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Timo Glock

October 24th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Formula 1 Racers
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Amongst the young guns of Formula One racing is the twenty six year old Timo Glock. The German born driver saw his way in to the game when who took the place of Giorgio Panano who had a dispute which led to a termination of his contract with Jordan Grand Prix. Here he became part of an exclusive group of racing drivers and managed to score a world championship point in their first ever Formula One race. Currently he is the speed king of GP2 series and also occupies the position of being the second driver for Toyota F1.

Like many other youngsters Timo Glock starting getting noticed with his remarkable performance in karting. During his karting years the young then young boy had won a number of championships such along with the BMW ADAC Formula One Junior Cup in the year 2000 and the championship in the subsequent year. He has had a great run in Formula Three racing with a third position win in the year 2002 along with the rookie of the year award. The following year he managed to land on the podium a number of times as well.

Timo Glock made his debut in Formula One racing in the year 2004 when he was promoted to the position of Giorgio Pantano from a test driver. He gave a decent performance inheriting the seventh position at the end of the Jordan Grand Prix. The next year he joined Champ Car in the U.S and finished second in Montreal. He had an interesting year with the team which won him the rookie of the year award once again. In the subsequent years he raced in the GP2 series. He managed to give quite a few impressive performances and finished off fourth in the Driver standings of the year.
The young racer has remained a driving force in the literal sense of the word after his reinstatement as the driver for iSport. He paved his way to winning the championship along with four sprint races and one feature race. Timo Glock is currently the main test driver and also the reserve driver for BMW

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