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Timo Glock

Name: Timo Glock

Nationality: Germany

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Timo Glock is making his return to F1 this season with Toyota having clinched the GP2 series in 2007.

Glock first entered Formula One in 2004 when he tested for the Jordan outfit. As the team's official third and reserve driver, he was handed the opportunity to race at the Canadian GP as Giorgio Pantano's replacement.

The German took 11th place in the grand prix but was later promoted to P7 when both the Toyota and Williams cars were disqualified. That resulted earned Glock and Jordan two World Championship points.

He was again called up to compete in the final three races of the season, although he failed to score another World Championship point, finishing all three events in P15.

In 2005, Glock shifted his racing career to the United States, racing in the Champ Car World Series with the Rocketsports team.

His best finish of the year was a second-place finish at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. He went on to finish eighth in the final season points standings and win the Champ Car World Series 'Rookie of the Year' accolade.

However, Timo spurned the chance of a promising career Stateside and, feeling he deserved another shot at F1, he instead contested the GP2 feeder series in 2006.

He started the series with the midfield BCN Competicion team, gaining average results.

However, a mid-season move to the front-running iSport team proved conclusive and after a series of impressive results he finished fourth in the final classification behind champion Lewis Hamilton.

And, staying with iSport in 2007, Glock secured the title after winning one feature and four sprint races.

The German's performances earned him a three-year contract with Toyota, starting in 2008 where he will partner the experienced Jarno Trulli.