03 DECEMBER 2011
Timo Glock made a spectacular debut in the Race Of Champions Nations Cup - and now can’t wait to take part again next year.
Timo won two of his three races as he thrilled his home fans in the end-of-season spectacular at Dusseldorf’s ESPRIT Arena.
Sadly, Timo’s best efforts were just not enough to send his SAT.1 Germany 2 Team through to the semi-finals. But he loved racing fellow drivers from different motorsport categories on the 600metre indoor track so much he is already taking about coming back for more in 2012.
Timo said: “It is a great event and I had good fun. I really enjoyed it and have to find a way to come back again next year.
“I’d love to do that. I’ll have to talk to the organisers and see what we can do. It is a bit of fun for all of us.
“But it is also good at the end of the season to meet up with different drivers from all over the world and from different categories and race against them.
The ESPRIT Arena normally plays host to German football team Fortuna Dusseldorf. But it was turned into a unique indoor circuit with drivers racing in the same make of car on parallel tracks and going over-and-under each other at one point.
Timo’s maiden race could not have gone any better as he beat X Games champion Brian "The General" Deegan in their two lap battle.
Driving a VW Scirocco, Timo was never behind as he won in one minute 16.9378 seconds with American Deegan clocking 1:18.3991 secs.
Timo then saw off F1 rival Romain Grosjean in his second race in an open-top KTM X-Bow car.
Timo took the chequered flag in 1:14.2690 with Frenchman Grosjean over a second behind after a costly skid.
In his final race Timo came up against Audi’s eight time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen. And the great Dane used his knowledge of the Audi R8 LMS car to see off Timo clocking 1:10.4405 as Timo came home in 1:12.9097.
With team-mate and DTM driver Timo Schieder winning one of his three races it was not enough to stop Team France and Team Nordic from making it into the semi-finals.
But Timo said: “I won the first two races but against Tom in the Audi I had no chance at all. He just destroyed me and was like two seconds quicker. It helps that he knows the car quite well, but I enjoyed it.
“And my team-mate Timo had no chance against Sebastien Ogier in the rally car. That was really, really tough for him.
“Even on such a small track it does make a difference if you know the cars and how they handle. And it was my very first time in such an event. I hope it is not my last.
Credit: Marussia Virgin Racing (www.marussiavirginracing.com)
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