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.

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Kimoa becomes 'official surfwear partner' of McLaren
McLaren is delighted to confirm that Kimoa has become a new corporate partner of the team The multi-year partnership, which begins in January 2018, will see Kimoa become the tea...

24 Nov 2017 10:47
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Kevin Magnussen hopes 2018 tyres 'less sensitive'
Kevin Magnussen says he is looking forward to trying Pirelli's new F1 tyres next week. Although the long 2017 season ends after Sunday's race, the circus is staying behi...

24 Nov 2017 10:11
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Felipe Massa knows identity of Williams successor
Felipe Massa says he already knows who his replacement will be at Williams next year. The Brazilian veteran has been nudged back into retirement for 2018, amid strong speculatio...

24 Nov 2017 09:26
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Father hopeful Robert Kubica will get Williams seat
Robert Kubica's father has added weight to speculation the Polish driver is definitely returning to the F1 grid for 2018. Despite having denied a contract for next year is s...

23 Nov 2017 12:12
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Honda wants to beat Renault in 2018
Honda has set the minimum target of overtaking rival engine maker Renault in 2018. After three abysmal years with the Japanese supplier, McLaren has dumped Honda and will next y...

23 Nov 2017 11:34
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Sauber set for driver and Alfa Romeo announcements
Sauber is shaping up to make announcements this week in Abu Dhabi. It is expected that Pascal Wehrlein will leave the Swiss team after Sunday's 2017 finale in Abu Dhabi, to ...

23 Nov 2017 10:42
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Illien: "Ilmor would need outside help for F1 foray"
Mario Illien has played down suggestions Ilmor might be set to re-enter F1 in 2021. Liberty Media hopes that by simplifying the engine rules, independent players like Ilmor and ...

23 Nov 2017 09:49
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Video: A lap of Yas Marina Circuit onboard with Hamilton
Yas Marina Circuit hosts the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap around that track onboard with Lewis Hamilton. ...

23 Nov 2017 08:25
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Williams picks Kubica and Sirotkin for Abu Dhabi test
Williams Martini Racing has confirmed it will run Robert Kubica and Sergey Sirotkin for the Abu Dhabi Pirelli tyre test, alongside current race driver Lance Stroll. The Pirelli...

22 Nov 2017 12:00
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Force India will not be renamed 'Force One' for 2018
Force India chiefs has abandoned plans to rename the team 'Force One' for 2018. Earlier, the Silverstone based team said it wanted to drop the 'India' from its n...

22 Nov 2017 10:48
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Bottas must again 'prove' he deserves Mercedes seat
Valtteri Bottas has admitted he needs to again "prove" he deserves the Mercedes seat he occupies. The Finn had a solid start to 2017 in retired Nico Rosberg's wake...

22 Nov 2017 09:10
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Renault: "2021 plans won't entice new engine makers"
Cyril Abiteboul doubts Liberty's proposed engine formula for 2021 will entice independent manufacturers onto the grid. One stated aim of the new rules is to allow the likes ...

21 Nov 2017 15:28
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Marc Gene: "Alonso in the position to win Le Mans"
Former F1 driver Marc Gene thinks Fernando Alonso can win next year's Le Mans on debut. Although a deal is not yet done, Alonso's test for the only remaining car manufac...

21 Nov 2017 14:41
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Romain Grosjean happy to 'grow up' with Haas F1
Romain Grosjean says he is happy at Haas. The Frenchman is often heard complaining about his car on the radio, but he is set to race for the new American team for the third cons...

21 Nov 2017 14:06
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Lewis Hamilton unsure Vandoorne is future champion
Lewis Hamilton says he is not sure if Stoffel Vandoorne can become a world champion. Hamilton won his fourth crown in 2017, but many consider Belgian Vandoorne as a potential ti...

21 Nov 2017 12:53
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McLaren's Lando Norris to make F2 debut in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris will make his Formula 2 debut in Abu Dhabi this weekend. Recently, McLaren said the 18-year-old will replace Jenson Button as the official reserve driver in 2018. A...

21 Nov 2017 12:04
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Max Verstappen curious about package for 2018

Max Verstappen says he is not sure how competitive his Red Bull will be in 2018. The Dutchman is in strong form at present, after a shaky start to the new chassis regulations fo...

