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Timo Glock Denies Claims He Let Hamilton Pass

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If you follow F1, looks like either you’re a big fan or truly hate Toyota’s F1 driver Timo Glock eh.

The 26 year old German driver was the decider for which the F1 World Title would go to last weekend at Interlagos for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Glock denies claims that he let Hamilton overtake him at the last round of the race.

Let’s recap. Hamilton was unable to overtake Torro Rosso Sebastian Vettel.

Hamilton was in sixth position and needed at least a Top 5 finish to be World Champion.

But as both cars turn the last few bends of the race, Timo Glock was out of the racing line and slower than the other F1 cars.

The rest is history, Hamilton overtook Glock and finished fifth and Hamilton became the current F1 World Champion.

Timo Glock

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“The final lap was one of the hardest laps I have done in Formula 1, because there was no grip at all and on dry tyres it was almost impossible to keep the car on track. I was pushing really hard to keep fourth place and if you look at the lap times I was actually faster than Jarno on the final lap and he was the only other car on dry tyres at that stage.

We were running seventh before the rain came and we would have probably finished there if it had been totally dry. Instead we finished sixth, so that shows the strategy was the right one. I was racing for Toyota and my place, which is the correct thing to do. I didn’t even know Lewis was directly behind me.

The team told me that Vettel was catching me and they kept me updated on his position, but I was concentrating so hard on keeping the car on the track. I didn’t even know Lewis had overtaken me until after the race. I was passed by three or four cars on the final lap and it was not easy to keep track of what was going on.

They both did a really great job all year and in the end it was a dramatic finale. I think it’s exactly what the fans want to see. Maybe the Brazilian fans are not on my side any more, but I tried my best and drove my race, and in the end I can’t change it.”

Posted November 4th, 2008 in Drivers by unclesha.
 
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Last 3 Races

Brazil GP Sun Race (27 Nov 2011)
  1. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 71 laps [1:32:17.464] 25 pts
  2. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 71 laps [+16.9 secs] 18 pts
  3. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 71 laps [+27.6 secs] 15 pts
  4. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 71 laps [+35.0 secs] 12 pts
  5. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 71 laps [+66.7 secs] 10 pts
  6. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 8 pts
  7. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 6 pts
  8. Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 4 pts
  9. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 2 pts
  10. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 70 laps [+1 Lap] 1 pts
  11. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
  12. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
  13. Sergio Perez (Sauber-Ferrari) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
  14. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
  15. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) 70 laps [+1 Lap]
  16. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
  17. Bruno Senna (Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
  18. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Renault) 69 laps [+2 Laps]
  19. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Virgin-Cosworth) 68 laps [+3 Laps]
  20. Daniel Ricciardo (HRT-Cosworth) 68 laps [+3 Laps]
  21. Vitantonio Liuzzi (HRT-Cosworth) 61 laps [Retired]
  22. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 46 laps [Gearbox Retired]
  23. Pastor Maldonado (Williams-Cosworth) 26 laps [Spin Retired]
  24. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 21 laps [Wheel Retired]
 
 

Driver and Constructor

Season 2011
  1. Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 392 pts
  2. Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 270 pts
  3. Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 258 pts
  4. Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 257 pts
  5. Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 227 pts
  6. Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 118 pts
  7. Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes GP / 89 pts
  8. Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes GP / 76 pts
  9. Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 42 pts
  10. Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 37 pts
  11. Nick Heidfeld (German) Renault / 34 pts
  12. Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) Sauber-Ferrari / 30 pts
  13. Paul di Resta (British) Force India-Mercedes / 27 pts
  14. Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 26 pts
  15. Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 15 pts
  16. Sergio Perez (Mexican) Sauber-Ferrari / 14 pts
  17. Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 4 pts
  18. Bruno Senna (Brazilian) Renault / 2 pts
  19. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuelan) Williams-Cosworth / 1 pts
  20. Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
  21. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
  22. Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
  23. Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
 
 
 
 
 
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