber denies ordering Perez not to attack Alonso
The conspiracy theorists had a field day at Sepang when Sergio Perez's strong push for victory went awry. At about the same time as the young Mexican was told on the radio by hi...

26 Mar 2012 15:24
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Force India to push on with spy case against Aerolab/Caterham
Years after F1's 'spygate' sagas, the issue could be set to return to the very top of the governing body's agenda. Force India claims Caterham and their common former wind tunne...

26 Mar 2012 14:51
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Malaysia 2012 Sunday quotes: Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber: It was busy with a lot of calls going on at the re-start and with the tyres. My stint on the intermediates after the red flag was tricky and I didnt have much c...

26 Mar 2012 14:08
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Costa unhappy about Ferrari's comments after his departure
Aldo Costa has revealed he is unhappy with Ferrari's comments in the wake of his departure last year. The Italian was stepped down as the famous team's technical director, and h...

26 Mar 2012 13:36
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FIA also involved in discussions over new Concorde Agreement
There are more laps to run in the 2013 Concorde Agreement story, according to a respected analyst. French commentator Jean-Louis Moncet said that amid reports Bernie Ecclestone ...

26 Mar 2012 12:45
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Malaysia 2012 Sunday quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Vitaly Petrov: I am really happy with the performance today. We didn't show the car's true potential in qualifying, but today I was able to put in similar lap times to the car...

26 Mar 2012 12:07
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Alonso stays realistic after remarkable win in Malaysia
Fernando Alonso has insisted that his remarkable Malaysian Grand Prix win changes nothing when it comes to Ferraris place in Formula One pecking order and that the team has a ...

26 Mar 2012 11:54
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Malaysia 2012 Sunday quotes: Marussia F1 Team
A rain-soaked and dramatic Formula 1 Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix today provided the Marussia F1 Team with further confirmation, if it were required, of the significant strides ...

26 Mar 2012 11:18
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Brawn: "W03 is a conundrum we have to unravel"
Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn has admitted that the team has yet to fully understand its new W03 car after both third-place starter Michael Schumacher and seventh on the gr...

26 Mar 2012 10:48
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Malaysia 2012 Sunday quotes: Pirelli
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso used three of Pirellis four tyre compounds the Cinturato Blue wet, Cinturato Green intermediate and P Zero White medium to win a rain-affe...

26 Mar 2012 10:21
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Vettel angry at Karthikeyan and calls him 'a cucumber'
World champion Sebastian Vettel didn't just criticise Narain Karthikeyan after their clash in Malaysia -- he called the Indian driver a vegetable. The back-to-back title winner'...

26 Mar 2012 09:53
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Majority of F1 teams agree to new Concorde Agreement
"The majority" of F1's teams have agreed a deal over a new Concorde Agreement. The news was announced by the sport's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, who remains in Europe, in...

26 Mar 2012 09:36
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Malaysia 2012 Sunday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Räikkönen: It was a bit difficult today. It was my first time on the wet weather Pirellis and I didnt know how the intermediate or wet tyres would react I had only...

26 Mar 2012 09:02
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Adam Parr leaves Williams at the end of this month
Adam Parr: I am very grateful to Frank for giving me the opportunity to work for Williams over the past five years a period that has been both challenging and rewarding. Wi...

26 Mar 2012 08:37
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GP2: Luiz Razia off to a perfect start in 2012 with win at Sepang
Luiz Razia is a happy man: a perfect get away from the front row and a flawless drive meant he took a lights to flag win today in the Sepang Feature Race. It was also the first ...

24 Mar 2012 19:12
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McLaren lock out front row for Malaysian Grand Prix
Even McLaren had their doubts that they could beat Mercedes in qualifying in Sepang on Saturday, but an almost perfect first-run lap by Lewis Hamilton and a great second-run lap...

24 Mar 2012 19:11
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Williams
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: We have had a very constructive day's running, with all three drivers performing well in hot and humid conditions. We had no issues and...

23 Mar 2012 14:33
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Ferrari
It was a very busy day for Scuderia Ferrari, with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso getting through a lot of work, to be as well prepared as possible for qualifying and for the f...

23 Mar 2012 13:57
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Pirelli
For the first time this year, Pirellis new P Zero Silver hard tyre was seen in action: ideal for the hot and humid conditions of Sepang, where the track temperature peaked at ...

23 Mar 2012 13:26
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Heikki Kovalainen: I think today proved what we suspected, that managing tyre degradation is going to be critical to performance on Sunday. This morning we tried a couple of s...

23 Mar 2012 13:17
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Mercedes
Michael Schumacher: "We had a good day on track today, and I am very happy about the work that has been done since Australia. This has enabled us to achieve reasonably consisten...