21 Nov 2017 11:20
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Brendon Hartley not worried about Honda switch
Brendon Hartley says he is looking forward to switching from Renault to Honda power for 2018. Since joining Toro Rosso late this year, the Le Mans winner has been struggling for...

21 Nov 2017 10:27
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F1 to replace official logo for 2018
F1 looks set to change its official logo for 2018. Since sweeping into the paddock and ousting long-time supremo Bernie Ecclestone, Liberty Media has been making changes. Forbes...

21 Nov 2017 09:48
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'Robert Kubica signs a two-year deal at Williams'
Robert Kubica's return to F1 next year is now set in stone. That is the claim of the broadcaster RTL GP, echoing other sources including France's Canal Plus that claim t...

21 Nov 2017 09:34
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Mercedes wants Hamilton to stay beyond 2018
Mercedes has admitted it wants to keep Lewis Hamilton beyond 2018. Some media sources claim the new quadruple world champion is demanding a pay-rise for a new contract in 2019 a...

20 Nov 2017 16:22
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Felipe Massa doubts Alonso will win 2018 title
Felipe Massa does not think his old Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso will win the title next year. Brazilian Massa is retiring, and he admitted his next move will probably be in...

20 Nov 2017 15:01
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Wolff and Lauda worried about Liberty's F1 vision
Toto Wolff has now joined Niki Lauda in saying he is worried about F1's future. Lauda, who co-owns the Mercedes team together with Wolff and the German carmaker, recently sa...

20 Nov 2017 14:19
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Fernando Alonso admits eyeing Le Mans 'future'
Fernando Alonso says he is willing to talk about "the future" with regards to a potential Le Mans foray. Amid rumours he will do the fabled 24 hour endurance race next...

20 Nov 2017 13:41
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Lewis Hamilton leaves Max Verstappen 'perplexed'
Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton's off-track behaviour often leaves him "perplexed". The Red Bull driver told De Telegraaf newspaper that over the course of the ...

20 Nov 2017 13:03
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Renault wants to keep current engine formula for 2021
Renault cannot approve of Liberty Media's vision for the 2021 engine formula until other aspects of the future are also clear. That is the claim of Cyril Abiteboul, the Rena...

20 Nov 2017 12:25
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'Sao Paulo not losing Grand Prix to Florianopolis'
Sao Paulo mayor Joao Doria has dismissed as "speculation" reoprts Interlagos is set to lose the Brazilian grand prix. A cloud was already over the race's future ev...

20 Nov 2017 11:49
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F2: Sean Gelael joins Prema Racing for 2018
Prema is delighted to announce that Sean Gelael will drive for the team in the 2018 FIA Formula 2 Championship. A 21-year-old from Jakarta, Indonesia, Gelael is an experi...

20 Nov 2017 10:57
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Brendon Hartley had 2018 contract for 'weeks'
Brendon Hartley says he has known for "several weeks" that he will be driving for Toro Rosso next year. Earlier, Red Bull, Toro Rosso and the New Zealander insisted th...

20 Nov 2017 10:04
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Government not involved in Dutch GP bid yet
Dutch sports minister Bruno Bruins says the government will "wait" before getting involved in a grand prix bid. Last week, a feasibility study concluded that there is ...

20 Nov 2017 09:37
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Paddy Lowe eyes 'faster car' for Williams in 2018
Paddy Lowe says he is focused on making the Williams a "faster car" for 2018. After years of success with McLaren and Mercedes, the Briton and technical expert is now ...

17 Nov 2017 13:36
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Honda sees 'room' to negotiate future engine rules
Honda thinks there is "room" to negotiate with F1's owners about the future of the engine regulations. Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault have made clear their unhappin...

17 Nov 2017 12:50
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McLaren allows Fernando Alonso to race at Le Mans
Zak Brown has given the strongest sign yet that Fernando Alonso will be allowed to contest next year's fabled Le Mans race. "In an ideal world, we would love Fernando t...

17 Nov 2017 12:05
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GP Extreme joins Sauber as partner for Abu Dhabi
The Sauber F1 Team is pleased to announce a one-off race partnership with GP Extreme at the upcoming Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. GP Extreme are specialists in providing driving exp...

17 Nov 2017 11:32
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Lance Stroll not listening to 'the jealousy and the haters'
Lance Stroll says he would give himself "8.5 out of 10" for his rookie season in F1. Actually, the 19-year-old rookie has been roundly criticised this year, including ...

