26.09.2011
Timo Glock was forced to retire after 18 laps following damage to the car sustained when he was struck in turn 1 which rendered his car undriveable. It was a surprisingly clean opening lap to the 14th race of the season with both Timo and Jérôme getting off to a good start. At the first corner Ricciardo drove into the right rear of Timo’s car and it wasn’t long before he radioed in with handling problems with his MVR-02. He persevered with his race but his car was a handful and when he braked for turn 18, he lost the rear and hit the wall.
Timo Glock, Race Driver #24
“It’s a disappointing end to the weekend for the team and for me. I had quite a good start but I lost my positioning with Jérôme because I was on the outside. Then, unfortunately, in the second sector Ricciardo drove into the rear right of the car and from that moment my steering wheel was not straight, it was quite a lot to the right, and in all the left-hand corners the car was really difficult to drive. I had a lot of degradation on the rear right tyre and then suddenly I lost the rear under braking and when I hit the wall I think it broke the rear suspension and that was it. It’s a real shame for the team that has been working hard all over the weekend, but this is racing and now we just have to look forward to the next race in Japan.”
John Booth, Team Principal
Unfortunately, Timo’s race was over on the first lap with the impact from Ricciardo. It’s a great shame we didn’t get the chance to see him in action at his favourite track. It’s certainly been a very hot and humid weekend for all of the guys in the garage, however they have done a fantastic job to keep to our normal high standards of operation.”
Credit: Timo Glock (www.timoglock.de)
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