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.
Luca di Montezemolo thinks he deserves more credit for the contribution he made to Ferrari. Now 68, the Italian's Ferrari career dates all the way back to 1973, when he beca...
Ferrari burst into testing action on Tuesday, the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport reported. That is despite the fact that official testing action does not begin unt...
Jagonya Ayam becomes Campos' main sponsor after agreeing to a two-year sponsorship deal. The team confirm Indonesia's Sean Gelael and New Zealand's Mitch Evans for t...
Sauber has played down news that its 2016 car, the C35, will miss the opening test of the winter test period. The Swiss team confirmed on Monday that it will only take last year...
McLaren staff worked throughout the Christmas break in order to keep its Honda-powered 2016 car on schedule. Sauber, a smaller Swiss outfit, has admitted that it will not take a...
Christian Horner claims he encouraged Mercedes to sign Lewis Hamilton when the now triple world champion was on the market back in 2012. Horner told the British magazine F1 Raci...
Force India has confirmed reports that a touted deal with the British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has fallen through for now. Talks with the Silverstone based team about a nami...
Rob Smedley has promised Williams' drivers a vastly evolved car for the 2016 season. The British team has finished the past two seasons in a solid third place, but last year...
Plans to dramatically shake up the engine regulations appear to now be off the table, following a key meeting in Geneva on Monday. F1's engine manufacturers had been handed ...
With five weeks until the first official winter test, F1 teams' plans are starting to take shape. Williams said at the weekend that it will roll out its new Mercedes-powered...
Sauber has confirmed reports on Monday that it will not take its 2016 car to the first test of the official winter pre-season next month. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said...
Renault looks set to field a yellow and black livery in 2016 as the French carmaker takes over and rebrands the team formerly known as Lotus. Leaked photos of the latest edition...
The Williams team has revealed its strong opposition to Jean Todt's idea that formula one should consider reintroducing in-race refuelling. The FIA president said a few days...
Jean Todt has moved to distance F1's governing body from the sort of scandals that have gripped the world of football. Fifa (world football) and Uefa (European football) pre...
Sergey Sirotkin has revealed he will now turn his attention to the possibility of a Friday role in formula one for this year. The 20-year-old, who leapt to F1 prominence in 2013...
Damon Hill has sided with Bernie Ecclestone amid a renewed debate about whether women are able to go head-to-head with men in formula one. F1 supremo Ecclestone caused a stir la...
Williams' 2016 car will be ready to run on the opening day of pre-season testing next month. "There will be no glamorous unveiling," chief engineer Rob Smedley sai...
Russian Time has finalised its 2016 GP2 line-up with the signing of Italian Raffaele Marciello, who will partner Russian driver Artem Markelov. Marciello, who turned 21 in Decem...
McLaren has revealed the launch date for their 2016 challenger. The MP4-31 will be shown on February the 21st. That is the day before pre-season testing starts at Barcelona circ...
Former McLaren doctor Aki Hintsa says he has made some progress since being diagnosed with cancer mid last year. The well-known 57-year-old Finn, who stepped away from F1 at the...
Jean Todt says he is confident F1 is moving towards a solution on the thorny topic of engines. The manufacturers had been given a deadline of January 15 - Friday - to come up wi...
A source at PDVSA, the Venezuelan state oil company, has played down speculation about Pastor Maldonado's immediate future. Reports have suggested that amid a corruption sca...
Pirelli wants F1's top drivers to test its tyres later this year. Two in-season tests after the Spanish and British grands prix have already been scheduled, but the official...
Max Verstappen is a world champion of the future, according to former Toro Rosso co-owner Gerhard Berger. The F1 legend was on hand late this week as Verstappen, the Faenza base...
Nico Hulkenberg says he is content for now at Force India. The German's teammate, Mexican Sergio Perez, makes no secret of his desire for a seat further up the grid, after t...
The volume of F1 will be turned up this year, Williams technical boss Pat Symonds says. He said on Friday that, simply through "normal development" of the power units ...
ART Grand Prix is pleased to open its 2016 season by announcing the arrival of Sergey Sirotkin, Russian SMP Racing supported driver, to its GP2 driver line up. In 2010 at just 1...
Renault would be wiser to direct the bulk of its effort into Red Bull. That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, just as the French carmaker turns a sharp corner with the direction o...
Gerhard Berger thinks F1 is not the spectacle it once was. "Yes," the Austrian F1 legend and former McLaren and Ferrari driver told German-language motorsport-magazin....
The Manor F1 Team is pleased to announce the appointment of Nikolas Tombazis to the role of Chief Aerodynamicist. Tombazis needs no introduction, having enjoyed a long and accom...
Paul Hembery has played down claims that Pirelli was behind the reported watering-down of planned radical chassis changes for 2017. Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko, though, blame...
Pope Francis has promised to pray for Michael Schumacher. That was the claim of the beleaguered F1 great's friend, former Ferrari boss and current president Jean Todt, after...
Valtteri Bottas used a false name in order to enjoy a recent running race, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported on Thursday. The report said an entrant called 'Valto Pik...
Paul Hembery on Thursday said he is expecting formula one to enjoy an exciting start to the 2016 season. For this year, the tyre rules have been tweaked so that drivers can sele...
Stoffel Vandoorne says he is hoping to break into formula one in 2017. The 23-year-old McLaren junior dominantly won the GP2 championship this year and therefore cannot return t...
