Timo Glock is staying on in 2009 after impressing his Toyota bosses - and a number of F1 pundits - during his first season with the team.
Glock first entered Formula One in 2004 when he tested for the Jordan outfit. As the team's official third and reserve driver, he was handed the opportunity to race at the Canadian GP as Giorgio Pantano's replacement.
The German clinched 11th place in the grand prix but was later promoted to P7 when both the Toyotas and Williams were disqualified. That resulted earned Glock and Jordan two World Championship points.
He was again called up to compete in the final three races of the season, although failed to score another World Championship point, finishing all three events P15.
In 2005, Glock shifted his racing career to the United States, racing in the Champ Car World Series with Rocketsports team. His best finish of the year was a second place finish at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. He went on to finish 8th in the final season points standings and win Champ Car World Series Rookie of the Year honors.
The following year Timo moved to the GP2 series. He started the series with the midfield BCN Competicion team, gaining average results. However, a mid-season move to the front-running iSport team proved conducive and after a series of impressive results he finished 4th in the final classification.
Staying with iSport in 2007, Glock clinched the title after winning one feature and four sprint races.
The German's performances earned him a three-year contract with Toyota, which started in 2008 when he partnered Jarno Trulli. And although his team-mate got the better of him at the start of the campaign, so much so that there were questions hanging over Glock's future, the German soon came to the fore, even bagging a second-placed finish at his home race.
His good run continued through to the end of the season with him collecting four points finishes in the final seven races, which resulted in Toyota confirming him for the 2009 campaign.
