Timo Glock

Timo Glock

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2013
Teams (manufacturers)
2013–2015 MTEK  • 2016–2019 RMG (all BMW )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 112 5 5 5
Podiums:	14th
Overall wins:	-
Points:	548
Status: end of season 2019
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	2004 Canadian Grand Prix
Last start:	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
Constructors
2004  Jordan  • 2008–2009  Toyota  • 2010–2011  Virgin  • 2012  Marussia
statistics
World Cup balance:	World Cup tenth ( 2008 , 2009 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 91 - - 1
World Cup points :	51
Podiums :	3
Leadership laps :	13 over 67.2 km

Timo Glock (born March 18, 1982 in Lindenfels ) is a German automobile racing driver .

He made his Formula 1 debut in 2004 and initially took part in four Grand Prix races. In 2005 he competed in the Champ Car series and then spent two years in the GP2 series , in which he won the championship title in 2007. From 2008 to 2012 Glock was again active in Formula 1. In two years at Toyota , he reached tenth world championship rank twice. He has been competing for BMW teams in the DTM since 2013 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1996-2003)

Glock began his motorsport career in motocross in 1996 . In 1997 he switched to karting , which he operated until 1999. After switching to formula racing, he drove in the junior class of the German Formula BMW in 2000 and became a champion straight away. A year later he also won the championship title of the German Formula BMW straight away. In 2002 Glock switched to the German Formula 3 championship . With three wins, Glock came third in the overall standings and was also the best newcomer. In 2003 , Glock switched to the newly founded Formula 3 Euro Series and finished fifth overall with three wins.

Formula 1 (2004)

In 2004 he made it to Formula 1 , where he became a test and reserve driver for the Jordan racing team at the start of the season . He made his racing debut on June 13, 2004 at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montréal , after regular regular driver Giorgio Pantano was unable to start because his sponsors failed to keep financial commitments. This made Glock the fourth German Formula 1 driver at the start of a Grand Prix in the 2004 season, alongside Michael Schumacher , Ralf Schumacher and Nick Heidfeld . He finished 7th on his debut, for which he got two championship points. For the next races, Pantano returned to the Jordan cockpit and Glock again took on the role of test and reserve driver. Three races before the end of the season, Pantano lost the cockpit again and Glock started again for Jordan. This time he couldn't get any more points. For 2005 he lost his Formula 1 cockpit because of the difficult financial situation of the Jordan team, which for 2005 was dependent on sponsorship donations from its drivers.

ChampCars (2005)

In the absence of a Formula 1 alternative, Glock switched to the American Champ Car World Series for Team Rocketsports Racing in 2005 . He made it onto the podium in second place in Montréal and was named Rookie of the Year after the season .

GP2 series (2006-2007)

Glock in the GP2 series , Monaco 2007

In 2006 , Glock started the GP2 series , which had been newly founded a year earlier , in order to recommend itself again for a Formula 1 cockpit via this detour. There, however, he initially drove with moderate success for the Spanish BCN Competición team, which often had to struggle with technical problems. Glock therefore switched to the British iSport team during the current season in order to live up to his ambitions to win. In fact, he developed in the second half of the season into a challenger to the eventual champion Lewis Hamilton and finished fourth in the championship with two wins. In 2007 , Glock stayed with iSport in the GP2 series to win the championship. Despite his clear superiority in the meantime, he had to fear winning the title until the last race, as he repeatedly lost important points due to technical defects and accidents through no fault of his own. Only with a convincing victory in the last race of the season in Valencia did Glock become GP2 champion.

In parallel to his GP2 involvement, Glock returned to Formula 1 in the 2007 season as the second test driver of the BMW-Sauber team, in which he took on the role of the official reserve driver after his team-mate Sebastian Vettel moved to the Toro Rosso Formula 1 racing team took over.

With the GP2 title as a recommendation, Glock started looking for a regular cockpit for the 2008 Formula 1 season . In October 2007 Toyota Racing offered him a contract, but BMW Sauber wanted to keep him as a test and reserve driver. After an arbitration decision by the Contract Recognition Board (CRB), Toyota finally confirmed Glock's commitment for two years plus an option in November 2007.