17 Nov 2017 10:49
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Lewis Hamilton happier today than a decade ago
Lewis Hamilton says he is so much happier today than he was at the beginning of his F1 career. The Briton has just wrapped up his fourth drivers' title, telling the Italian ...

17 Nov 2017 09:11
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Toto Wolff: "Valtteri Bottas has to become a killer"
Toto Wolff has urged second Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas to become more of an F1 "killer". After winning his fourth world championship, Lewis Hamilton is being hail...

16 Nov 2017 12:59
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Montoya and Villeneuve question Kubica comeback
Two former F1 drivers have cast doubt on Robert Kubica's ability to successfully return to formula one next year. More authoritative sources are now joining French broadcast...

16 Nov 2017 12:10
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Red Bull teams hoping to get through Renault parts crisis
Red Bull is hoping for the best as the troubled end to engine supplier Renault's season concludes next weekend in Abu Dhabi. In Brazil, emotions spilled over between the Fre...

16 Nov 2017 11:21
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Niki Lauda denies Mercedes to join F1 quit threat
Niki Lauda has denied that Mercedes might join Ferrari in threatening to quit F1. "That's nonsense," the F1 legend and team chairman told Auto Motor und Sport. Bu...

16 Nov 2017 10:29
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Felipe Massa set to take on an FIA role
The soon-to-be-retired Felipe Massa is set to take on an FIA role in the future. Waldner Bernardo, president of Brazil's automobile federation, has confirmed local reports t...

16 Nov 2017 09:49
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Di Montezemolo puts the brakes on Ferrari's optimism
Two former F1 luminaries have put the brakes on Ferrari's optimism after Sebastian Vettel won in Brazil. Although the Maranello marque lost the 2017 title, Vettel was at lea...

15 Nov 2017 14:45
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Nico Rosberg open to fixing Hamilton friendship
Outgoing world champion Nico Rosberg says he is open to rekindling his old friendship with Lewis Hamilton. As teammates at Mercedes until last year, the pair shared a particular...

15 Nov 2017 13:26
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Horner and Steiner defend Liberty's plans for F1
Christian Horner has defended Liberty Media's vision of the future of F1. Earlier, Mercedes team chairman and F1 legend Niki Lauda admitted he was "worried" about ...

15 Nov 2017 12:59
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Ricciardo dreams about world title, not about Ferrari
Daniel Ricciardo is not sure Ferrari could be his next team in F1. With Max Verstappen now signed up through 2020, Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Dr Helmut Marko say they ...

15 Nov 2017 12:31
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Hamilton: "Next year's cars will be like driving a bus"
Lewis Hamilton says next year's cars will be like driving "a bus". The quadruple world champion is referring to the rule change from four engines per driver to jus...

15 Nov 2017 11:42
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Kevin Magnussen heading to court in January
Kevin Magnussen will be heading to court next January. Earlier this year, we reported that the Haas driver's ousted former manager Dorte Riis Madsen is suing Magnussen for c...

15 Nov 2017 10:09
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Renault turned down the engine power in Brazil
Max Verstappen has admitted Renault turned down the power in Brazil. The Red Bull driver won two weeks earlier in Mexico, but finished just fifth in Brazil. At the same time, th...

14 Nov 2017 14:19
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Williams: "Kubica strong option for Abu Dhabi test"
Paddy Lowe says Robert Kubica is "definitely a strong option" to get the green light for a test in Abu Dhabi. For several days, it has been rumoured that the former Re...

14 Nov 2017 12:02
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Briatore: "Ferrari should have signed Max Verstappen"
Flavio Briatore thinks Ferrari has made a mistake by not signing Max Verstappen for the future. Dutchman Verstappen, 20, is regarded as a definite champion of the future, but he...

14 Nov 2017 11:28
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Kevin Magnussen tunes out F1 rumours
Kevin Magnussen says he no longer pays attention to F1 rumours. In recent days, weeks and months, the Danish driver has been called the 'bad boy' of F1. And now Haas is ...

14 Nov 2017 10:13
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F1 owner Liberty says Brazil security 'not our responsibility'
F1 has hit the ball into the court of the race organisers, after a spate of violent incidents surrounding the Brazilian grand prix. Multiple teams suffered armed or violent robb...

14 Nov 2017 09:52
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Vandoorne: "Alonso not here to be my mentor"
Stoffel Vandoorne says he does not need Fernando Alonso's help in formula one. After a sluggish start, Belgian rookie Vandoorne is now regularly competitive alongside his Mc...

