All Posts Tagged With: "Timo Glock"

Timo Glock has revealed he is happy to know F1 spectators still rate his talents.

2012 is the 30-year-old’s third consecutive season with backmarkers Marussia (formerly Virgin), after an impressive earlier career at Toyota. But a recent online poll in Germany showed that a majority of his countrymen think he would be a worthy successor at Mercedes for Michael Schumacher, should the seven time world champion return to retirement.  Read more... (173 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)

Timo Glock claimed his third career podium in Sunday’s rain-hit Malaysian Grand Prix courtesy of a coureagous gamble on his tyres.

When the rain began to fall on lap 21 of the shortened 32 lap race, the field bolted into the pit lane to put the full wet tyres on, but Glock gambled on the intermediate tyres.  Read more... (409 words, 1 image, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Torrential rain wrecked havoc with the teams pre-qualifying preparations in Monza, leaving early pace-setter Timo Glock on the top of the time sheets.

Showers from the south of the circuit arrived just in time for the start of Saturday practice and conditions quickly deteriorated.  Read more... (344 words, 1 image, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Toyota driver Timo Glock has been stripped of the final point in the Belgian Grand Prix after race stewards decided to award him a retrospective 25 second penalty for overtaking under yellow flag conditions. It is believed that the overtake occurred when Glock overtook Webber towards the end of the race when yellow flags were being waved for Kimi Raikkonen’s crashed Ferrari.  Read more... (106 words, estimated 25 secs reading time)

After a stunning weekend in Hungary, Timo Glock looks set to be rewarded for his efforts with a renewal to his contract.

Glock’s race weekend was in stark contrast to the previous race meet where his suspension broke, sending him smashing into the pit-wall. At the Hungarian Grand Prix, he bounced back from his accident and finished a well-deserved second.  Read more... (325 words, 1 image, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)

Two weeks on from his nasty impact with the Hockenheim pit-wall and a rejuvenated Timo Glock was looking every bit a star of the future in Hungary as he traded lap-times with Formula One’s powerhouses en-route to a sensational second place.  Read more... (509 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

Toyota have been threatening to cause problems for BMW Sauber for the last few races, and in qualifying in Hungary Timo Glock almost did just that after planting his TF108 on the third row, ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.  Read more... (529 words, 1 image, estimated 2:07 mins reading time)

FIA doctors have given Timo Glock the go-ahead to race this weekend in Hungary. The German driver suffered a big impact a fortnight ago at the German Grand Prix when his suspension failed on the final corner of the lap, sending him careering into the pit-wall. Despite being sent to hospital as a precaution, Glock escaped without serious injury.  Read more... (104 words, 1 image, estimated 25 secs reading time)

Toyota have found the cause of Timo Glock’s crash. The German driver suffered a big impact at the German Grand Prix on lap 36 – his suspension looked to fail on the final corner of the lap, sending the car careering across the track and smashing into the pit wall.  Read more... (429 words, 1 image, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Timo Glock has confirmed that he will be testing for Toyota at this Thursday’s test session at Jerez. The Toyota driver was involved in a heavy smash over the weekend when the rear suspension looked to fail on his car at the final corner, just before the start-finish straight. The German careered across the track and crashed into the pit wall.  Read more... (394 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)