Formula 1 (2008-2012)

Toyota (2008-2009)

Glock in the Toyota TF108 in Malaysia 2008

Glock was one of five German drivers who competed in Formula 1 in 2008. He is also the third driver, after Nico Rosberg and Hamilton, to gain direct promotion to Formula 1 as the reigning GP2 champion. Glock celebrated the greatest success in his first season at the Hungarian Grand Prix on the Hungaroring , where he finished second behind the Finn Heikki Kovalainen . He came into the public eye at the season finale in Interlagos , where he was overtaken in the penultimate corner of the last lap by Briton Lewis Hamilton, who was one point ahead of Brazilian Felipe Massa . The South American's home fans then assumed Glock's intention and insulted the German.

In the drivers' championship, Glock finished tenth with 25 points at the end of the season - just behind his experienced team-mate Jarno Trulli , who scored 31 points.

In the 2009 season , Glock, who had stayed with Toyota, finished third in the second race in Malaysia . Since the race was ended prematurely and less than 75% of the race distance was completed, only half points were awarded. As the season progressed, Glock scored more points and drove the first and so far only fastest race lap of his career at the European Grand Prix . At the Singapore Grand Prix he took second place, his best result of the season so far. In qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix , Glock had an accident when he hit a tire wall, causing a cut on his leg that had to be sewn. He was unable to compete in the race the following day. Glock did not start in Abu Dhabi either. Even before the end of the season, rumors were circulating that Glock would have to look around for a new cockpit because Toyota had not taken the existing option on its services. In fact, on November 4, 2009, the Toyota board of directors announced the immediate withdrawal of its works team from Formula 1, which made Glock's further obligation obsolete.

Virgin / Marussia (2010-2012)

Glock in the Virgin at the 2010 season opener in Bahrain

On November 17, 2009, the 2010 Formula 1 debut team Manor Grand Prix announced the commitment of Glock. In December, the team announced that it would be renamed Virgin Racing . Glock's teammate was the Brazilian Lucas di Grassi , who was Glock's greatest competitor for the GP2 title in 2007. After Virgin was plagued by technical problems during the test drives before the season, Glock was also eliminated in the first two races with technical defects. He was unable to finish the third race in Malaysia because of a collision with his former team-mate Trulli. In the fourth race, the Virgin driver did not even manage to start the race after stopping on the grid. After all, Glock reached the finish line for the first time in 18th place at the European opener in Spain . At the end of the season, with a 14th place as the best result, he finished 23rd in the overall standings.

In 2011 , Glock stayed with Virgin. He finished the season with two 15th places as the best results in 25th place overall. He was one position behind his teammate Jérôme D'Ambrosio , who however lost the race duel to Glock with 9:10. In 2012 his team changed the chassis name and entered the Marussia F1 Team . After the new car, the Marussia MR01 , was not finished in time before the season and could not be tested, it crossed the finish line in 14th place at the season opener in Australia . At the European Grand Prix , Glock was unable to take part in the race due to an intestinal infection. At the Singapore Grand Prix , Glock achieved his best result for Marussia with twelfth place. At the end of the season he finished 20th in the drivers' championship.

In July 2011, Glock signed a three-year contract with Marussia until the end of the 2014 season. At the beginning of 2013, however, a mutual agreement termination was announced, which ended Glock's time at Marussia after three years. Marussia justified this step with economic circumstances.

DTM (since 2013)

Team MTEK (2013-2015)

Timo Glock in the DTM at Hockenheim 2014

After leaving Formula 1, Glock signed a contract with BMW for the DTM for the 2013 season . With that he switched from formula to touring cars . He received a cockpit with the MTEK team . In his third DTM race he achieved a podium finish with a third place. This remained his only top 10 placement until the last race of the season at Hockenheim , where he achieved his first DTM victory. Glock finished his first season in the DTM with 40 points in ninth place. He was one position behind his teammate Marco Wittmann , who had scored 49 points.

In 2014 Glock completed his second DTM season for MTEK. With António Félix da Costa he got a new teammate. His best result was a third place in Spielberg . In the overall standings, Glock finished 16th with 33 points at the end of the season.

Also in 2015 remained at Glock Mtek. Bruno Spengler joined the team instead of Félix da Costa . He chose 16 as his starting number. In Oschersleben , he achieved his first pole position in the DTM on Saturday and also won the race. He finished the season in 15th place overall.

