Rob Veenstra
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.
News
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Follow LIVE the fourth day of test 2 in BarcelonaThe preparations for the new season reach their final chapter this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the third and final test of this winter. On th...
01 Mar 2015 08:31 -
Manor very close to getting to Melbourne - BoothTeam founder John Booth is confident the former Marussia team will make it to Melbourne. Having fought to secure new investment and convince its creditors to exit administration...
28 Feb 2015 17:27 -
Report of $231m deal for Hamilton 'an illusion' - WolffToto Wolff has scoffed at a media report purporting to know the dizzying value of Lewis Hamilton's next Mercedes contract. Although the reigning world champion now has no manage...
28 Feb 2015 15:26 -
McLaren can't answer questions on Alonso's situationMcLaren has counted itself out of the continuing speculation about Fernando Alonso's medical condition. Rumours have been rife ever since Sebastian Vettel said he witnessed the ...
28 Feb 2015 10:13 -
'Manor Marussia' included on 2015 entry listAs predicted earlier, the FIA on Friday published the official 2015 entry list that includes a place on the grid for the revived 'Manor Marussia' team. Although the backmarker's...
28 Feb 2015 09:00 -
Vettel hails 'awesome' laptime from RosbergAfter a winter of apparent 'sandbagging', Mercedes finally let the cat out of the bag on Friday. Team boss Toto Wolff, however, denies that the ultra-dominant reigning 2014 cham...
28 Feb 2015 08:57 -
Follow LIVE the third day of test 2 in BarcelonaThe preparations for the new season reach their final chapter this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the third and final test of this winter. Kevin...
28 Feb 2015 08:41 -
Alonso lost control at 135 kph and hit wall at 105kphFernando Alonso struck the wall at 105 kilometres per hour last Sunday. That was the claim on Friday of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, as the period of great mystery and contro...
27 Feb 2015 19:09 -
Alonso thanks fans for support in video messageFernando Alonso on Friday declared himself "completely fine" after his Barcelona crash and four-day hospitalisation. The circumstances of the McLaren-Honda's seemingly innocuous...
27 Feb 2015 14:47 -
Head of Ovo Energy behind Manor rescue planFriday is another crucial day in the history of the reborn Marussia team. Now called Manor, the backmarker is expected to be listed on the delayed 2015 entry list, which is set ...
27 Feb 2015 14:44 -
Fellow drivers mock Carmen Jorda's move to LotusFellow race drivers have reacted with dismay to the identity of Lotus' new F1 development driver. The Enstone team announced on Thursday that 26-year-old Spanish female driver C...
27 Feb 2015 09:55 -
Villeneuve confused by 'weird' Alonso crash saga
Jacques Villeneuve has counted himself among scores of experts, pundits and fans who have been left "confused" by the Fernando Alonso saga. Spaniard Alonso spent four days in ho...
27 Feb 2015 09:52 -
F1 looks set for 'more balanced spread' in 2015Williams has leapt back into contention as a likely 2015 force. After the first two tests at Jerez and Barcelona, it was suggested that in light of the Grove team's low-profile ...
27 Feb 2015 09:33 -
Mercedes has 'clever' solution for camera mountingsMercedes has found a clever way around the issue of reportedly 'illegal' camera mountings at the front of its title-defending 2015 car. Earlier, we reported that teams including...
27 Feb 2015 09:21 -
Rival doubts McLaren using Manor for self-interestAn engineer for a rival team has rubbished suggestions McLaren is only supporting Manor in order to gain a self-interested advantage. Although owed millions by the former Maruss...
27 Feb 2015 09:16 -
Caterham equipment auctions set to go aheadWhile Marussia pushes hard to return in 2015 as Manor, another ailing backmarker appears to have reached the end of the line. Early in February, it emerged that Caterham's admin...
27 Feb 2015 09:00 -
Follow LIVE the second day of test 2 in BarcelonaThe preparations for the new season reach their final chapter this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the third and final test of this winter. The n...
27 Feb 2015 08:40 -
Carmen Jordá joins Lotus as development driverCarmen Jordá today joined Lotus F1 Team as a Development Driver for the 2015 season. Carmen will attend Grands Prix and Formula 1 tests throughout 2015 for Lotus F1 Team as wel...
