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.
A single season has transformed the images of two of F1's best drivers, according to legend Gerhard Berger. As he switched from Ferrari to McLaren-Honda, Spaniard Fernando A...
Kevin Magnussen's father as well as his manager are refusing to comment on widespread reports that the former McLaren reserve is now poised to return to the F1 grid. Special...
F1 seems on track for faster tyres in 2017, as Pirelli welcomes the opportunity to meet with disgruntled drivers next week. Although earlier a supporter of the controversial era...
Rapax is delighted to announce the agreement reached with Arthur Pic for the 2016 GP2 Series season. The 24-year-old Frenchman was one of the most prominent figures of the offse...
Pirelli is looking to tackle the complexity of the new tyre rules for 2016 by divulging more live information to the public during races. With the sport looking to spice up the ...
The livery for Ferrari's 2016 car could include a novel dose of white, according to one Italian source. The authoritative La Gazzetta dello Sport said the car, currently cod...
Dr Helmut Marko, a leading Red Bull official, has bad news for F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Whilst spectating at the Kitzbuhel skiing world cup last week, Ecclestone said anoth...
Carlos Sainz has revealed he is a new lightweight version for the 2016 season. It is believed some cars may be heavier this year, due to the tough new side-impact cockpit crash ...
F1's governing body is believed to have shortlisted a cockpit protection system nicknamed 'the halo' for introduction in 2017, according to the British newspaper The...
F1 could be set to take a sharp turn away from the era of Pirelli's heavily degrading tyres. A few days ago, GPDA director Alex Wurz revealed that formula one drivers are ca...
In the days before the news becomes official in Paris, sources report that Renault's F1 management team is shaping up. Following the Lotus takeover, sources say leading dire...
Toro Rosso is "on schedule" for the 2016 season, despite the late change of engine supplier. That is the claim of the Faenza team's technical boss James Key, after...
Pirelli issued a polite 'no' to reigning world champion team Mercedes ahead of the recent wet tyre test at Paul Ricard. "When you're driving, you're always ...
By: Bas Naafs Frank Williams goes to Saudi-Arabia By the end of the 70's, the Williams Formula One team was in financial trouble. The team was low on funding and lac...
Carlos Sainz insists he is not running away with the "dangerous" idea that Toro Rosso could be better than Red Bull Racing in 2016. When the music of the recent 'R...
Paul Ricard is not ruling out hosting a revived French grand prix at the circuit near Marseille. This week, the track has been hosting three top F1 teams for Pirelli's wet t...
Toro Rosso took on an 100 additional staff to cope with the challenge of preparing for the 2016 season. The Faenza based team's schedule was thrown into chaos late last year...
Sebastian Vettel has tested twice already in 2016, despite not even setting eyes on Ferrari's new car. Indeed, while most of his rivals remain in their winter slumber, Germa...
Pirelli has played down reports that Kimi Raikkonen is unhappy with F1's new generation of wet weather tyres. The Finnish driver was at the wheel of last year's Ferrari ...
Carlos Sainz says his goal is to impress his bosses and win a promotion to Red Bull's senior team. "I know what I need to do to impress them," he said on Tuesday i...
Bernie Ecclestone has not yet given up on the future of the US grand prix in Austin. Late last year, a dark cloud moved over the popular race when the governor of Texas dramatic...
Pastor Maldonado's cousin is set to begin his own adventure in single seater racing. In 2012, then 12-year-old Manuel Maldonado became famous in the paddock for riding on h...
Carlos Sainz has tipped his countryman and mentor Fernando Alonso to have a "better" season with McLaren-Honda. "I think that after 2015 it can only go better for...
Formula one needs Ferrari to give Mercedes a run for its money in 2016. That is the view of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, when told by the Austrian newspaper Tiroler Tageszeitun...
Carlos Sainz will be the first to try out the 2016 car for Scuderia Toro Rosso. The Spaniard will open the test season for the Italian team on February the 22nd. A Toro Rosso pr...
A former F1 driver's career has taken a stimulating twist. In 2005 and 2006, Dutchman Robert Doornbos appeared in grands prix for Minardi and Red Bull. But CNET, a technolog...
Jock Clear has finally started work at Ferrari, after serving a full year of so-called 'gardening leave'. In late 2014, Mercedes announced that Lewis Hamilton's high...
Honda has dismissed speculation it has found more than a whopping 200 horse power over the winter break. Earlier, the Spanish sports daily AS claimed McLaren's works engine ...
Before starting work at McLaren, new team chief executive Jost Capito has named Fernando Alonso as the "best driver in formula one". Currently heading the motor racing...
F1 drivers have agreed that the sport should implement better cockpit protection for 2017. Alex Wurz, president of the safety-oriented Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA)...
Prema is delighted to announce the agreement reached with Pierre Gasly for the 2016 GP2 Series. The 19-year-old Frenchman, part of the Red Bull Junior Program, will be at his se...
Reigning quadruple Indycar champion Scott Dixon has admitted that even his success in the US is not a ticket to formula one. As the 35-year-old New Zealander prepares for the Da...
Mark Webber, the always plain-speaking former F1 driver, has named his 'best and worst' on today's F1 grid. When it comes to the best, the popular Australian and now...
Mercedes is targeting a track debut for its championship-defending W07 car in the days before the opening winter test in Barcelona. That is the claim of the Spanish sports daily...
Ferrari's 2016 car, codenamed 667, appears on course to make its track debut as scheduled at the first Barcelona test. Omnicorse, a specialist Italian media source, said the...
