Glock happy with hard-earned point

Timo Glock was happy with the point scored at the Belgian Grand Prix after a difficult race at the Spa circuit

Glock happy with hard-earned point

The Toyota driver finished in eighth position thanks to a last-lap pass on Red Bull's Mark Webber, when the track was wet and most drivers where using 'slick' tyres.

"I had quite a tricky race but I am pleased with a point because for a long time today it looked like we would not be able to achieve that," said Glock.

"I have to say thank you to the team, especially the guys who work on the starts because it was mega for both cars and in the last couple of races they have done a perfect job.

"I couldn't make up as many places as I wanted at the first corner because I saw Sebastien Bourdais slide into Jarno and I thought there would be a mess so I tried to stay out of it. Then for the first couple of laps I couldn't get any heat into the tyres. I struggled quite a lot and lost a few places.

"When the rain started I made the decision to come in and change to standard wet tyres and it was the right thing to do. It was not easy but I just got past Mark Webber in the last corner and took the final point."

Teammate Jarno Trulli finished in 16th position after being hit from behind at the start by Sebastien Bourdais.

The Italian had managed a superb start, but he said his car became undriveable following the damage caused by Bourdais's crash.

"I was very unlucky because I had a great start and from 11th I was in the top six, but I was hit really hard from the back and this damaged the car," Trulli said.

"After that the car was undriveable and on top of that the accident caused a gearbox problem, so my only target was to finish the race.

"Once again I wasn't very lucky here - it seems to happen too often at Spa that I am competitive but I have bad luck. I was hoping we could have a strong race and score some points. This was possible because we had a competitive strategy and a great start so it's a shame that we couldn't manage to do it."

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