26 Feb 2015 19:01 -
FIA trying to help Manor's quest for 2015 gridF1's governing body has joined McLaren and Ferrari in actively supporting the former Marussia team's quest to return to the sport this year. Although owed millions by the strugg...
26 Feb 2015 14:49 -
Alonso 'should be fine' for Melbourne - DennisHe was in hospital for four days, and is absent at the final winter test in Barcelona, but Fernando Alonso is "categorically not injured". That was the insistence on Thursday of...
26 Feb 2015 13:32 -
FIA to investigate mysterious Alonso accidentF1's governing body has vowed to look into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious crash that hospitalised Fernando Alonso for four days. McLaren initially took 28 hours to...
26 Feb 2015 09:45 -
McLaren joins Ferrari in supporting Manor survive
McLaren has joined fellow creditor Ferrari in helping the former Marussia team to survive. Ferrari, owed millions by the struggling backmarker, has agreed to keep supplying its ...
26 Feb 2015 08:55 -
Button predicts mixed up field for season openerJenson Button is predicting an unpredictable grid for next weekend's Melbourne season opener. As the final four-day test of the winter pre-season begins on Thursday in Barcelona...
26 Feb 2015 08:50 -
Rosberg 'more cunning' after defeat in title raceNico Rosberg says he is determined to beat reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton to the 2015 title. Last year, the utterly dominant Mercedes duo fought a close and intense batt...
26 Feb 2015 08:48 -
Renault considering running own works team againRenault has not ruled out making changes to its approach to formula one. Amid rumours of continuing discord with its partner Red Bull, and following the loss of engine partners ...
26 Feb 2015 08:44 -
Alonso could sit out Melbourne season opener
Fernando Alonso's manager has sidestepped suggestions the Spaniard might have to sit out the Melbourne season opener. After four days in hospital, the 33-year-old is now resting...
26 Feb 2015 08:42 -
Follow LIVE the first day of test 2 in BarcelonaThe preparations for the new season reach their final chapter this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the third and final test of this winter. The n...
26 Feb 2015 08:28 -
Magnussen to replace Alonso for final week of testingMcLaren-Honda has confirmed that Fernando Alonso will sit out the final test of the winter this week. Earlier on Wednesday, three nights in hospital after his testing crash at B...
25 Feb 2015 20:36 -
Manor signs Stevens and eyes to be ready for MelbourneThe former Marussia team on Wednesday said it is back on track for 2015. Now called Manor, founded for the junior categories by John Booth 25 years ago, the outfit has exited ad...
25 Feb 2015 14:22 -
Williams fastest on top speed chart, Red Bull slowWilliams has the fastest car in 2015. That is not the finding of the stopwatch, but the speedtrap at the Barcelona test last week. Valtteri Bottas' top speed of 337.5kph on the ...
25 Feb 2015 14:02 -
Wolff offloads more of Williams stake to HollingerToto Wolff has offloaded more of his stake in the Williams team. Ever since the Austrian bought into Mercedes early in 2013 and began working as its F1 and motor racing chief, h...
25 Feb 2015 14:00 -
Force India sets Friday test debut for new VJM08Force India has finally released a picture of its long-delayed 2015 car. Amid rumours of financial and supplier trouble, the Silverstone based team was missing at the first Jere...
25 Feb 2015 13:57 -
Nurburgring says Grand Prix hosts can't afford feesA deal to keep the German grand prix on this year's F1 calendar still has not been struck. The Nurburgring was scheduled to return in 2015, but the financially-troubled circuit ...
25 Feb 2015 11:00 -
'Ferrari has eliminated certain fundamental errors'One of F1's most respected technical journalists agrees that Ferrari is back on track after its disappointing 2014. Giorgio Piola, a veteran of hundreds of grands prix as a tech...
25 Feb 2015 10:57 -
Red Bull lacking a bit of continuity now - WebberSebastian Vettel's team switch for 2015 could hurt Red Bull and help Ferrari. That is the claim of the former F1 star Mark Webber, even though they were the best of enemies as t...
25 Feb 2015 10:54 -
Monza has 'no room for mistakes' to keep Italian GPA cloud continues to hang over the future of the iconic Italian grand prix. Last year, Bernie Ecclestone warned that because the current contractual terms are "a disaster", once...
