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.
Ferrari is now within an uncomfortable striking distance of Mercedes' dominance, according to Niki Lauda. "I see clearly that Ferrari is catching us with great strides,...
Although the action begins in Melbourne this weekend, Roberto Merhi is still not ruling out a role in formula one in 2016. "It is what it is," the former Manor racer t...
Gerhard Berger is yet another pundit who believes Mercedes will once again rule the roost in 2016. "Well, it looks as though not much in the balance of power has really cha...
Heikki Kovalainen thinks F1's new American team Haas will have a "very difficult" debut season. Haas, however, has entered the sport with a lot of confidence. &quo...
On his trip 'down under', Lewis Hamilton found himself in hot water even before setting foot on Australian soil. A Mercedes spokesman confirmed that the world champion h...
Before even a single lap in the 21-race grand prix calendar has been logged, Jenson Button's future in formula one is already being discussed. In part, that is because McLar...
Force India deputy Bob Fernley has hinted that team owner Vijay Mallya will likely skip this weekend's 2016 season opener in Melbourne. The Indian media is searching furious...
Niki Lauda has backed the decision of Michael Schumacher's family to safeguard the privacy of the F1 great. Lauda, the Mercedes team chairman and triple world champion, admi...
Renault has revealed the livery for the upcoming F1 season. The French team has chosen for a golden-yellow colour scheme, as expected.
Success in formula one is translating perfectly into Mercedes' road car sales. That is the claim of Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, with the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial re...
Renault is set to unveil an all-yellow race livery for 2016. As recently as this week, even though the wraps will come off the Melbourne car on Wednesday, the carmaker's Jer...
Jos Verstappen thinks Mercedes will come out of the blocks in Melbourne this weekend with its dominance intact. The German team has easily won every drivers' and constructor...
CVC's decision about selling formula one could change how Bernie Ecclestone runs the sport, the F1 supremo said on Tuesday. The potential sale has been on the cards for mont...
Moves are afoot to close the performance gaps between the four 'power units' in formula one. Dr Helmut Marko, the outspoken Red Bull official, said his boss Dietrich Mat...
Lewis Hamilton thinks he and Nico Rosberg will handle their rivalry better than ever in 2016. Although once friends as boyhood karting teammates, the Mercedes duo has had a nota...
Valtteri Bottas has played down claims he might be caught up in a more hectic than usual 'silly season' later this year. The Finn's boss Claire Williams recently pre...
Renault is apparently not having to spend much more on its formula one programme despite returning to full works status in 2016. As well as supplying Red Bull once again this ye...
Sauber's already-troubled 2016 campaign has taken another hit with the shock departure of its technical boss. Mark Smith only joined the Swiss team mid last year, but he has...
Mercedes is getting specific amid its claims Ferrari has definitely closed the gap over the winter. Silver-clad figures have been playing up Ferrari's chances of mounting a ...
Daniil Kvyat on Monday said he feels ready to fight for the world championship. The Red Bull driver's former team boss, Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost, reportedly said recently...
F1's new qualifying format could backfire on the sport, Mercedes has warned. The controversial 'musical chairs' elimination system has been enshrined in the sporting...
Michael Schumacher's manager has defended the ongoing secrecy about the condition of the most successful F1 driver of all time. Now more than two years after his skiing cras...
F1 could be poised for a big change at the top, a leading correspondent has claimed. Luis Vasconcelos, writing for Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper, claims sources have tol...
Canadian race driver Nicholas Latifi, 20, has joined Renault Sport Formula One Team as a Test Driver with a long-term development programme. Latifi, who will also race in the GP...
Nico Rosberg says he has worked to simplify his life and narrow his focus upon beating Lewis Hamilton for the first time in three years. Even if Mercedes dominates yet again, th...
The sponsorship and income situation in formula one has left Sauber fighting for survival. The Swiss team has at least caught up with late wage payments to its 300 staff at Hinw...
Juan Pablo Montoya says the current Mercedes era is no different to any other team's dominance throughout recent F1 history. The former Williams and McLaren driver kicked of...
Any doubt that the controversial 'musical chairs' qualifying format will make its bow in Melbourne have been swept aside. Even though the format - which will see cars el...
Former F1 driver Robert Doornbos says he is not expecting Renault to shine in 2016. One of the problems, the former Minardi and Red Bull driver said, is Jolyon Palmer, who Doorn...
Williams Martini Racing is pleased to announce Paul di Resta as its official Reserve Driver for the 2016 FIA Formula One World Championship season. Di Resta made his Formula One...
Pascal Wehrlein has defended the credentials of his 2016 teammate. While the strongly Mercedes-backed and reigning DTM champion Wehrlein is highly rated, there has been scant pr...
Dietrich Mateschitz's thoughts about quitting formula one are apparently still alive. Last year, amid the arguments with Renault and dissatisfaction about the direction of t...
Mercedes will ease the rules of engagement between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for their 2016 battle. Team boss Toto Wolff ended last season with a warning that more bad fee...
The year 2015 in the Formula 1 was dominated by Mercedes. The battle for the world title was a fight between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, with Lewis Hamilton as winner. Also...
In a sport where teams are measured against each other with unrelenting exactness every race weekend, ensuring that the 100,000 or more parts that make up an F1 car are built pr...
McLaren-Honda is delighted to announce a multi-year extension of its prestigious and long-standing partnership with Johnnie Walker. Diageo's world-famous scotch whisky brand...
