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Glock confident after tough Monaco GP
27 May 2009Timo Glock was the first man to admit a poor performance for the Toyota team after a weekend of no points scoring last weekend. With both cars qualifying slowest of the twenty runners, a heavily-fuelled Timo eventual climbed to tenth position in the principality but is hoping for much more next time out in Turkey.
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Missing the best chances to set competitive lap times in Monaco qualifying, not helped by traffic and being generally off the pace, was only the start of a miserable weekend for Toyota, with no points scored from the back of the grid. "I would say it was difficult and a little bit surprising, in the end, because I didn't expect to finish in the top ten after starting from the pit lane," said German Glock, who drove over half of the Grand Prix before making a pit stop. "I had a very heavy fuel load at the start of the race and this is hard work for a driver, especially at Monaco.
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| Glock currently lies sixth in the championship with twelve points |
"After qualifying it was obvious we had problems with the car so we took it out of parc fermé to make some changes to the setup and the suspension, to try to improve the situation; the team is still analysing this as there was no obvious reason for our qualifying performance. Anyway, considering the qualifying result we had nothing to lose."
The next stop on the 17-race calendar of 2009 is the Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park, a fast and flowing circuit on which high levels of downforce and a fine-tuned car setup are essential for achieving any amount of success. "I am confident Monaco was a one-off because we had been really competitive in the previous races, so we know the car is pretty good," Glock continued. "Monaco is a unique track so I don't think we will have the same issues in Turkey; nevertheless, we have to push really hard to understand what happened and to improve the car for the next races."
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