23 Mar 2012 12:13
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Force India
Sahara Force India completed a busy day of practice at the Sepang International Circuit ahead of Sundays Malaysian Grand Prix. Paul di Resta: A very hot day in the car, ...

23 Mar 2012 11:56
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel: I would love to be a bit higher up this afternoon, but all in all we had decent running today although there is still a lot to do. The tyres drop off quit...

23 Mar 2012 11:41
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Sauber
The Sauber F1 Team did not have an ideal start to the weekend of the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang, but is working in the right direction. After neither Kamui Kobayashi nor Ser...

23 Mar 2012 11:21
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Marussia MR01 still created with just CFD
Timo Glock has revealed he is happy to know F1 spectators still rate his talents. 2012 is the 30-year-old's third consecutive season with backmarkers Marussia (formerly Virgin),...

23 Mar 2012 11:08
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen : It was an okay day but we still have work to do on the set-up. The steering was a small improvement but we are still working in this area. I feel fine in the ...

23 Mar 2012 10:56
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GP2: Davide Valsecchi claims first pole position in 2012
Davide Valsecchi set the quickest laptime early in todays qualifying session with a 1:45.494 on his third lap and was never bettered although his rivals came mighty close with...

23 Mar 2012 10:38
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Marussia F1 Team
The Marussia F1 Team steadily worked their way through a diverse, interesting and ultimately very productive programme in Kuala Lumpur today as the opening day of running for th...

23 Mar 2012 10:34
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Grosjean wants to stay on board at Lotus for world title bid in 2015
Romain Grosjean is hoping for a long stay with the Lotus team. Then known as Renault, the Frenchman made his troubled F1 debut with the Enstone based team in 2009 but has return...

23 Mar 2012 10:28
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De la Rosa hopes to qualify with compromised F112
HRT was not ready to race last weekend in Australia, Pedro de la Rosa has admitted. Ultimately, the Spaniard and his teammate Narain Karthikeyan failed to satisfy the sport's 10...

23 Mar 2012 09:40
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Malaysia 2012 Friday quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo: Ive driven here before in Formula BMW, but when you switch to a Formula 1 car, the notes go out the window! But all the same, it helps to have some previou...

23 Mar 2012 09:27
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Ferrari works to debut completely new car in Bahrain
Ferrari might only have to suffer for two more races, according to a report in the Spanish sports daily Marca. The report said the Maranello based team is hard at work on a "com...

23 Mar 2012 09:19
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FP2: Lewis Hamilton leads the way in Malaysia
Lewis Hamilton experienced a good first day at Sepang. The McLaren driver again was the fastest in the second free practice in Malaysia. He leads a foursome of Mercedes engines,...

23 Mar 2012 08:32
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Senna always the one to give up his car to Bottas for FP1's
Bruno Senna will give up his race car to Williams test driver Valtteri Bottas on fourteen more occasions in 2012. It has emerged that, every time young Finn Bottas takes to the ...

23 Mar 2012 07:45
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GP2: Palmer in front of Valsecchi after first session in Malaysia
The 2012 season could not have started better for iSports Jolyon Palmer: the young Brit set the fastest laptime of the free practice session this morning at Sepang Internation...

23 Mar 2012 06:51
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FP1: Hamilton goes fastest under threat of rain in Malaysia
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton posted the best time in the first free practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. His team mate Jenson Button had to settle for ninth, with an oil leak...

23 Mar 2012 04:34
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McLaren needs more understanding before introducing own F-duct
Contrary to recent speculation, McLaren does not yet have a Mercedes-style new F-duct on its dominant 2012 car. When boss Martin Whitmarsh said in Melbourne that he would not be...

23 Mar 2012 03:14
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Christian Horner not interested in switch to Ferrari
Christian Horner has told British newspapers he is not switching to Ferrari. As Red Bull looks to have its fourth consecutive championship-contending car on its hands for 2012, ...

22 Mar 2012 16:31
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Mercedes knows how to solve problems with tyre degradation
After all the pre-season hype, the Melbourne paddock banter about its clever F-duct system and a strong showing in qualifying, Mercedes failed to shine in last Sunday's season o...

22 Mar 2012 15:39
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Stewart believes Schumacher wants to continue in F1 in 2013
Sir Jackie Stewart has tipped fellow multiple world champion Michael Schumacher to keep racing beyond 2012. "He has had a lot of criticism," the triple world champion told Kolne...

22 Mar 2012 14:42
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Felipe Massa thinks changing the chassis was right thing to do

The F1 media are often keen to jump to conclusions: after Qualifying at Albert Park, the top three drivers were asked in the FIA press conference if that session was a reflectio...

22 Mar 2012 14:24
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