Canada'04: Timo Glock

Race #721: June 13, 2004. Grand Prix Of Canada. Montreal
Pole Ralf Schumacher (Williams FW26) - 1. 12,275 (217,220 km/h)
Best lap Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari F2004) - 1. 13,622 (213,246 km/h)
The winner Michael Schumacher (Ferrari F2004) - 1:28. 24,803 (207,165 km/h)

After the first seven stages of the 2004 season, in which Michael Schumacher five times started from pole position and scored six wins, Grand Prix of Canada, it seemed, could bring a surprise. The leader of the Ferrari is not the best way held a qualification, winning only sixth position on the grid.

On Saturday German lamented that tires Bridgestone not want to work at the Montreal asphalt that its going to be a tough race, and even the podium is a good result. Similar songs on the second voice sang next and Rubens Barrichello.
The beginning of the race cost almost no surprises. Only Jarno Trulli from Renault showed in qualifying third result, rushed from the place, almost went to the leaders, but then slowed down and zaparkoval car on the roadside: collapsed suspension. Schumacher and Barrichello in the first meters do not surpassed, and the Brazilian, on the contrary, more and missed the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen.

Group leaders remained tight even after ten rounds, the winner of the qualification Ralf Schumacher from Williams ahead of trailing the first six Barrichello just seven seconds. Soon the riders began one after another to carry out pit stops. Then it all got down on their seats. While all the other based on the length of the first segment, had to visit three boxes, Ferrari had planned only two visits in the boxes.

That is why in qualifying scarlet machine went not so fast: in their tanks was just more fuel. The only one in this situation could compete with Schumacher, this is Fernando Alonso. A young pilot Renault also did not require the third pit stop, and after the start, the Spaniard kept the third.

However, during the first pit stop occurred long hitch (had to replace a filling machine), and later Fernando did had to Park on the roadside after the failure of the drive shaft. For Renault, by the way, this was the first double descent in that season.

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Meanwhile, Michael Schumacher was already leading the race in anticipation of the final visit in the boxes. Ralph lost brother about five seconds and the only thing that could count, although it would be a second. Pilot Williams lucky: Rubens Barrichello, who had followed closely the companion of Scuderia, sinking brakes, and a few small bugs has led to a significant loss of time.

After the final refueling two Schumacher continued to lead the race, Barrichello was third, ahead BAR's Jenson Button. He started second, but to finish in the end could only fourth. Yes and in the first three permutations was not up to the finish.
Interesting. . .
Technical inspection after the race, has significantly reshaped the final Protocol. For the brake ducts increased diameter of Williams and Toyota were excluded from the race. As they all finished in the top ten, permutations were significant. Only with the victory of Michael Schumacher nothing happened. But Barrichello got up on the second line, and the button - on the third.

Timo Glock

Won on disqualification and other pilots who managed to get to the finish line. One of them in Montreal was Timo Glock, a young German debutant, who conducted his first race behind the wheel of Jordan. He finished 11th, but ended up seventh, starting his career in Formula 1 with points earned.

Unlike many other racers Grand Prix, German not dreamed of in the early grades that will be engaged in Motorsport. My first card he bought only 13 years - as he himself later admitted Timo, it was done solely for the sake of mischief and the money that his parents gave him for the organization of the school holiday.

But jokes aside, the results Glock on the road was such that he was advised to go karts seriously, because of this fact that the kid was an obvious talent. He did, and all his life he associated himself with the world of speed.

Starting a speech at a professional level in 15 years, Timo already in the 18th won his first championship title in formula one competition. It was followed by another, then a series of victories in the F3 - and now, in 2004 the German flaunt in overalls third pilot Jordan. The contract even included participation in training on Friday, fortunately, at that time, were allowed to set for this third car.

The young man gradually gained experience, and when on the eve of the Grand Prix of Canada Manager Giorgio Pantano quarreled with his father, the pilot, after which Eddie Jordan refused to put the Italian in the cockpit without regular payment - was no choice.

In Montreal Timo just one position lost in qualifying his teammate nick Heidfeld, and in the starting stacee managed to slip from 16th place on the tenth. Later, however, several rivals overtook yellow Jordan, but the result still came out positive.

It was a very rewarding experience, but then the cockpit had to give to the rightful owner. Services Timo again needed only at the end of the season, when money from Pantano finally ended, but three final Grand Prix ended the same way: 15th place.

After this career racer made a sharp turn: managed to agree on statements from one of the ChampCar series commands. What can I do, if F1 was not interesting options is told later racer. From overseas became the best Rookie of the year, climbed the podium in Montreal already familiar-but to continue performances in America was not the pilot plans: in formula 1 it started gradually forgotten.

Fortunately, at that time only just created the GP2 series, and Glock went. His first team, BCN, not pulled even on the rank of peasant, but when in the middle of 2006 Timo joined iSport, things went smoothly. He competed in the group of leaders with Lewis Hamilton and Nelson Piquet, sometimes overtaking both.

The pilot was taken under the wing of fellow countrymen from BMW. And when the summer got in a car accident Robert Kubica, that Glock was called a Prime candidate to take his place. However, in the end, the choice fell on the young Sebastian Vettel. Glock won the title in GP2, well conducted tests and received an invitation to play for the Toyota F1, and the contract was signed three years.

The first full season began with the accident in Melbourne, after which the racer for a long time, despite good speed, could not earn points. Only with the coming of summer, things went smoothly: first Glock finished fourth in Canada, then - the second in Hungary.

And at the final Grand Prix of Brazil Timo involuntarily turned out to be the center of attention. Left on slicks in the rain, he went to the final round in fourth, but for a couple hundred meters to go, miss Lewis Hamilton, which allowed the McLaren racer to become world champion. Say, the German then advised to leave Interlagos in the trunk of a car, to avoid the wrath of torcida, cheering for Felipe Massa.

Next 7th 2009 began with a fourth place in Melbourne, then was third in Malaysia (If the race was stopped just on the circle later under the tropical rain-I would be the winner, "sighed Glock) and has a series of good races. However, the relationship with the team began to deteriorate. The pilot did not like the overly bureaucratized atmosphere created by Japanese managers.

Did not help even a second place in Singapore: when the qualification in Japan Timo crashed (the session he conducted with high temperatures) and hurt his leg, it immediately wrote off to the coast to make room for Kamui Kobayashi. German offended and resigned, stating that all is not going to further advocate ToyotaAnd soon, the team ceased to exist.

Before the start of the 2010 season competition for good places in Formula 1 was particularly high. The best we could manage Goku to negotiate with the team of young Virgin. And here, I suppose, Timo looked a bit different to past difficulties in Toyota. Now in his possession was only infinitely slow red-black car, the gas tank which was so small that it did not leave a chance to finish.

The German tried to change things for the better, spent hours of briefings with engineers, gathered data. . . For 2011 and 2012 years, he never finished a total of five times! But the old truth that in F1 without money there is no result, once again proved his innocence. It is difficult to imagine what metamorphosis happened to the winner of the Grand Prix, if from 12th place at the finish, he almost danced up and down. . .

When in 2010 in Formula 1 came three new commands, each of them tried to strengthen the team of experienced racers with high achievements. But with each new season, their number decreased. Went from HRT, Liuzzi left Caterham Trulli. Timo clung to the last. But in the end, after more than a transparent hints from bosses Marussia, also decided to leave. And along with Formula 1.

He returned to the camp BMW and is now preparing to iron tracks of the German DTM championship. And certainly not once returned to the events of 2007. What if you then start in Indianapolis and actually released it, but not this kid Vettel?. .