25 Feb 2015 10:49 -
Palmer chose Lotus role over Manor for 2015Jolyon Palmer opted for the reserve seat at Lotus rather than hoping talks with the former Marussia team bore fruit for 2015. 24-year-old Briton Palmer, whose father Jonathan wa...
25 Feb 2015 10:45 -
Ferrari denies signing Gutierrez for his sponsor budgetFerrari has denied that even the great Italian team is now heading down the 'pay driver' road. Outspoken former F1 driver Mark Webber insisted this week that the fact drivers ha...
25 Feb 2015 10:43 -
Mercedes talks to FIA about Wehrlein super licenceRising star Pascal Wehrlein is hoping talks with the FIA clear the path for his potential formula one debut in 2016. The 20-year-old German is now one of the hottest new names i...
25 Feb 2015 10:38 -
'Normal' Alonso crash surrounded by question marksMcLaren's media statement has not stopped rampant speculation about the crash that left Fernando Alonso in hospital for four days and counting. Many insiders are blaming the Wok...
25 Feb 2015 10:36 -
Mercedes proposes 'halo' for cockpit safetyReigning champions Mercedes have proposed a new solution to the ever-present problem of cockpit safety in formula one. Canopies and roll-cages have been discussed at length behi...
24 Feb 2015 21:07 -
Alonso-Vettel switch was appropriate - BriatoreFernando Alonso's departure from Ferrari, replaced by fellow former champion Sebastian Vettel, was one of the highest-profile driver changes in the history of formula one. But a...
24 Feb 2015 10:42 -
Renault working on solution for driveability issuesRenault has made progress but not enough yet to topple dominant Mercedes. That is the admission of Red Bull chiefs Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko, although they are confid...
24 Feb 2015 10:38 -
'Mercedes engine much more powerful than the rest'
The nature of the 'new' F1 means Mercedes will again be hard to beat in 2015. That is the claim of former F1 team boss Flavio Briatore, who is no fan of the regulation changes t...
24 Feb 2015 10:36 -
Alonso doesn't remember the incident - BriatoreFlavio Briatore says Fernando Alonso does not remember the crash that has left him in a Barcelona hospital. McLaren has denied wild conspiracy theories about the cause of the ac...
24 Feb 2015 10:31 -
Questions raised about Williams' 2015 prospectsA low-profile winter for the Grove team is beginning to raise questions about Williams' 2015 prospects. Last year, the newly Mercedes-powered team emerged from a deep slump to f...
24 Feb 2015 10:29 -
Alonso could sit out final week of winter testingFernando Alonso may sit out the final test of the 2015 pre-season in the wake of his Barcelona crash. The Spaniard has already spent two nights in hospital recovering from concu...
24 Feb 2015 10:25 -
Honda: "Testing has been like a pop-up game"Honda does not have any potential customers for its new F1 engine, boss Yasuhisa Arai has admitted. After a six-year absence, the Japanese carmaker's plan had always been to ret...
24 Feb 2015 10:23 -
Gust of wind caused Alonso's crash - McLaren
McLaren has hit back at the conspiracy theories about Fernando Alonso's testing crash on Sunday. With the Spaniard still in intensive care, the conspicuous delay in McLaren's ex...
24 Feb 2015 10:20 -
Mercedes, Ferrari have to modify camera mountings
Top teams and likely title challengers Mercedes and Ferrari will have to modify their cars ahead of the season opener in Melbourne. That was the claim on Monday of Germany's Aut...
23 Feb 2015 21:45 -
Architect of Honda's return to F1 to step downSix years after pulling out of the sport, Honda is once again making headlines in formula one for all the wrong reasons. In the midst of an horror run of technical trouble as Mc...
23 Feb 2015 21:42 -
Ferrari now has clear objectives - MarchionneSo far, Sergio Marchionne's revolution is going exactly to plan. Last year, as Ferrari badly faltered at the start of the new turbo V6 era, the Fiat Chrysler chief was the big m...
23 Feb 2015 12:19 -
Changing helmets for drivers a way to 'express themselves'F1 is robbing drivers of one of the last ways they can truly express themselves. That is the claim of Jens Munser, a helmet livery painter made famous in recent years by the eve...
