Author Profile: Leopold Pleijsier

Leopold Pleijsier

Leopold Pleijsier

F1 Journalist

30367 published articles
19 Oct 2026 latest publication

Leopold Pleijsier founded F1-Fansite.com in 2001 and has followed Formula 1 since the early 1980s. He writes about daily F1 news, race weekends, drivers and the sport’s history.

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Italian governing body questions Monza circuit boss

A spat has emerged between Italy's motor racing sanctioning body, and the Italian grand prix venue Monza. The existing head of the circuit's operator...

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28 Jan 2013

Carlos Sainz jr moves closer to F1 future

Carlos Sainz jr, now the cream of Red Bull's driver development programme, is excited about 2013. Spain's El Confidential reports that the 18-year-old Spaniard...

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28 Jan 2013

Bernie Ecclestone banned from Twitter by Lawyer

Bernie Ecclestone is banned from using Twitter. Former Olympic chief Michael Payne now works as the F1 chief executive's special advisor. France's RMC Sport...

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28 Jan 2013

Toto Wolff starts working at Mercedes on Monday

Mercedes' new recruit Toto Wolff has revealed he will be based at Brackley. A new team shareholder and officially called executive director, 41-year-old Austrian...

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28 Jan 2013

Lotus F1 says tech boss Allison will not leave

Lotus' James Allison is staying put. That is the claim of an insider at the Enstone based team, despite admitting that Mercedes' Niki Lauda...

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28 Jan 2013

Losing tenth on 2012 constructors championship crucial to F1 exit

Losing tenth place in the constructors' championship at the final hurdle last year was a major reason for Timo Glock's shock departure. Asked by...

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27 Jan 2013

Bernie Ecclestone stops Nurburgring negotations

Bernie Ecclestone has called off negotiations with the Nurburgring, according to Germany's Der Spiegel. The famous circuit's financial problems are well known, but F1...

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27 Jan 2013

Christian Horner was not the only F1 team boss at Maranello

Christian Horner was not at Maranello recently to discuss his or Adrian Newey's possible switch to Ferrari. When the Red Bull team boss was...

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26 Jan 2013

When Kimi Raikkonen met Matt LeBlanc...

The Lotus F1 team  is doing things a little different... But some things never change... You can follow the E21 Live Launch on www.youtube.com/lotusf1team...

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26 Jan 2013

Pirelli wants 2014 season F1 contract by April

Pirelli wants a new F1 deal to be signed and sealed within three months. That is the claim of Germany's Auto Motor und Sport,...

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26 Jan 2013

Bernie Ecclestone backs Mercedes F1 shakeup

Bernie Ecclestone has backed the changes taking place at Mercedes. Earlier, beleaguered team boss Ross Brawn played down claims the F1 chief executive may...

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26 Jan 2013

Robert Kubica: DTM race seat possible

Robert Kubica is not ruling out a move to the DTM series for 2013. The Pole tested Mercedes' touring car for the German category...

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26 Jan 2013

Interview Robert Kubica after DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé test

Former F1 driver Robert Kubica talks about testing the DTM Mercedes AMG C-Coupé.

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25 Jan 2013

Looking ahead on 2013 F1 Season McLaren's Sam Michael

McLaren Sporting Director Sam Michael looks ahead to what the 2013 F1 season has in store for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team - including...

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25 Jan 2013

First look at the Caterham F1 simulator with Charles Pic

See the Caterham F1 Team simulator in action for the first time as Charles Pic drops by to give it a try. Codemasters were...

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25 Jan 2013

F1 reveal teaser Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-28 car

50 Years in the making. 62 front-row lock-outs, 155 pole positions, 182 wins. The MP4-28 will be born on January 31st 2013.

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25 Jan 2013

Portugal and France in running for 2013 F1 GP race

Portugal has emerged as a candidate to stage the vacant twentieth race date on the 2013 calendar, and France is also in the running....

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25 Jan 2013

Felipe Massa will test Ferrari F2013 in Jerez

Fernando Alonso will not drive Ferrari's 2013 car until the second test of the pre-season, the Italian team has announced. Maranello based Ferrari said...

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25 Jan 2013

Lotus F1 yet to sign Honeywell title contract

Lotus is yet to sign a title sponsorship deal with Honeywell, the American technology giant. Last month, it emerged that the Enstone based team...

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25 Jan 2013

Mercedes offered Lowe a million euro

Mercedes has offered Paddy Lowe a million euros per year to switch from McLaren, the major German newspaper Bild claims. None other than Mercedes...

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25 Jan 2013

Glock, Kubica and Karthikeyan news update

Timo Glock: Former Marussia driver Timo Glock has agreed a three-year contract to race in Germany's DTM touring car series with BMW. That is...

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25 Jan 2013

Lewis Hamilton visits Mercedes museum 2013

Lewis Hamilton visits the Mercedes-Benz museum and is amazed by the history of racing cars in this beautifull museum. He also give feedback about...

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25 Jan 2013

Lowe saga continues into Lotus Allison to McLaren F1?

The strong F1 rumours of a McLaren versus Mercedes struggle for the services of top engineer Paddy Lowe continued to develop on Thursday. The...

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24 Jan 2013

Lotus to launch 2013 F1 car E21 next Monday

Lotus will launch its 2013 F1 car on Monday 28th of January 2013. The team said the black E21 "will be the first" single...

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24 Jan 2013

Buemi aims to end F1 reserve torture in 2014 season

Sebastien Buemi has admitted a sports car programme in 2013 is some compensation for having to watch every grand prix from the reserve bench....

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24 Jan 2013

Melbourne goverment should stop complaining about F1 contract

Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at the latest controversy surrounding the cost of Melbourne's annual grand prix. After reportedly seeing secret documents, local media...

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24 Jan 2013

McLaren F1 working hard to stop Paddy Lowe teamswitch

McLaren is reportedly "working hard" to prevent Paddy Lowe from switching to Mercedes. Citing sources, Spain's El Confidencial said team boss Martin Whitmarsh and...

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24 Jan 2013

2013 Kobayashi reports are wrong, Pirelli keeps Alguersuari

Reports that Kamui Kobayashi would be unveiled as Pirelli's new F1 test driver on Wednesday were wide of the mark. The Italian marque's Paul...

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24 Jan 2013

Glock hopes for 2013 DTM seat

Timo Glock on Wednesday said he would be "delighted" if he can race in the German touring car series DTM in 2013. Having lost...

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24 Jan 2013

Valencia street circuit F1 dream over

Valencia's F1 foray is apparently over, with a Spanish newspaper reporting that the street circuit is now falling into disrepair. The chances the former...

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24 Jan 2013