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.
Renault and Red Bull seem poised to extend their engine deal beyond 2016. After the breakdown of their semi-works partnership last year, the parties agreed to enter a customer s...
F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart has questioned the Bianchi family's decision to sue the sport over the death of their son. 25-year-old Jules Bianchi died last year as a result ...
Daniil Kvyat insists he is "not afraid" of speaking his mind in the wake of his controversial demotion by Red Bull. Just before Max Verstappen won in Barcelona, it was...
Ferrari looks set to get the jump on the F1 field for 2017 by being first out of the blocks with a test car. Top teams have put their hands up to help official supplier Pirelli ...
After Max Verstappen's surprise win in Barcelona, Red Bull appears poised to complete a back-to-back upset this weekend in Monaco. With Renault's much improved engine in...
The Netherlands could be back on the F1 calendar by 2020. The famous Zandvoort circuit and the Dutch grand prix have been missing from the calendar since 1985. But with Max Ver...
Toro Rosso is moving to receive up-to-date engines from Ferrari in 2017. This year, after the collapse of the semi-works relationship between team owner Red Bull and Renault, To...
Team supremo Ron Dennis has warned McLaren's rivals that Stoffel Vandoorne is "not for sale". The Belgian and reigning GP2 champion, who made his impressive F1 deb...
F1 legend Gerhard Berger has admitted he is involved in Nico Rosberg's negotiations with Mercedes over a new contract beyond 2017. Earlier, the former Ferrari and McLaren dr...
Jules Bianchi's family is launching legal action against F1 authorities over the death of the French driver. Bianchi, 25, died last year after a late 2014 collision with a t...
Red Bull Racing looks to have a real chance to win in Monaco. Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time in the second free practice for the Grand Prix of Monaco. The Australian was ...
Carlos Sainz thinks the quick success achieved by his former teammate Max Verstappen could also reflect well on him. Indeed, Spain's AS newspaper mentioned the 21-year-old a...
Championship leader Nico Rosberg has now played down swirling speculation that he might leave Mercedes at the end of the season. An Italian newspaper recently suggested talks wi...
Red Bull has made clear Daniel Ricciardo is still in the game at the energy drink company's top F1 team. Although the Australian is an established F1 star, it has been F1 te...
A Monza official has hit out at Imola, the former San Marino grand prix host that is reportedly shaping up as an alternative venue for Italy's annual F1 race. With negotiati...
Fernando Alonso on Wednesday sounded surprised when told that McLaren chiefs Ron Dennis and Eric Boullier have been making very upbeat comments lately. McLaren supremo Dennis ha...
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has set the best time in first free practice for the Grand Prix of Monaco. He was a tenth quicker than team mate Nico Rosberg. Sebastian Vettel co...
Romain Grosjean's teammate sounds uninterested in joining the Frenchman in a one-off Nascar outing. The pair race for Gene Haas' new F1 team, with the Californian also c...
Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg entered the Monaco paddock on Wednesday with the message that everything is 'ok' with their relationship. "Do I think everything is ...
Renault Sport Formula One Team sets sail on an exciting new partnership with Admiral Yachts commencing at this weekend's Monaco Group Prix. The partnership with Admiral Yach...
Renault's works team is eyeing a sudden leap into Q3 this weekend in Monaco. After the eleventh-hour Lotus takeover, it has been an uncompetitive full works return for the F...
F1 legend Alain Prost says Max Verstappen has been impressive beyond his mere age of 18. Some pundits are warning the F1 world not to go overboard in praise for the sport's ...
Michael Schumacher will be honoured at an award ceremony this week, the German newspaper Bild reports. The report said the inaugural 'Nurburgring Award' trophy will go t...
Toto Wolff is heading into Monaco this weekend determined that Mercedes' drivers will not crash again. From the moment Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg tangled and ended in t...
F1's long-life engine rules will get more than twice as arduous for manufacturers beyond 2019. A few weeks ago, after a long period of negotiations, changes to further conve...
The streets of Monte Carlo host the Grand Prix of Monaco this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Kimi Raikkonen around that track. ...
It might be too early to predict greatness for F1 teen sensation Max Verstappen, according to a former grand prix driver. Even before his first win in Barcelona, many insiders w...
A decision is looming about how Renault will handle the transition from 2016 to 2017, team boss Frederic Vasseur has admitted. It is widely believed that, with the French marque...
Felipe Massa is in a realistic mood about Williams' chances ahead of this weekend's race in Monaco. The British team was third overall in 2014 and 2015 but has clearly f...
F1's governing body is backing development of a "sound generator" to spice up the muted tones of the current generation of power units. After the turbo V6s fitted ...
Jos Verstappen has admitted that while he has taken a step back, he is still closely involved in his son's meteoric F1 career. It has been suggested that while Toro Rosso wa...
McLaren-Honda appears to be finally emerging from its long slump, with bosses Ron Dennis and Eric Boullier sounding particularly upbeat ahead of Monaco. Dennis, the Woking team&...
The next new team for F1 could now be on the horizon, according to Germany's Auto Bild Motorsport. The publication suggested that Prema Powerteam, a lower-category Italian o...
F1 looks set to lift the lid on its major new sponsorship deal with Heineken ahead of next month's Canadian grand prix. Last week, following a leak in the press, F1 supremo ...
Rio Haryanto has admitted for the first time that he might not make it through the 2016 season. Although backed by the Indonesian government and highly popular in his native cou...