23 Feb 2015 12:16 -
Niki Lauda no fan of Mercedes sandbaggingAfter seven days of apparent sandbagging, did Mercedes finally let the cat out of the bag on Sunday? Until now, it has been Ferrari's test pace at Jerez and now Barcelona that h...
23 Feb 2015 12:13 -
Midfield teams propose to pool their resourcesThree midfield teams have reportedly proposed that F1's rules be tweaked so that 'semi-constructors' are legal. It recently emerged that the FIA had commissioned KcKinsey, a mul...
23 Feb 2015 12:11 -
De la Rosa set for Mercedes reserve role
Pedro de la Rosa could be set to return to formula one with Mercedes. In recent years, the Spanish veteran worked closely with his countryman Fernando Alonso at Ferrari as offic...
23 Feb 2015 12:07 -
Byrne returns to Ferrari to mentor designer RestaLegendary Ferrari designer Rory Byrne has returned to Maranello to be Simone Resta's mentor. South African Byrne, 71, was a key member of the Ferrari 'dream team' of last decade...
23 Feb 2015 11:59 -
Marchionne backs delay for revolution until 2017Sergio Marchionne has backed the move to delay a technical revolution in formula one until 2017. It had appeared that Ferrari was leading the charge for rapid change, when on th...
23 Feb 2015 11:56 -
2015 engine is 'two thirds' new - RenaultRenault has been able to make a substantially new 'power unit' for 2015 after its disappointing start to the turbo V6 era. That is the claim of the French marque's F1 operations...
23 Feb 2015 11:54 -
Playing negotiating games a recipe for disaster - WolffLewis Hamilton's lack of a manager is making contract negotiations with the reigning world champion more difficult. That is the admission of Toto Wolff, who after the split betw...
23 Feb 2015 11:51 -
Alonso might spend second night in hospital
Fernando Alonso could spend a second night in hospital, his manager Luis Garcia Abad has admitted. The Spaniard is currently in a Barcelona hospital after a mysterious crash dur...
23 Feb 2015 11:48 -
Delays with new car will leave their marks - HulkenbergNico Hulkenberg has admitted Force India's preparation for 2015 is "not ideal". Although the strongest rumours of unpaid suppliers and financial strife have been played down, th...
22 Feb 2015 16:50 -
Good and bad news for Honda engine programme
The news on Sunday was both good and bad for Honda. The good is that McLaren's struggling new works partner has found two more days in its delayed programme before the 2015-spec...
22 Feb 2015 15:38 -
Gutierrez could drive FP1 for Ferrari in MexicoEsteban Gutierrez is set to make his debut at the wheel of a Ferrari. After two years with Sauber, the 23-year-old has taken his Mexican sponsors to Maranello, where he is now t...
22 Feb 2015 15:31 -
Alonso checked at hospital after crash during testing
Fernando Alonso was "conscious" as he was airlifted to hospital on Sunday after a crash on the final day of the Barcelona test. The Spaniard was initially taken to the circuit m...
22 Feb 2015 15:12 -
Our situation looks worse than it is - ButtonFor now, McLaren's problems will not go away. At the start of the Barcelona test, a faulty seal on the Honda's MGU-K unit forced Japanese engineers to return the drawing board. ...
22 Feb 2015 11:05 -
Vettel wouldn't mind paying a fine for helmet changeSebastian Vettel has admitted he might ignore F1's new ban on helmet livery changes. Reports have indicated the German has made about 60 livery changes since debuting in formula...
22 Feb 2015 11:03 -
Follow LIVE the fourth day of test 1 in BarcelonaThe preparations for the new season will kick in a higher gear this week. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will play host for the second test of 2015. On the fourth and la...
22 Feb 2015 08:49 -
Horner: "Would be good for F1 to have grid with 20 cars"Christian Horner on Saturday insisted he would welcome the former Marussia team back to F1. Earlier, despite vocally championing the rights of struggling teams, Force India in f...
21 Feb 2015 19:46 -
Renault looking to buy into existing F1 team
Renault is reportedly considering buying a team and going it alone as a full constructor once again. Bruised by the 'crash-gate' affair, the French carmaker sold its works Ensto...
21 Feb 2015 15:50
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