Reinhold Motorsport (since 2016)

For the 2016 season, Glock moved to Reinhold Motorsport in the BMW squad and became Wittmann's team-mate again. After retiring from the first race at the season opener in Hockenheim, he finished second in the Sunday race. However, he was disqualified after the race due to an incorrectly fitted tailgate on his BMW. On the following race weekend in Spielberg, he achieved his only win of the season on Sunday. While Wittmann won the drivers' championship, Glock achieved tenth place overall at the end of the season.

In 2017 , Wittmann and Glock stayed with Reinhold and received a third team-mate in Augusto Farfus, who had been transferred from MTEK . In the opening race at the Hockenheimring, he achieved second place. In the second race at Hockenheim he achieved pole position, but he could not hold this position in the race and finished eighth. In Saturday's race in Mogyoród , he finished second again on the podium. At Zandvoort he achieved his fourth DTM victory on Saturday, having achieved his third pole position the day before. At the Saturday race of the season finale in Hockenheim he achieved his fourth podium of the current season when he was third. In the overall standings, he was the second-best BMW driver and came seventh behind Wittmann.

At the start of the 2018 season, he achieved third place at Hockenheim. After winning the second race the following day, he took the overall lead in the DTM for the first time. At the Saturday race at the Lausitzring , he achieved the third podium finish in the third race of the season with a second place on Saturday. In Mogyoród he achieved another podium finish in second place on Sunday. At the season finale, Glock finished third on the podium for the fifth time this year. He finished the season in fifth place in the drivers' championship.

In December 2018, Glock was confirmed as a BMW driver for 2019 . For the first time in a complete DTM season he was unable to place on the podium. His best results were two fourth places in the first and last races of the season at Hockenheim. With 58 points, he finished the season in twelfth place in the overall standings.

Personal

Glock is a trained scaffolding worker. His father is a scaffolding contractor. Glock grew up in Wersau near Darmstadt . He has lived in Gottlieben in the Swiss canton of Thurgau since March 2012 . He has a son and a daughter. He is committed to the ZWERG NASE house in Wiesbaden and in June 2018 auctioned a racing helmet for the benefit of the United Charity facility . The helmet brought in sales of 8,211 euros.

statistics

Career stations

1996: Motocross 1997–1999: karting 2000: Formula BMW Junior (Champion) 2001: German Formula BMW (champion) 2002: German Formula 3 (3rd place) 2003 : Formula 3 Euro Series (5th place) 2004 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2005 : Champ Car (8th place)

2006 : GP2 series (4th place) 2007 : GP2 series (champions) 2007 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2008 : Formula 1 (10th place) 2009 : Formula 1 (10th place) 2010 : Formula 1 (25th place) 2011 : Formula 1 (25th place)

2012 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2013 : DTM (9th place) 2014 : DTM (16th place) 2015 : DTM (15th place) 2016 : DTM (10th place) 2017 : DTM (7th place) 2018 : DTM (5th place) 2019 : DTM (12th place)

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	Item
2003	Opel Team KMS	HO1		ADR		PAU		NOR		LMS		ONLY		SPI		ZAN		HO2		LIKE		55	5.
		6th	7th	1	13	3	DNF	2	3	18th	25th	14th	12	12	9	15th	14th	1	22nd	13	1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the Champ Car series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	Points	Item
2005	Rocketsports Racing	LBH	MON	WEA	POR	CLE	GOAL	EDM	SNJ	THE	MNT	LVG	SPD	MST	202	8th.
		6th	11	9	10	10	7th	13	6th	13	2	8th	6th	5

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Individual results in the GP2 series

season	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	Points	Item
2006		ESP		ITA		GER		ESP		MON	GBR		FRA		GER		HUN		DOOR		ITA		58	4th
	BCN Competición	16	8th	7th	4th	17th	DNF	11	10	DNF
	iSport International										2	6th	1	4th	3	1	2	5	4th	4th	DNF	DNS
2007	iSport International	BRN		ESP		MON	FRA		GBR		GER		HUN		DOOR		ITA		BEL		ESP		88	1.
		2	2	2	1	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	1	5	10	DNF	4th	1	3	1	17th	DNS	7th	1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2004	Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ14	Ford Cosworth 3.0 V10	4th	-	-	-	-	-	2	19th
2008	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108	Toyota 2.4 V8	18th	-	1	-	-	-	25th	10.
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF109	Toyota 2.4 V8	14th	-	1	1	-	1	24	10.
2010	Virgin Racing	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th
2011	Marussia Virgin Racing	Virgin MVR-02	Cosworth 2.4 V8	18th	-	-	-	-	-	-	25th
2012	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia MR01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	19th	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th
total				91	-	2	1	-	1	51

