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Timo Glock | |||||||
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| Born | (1982-03-18)18 March 1982 (age 43) | ||||||
| Spouse | |||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||
| Nationality |  German | ||||||
| Active years | 2004,2008–2012 | ||||||
| Teams | Jordan,Toyota,Virgin,Marussia | ||||||
| Entries | 95 (91 starts) | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Podiums | 3 | ||||||
| Careerpoints | 51 | ||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||
| First entry | 2004 Canadian Grand Prix | ||||||
| Last entry | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||
| DTM career | |||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum | ||||||
| Years active | 2013–2022,2025 | ||||||
| Teams | MTEK,RMG,RMR,ROWE,Ceccato,Dörr | ||||||
| Engine | BMW,McLaren | ||||||
| Starts | 164 | ||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||
| Wins | 5 | ||||||
| Podiums | 15 | ||||||
| Poles | 6 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 5 | ||||||
| Best finish | 5th in2018,2020 | ||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| Years active | 2005 | ||||||
| Team | Rocketsports | ||||||
| Best finish | 8th (2005) | ||||||
| First race | 2005Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) | ||||||
| Last race | 2005Gran Premio Telmex/Tecate (Mexico City) | ||||||
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Timo Glock (German pronunciation:[ˈtiːmoɡlɔk]; born 18 March 1982) is a Germanracing driver, who competes in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Dörr Motorsport. Glock competed inFormula One between2004 and2012.[a]
Glock raced in Formula One forJordan,Toyota,Virgin andMarussia, finishing 10th in theWorld Drivers' Championship in both2008 and2009, amongst three podium finishes.
After leaving Formula One at the end of the2012 season, Glock became a factory driver forBMW in the2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, achieving his first DTM podium at theRed Bull Ring, and a first win at the season finale at theHockenheimring.
Born inLindenfels,West Germany, Glock began hismotorsport career in 1998 at the age of 15. He won severalkarting championships as well as theBMW ADAC Formula Junior Cup in 2000 and theFormula BMW ADAC Championship in 2001. In his firstGerman Formula Three Championship season in 2002, he finished third in the standings en route to rookie of the year honours. In 2003, he competed in theFormula Three Euroseries, winning three races and scoring three other podium finishes, which were enough to place him in fifth position in the Championship.
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Glock was signed asJordan Grand Prix's test driver for the2004 Formula One season and made his Formula One debut at theCanadian Grand Prix replacingGiorgio Pantano, who had a contract dispute with Jordan. He finished 11th, but inherited 7th following the disqualification of the Williams and Toyota cars and thus scored two points on his debut.
Glock finished the season with Jordan, taking over from Pantano for the last three races. Glock's sponsorship withDeutsche Post helped bring back the colours ofDHL to Jordan.[1]
In 2005, Glock shifted his career to the United States, racing in theChamp Car World Series withPaul Gentilozzi'sRocketsports team. His best finish was second place at theCircuit Gilles Villeneuve at theMolson Indy Montreal in Canada, where he was defeated byOriol Servia. In the closing laps of the race Glock twice retained the lead over Servia by missing the track's final chicane. As the rules require drivers who gain or retain a position by driving off the racing surface to give way, Glock was asked to move over by Champ Car officials, and let Servia take the lead. Glock obliged midway through the final lap, giving him enough time to try to take the lead back, but to no avail. Glock finished 8th in the final season points standings and won the Champ Car World Series' Rookie of the Year award.
In2006, Glock raced in Europe in theGP2 Series, the level immediately below Formula One. He started with the midfieldBCN Competicion team, gaining average results. In mid-season, however, he moved to the front-running iSport team and after a string of improved results finished fourth in the drivers' standings, also winning an award for "most improved driver" in the series.[2] In2006 he tested an F1 car again forBMW Sauber, which led to him being signed in December as the team's second test driver for2007.
