( Motorsport-Total. com)– Timo Glock went on the offensive on Wednesday and revealed his departure from BMW himself after 10 years through ‘ Instagram‘. The 40- year-old previous Formula 1 driver did not offer any information about his history and future. How do BMW state that the agreement with Glock will not be extended?
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Timo Glock likewise just had a couple of races with BMW in 2022
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” Unfortunately, our collaboration ends at the end of the season,” describes BMW Motorsport Director Andreas Roos. “We have a great deal of factory chauffeurs in the team and we need to focus on. We want Timo all the very best for the next chapter in his profession!”
More than 2 weeks earlier, BMW revealed that three-time DTM champ Rene Rast would move from Audi to the Munich business from2023 His focus will be on the LMDh program, although this has actually not yet been formally revealed.
Timo Glock: No races this year
With the 35- year-old Rast, BMW has not just brought among the most effective chauffeurs on the marketplace in the location of endurance and GT on board, however likewise a total figure.
In addition to Rast, DTM motorists Sheldon van der Linde, Marco Wittmann and Philipp Eng in addition to Nick Yelloly, Augusto Farfus, Connor de Philippi and 3 children Dan Harper, Max Hesse and Neil Verhagen were likewise enabled to take part in the competitors. the very first tests of LMDh utilizing the brand-new models of BMW– Drive.
Glock, who was relegated to Ceccato in the Italian GT Championship in 2022 after a frustrating DTM year with Rowe’s group, had no possibility in this regard. Apart from the 4 Italian race weekends and the DTM beginner beginning at Imola, Glock has no additional GT3 looks in 2022.
Roos commemorates Glock: “The shape and kind of the brand name”
However, he is doing much better than his long-lasting DTM partner Bruno Spengler: The Canadian’s work agreement for 2022 was likewise extended, however after the Boutsen-Ginion group changed to Audi at brief notification, he remained and began the DTM Classic totally without. to place
While Glock thanked veteran BMW Motorsport Director Jens Marquardt in his ‘Instagram’ post about the split, existing BMW Motorsport Director Roos commemorated Odenwald. “We want to thank Timo Glock for 10 terrific years together,” stated the previous Audi male.
” With his driving abilities and his character, he was among the most popular individuals and the face of the brand name, specifically throughout our active involvement in the DTM in between 2013 and 2020.”
Roos likewise describes 2 famous occasions: “His well-known battle with Gary Paffett at the time in Hockenheim, which has actually discovered its method into the DTM history books, can not be forgotten. Likewise his start in the 24 h Spa-Francorchamps 2015 with Alex. Zanardi and Bruno Spengler is historical. There are numerous minutes with Timo that we will always remember.”
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