Timo Glock

Timo Glock is a German racing driver competing in Formula One racing. Glock only recently became fully involved in this form of racing when standing in for Giorgio Pantino at Jordan for the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix. In 2010 Glock will race for the newly minted Virgin Racing team.

Nationality: German
Date of Birth: 18/03/1982
Team: Virgin
World Championship Titles: 0
First Race: 2004 Canadian Grand Prix
First Win: N/A
Car Number: 24
2009 Championship Position: 10th

Glock’s career in racing began as an amateur Kart driver at the age of 15. The young driver’s talent was obvious at an early age, as he won several Kart Championships before graduating to Formula 3 racing. He made his Formula One debut as a test driver for Jordan in 2004, before joining the Champ Car series in the United States the following year.

After winning the Rookie of the Year award at the Champ Car series, Glock returned to Europe to take the step up to GP2 racing. It took Glock a year to adapt to European racing, finishing his first GP2 season in fourth place. The following year he won the GP2 series, which earned him an invitation to join several Formula One teams.

After protracted negotiations, Glock eventually signed up with Toyota for his first full season in Formula One. Glock went on to perform impressively in his first season in Formula One, achieving a podium finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix, along with 5 additional points finishes.

However, Glock’s 2008 season was defined by the final race, where an unusual tire choice caused him to conceded a place to Lewis Hamilton in the final lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix, allowing Hamilton to take the Drivers Championship from Felipe Massa by a single point.

2009 saw Glock benefit from a relatively competitive Toyota car. The German finished on the podium twice during the season, and completed the year in the top ten in the Drivers Championship. Towards the end of the season Toyota announced that it would be departing the sport, ending Glock’s relationship with the team. The German was subsequently signed by Virgin racing to spearhead its first year in Formula One.

Formula One Rankings
Position Driver Pts
1Sebastian Vettel
(Red Bull-Renault)		392
2Jenson Button
(McLaren-Mercedes)		270
3Mark Webber
(Red Bull-Renault)		258
4Fernando Alonso
(Ferrari)		257
5Lewis Hamilton
(McLaren-Mercedes)		227
6Felipe Massa
(Ferrari)		118
7Nico Rosberg
(Mercedes GP)		89
8Michael Schumacher
(Mercedes GP)		76
9Adrian Sutil
(Force India-Mercedes)		42
10Vitaly Petrov
(Renault)		37
11Nick Heidfeld
(Renault)		34
12Kamui Kobayashi
(Sauber)		30
13Paul Di Resta
(Force India-Mercedes)		27
14Jaime Alguersuari
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		26
15Sebastien Buemi
(Toro Rosso-Ferrari)		15
16Sergio Perez
(Sauber)		14
17Rubens Barrichello
(Williams-Cosworth)		4
18Bruno Senna
(Renault)		2
19Pastor Maldonado
(Williams-Cosworth)		1
20Pedro de la Rosa
(Sauber)		0
21Jarno Trulli
(Lotus-Renault)		0
22Heikki Kovalainen
(Lotus-Renault)		0
23Vitantonio Liuzzi
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
24Jerome d'Ambrosio
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
25Timo Glock
(Virgin-Cosworth)		0
26Daniel Ricciardo
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
27Narain Karthikeyan
(HRT-Cosworth)		0
28Karun Chandhok
(Lotus-Renault)		0
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