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Glock: Brazil cynicism 'difficult to understand'.

Tue 06 Jan, 02:41 PM


Toyota star Timo Glock has spoken about the tough weeks following last year's F1 title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos - a race in which he was harshly accused of having helped Lewis Hamilton to the crown.

Timo Glock has admitted that the aftermath of last year's Brazilian Grand Prix was 'very tough and difficult to understand', as he found himself accused in some quarters of having helped Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula 1 World Championship title.

Having slipped behind the Scuderia Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel to sixth place in the very closing laps of the race around Interlagos' Autodromo Carlos Pace, Hamilton was only saved when he came across Glock's Toyota in the penultimate corner, the German scrabbling around for grip after his team had elected to leave him out on dry tyres on an increasingly wet track surface in a bid to gain some ground.

That led to angry fans cynically suggesting that the 26-year-old had deliberately slowed to enable his friend to claim the laurels - even though the telemetry proved that similarly-shod team-mate Jarno Trulli's lap time over the final tour had been even slower than that of Glock.

"It was like driving on ice, the man from Lindenfels told Spanish radio station Onda Cero, "but still it was the right decision because it meant I finished one position higher than if I had changed tyres.

"I did my own race and had no interest in getting involved in the fight for the title. Afterwards when all the journalists were coming up to me I began to wonder if Lewis going past me meant he was world champion, but during the race I had no idea of the position I was in, let alone what Hamilton and Felipe Massa were doing.

"When I saw everyone's reaction it was very tough and difficult to understand. Even the next two weeks were really hard."

Glock stressed that the post-race conspiracy theories to which he was subjected were 'a little strange', but added that he accepted them as a price to be paid for competing in such a popular global sport

"I believe in Formula 1," the former GP2 Series Champion concluded, "so you have to live with these things."

 

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  1. conspiracy theory
    Thought of another ELVIS is alive and living in Peru under his new name MOURONTOOT

    From MGA, on Tue 6 Jan 8:07PM

  2. Yes being on the wrong tyres and not being able to drive fast enough certainly helped Lewis win the drivers title.

    WHAT COULD GLOCK HAVE DONE DIFFERENT ?
    He could have taken Lewis off the track - result : Felipe wins the drivers title, Glock is punished and people moan about a conspiracy.
    He could have blocked Lewis for two more corners and to the line - result : Felipe wins drivers title, Glock is punished and people moan about a conspiracy.
    He could have pitted and changed tyres - result Glock would have been far behind Lewis and Lewis would have still won drivers title. No-one would be moaning about Glock.

    He took a gamble and lost -lay off Glock

    What's done is done - get over it.

    From Alien, on Tue 6 Jan 7:49PM

  3. conspiracy theory!
    I,ll give you a conspiracy theory there was two shooters on the grassy knoll.

    From MGA, on Tue 6 Jan 7:33PM

  4. I wasn't even aware there was any conspiracy theory!
    I thought it was just 1 or 2 of our nutters here who claimed it was a conspiracy!

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 6 Jan 7:21PM

  5. petere . since when does maxs personal life have anything to do with racing

    From slimj, on Tue 6 Jan 4:31PM

  6. I see this piece was with a Spanish radio station. Nice to see a bit of fairness come into the discussion, which, I feel, is closed anyhow.

    From , on Tue 6 Jan 4:27PM

  7. SlimJ, don't know if you had noticed this but this forum is for F1 motor racing not politics.

    From PETER, on Tue 6 Jan 4:27PM

  8. Why on earth would we send the soldiers to Brazil. Hamilton already taken care of that bit.

    From PETER, on Tue 6 Jan 4:24PM

  9. petere . just one fan left ..invaded by britian

    From slimj, on Tue 6 Jan 4:21PM

  10. mikeq : cut and paste : want some examples of your cut and paste you hypocrit

    From slimj, on Tue 6 Jan 4:20PM

  11. thats ok timo . when britian is done invading iraq and kills many innocent people they will go get the Brazillies . one way to get rid of competition

    From slimj, on Tue 6 Jan 4:19PM

  12. im also a ferrari fan but i admit that there was no conspiracy and that Hamilton is a deserving champion

    From mauricechlela, on Tue 6 Jan 4:10PM

  13. I'm surprised to read that anybody thinks Glock was allowing Hamilton to pass. It seemed so obvious that Glock had the slicks on and the surface was becoming wetter. You'd have to be pretty slow not to realize what was happening and then complain for 2 more weeks.

    From General Zod, on Tue 6 Jan 4:03PM

  14. Why invalid comment?

    From General Zod, on Tue 6 Jan 4:01PM

  15. weather here lovely thanks :-)

    From Mike, on Tue 6 Jan 4:00PM

  16. So it's true, there really is only the ONE Ferrari fan.

    From PETER, on Tue 6 Jan 3:59PM

  17. I think the conspiracy theories are now being conducted by one very sad and lonely man with multiple user accounts and no friends or life.

    From Adam L, on Tue 6 Jan 3:57PM

  18. Here we go yawn.

    From PETER, on Tue 6 Jan 3:53PM

  19. Hello SIR TIMO GLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Ikhwan, on Tue 6 Jan 3:44PM

  20. Hi MikeQ - so cold again today I can hardly type ! Hope you are REALLY enjoying all your lovely warm weather. And as you say - tick, tick, tick !

    From m.e.jenner, on Tue 6 Jan 3:41PM
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