Roger Penske, a famous name in US motor racing, has ruled out entering formula one. Joining the grid this year is Haas, whose founder Gene Haas - also a Nascar team c-owner - ad...
Manor Racing is pleased to announce that Pat Fry has joined the team to provide engineering consultancy as it gets its 2016 challenge underway. During that time, the team will b...
Honda has aced the winter off-season following the Japanese carmaker's woeful return to F1 last year. That is the claim of Manuel Franco, the correspondent for the Spanish s...
Monza is eyeing a tweak to its fabled circuit layout. Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that, as the Autodromo Nazionale looks ahead to a future on motorcycle racing c...
Sauber can still have a good 2016 even though the debut of the new car is delayed. That is the view of Swedish driver Marcus Ericsson, who nonetheless admitted that not getting ...
F1 appears to have succeeded in turning up the volume for 2016. With many fans, race promoters and other stakeholders disappointed with the milder tones of the new 'power un...
Monza race organisers and Bernie Ecclestone are still negotiating over the fee for a new Italian grand prix contract. Recently, it appeared the risk the historic race could fall...
Decision-time regarding Pascal Wehrlein's F1 future is now imminent. The new DTM champion's employer, Mercedes, has been in talks with Manor about a race place for the 2...
Stoffel Vandoorne on Friday said there is no guarantee he will step into a F1 race cockpit for 2017. The Belgian was dominant in GP2 last year and is strongly backed by McLaren,...
With the engine supply crisis of last year finally over, Red Bull is not ruling out staying in F1 even beyond 2020. Christian Horner, the energy drink team's boss, told F1 R...
Jost Capito, McLaren's new team CEO, has not confirmed speculation he will start work at the Honda-powered team in April or May. "There is no date," he said at the...
Two former F1 drivers have lamented the current state of the sport. 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve and F1 veteran Gerhard Berger think changes at the very heart of formu...
An Argentinean minister has confirmed the government's desire to see formula one return to the South American country. F1 has not raced at the then-ageing venue in Buenos Ai...
Renault concluded last year that returning to winning ways in collaboration with Red Bull would not be possible. That is the admission of Cyril Abiteboul, the French marque'...
Pirelli secretly altered the construction of its F1 tyres in preparation for 2016. That is the claim of the British magazine F1 Racing, reporting that the addition of the 'u...
Organisers of the inaugural grand prix in Azerbaijan have hit back at reports that the June race is in doubt. Reports have suggested that due to the tumbling price of oil, local...
The F1 world will get its first look at Red Bull's 2016 livery next month. Although the team's new car will not be seen until the following week when Barcelona testing s...
Amid swirling rumours, the promoter of F1's newest race said Azerbaijan cannot wait for its inaugural grand prix. Reports on Thursday suggested some authorities in the count...
Toro Rosso and Ferrari have played down media reports that are doing the rounds on Thursday. A report in Italy suggested that although Toro Rosso will use Ferrari's 2015-spe...
Roberto Merhi is not giving up on formula one. El Confidencial, a Spanish newspaper, says the 24-year-old has been busily preparing for 2016, even though he lost his full-time M...
Williams' Rob Smedley has played down suggestions the Grove team might be contemplating a shock switch from F1's field-leading Mercedes power. The speculation first surf...
Robert Kubica's rally career could end after the forthcoming season opener in Monte Carlo. Now 31, the talented Pole's F1 career was tragically halted just prior to the ...
Fernando Alonso's manager says he is confident McLaren-Honda will prepare a better car for the Spaniard to race in 2016. Having wooed Alonso from Ferrari, the Anglo-Japanese...
Azerbaijan's inaugural grand prix should be in doubt, according to an economist. The first F1 race on the historic streets of Baku is scheduled for June, but Azerbaijan'...
The new sponsor of a GP2 team is tipped to eventually enter formula one. The Spanish newspaper El Confidencial said a deal between the GP2 outfit Campos and Jagonya Ayam - KFC&#...
More details about Dietrich Mateschitz's latest acquisition have emerged. Last September, we reported that the Red Bull mogul and billionaire, already the owner of the F1 ci...
The media has been summoned to Paris for February 3, as Renault presses the throttle on its plans for 2016. In a teaser video released on Wednesday, the carmaker declared: "...
Massimo Rivola, a long-time member of Ferrari's travelling F1 team, has confirmed he will have a different role in the future. Mid-season last year, the sporting director wa...
Red Bull is facing the possibility of a EUR 30,000 fine after Max Verstappen's spectacular blast up and down the famous Kitzbuhel ski slopes last week. A crowd of 3,500 gath...
Sebastian Vettel will keep his pre-season preparations in a high gear next week. While his rivals still have their engines silent, the German returned to action on Tuesday with ...
The F1 Commission on Tuesday approved a plan by the sport's engine manufacturers to impose a cap on the price of supplying to customer teams. Reports prior to the Geneva mee...
Organisers of the Russian grand prix look to have secured a title sponsor for the third edition of the Sochi race this year. Sportbox, a Russian-language media source, claims o...
Raffaele Marciello has split with Ferrari and will also no longer work with the Ferrari-powered F1 team Sauber. With the death of Jules Bianchi, the 21-year-old Italian became t...
Prema Racing is delighted to announce Antonio Giovinazzi as the first driver joining the team's roster for their maiden GP2 Series season. A runner-up in the 2015 FIA F.3 Eu...
Manor has dropped the word 'Marussia' from its official name in formula one. Although the backmarker outfit was widely known as 'Manor' last year, complex F1 reg...
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