Nico Hulkenberg has set his sights on finally reaching the podium in 2016. Remarkably, although one of the most highly-rated midfield drivers in F1, the 28-year-old has never fi...
Niki Lauda has defended F1's controversial new qualifying format on the basis that the alternative floated by Bernie Ecclestone was "absurd". After some back and f...
Just as the US grand prix ended its uncertainty, doubts have now emerged about whether this year's Brazil race will take place in November. Brazilian reports say F1 supremo ...
Carlos Sainz's famous father has joined his son in putting the brakes on claims Toro Rosso could be ready to race to the podium in 2016. It was the Red Bull-owned junior tea...
Time is running short for F1 to introduce better cockpit protection for 2017. The FIA is pushing to put the controversial 'halo' on the cars next year, with Ferrari sign...
Pascal Wehrlein is confident Manor is the right place for his F1 debut. The reigning DTM champion is stepping up with the strong backing of Mercedes, but some believe defending ...
Murray Walker, the iconic voice of formula one, has added his disapproval to the latest criticisms of his beloved sport. Now 92, and having retired as Britain's lead comment...
Haas F1 Team has signed 17-year-old Santino Ferrucci as its development driver. The American will be embedded with Haas F1 Team at every opportunity, attending races and tests t...
F1 veterans have revealed they disagree with reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton's stance about the 'halo' cockpit cage slated for 2017. Some of the Mercedes driv...
Doubts Vijay Mallya might have to miss next weekend's season opener in Australia appear over, but the Force India chief's troubles in India are far from over. As over a ...
Mercedes' utter dominance of formula one in the 'power unit' era could finally be over. That is the view of former driver turned pundit Marc Surer, even though many ...
Sauber has now paid the two thirds of its 300-strong workforce in Switzerland who were waiting for their overdue February wages. "The financial situation for Sauber is tens...
While Charlie Whiting was at Watkins Glen (US), FIA inspectors were also in Italy. Whiting, the F1 race director, visited the iconic Watkins Glen circuit in New York and declare...
F1 remains on track to speed up significantly in the future, according to Niki Lauda. It has been suggested that, despite touted plans to make the cars considerably faster, the ...
Toto Wolff has severed his last ties to the Williams team. The Austrian entered F1 in 2009 when he bought into the British team and became a director. He left in 2013 when he bo...
US grand prix organisers brushed aside any doubts about the 2016 race by revealing Taylor Swift, one of the world's top pop acts, will perform at the October event. It ends ...
Nico Rosberg says he is determined to make 2016 "my year", after two consecutive championship defeats to his teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Mercedes driver said the lowe...
Honda is running behind schedule so far in 2016, McLaren team boss Eric Boullier revealed on Wednesday. After the disaster of 2015, Boullier seems happy with the management chan...
Alexander Rossi is back in the Manor Racing fold as Official Reserve Driver. Although he'll be racing in the 2016 IndyCar Series, he will also be making history as the first...
McLaren-Honda today announces a new multi-year partnership with Japanese automotive company Calsonic Kansei. Calsonic Kansei is a leading global manufacturer of automotive...
A trio of former F1 drivers have considered whether world champion Lewis Hamilton's increasing global celebrity will hurt his bid for a fourth title in 2016. Some, like curr...
Sauber will race in Melbourne next weekend, notwithstanding the financial cloud that hangs over the struggling Swiss team. Boss and co-owner Monisha Kaltenborn confirmed earlier...
A surprising proposal by Mercedes could help solve the issue of Mercedes' seemingly endless domination in the new 'power unit' era. As many predicted a third consecu...
Eric Boullier says he does not want McLaren-Honda to set any firm targets for 2016. But Fernando Alonso, the team's Spanish race driver, clearly does not agree, as he set a ...
It may be the teams, and not the drivers, who are in charge of the extra freedom on tyre selection in 2016. On Tuesday, Pirelli revealed the choices made for each driver's c...
The US grand prix in Austin looks to be back on track. Although now a popular stop on the annual calendar, the race's October date was given mere provisional status due to a...
Fernando Alonso on Tuesday said the podium is too high a target for McLaren-Honda early in 2016. But as he spoke in Baku as an ambassador for the inaugural grand prix in Azerbai...
McLaren is pleased to announce the renewal and continuation of its long-standing partnership with the JVC Kenwood Corporation (Kenwood). Kenwood became McLaren's official su...
Bernie Ecclestone will come under scrutiny on Tuesday as a report is tabled at a meeting of F1's board. The report has been authored by Jean-Marc Huet, a board member and fo...
Renault is tipped to make considerable progress with its power unit in 2016, as the works team prepares to unveil its new race livery. After the Lotus buyout, the Enstone team h...
F1 rookie Rio Haryanto might struggle even to qualify for races this year. That is the claim of former grand prix driver Robert Doornbos, who knows the back of the grid well aft...
Pastor Maldonado could keep his motor racing career alive in America's top open wheeler series. The Portuguese-language Diario Motorsport reports that the controversial Vene...
David Coulthard says he sympathises with drivers who are openly questioning the latest changes within formula one. While most drivers are either publicly or privately calling fo...
Carlos Sainz says he knows 2016 could be a make-or-break season for him in F1. On the surface, Toro Rosso is fielding arguably its best-ever lineup in the form of Spaniard Sainz...
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