Glock was also re-signed for2007 by iSport and won one feature race and four sprint races on his way to the championship.[3] Following the serious crash of regular Formula One BMW driverRobert Kubica inCanada, it was speculated that Glock might take over the drive. However, the team instead chose its lead test driverSebastian Vettel.[4] Vettel's drive as a fill-in helped him get a full-time racing seat with theToro Rosso team later in the season, starting at theHungarian Grand Prix, and Glock was then promoted to the main test and reserve driver for BMW.
After winning the GP2 Series in 2007, Glock was connected to several F1 teams. He signed a contract withToyota F1, though still under a test driver contract with BMW, which led to the dispute being brought before theContract Recognition Board. In November, the CRB ruled that Glock was free to race for Toyota in2008[5] and shortly afterwards Glock signed a three-year contract to replaceRalf Schumacher at Toyota. He scored his first points of 2008 in theCanadian Grand Prix, finishing 4th ahead ofFelipe Massa'sFerrari. Glock qualified a career-best fifth at theHungarian Grand Prix, and finished the race in second place. At theSingapore Grand Prix, Glock finished 4th, one of his best of the season.
In the final race of the 2008 season, theBrazilian Grand Prix, Glock was seventh with a few laps to go when rain started covering the track. Glock remained on the track with dry-weather tyres, while most of the other drivers, including championship contenderLewis Hamilton, opted to pit for wet tyres.[6] The decision to stay out moved Glock up the order, ahead of Hamilton on track. Starting the final lap, Glock was fourth but was struggling on his dry-weather tyres as the rain intensified. He was passed by Toro Rosso'sSebastian Vettel andMcLaren'sLewis Hamilton in the final corners. Hamilton regained fifth place to win the 2008 Drivers' Championship and eclipsed rivalFelipe Massa by one point, while Glock trailed behind in sixth.[7] The incident led to significant backlash from many Brazilian fans who were in support of Massa, insinuating Glock was at fault for Hamilton's win. Glock revealed years later that he and the Toyota team members had a police escort them off the country to protect him from further abuse. During liveITV coverage of the race, commentatorMartin Brundle shouted "Is that Glock going slowly?" during Hamilton's overtake on him, which would become aninternet meme.[8]
Glock finished the 2008 championship in tenth position, with 25 points, behind teammateJarno Trulli.[9]
After being in the top 10 in all three practice sessions inAustralia, Glock qualified 6th on the grid. However, the rear wing of his (and teammate Trulli's) Toyota was deemed to be too flexible and thus illegal, and his time was cleared and he started 19th. During the race, he worked his way through the pack to finish in 5th place. However, after the race, Lewis Hamilton was disqualified and stripped of his 4th-place finish, and Glock was promoted to 4th. A week later inMalaysia, he qualified 5th, but started 3rd after penalties to both Sebastian Vettel andRubens Barrichello. At the start of the race, Glock slipped to 8th, but an inspired tyre choice as the rain started, coupled with precise driving, saw Glock finish in 3rd when the race was ended early on lap 32.
Consecutive seventh places for Glock in the rain inChina, and in the dry inBahrain had given him a total of 12 points for the season, although these finishes came in contrasting ways. In China he qualified 14th, not making it out of Qualifying 2, whilst in Bahrain he qualified 2nd, led the race in the first stint, but he had a poor second stint on hard tyres which forced him to battle his way back to seventh by the end of the race. Glock earned his second podium of the season when he finished 2nd behind Lewis Hamilton at the Singapore Grand Prix after qualifying in 6th. The race began well when Glock passed Alonso and was given a place byMark Webber who was forced to let Alonso overtake. Late in the race Glock seemed set for 3rd place untilNico Rosberg crossed the white line exiting the pits, earning him a drive through penalty and allowing Glock to easily take 2nd place.
In qualifying for the2009 Japanese Grand Prix, Glock crashed heavily at the last corner and was airlifted to hospital with a leg injury. As he was not fit to race,Jarno Trulli was the only driver representing Toyota. On 11 October 2009, Toyota confirmed that its test driverKamui Kobayashi would make his race debut in the Brazilian Grand Prix, as Glock had suffered further complications from his accident, resulting in a crackedvertebra and he would not be guaranteed to be fit in time to race in Brazil and Abu Dhabi. Toyota pulled out of F1 at the end of 2009, leaving an uncertain future for Glock.
