How to come about Timo Glock’s DTM comeback

Former BMW Star Timo Glock It is explained how he returned to DTM this year after being out of action for the last three sessions.

German is admitted by Door Motorsport to lead its Sophomore campaign in DTM, where it will field a pair of McLaren 720s GT3 EVOS.

After his departure from Formula 1, Glok made several attempts to call his home between 2013-21, but only went as a guest appearance in Imola with Send Sendo Motors in 2022.

But in October, an impromptu journey for last year’s Hacenhem Finale rolled things, eventually they got an opportunity to change the departure Clemens Schmid This year in the DTM line-up of DORR.

“Chance again played his share. I went to meet my parents with my daughter over the weekend and I realized only three days ago that DTM Finale was in Hockenheim, ”Glok told Motorsport.com’s sister’s title to Motorsport-Total.com.

“So I lasts my friend (and managing director of the track) Jochen Nerpel, there was there for two hours and collided with his former GP2 race engineer Richard Cellwin on the grid.

“Selvin and I always kept in touch and kept saying that we need to do something together.”

Glock first worked in 2007 with ISport in GP2 (now Formula 2) during his title winning season.

Over the years, Selvin worked as an engineer for Project 1 BMW team in both DTM and World Dheeraj Championships, who were gaining experience running GT machinery.

Project 1 was about to run the new DTM program of Door Motorsport in the previous season, only to be bankrupt and forced the door to establish its operation. This opened the door to Selvin to join the door of the door directly.

“I say: ‘Hey, what are you doing here?” “Glock recalled.

“He replied: ‘I am here for Rainer Door and I see in the background how the team is set up because we want to do something for this (new) season’.

“Then he asked me: ‘Would you like to go behind the wheel again?” I said: ‘Should I like it!

Glock Hacquenhem failed to find the door on the grid, but was able to catch him in the days after the incident.

The five -time DTM race winner already knew the owner of the door team, already talked about joining his team for 2024 season.

“I sent him a message two days later, stating that if he wants to talk about working together again, we can talk on the phone,” Glok said.

“We did this – and then things went very quickly. Both of us had a clear idea about this subject – he had, I had mine. ,

After the conversation, Door held a track day in Hockenheim on a small notice to give Glock a chance to try McLock 720s GT3.

He said, “We used Test Day well and in the end he said: ‘We need someone who has experience. And it was important to me that Richard Selvin was on the board,” he said.

The two sides quickly came on an agreement with the deal made public before Christmas in December.

This will be the first full program of Glock since running in the Italian GT series in 2022. He was dropped from BMW’s factory roster at the end of the season and has been completed only in a handful of races since, with a 24 -hour appearance. DTM Champion twice Timo skiderLe Mans is a 24 -hour class winner Jeroen Blackol and Britain Peter Kate Highlight.