McLaren is pleased to announce two new appointments, each a key step towards achieving the Group's aggressive growth ambitions. Jonathan Neale, acting Chief Executive Offic...
Valtteri Bottas thinks Williams is on track to have a better season in 2016. The Finn reportedly almost signed last year to switch to Ferrari for 2016, but he will instead stay ...
Pierre Gasly is hoping to break into formula one with Toro Rosso next year. The 19-year-old is the new cream of Red Bull's famous driver development programme, but Toro Ross...
Long-time podium champagne sponsor Mumm is leaving F1. Owner Pernod Ricard is believed to pay EUR 5 million per year for the privilege of being sprayed on the podiums of the wor...
Renault officials have flown to Caracas amid speculation Pastor Maldonado could lose his race seat for 2016. Reports emerged on Wednesday that former McLaren reserve Kevin Magnu...
Bernie Ecclestone thinks Mercedes is set for a third consecutive year of dominating formula one in 2016. Asked by Canadian radio TSN if the German team, having monopolised the t...
Once again as a new F1 season looms, there is legal trouble ahead for the Swiss team Sauber. Last year it was the high-profile dispute with Giedo van der Garde, and Swiss report...
Felipe Massa has admitted there is no guarantee his F1 career will continue after the forthcoming 2016 season. The Brazilian veteran's Williams contract ends this year, and ...
By: Bas Naafs Quite a few of the most amazing stories from the Formula One paddock are not worth writing long stories about, simply because they are more enjoyable when told as...
Renault has not denied speculation Pastor Maldonado could be ousted before the 2016 season opener. Britain's Telegraph newspaper reported earlier that amid apparent problems...
F1 teams will test in the days after two European grands prix in 2016, as reported by F1Today.net earlier. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said there will be four days of in...
Sauber has appointed a replacement for departing long-time senior engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara. Last week, we reported that Dall'Ara has resigned from the Swiss team afte...
Honda Racing is pleased to announce a refreshed 2016 driver line-up today, with 2012 FIA World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff joining the squad. His team-mates will be Tiago Mont...
Pascal Wehrlein says he is still waiting to know if he will make his formula one debut in 2016. Up and down the grid, the only official race seat vacancies still up for grabs fo...
Mercedes has no thoughts whatsoever about reassessing its commitment to formula one. The German carmaker left McLaren to become its own works team at the start of the decade, an...
Kevin Magnussen is reportedly in talks with Renault about replacing Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in 2016. Having taken over Lotus, there has been speculation the French carmaker ...
In Italy and across the world, anticipation about Ferrari's new car for 2016 and a potential championship bid is building. A five-day countdown at the Maranello team's w...
McLaren's abysmal season was actually "good" for the team, boss Eric Boullier says. Following the hype of Honda's return to F1 last year and the reunion of the...
Haas is targeting points finishes in its debut season, driver Esteban Gutierrez has confirmed. While F1's newest teams like HRT, Caterham and Manor struggled more for mere s...
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche says he is perfectly happy with Mercedes' F1 driver duo. Team boss Toto Wolff warned recently that if the bitterness of the rivalry between Lewis ...
F1's manufacturers look set to agree to reduce the price of their engines, even if they want to press ahead with the current 'power unit' formula beyond 2017. After ...
Sergio Marchionne has reiterated Ferrari's winning target for 2016. Although it has emerged that development of the Maranello team's 2016 car was delayed last year, pres...
Giedo van der Garde is putting the Sauber scandal of 2015 behind him as he returns to racing this season. The Dutchman's bid to race in formula one last year famously ended ...
Toto Wolff says he can understand the criticisms being made by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone. When asked by the Tiroler Tageszeitung newspaper if he enjoyed Christmas, the Merced...
F1's plan to radically speed up the cars for 2017 has been watered down. That is the claim on Monday of the authoritative German magazine Auto Motor und Sport. It said that ...
A company co-owned by David Coulthard will produce the new free-to-air coverage of formula one in Britain this year. Whisper Films is co-owned by the former McLaren and Red Bull...
F1 would be improved if the drivers were given more freedom to speak their minds, according to pundit Marc Surer. With the sport acknowledging the need for more noise, power and...
Pirelli organizes a wet tyre test to be held at Paul Ricard circuit, on January 25 and 26. The two-day test will be focussing just on wet tyres (no intermediates). Different we...
Romain Grosjean says he feels more European than French or Swiss. Although identifying in F1 as a Frenchman, the 29-year-old was actually born in Geneva and still lives in Switz...
Upgrade work on the Hungarian grand prix venue near Budapest is to take place. It emerged last month that some minor construction tweaks at the twisty Hungaroring circuit are be...
Toto Wolff has leapt up the rankings in an annual list of the richest people in Switzerland. Every year, it is the F1 supremo and billionaire Bernie Ecclestone who tops the spor...
Renault's Lotus takeover is continuing to race ahead, even though an official name change for the Enstone team is yet to be announced. But the big Lotus team sign on the mai...
Lewis Hamilton has tipped another year of strong form from himself and the Mercedes team. While Ferrari made progress in 2015 and is now targeting a full championship tilt this ...
Max Verstappen has marked the end of his New Year holiday by predicting a big power boost for Toro Rosso this year. "I'm back in Monaco to train," the 18-year-old ...
A new contract to secure the future of the historic Italian grand prix at Monza is now "close" to being signed. That was the claim late on Friday of Angelo Sticchi Dam...
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