Glock's future for a time appeared uncertain, but on 17 November new teamManor Grand Prix announced that he had signed for them and would be their lead driver for the 2010 and 2011 seasons.[10] It seemed as though Glock would partner Polish driverRobert Kubica atRenault, but following Renault's decision to announce whether it will take part in Formula 1 for 2010, Glock chose an option where he will be guaranteed a drive although the car might be less competitive.[10] Manor becameVirgin Racing in November 2009 and that Glock's former GP2 rivalLucas di Grassi would become his teammate. Glock started the 2010 season with three successive retirements inBahrain,Australia andMalaysia. In addition, he failed to start theChinese Grand Prix due to engine failure; This was despite good qualifying performances which saw him out-qualify all of the new teams' drivers in Bahrain and regularly start higher than his teammate Di Grassi. TheSpanish Grand Prix was where he recorded his first finish for the team, and his first finish of the season with 18th place. Glock's best result of the season saw him finish in 14th inJapan, the team's best result of the year.
In 2011,Jérôme d'Ambrosio joined Glock at the team, where he failed to start theTurkish Grand Prix.
On 24 July 2011, it was announced that Glock had signed a 3-year extension to his current contract, committing him to Virgin until 2014.[11]
The team was renamed asMarussia F1 for the 2012 season and he would partner his third teammate in his three years at the team, French rookie Charles Pic.[12] Marussia were forced to pull out of pre-season testing after failing a crash test for rear impact but eventually they passed allowing Glock to compete in the opening race.[13] Glock started the 2012 season strongly by finishing 14th inAustralia which equaled his highest ever finish with the Virgin/Marussia team. Glock came 17th inMalaysia, and then scored two consecutive 19th-place finishes inChina andBahrain. Furthermore, he finished 18th in theSpanish Grand Prix, before he achieved 14th again inMonaco and retired from theCanadian Grand Prix race with a brake malfunction.
Glock withdrew from theEuropean Grand Prix after contractinga stomach bug.[14] However, he was fit in time for theBritish Grand Prix where he finished 18th, and he followed that up with 22nd at hishome Grand Prix. It was reported at theHungarian Grand Prix that a feud was brewing between Glock and his teammate after Pic blocked him during qualifying.[15] Glock finished the race 21st after battling withMichael Schumacher andPedro de la Rosa. Glock finished 15th atSpa after a collision with Pastor Maldonado. He suffered no damage and finished ahead of his teammate as they battled in the final stages of the race while also getting lapped by other cars. AtMonza, he finished 17th after sustaining front wing damage after colliding withVitaly Petrov in the second corner of lap 1.
However, atSingapore, Glock produced his best result for Marussia, finishing in 12th place after a faultless performance. This crucially pushed Marussia into 10th place in the Constructors' Championship, due to a better non-points finishing record. InJapan Glock was up to 11th by the second lap after two first corner incidents, however he finished 16th. InKorea he finished 18th, and in India he came 20th after another battle with Michael Schumacher. He encountered Schumacher again inAbu Dhabi and let him pass to overtake Heikki Kovalainen who was in the crucial 12th place needed to demote Marussia to 11th in the Constructors' Championship.[16] InSão Paulo, he was running strongly and ahead of the Caterhams until he was hit by Jean-Éric Vergne. He claimed this 'destroyed his race' with Petrov ultimately passing Charles Pic to take 10th spot for Caterham in the championship.[17] Glock finished the season 20th in the Drivers' Championship; his best yet for the Virgin/Marussia team.