13 Nov 2017 15:28
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Abu Dhabi test for Robert Kubica not yet confirmed
A test for Robert Kubica in Abu Dhabi is not quite set in stone. Earlier, Williams boss Paddy Lowe admitted the Pole would "almost certainly" get a run in the team'...

13 Nov 2017 14:14
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2018 deal for Brendon Hartley not set in stone yet
A 2018 deal to race for Toro Rosso is not yet set in stone for Brendon Hartley. One media source reported from Brazil that while Pierre Gasly is definitely set to drive for the ...

13 Nov 2017 13:36
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Alonso: "Toro Rosso should be worried about Honda"
Toro Rosso should be "seriously worried" about its forthcoming future with Honda power. Actually, boss Franz Tost said he is confident Honda will sort out its problems...

13 Nov 2017 12:57
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Sao Paulo mayor plays down violent attacks on F1 personnel
Sao Paulo mayor Joao Doria has played down the violence that marred this year's Brazilian grand prix. After robbery attacks on Mercedes, Williams and FIA staff earlier at In...

13 Nov 2017 12:21
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Niki Lauda 'worried' about Liberty's F1 vision
Niki Lauda admits Liberty Media's vision of the future of formula one leaves him "worried". In recent days, the sport's new American owners have outlined their...

13 Nov 2017 11:10
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Valtteri Bottas not ruling out Hamilton 'team orders'
Valtteri Bottas is targeting second place behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton in the 2017 world championship. Sebastian Vettel was gutted in Mexico to have lost the title to Hami...

10 Nov 2017 15:58
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Family friend says Michael Schumacher 'doing well'
There is still hope Michael Schumacher might one day return to a normal life. In recent months and years, almost no official information has emerged about the health of the F1 l...

10 Nov 2017 13:38
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Champion Hamilton caught cold in Peru after title win
After wrapping up his fourth title two weeks ago, Lewis Hamilton has emerged in Brazil with a cold. Sounding gruff, the Mercedes driver revealed that to celebrate his achievemen...

10 Nov 2017 12:41
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Pascal Wehrlein admits Williams 'only option' for 2018
Pascal Wehrlein has admitted Williams is his last hope of staying on the F1 grid for 2018. The German does not deny reports that the Swiss team Sauber has decided to oust him af...

10 Nov 2017 12:22
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Perez: "Force India duo free to race in Brazil"
Force India has lifted the standing team orders preventing Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon from going wheel-to-wheel in races. Earlier this year, the Silverstone based team impose...

10 Nov 2017 12:15
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Red Bull Racing 'pretty clear' about engine future
Red Bull may already know what engine it will use in 2019. Earlier in 2017, Max Verstappen was highly critical of the energy drink team and especially its struggling engine supp...

10 Nov 2017 11:45
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Massa: "Hamilton just as good as Senna, Schumacher"
Lewis Hamilton is just as much a legend of F1 as Ayrton Senna or Michael Schumacher. That is the view of Felipe Massa, who says countryman Senna was an idol and Schumacher the m...

09 Nov 2017 15:34
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Carlos Sainz fends off 2019 Red Bull switch rumours
Carlos Sainz has batted away rumours his stay at Renault could be fleeting. The Spaniard has moved from the Red Bull family to the works Renault team, as part of the complex dea...

09 Nov 2017 13:04
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Brawn, not Lauda, convinced Hamilton to switch to Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton has corrected the industry-standard story about how he decided to switch from McLaren to Mercedes some years ago. According to the paddock grapevine and also the ...

09 Nov 2017 12:27
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McLaren had to redesign clutch and gearbox for 2018
McLaren is reportedly working hard to adapt its 2018 car to the very different Renault engine. When the British team began the 2018 project, it might have expected to stay with ...

09 Nov 2017 11:45
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Antonio Giovinazzi not giving up on 2018 F1 'dream'
Antonio Giovinazzi says he still has his eye on the big "dream" of racing in formula one for Ferrari. The Italian actually had a minor role in this year's F1 seaso...

09 Nov 2017 11:11
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Christian Horner opposed to Friday practice axe
Red Bull boss Christian Horner is not sure scrapping Friday practice is the right way forwards for formula one. Recently, we reported that as Liberty Media eyes pushing future c...

08 Nov 2017 15:17
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