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.
Maurizio Arrivabene said it is premature for Ferrari to be embroiled in the 2017 driver 'silly season'. Italy's Corriere della Sera this week has suggested talks bet...
Jos Verstappen is still in Barcelona, even though his original plan was to fly out of the sprawling city immediately after the Spanish grand prix. But that was before his 18-yea...
Manor driver Pascal Wehrlein got back to work at the Barcelona test on Wednesday. But the German was no longer driving a Manor! Still with his Manor-branded helmet, the young Ge...
Renault is considering bringing forward the scheduled debut of its upgraded Montreal-spec engine to the Monaco race next weekend. Although Renault celebrated quietly, because th...
Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest time on the first of two days of testing in Barcelona. The Ferrari driver did a 1:23.220 on the soft compound, enough to keep Nico Rosberg b...
Toto Wolff has now joined Niki Lauda in distancing himself from speculation regarding Bernie Ecclestone's possible demise as F1 supremo. In Barcelona, following a meeting of...
The FIA has communicated to Pirelli each team's tyre choices for the forthcoming Monte Carlo Grand Prix. Coureur Setjes zacht Setjes superzac...
Daniil Kvyat is facing the looming end of his F1 career. That is the view of Ivan Capelli, a former F1 driver who recently stepped down as a leading official involved with the I...
McLaren driver Jenson Button holds the fastest time on the first day of testing in Barcelona this week. The 2009 world champion used the supersoft tyres for a 1:23.753. Sebastia...
Honda is "clearly" making progress with its F1 engine, McLaren team boss Eric Boullier insists. The first year of the Anglo-Japanese collaboration in 2015 was disastro...
Toto Wolff says it is a "priority" to negotiate a new deal with championship leader Nico Rosberg. The German, whose seven-race winning streak ended in Barcelona, is re...
Even the Ferrari-transfixed Italian media agrees that a true F1 star was born at arch-rival Red Bull last weekend. "Everyone is celebrating a new star, even Ferrari," ...
Sebastian Vettel has cooled down after raging at former teammate Daniel Ricciardo in the Spanish grand prix. In a radio rant during the Barcelona race, the German had wondered i...
Barcelona will host the fifth round of this year's Formula 1 world championship, the Grand Prix of Spain. Here we will open the chatbox so you can discuss all the events and...
The formula 1 field settles in Spain this weekend where the fifth Grand Prix of 2016 will be held. In Russia we saw Nico Rosberg beating Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen. We al...
Sebastian Vettel says the pressure put on Ferrari by its president Sergio Marchionne is positive. This week, with the Maranello marque having failed to win one of the four races...
The promoter of the Belgian grand prix has played down reports the Spa-Francorchamps race has lost its naming sponsor. Oil giant Shell announced this week that it is pulling its...
Pascal Wehrlein has played down an early 'silly season' rumour about a potential switch to Haas for 2017. The German-language motorsport-magazin.com noticed in Barcelona...
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has set the fastest time on the first day of the Spanish Grand Prix. The German did a 1:23.922 on the soft tyre. Kimi Raikkonen was his closest riva...
Ron Dennis has indicated he will not give the green light for Honda to begin supplying engines to customer teams. A new rule means engine manufacturers in F1 must be prepared to...
Sauber's only update for the Spanish grand prix is a new Ferrari engine specification. That is the news of Brazilian driver Felipe Nasr, amid the Swiss team's obvious fi...
Jolyon Palmer on Thursday said he is not worried about rumours Renault might oust him before the end of the 2016 season. The French marque's new works team is actively promo...
Felipe Massa says he does not support the FIA's forthcoming ban on discarding helmet visor tear-offs on the track. Actually, the ban was originally intended for the start of...
A lack of information about Michael Schumacher's condition means "hearsay" is instead being reported by the media about the F1 legend. That was the view of a Brazi...
Ferrari has claimed the first two positions in the first free practice for the Grand Prix of Spain. Sebastian Vettel was the only one to go under 1:24 and led team mate Kimi Rai...
Nico Hulkenberg on Thursday sounded upbeat about a major upgrade package introduced by Force India for the Spanish grand prix. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said the Silver...
Daniil Kvyat was stoical but admittedly unhappy on Thursday as the world's media pressed him about being dropped by Red Bull. "First of all, I think the word 'dropp...
Williams Martini Racing is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with financial services company Global Finanz Organisation AG. The partnership will see the Financial....
Rumours some teams have found a loophole around Pirelli's minimum tyre pressure rules are doing the rounds in the Barcelona paddock. Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Micha...
Romain Grosjean was surprised on Thursday amid reports the FIA would ban the discarding of helmet tear-offs on track from Monaco. "It's funny," the Haas driver is ...
The woman who arguably got closest to a race seat in recent years says physical ability is not the reason there are no female drivers in F1. Although Susie Wolff actually partic...
Vitaly Petrov, who was Russia's first F1 racer, says his countryman Daniil Kvyat's career in the category is still on track. On the face of it, 22-year-old Kvyat has act...
Carlos Sainz says he is looking on the bright side of his Toro Rosso teammate Max Verstappen's promotion to the senior Red Bull team. With Daniil Kvyat returning to the juni...
"Official sources" have played down alarming reports about the health condition of F1 legend Michael Schumacher. A US source called 'Newseveryday', whose repor...