For the 2013 season, Glock was due to remain with Marussia and partnerMax Chilton who would have been his fourth teammate in four years at the team, however on 21 January 2013 it was confirmed that Glock had left Marussia by mutual consent.[18] Glock was supposed to be replaced byLuiz Razia, but due to funding issues Razia's contract was terminated prior to the start of the season. He would ultimately be replaced byJules Bianchi.[19]
Glock switched to theDTM in2013, signing for BMW.[20] In his third race he scored his first points and podium with third place. He would not score any more points until the final race of the season at Hockenheim, where he won his first DTM race of his career.
In2004, Glock made his Porsche Supercup debut for thePorsche AG Team for a one-off start at theNürburgring finishing 6th in Race 1 and 7th in Race 2.
In 2023, Glock returned as a guest driver forPorsche Motorsport in the number #911 at theHungaroring andMonza, finishing his first race in 19 years in 15th, scoring a point but was not eligible due to being a guest driver. And in Monza finishing 9th. He returned in 2024, once again forDr.Ing h.c. F. Porsche AG in the number #911, this time driving in the round at theRed Bull Ring, finishing 18th.
Glock joined the German television broadcasterRTL as a pundit on its coverage of Formula One from 2018 to 2020.[21][22] Since 2021, he has worked as an analyst for the pay-TV broadcasterSky Sport after the broadcaster obtained exclusive broadcasting rights for Formula One in Germany.[23]
Glock lives in Switzerland with his wife, German model Isabell Reis. She travels the world with him during the season. Glock and Reis are neighbours and close friends with formerMcLaren,Renault andCaterham F1 driverHeikki Kovalainen and his British wife Catherine Hyde.
† As Glock was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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| 2002 | Opel Team KMS | Dallara F302 | Opel | HOC 1 17 | HOC 2 6 | NÜR 1 C | NÜR 2 C | SAC 1 Ret | SAC 2 1 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 9 | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 4 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 19 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 2 | A1R 1 Ret | A1R 2 1 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 11 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 4 | 3rd | 52 |
| 2003 | Opel Team KMS | Dallara F303 | Spiess-Opel | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 7 | ADR 1 1 | ADR 2 13 | PAU 1 3 | PAU 2 Ret | NOR 1 2 | NOR 2 3 | LMS 1 18 | LMS 2 25 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 12 | A1R 1 12 | A1R 2 9 | ZAN 1 15 | ZAN 2 14 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 22 | MAG 1 13 | MAG 2 1 | 5th | 55 |
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| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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| 2004 | Porsche AG | IMO | CAT | MON | NÜR 7 | USA | USA | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA | MNZ | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2023 | Porsche Motorsport | MON | RBR | SIL | HUN 15 | SPA | ZND | ZND | MNZ 11 | NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||
| 2024 | Porsche Motorsport | IMO | MON | RBR 18 | SIL | HUN | SPA | ZND | MNZ | NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||
‡ As Glock was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
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| 2004 | Jordan Ford | JordanEJ14 | Ford RS2 3.0V10 | AUS TD | MAL TD | BHR TD | SMR TD | ESP TD | MON TD | EUR TD | CAN 7 | USA TD | FRA TD | GBR TD | GER TD | HUN TD | BEL TD | ITA TD | CHN 15 | JPN 15 | BRA 15 | 19th | 2 | ||
