Timo Glock

Timo Glock
File:Timo Glock.png
Driver Details
Nationality	German
P.o.B.	Lindenfels, Hesse, West Germany
D.o.B.	18 March 1982
D.o.D.	Unknown
Début	2013 Hockenheim Opening Race
Best Finish	5th (2018)
Previous Teams	Team MTEK; Team RMR
DTM Career
Entries	112 (112 Starts)
Wins	5
First Win	2013 Hockenheim Finale Race
Poles	5
F.L.s	4
Points	548
Current Season
Team	BMW Team RMG
Car	BMW M4 Turbo DTM
Number	Standings	Points
16	16th	8

Timo Glock (born 18 March 1982 in Lindenfels, Hesse, West Germany) is a German racing driver, who competes in the 2020 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship for BMW Team RMG. A former Formula One driver, Glock was among a number of drivers to have switched from Grand Prix racing to the DTM since the series was reformed in 2000, and has since claimed five race victories.

Glock made his DTM debut in 2013, joining BMW's roster of drivers at Team MTEK, partnering fellow rookie Marco Wittmann. The ex-F1 racer would have a mixed debut season, rarely threatening the points, until recording his maiden DTM win at the 2013 Hockenheim Finale Race.

Remaining at Team MTEK for 2014, Glock would be unable to match the heights of 2013, slipping to sixteenth in the Championship. Remaining with Team MTEK for a third season in 2015, partnering Bruno Spengler, Glock would claim another race victory at Oschersleben, but would only manage to claim fifteenth in the Championship.

For 2016 Glock would be reunited with Wittmann, as BMW transferred him to Team RMG to partner the German ace. Glock would again add to his win tally but failed to threaten for the Championship, although he did climb to tenth in the title hunt.

Retained by Team RMG for 2017, Glock would have a stronger season, securing another victory en-route to seventh in the Championship. In 2018, following a transfer to Team RMR, Glock emerged as an early title pretender, although he would ultimately slip down the order to fifth after becoming a bane of eventual Champion Gary Paffett.

A disappointing 2019 campaign for Glock saw him slip back to twelfth in the Championship, having failed to finish on the podium throughout.

Background

After experimenting with motorcross in his mid-teens, Glock started karting in 1998, before starting a Formula racing career in the Formula BMW ADAC Series, a title that he earned in his debut season in 2000. Following this with the Formula BMW Germany title a year later, Glock claimed third in his first Formula 3 Championship level race (again in Germany), before a Formula 3 Euro Series drive came his way in 2003. His meteoric rise prompted interest from the Jordan F1 Team, with Glock becoming a test and reserve driver for them in 2004.

The F1 Years, nearly

Glock made his F1 bow at the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, where, stunningly, he took two points after the disqualification of four cars from the final result. Three pointless appearances later in the season saw Glock finish nineteenth in the final standings, although Jordan opted not to employ Glock for 2005. A move to America followed, with an ill-fated Champ Car challenge ending with just a single podium (although he did earn the honour of being rookie of the season).

Glock returned to Europe for the GP2 Series in 2006, switching teams half way through to become a potential series champion. BMW Sauber gave Glock a testing role for 2007 based on his 2006 campaign, with Glock continuing in GP2 for the season. The new role may have influenced his confidence, as Glock emerged as the GP2 Champion for 2007, although he missed out to Sebastian Vettel when potential F1 drives arose in 2007.

Toyota to Turmoil

It was not the end of Glock's F1 ambitions, however, when Toyota announced that Glock would race for them in 2008, to which Glock responded strongly. A podium in Hungary, combined with strong points finishes  in the second half of the season earned Glock 10th in the championship. 2009 saw Glock double his podium tally from the previous year, as he once again finished the season in 10th place in the championship. Yet, when Toyota announced their decision to leave F1 at the end of the season, Glock was without a drive.

What followed, for Glock were three seasons with back-of-the-grid team Marrussia (in 2010 named Virgin Racing), after a last minute deal. Despite being the team's stronger driver, the weakness of the cars throughout his time at the team meant that Glock failed to score a single point over three years. He and Marussia agreed to mutually end his contract at the end of 2012, with Glock seeking a new career outside of F1.

DTM History

He was not long unemployed, however, as BMW asked Glock to race for them, bringing his Deutsche Post sponsorship he had carried with him since his Jordan days, in the 2013 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship. Just one podium looked set to be Glock's disappointing return from his DTM debut season, until he stunned the paddock with victory at the Season Finale at Hockenheim. His strong showing gave Glock more confidence in 2014, although he did not match his victory that season, instead becoming a relatively consistent points finisher.

His contract renewed for 2015, Glock's latest campaign started quietly, with two finishes in the tail end of the points at the season opening DTM Festival.

Full DTM Record

Glock's full results from his 112 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.

DTM Entries

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Glock during his DTM career:

Timo Glock's Overall DTM Record
Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Pos.	Pts.	Livery
2013	BMW Team MTEK	22	BMW M3 DTM	9th	40	File:GLO 13 Livery.png
2014	BMW Team MTEK	17	BMW M4 DTM	16th	33	File:GLO 14 Livery.png
2015	BMW Team MTEK	16	BMW M4 DTM	15th	56
2016	BMW Team RMG	16	BMW M4 DTM	10th	84	File:GLO 16 Livery.png
2017	BMW Team RMG	16	BMW M4 DTM	7th	133	File:GLO 17 Livery.png
2018	BMW Team RMR	16	BMW M4 DTM	5th	144	File:GLO 18 Livery.png
2019	BMW Team RMR	16	BMW M4 Turbo DTM	12th	58	File:GLO 19 Livery.png
2020	BMW Team RMG	16	BMW M4 Turbo DTM

Career Results

Below is a table showing Timo Glock's full DTM record:

Timo Glock DTM Championship Record
Year	Rounds																				Pos.	Pts.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2013																					9th	40
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ret	13th	3rd	14th	13th	16th	18th	15th	18th	1st
2014																					16th	33
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	5th	Ret	19th	16th	6th	3rd	17th	Ret	12th	11th
2015																					15th	56
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	8th	10th	18th	12th	13th	Ret	6th	4th	19th	14th	Ret	17th	1st	7th	13th	20th	18th	21st
2016																					10th	84
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Ret	DSQ	4th	1st	12th	10th	21st	9th	21st	6th	11th	24th	5th	14th	13th	5th	7th	4th
2017																					7th	133
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	2nd	8th	11th	15th	2nd	7th	5th	10th	5th	13th	1st	7th	12th	8th	10th	7th	3rd	12th
2018																					5th	144
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
	3rd	1st	2nd	5th	14th	2nd	10th	10th	6th	10th	13th	11th	7th	15th	4th	16th	Ret	7th	3rd	10th
2019																					12th	58
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	4th	6th	13th	14th	10th	Ret	Ret	9th	5th	14th	13th	12th	Ret	15th	9th	9th	6th	4th
2020																					10th	0
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Results Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Second		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Third		DNS	Did Not Start
7th	Points Scorer		NC	Not Classified
Italics	Fastest Lap		CAN	Race Cancelled
16th	Non-points finish		†	Non-Championship Race
Bold	Pole Position		3	Points for Qualifying

References

Images and Videos:

• Liveries: byggxx, 'Rennwagen (2002)', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki/de, 2015), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Kategorie:Rennwagen_(2002), (Accessed 29/05/2020)

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