Carlos Sainz says it would be a "surprise" if Ferrari breaks through for its first win of the season this weekend in Barcelona. Amid rumours of more looming personnel ...
Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov thinks plans for a Russian team are on track. Petrov, who raced for Renault and Caterham, now drives in Le Mans sports cars with SMP Racing, the m...
A respected F1 correspondent has slammed as "nonsense" suggestions the sport is only a small step from a London street race. The story lit up global headlines this wee...
Felipe Massa has hit out once again at the suggestion that driving formula one cars in the modern era has become too easy. The Brazilian veteran has raced across F1's V10, V...
Toto Wolff has vowed to raise with Bernie Ecclestone the issue of Mercedes' underrepresentation on television, despite its ongoing dominance of F1. The German marque's F...
Renault should be back on track with a much more competitive car next year, according to former driver Vitaly Petrov. The Russian, who made his F1 debut in a yellow car built by...
Dutch beer brewer Heineken is reportedly entering formula one with a major sponsorship deal. A month ago, F1 legend Sir Jackie Stewart announced that, "Very soon, a "l...
The Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya hosts the Grand Prix of Spain this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap onboard with Formula V8 3.5 driver Tom Dillmann around that track. ...
Former F1 driver Gabriele Tarquini has backed suggestions Ferrari might now be on the cusp of making some more high-profile personnel changes. Italy's Autosprint claims this...
Manor is hoping to leave struggling Sauber at the very back of the grid from this weekend's Spanish grand prix. Barcelona, traditionally the first European race of the seaso...
Watching over his own motocross team at the weekend, Kimi Raikkonen had a typical answer when asked for an interview. "No," the German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung...
The UK government has turned down India's request for Vijay Mallya to be deported. Former billionaire Mallya has been absent from the F1 paddocks this year over his highly-p...
Luca Baldisserri, a former key manager and engineer at Ferrari, says the Maranello team should work on adapting better to rule changes. 53-year-old Baldisserri was a key member ...
Honda says it has not decided when to deploy its tally of performance 'tokens' in 2016. Barcelona, the first European race of the season, is traditionally the scene of b...
F1 veteran David Coulthard has backed Red Bull's controversial decision to oust Daniil Kvyat and replace him immediately with Max Verstappen. The Scot, a former Red Bull dri...
Daniel Ricciardo thinks it is "likely" Red Bull and Renault will stick together beyond this season. The parties ended their semi-works partnership amid acrimony last y...
Sebastian Vettel insists the race for the 2016 world championship is still wide open. After Nico Rosberg's four consecutive wins so far, some insiders are saying the Mercede...
Williams has been assisting the neonatal unit at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff by bringing Formula One pitstop know-how to help in the resuscitation of newbo...
Paul Hembery said Pirelli will not be to blame if F1 races become more boring next season. In a difficult political climate at present, F1 legend Niki Lauda said the new chassis...
Wild speculation in Italy suggests Ferrari could be set for yet another change at the top of the fabled Maranello team. After the ultra-successful Jean Todt era, Ferrari has rac...
Max Verstappen has admitted he will miss working with his ousted Toro Rosso engineer Xevi Pujolar. Not only is the experienced Pujolar not accompanying the young Dutchman to Red...
Niki Lauda has played down mounting speculation he is in pole position to succeed Bernie Ecclestone. It is claimed that Ferrari's Sergio Marchionne, backed by Mercedes chief...
Two former F1 drivers insist they do not miss the pinnacle of motor racing. In 2013 and 2014, Dani Juncadella tested for the Williams and Force India teams, but now the 25-year-...
Sebastian Vettel has expressed some sympathy for the plight of Daniil Kvyat, following the Russian's sudden demotion from Red Bull Racing. 22-year-old Kvyat, who actually re...
Williams chief Pat Symonds admits the British team is no longer F1's third force. In 2014 and again last year, Williams finished the constructors' championship in third ...
The big talking point heading into the Spanish grand prix will be Red Bull's shock jump on the 2017 'silly season'. The energy drink marque has pulled Max Verstappen...
The organiser of Le Mans is confident next year's edition of the fabled 24 hour sports car race will not clash with formula one. Nico Hulkenberg, who drives full-time for Fo...
Pascal Wehrlein says he always knew his 2016 Manor teammate Pascal Wehrlein was a good driver. Indeed, amid reports labelling the Indonesian government-backed Haryanto as merely...
Despite Mercedes and Ferrari's obvious interest, Jos Verstappen says his son Max has pledged his "long term" future to Red Bull. The Verstappen and Red Bull camps ...
A respected F1 correspondent says Robert Kubica could get involved in Pirelli's preparations for the new tyre rules for 2017. The sport's official supplier has already s...
Toro Rosso could become the first customer of Honda's engines in F1. That is the claim of the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat, who said rumours of the Red Bull-owned team...
International publications are repeating alarming news about the health of F1 legend Michael Schumacher. Spain's Diario Sport, Italy's Corriere dello Sport and La Dernie...
The former chief executive of a F1 team is accused of income tax fraud, according to reports in Spain. In 2011, the F1 team HRT or Hispania was sold to a Spanish firm called The...
Max Verstappen's mid-season promotion to Red Bull Racing is not necessarily a blow to his now former Toro Rosso teammate Carlos Sainz. That is the view of the Spaniard himse...
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