| 2008 | PanasonicToyota Racing | ToyotaTF108 | Toyota RVX-08 2.4V8 | AUS Ret | MAL Ret | BHR 9 | ESP 11 | TUR 13 | MON 12 | CAN 4 | FRA 11 | GBR 12 | GER Ret | HUN 2 | EUR 7 | BEL 9 | ITA 11 | SIN 4 | JPN Ret | CHN 7 | BRA 6 | 10th | 25 | ||
| 2009 | PanasonicToyota Racing | ToyotaTF109 | Toyota RVX-09 2.4V8 | AUS 4 | MAL 3‡ | CHN 7 | BHR 7 | ESP 10 | MON 10 | TUR 8 | GBR 9 | GER 9 | HUN 6 | EUR 14 | BEL 10 | ITA 11 | SIN 2 | JPN DNS | BRA | ABU | 10th | 24 | |||
| 2010 | Virgin Racing | VirginVR-01 | Cosworth CA2010 2.4V8 | BHR Ret | AUS Ret | MAL Ret | CHN DNS | ESP 18 | MON Ret | TUR 18 | CAN Ret | EUR 19 | GBR 18 | GER 18 | HUN 16 | BEL 18 | ITA 17 | SIN Ret | JPN 14 | KOR Ret | BRA 20 | ABU Ret | 25th | 0 | |
| 2011 | MarussiaVirgin Racing | VirginMVR-02 | Cosworth CA2011 2.4V8 | AUS NC | MAL 16 | CHN 21 | TUR DNS | ESP 19 | MON Ret | CAN 15 | EUR 21 | GBR 16 | GER 17 | HUN 17 | BEL 18 | ITA 15 | SIN Ret | JPN 20 | KOR 18 | IND Ret | ABU 19 | BRA Ret | 25th | 0 | |
| 2012 | Marussia F1 Team | MarussiaMR01 | Cosworth CA2012 2.4V8 | AUS 14 | MAL 17 | CHN 19 | BHR 19 | ESP 18 | MON 14 | CAN Ret | EUR DNS | GBR 18 | GER 22 | HUN 21 | BEL 15 | ITA 17 | SIN 12 | JPN 16 | KOR 18 | IND 20 | ABU 14 | USA 19 | BRA 16 | 20th | 0 |
‡ Half points were awarded at the2009 Malaysian Grand Prix as less than 75% of the race distance was completed.
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| Year | Team | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2005 | Rocketsports | 8 | LBH 6 | MTY 11 | MIL 9 | POR 10 | CLE 10 | TOR 7 | EDM 13 | SJO 6 | DEN 13 | MTL 2 | LVG 8 | SRF 6 | MXC 5 | 8th | 202 | [24] |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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| 2006 | BCN Competición | VAL FEA 16 | VAL SPR 8 | IMO FEA 7 | IMO SPR 4 | NÜR FEA 17 | NÜR SPR Ret | CAT FEA 11 | CAT SPR 10 | MON FEA Ret | 4th | 58 | ||||||||||||
| iSport International | SIL FEA 2 | SIL SPR 6 | MAG FEA 1 | MAG SPR 4 | HOC FEA 3 | HOC SPR 1 | HUN FEA 2 | HUN SPR 5 | IST FEA 4 | IST SPR 4 | MNZ FEA Ret | MNZ SPR DNS | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | iSport International | BHR FEA 2 | BHR SPR 2 | CAT FEA 2 | CAT SPR 1 | MON FEA 3 | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR Ret | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR Ret | NÜR FEA 1 | NÜR SPR 5 | HUN FEA 10 | HUN SPR Ret | IST FEA 4 | IST SPR 1 | MNZ FEA 3 | MNZ SPR 1 | SPA FEA 17 | SPA SPR DNS | VAL FEA 7 | VAL SPR 1 | 1st | 88 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.‡ Driver was a guest driver ineligible for points.
| Year | Car# | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | BMW Team SRM |  Russell IngallTony LonghurstMark Skaife | BMW M6 GT3 | APP | 134 | DNF | DNF |
| 2018 | 100 | BMW Team SRM |  Steven Richards Philipp Eng | BMW M6 GT3 | APP | 270 | 9th | 6th |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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| 2021 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 5 | SEB | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 14th | 286 |
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | Lubrax Podium | Chevrolet Cruze | INT 1 DNS | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | RIO 1 | RIO 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | INT 1 | INT 2 | SCZ 1 | SCZ 2 | VCA 1 | VCA 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | GOI 1 | GOI 2 | BRA 1 | BRA 2 | NC† | 0† |
† As Glock was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
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| Preceded by Hannes Lachinger | Formula BMW ADAC Champion 2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Champ Car Rookie of the Year 2005 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | GP2 Series Champion 2007 | Succeeded by |
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