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2004
	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	7th	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	15th	15th	15th
2008
	DNF	DNF	9	11	13	12	4th	11	12	DNF	2	7th	9	11	4th	DNF	7th	6th
2009
	4th	3	7th	7th	10	10	8th	9	9	6th	14th	10	11	2	WD	INJ	INJ
2010
	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	18th	DNF	18th	DNF	19th	18th	18th	16	18th	17th	DNF	14th	DNF	20th	DNF
2011
	NC	16	21st	DNS	19th	DNF	15th	21st	16	17th	17th	18th	15th	DNF	20th	18th	DNF	19th	DNF
2012
	14th	17th	19th	19th	18th	14th	DNF	DNS	18th	22nd	21st	15th	17th	12	16	18th	20th	14th	19th	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Statistics in the DTM

These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the DTM .

general overview

Status: end of season 2019

season	team	Manufacturer	vehicle	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	Item
2013	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M3 DTM	10	1	-	1	-	-	40	9.
2014	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	10	-	-	1	-	-	33	16.
2015	BMW Team MTEK	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	18th	1	-	-	1	2	56	15th
2016	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	18th	1	-	-	-	1	84	10.
2017	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	18th	1	2	1	3	-	133	7th
2018	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	20th	1	2	2	1	1	144	5.
2019	BMW Team RMG	BMW	BMW M4 DTM	18th	-	-	-	-	1	58	12.
total				112	5	4th	5	5	5	548

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
2013	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2
	DNF	13	3	14th	13	16	18th	15th	19th	1
2014	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2
	5	DNF	19th	16	6th	3	16	DNF	12	11
2015	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2
	8th	10	18th	12	13	DNF	6th	4th	19th	14th	DNF	17th	1	7th	13	20th	18 *	12
2016	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2
	DNF	DSQ	4th	1	12	10	21st	9	21st	6th	11	24 *	5	14th	14th	5	7th	5
2017	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2
	2	8 1	11	15th	2	7th	5	10	5	13	1 1	7th	12	8th	10	7th	3 1	12
2018	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2
	3 3	1 1	2	5	14th	2	10	10	6th	10	13	11	7th	15th	4th	16	DNF 2	7th	3 3	10
2019	HO1		ZOL		MIS		NOR		ASS		BRH		LAU		ONLY		HO2
	4th	6th	13	14th	10	DNF	DNF	9	5	14th	13	12	DNF	15 *	9	9	6th	4 3

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Web links

Commons : Timo Glock  - Collection of Images

 Wikinews: Timo Glock switched to Toyota in 2008  - message

• Official website of Timo Glock

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Glock starts for Toyota in 2008" (Spiegel Online on November 19, 2007)
2. ↑ "Glock does not start in Abu Dhabi" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 27, 2009)
3. ↑ "Official: Toyota throws in the towel" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 4, 2009)
4. ↑ "Official: Glock drives for Manor in 2010!" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 17, 2009)
5. ^ "Also Virgin now with a finish" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 4, 2010)
6. ↑ "Virgin appeals to Glock's patience" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 26, 2010)
7. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Intestinal infection: Glock must skip the race". Motorsport-Total.com, June 24, 2012, accessed June 24, 2012 . 
8. ↑ "Timo Glock has re-signed with Virgin on a new three-year deal" (autosport.com on July 24, 2011)
9. ^ "Financial worries: Why Glock is no longer with Marussia". Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2013, accessed January 21, 2013 . 
10. ↑ "BMW obliges Glock". Motorsport-Total.com, January 25, 2013, accessed January 25, 2013 . 
11. ↑ BMW retains seven drivers for 2015, drops Joey Hand. touringcartimes.com, December 6, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Tobias Grüner: Glock subsequently disqualified . auto motor und sport , May 9, 2016, accessed May 22, 2018 . 
13. ↑ BMW confirms the first five DTM drivers for the 2019 season. DTM.com, December 8, 2018, accessed on February 14, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Auto Bild from March 11, 2004: The rise of Timo Glock
15. ↑ "DTM - Timo Glock is a proud father". Growth in the BMW kindergarten. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 23, 2013, accessed April 3, 2013 . 
16. ↑ Ran.de on June 16, 2018: For a good cause: Timo Glock's helmet auctioned