Mercedes has rubbished reports Lewis Hamilton might miss this weekend's prestigious Monaco grand prix. An Italian newspaper had suggested that Pascal Wehrlein may only have ...
Niki Lauda has played down rumours Nico Rosberg might be contemplating a switch to Ferrari for 2017. After the Spanish grand prix, the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera clai...
Honda is planning to hand in all of its engine performance 'tokens' by Spa-Francorchamps in August. That is the claim of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, citing the i...
Le Mans has ruled itself out of the running to revive the French grand prix. Pierre Fillon is the president of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO), the organiser of the fab...
Luca di Montezemolo says he expected Ferrari to make a bigger step forward in 2016. Towards the end of 2014, Ferrari's long-time president was stepped down and replaced by S...
Toto Wolff thinks the world of premier motor racing might need to revisit the issue of driver age, following an enormous crash at the weekend. Li Zhi (Peter) Cong is currently i...
The next wild rumour is now firing in formula one, ahead of the championship's 'jewel in the crown' event in Monaco this weekend. Corriere dello Sport, an Italian ne...
Max Verstappen is sure becoming F1's youngest ever winner will not go to his head. Hot on the heels of entering the category as the world's first 17-year-old grand prix ...
Manor Racing is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon Pavitt as Marketing Director. Simon, who has over 15 years' sports marketing experience, joins the F1 team to ov...
Jean Todt has played down the need to stop Mercedes' dominance of F1, arguing that it has always been a feature of the sport. While the FIA has agreed with future measures l...
Renault is open-minded about the composition of the driver lineup for its new works team beyond 2016, according to boss Frederic Vasseur. Having inherited Jolyon Palmer's co...
Sebastian Vettel says he expected Williams to be putting up a tougher fight in 2016. The Grove based team finished third overall in the past two world championships -- behind Fe...
Force India is reportedly considering halting its car development programme for 2016 in order to focus on preparing for next year's new rules. The Silverstone based team'...
If Renault brings its new engine to Monaco, the French marque may only be able to supply one version apiece to the two French-powered teams. Although Renault has actually slated...
The big rumour swirling in F1 circles at present is whether Nico Rosberg is really contemplating a switch from Mercedes for 2017. Italy's Corriere della Sera claims talks be...
Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari's aggressive strategy of full attack will not always work out for the ambitious Maranello team. The German insists he is driving a better car t...
The future of the Monaco grand prix is under threat, race organiser Michel Boeri has warned. "The project of Mr Caroli, if it were to happen, would automatically lead to th...
Honda's Yusuke Hasegawa has played down growing reports that McLaren will get a highly-anticipated engine upgrade in Montreal next month. "It doesn't necessarily ha...
Red Bull has denied Max Verstappen was deliberately given the preferred race strategy to win last Sunday's Spanish grand prix. While the young Dutchman - who had qualified j...
Pascal Wehrlein says he was more than happy to step in at the last minute and test the championship-leading Mercedes on Wednesday. The German marque turned heads early on Wednes...
Jean Alesi's well-known F1 face will be a common sight in the paddock this year. That's because his 16-year-old French son Giuliano, whose mother is Jean's Japanese ...
F1 is fast-tracking a system whereby Pirelli and the governing FIA can monitor cars' tyre pressures live during a race. Last week, we reported rumours some teams may have fo...
Two fellow champions have no intention of following Fernando Alonso into Indycar once their F1 careers end. Two-time world champion Alonso told the Spanish press last month: &qu...
F1's newest and youngest-ever winner appears to have enjoyed his post-race celebrations after the Spanish grand prix. Just 18, some wondered if the Dutchman was even old eno...
The sensational clash of Mercedes' teammates and championship foes in Barcelona made clear a "new Nico" Rosberg will no longer be pushed around. That is the view o...
Red Bull Racing has had a good couple of days in Spain. After winning the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday the Austrian team today claimed top spot on the second of two days of test...
The sky is the limit for Max Verstappen, according to F1 legend Alain Prost. Just days after his shock switch from Toro Rosso, the 18-year-old made history in Barcelona as he wo...
Pierre Gasly says the success of the Max Verstappen story is a boost to all up-and-coming young drivers. However, not everyone agrees with that. "Max is a bad example for t...
Honda's Yusuke Hasegawa is looking ahead with confidence to the grand prix in Monaco next weekend. Fernando Alonso called his Q3 breakthrough in Barcelona a "milestone&...
Bernie Ecclestone has all but confirmed reports the Dutch beer brewer Heineken is entering formula one with a major sponsorship deal. De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper, claimed la...
Daniel Ricciardo is upbeat about the future after testing Renault's highly-anticipated engine upgrade in Barcelona. The Australian admitted to being "bitter" last ...
Carmen Jorda is not ruling out the possibility she might make her F1 test debut later in 2016. Although ridiculed at times for her development driver role at Lotus last year, th...
Nico Rosberg says he was not to blame for a technical issue that contributed to the crash with Lewis Hamilton last Sunday. After Mercedes team chairman pointed the clear finger ...
Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen has set the fastest time on the morning of the second day of testing in Barcelona. The young Dutchman did a 1:23.267 on the soft tyres. McL...
Bernie Ecclestone has joined the local state government in Australia in refusing to divulge the cost of the annual formula one race. The race fee paid by Melbourne organisers to...
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