Autosport.com - Glock takes title with victory

Timo Glock scored a lights-to-flag victory in the final round of the GP2 Series at Valencia on Sunday, to put the icing on his championship cake.

Glock (iSport) got ahead of poleman Javier Villa (Racing Engineering) at the start and was never challenged throughout the 30-lap race.

The big mover at the start was Marcos Martinez (Racing Engineering), who rocketed from fifth to third as fellow Spaniards Andy Soucek (DPR) and Borja Garcia (Durango) had their own private skirmish and he nipped past them both.

Martinez would hold third until lap three, when he went off at the final corner. That promoted Soucek back to third and Garcia to fourth.

Giorgio Pantano held off yesterday's winner, and Campos team-mate, Vitaly Petrov, until the latter headed into the gravel for a brief excursion, promoting the battling Luca Filippi (Super Nova) and Kazuki Nakajima (DAMS).

Pos Driver Team Time

1. T. Glock iSport International 40:29.814
2. J. Villa Racing Engineering +5.474
3. A. Soucek DPR +7.099
4. B. Garcia Durango +7.630
5. G. Pantano Campos Grand Prix +16.595
6. L. Filippi Super Nova International +18.333
7. K. Nakajima DAMS +18.565
8. V. Petrov Campos Grand Prix +19.868
9. M. Conway Super Nova International +22.933
10. F. Albuquerque Arden International +24.898
11. H. Tung BCN Competicion +30.748
12. A. Zuber iSport International +31.507
13. L. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix +32.205
14. B. Senna Arden International +32.392
15. A. Carroll FMS International +43.618
16. K. Hirate Trident Racing +44.775
17. R. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports +46.279
18. A. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports +52.033
19. S. Hernandez Trident Racing +52.612
20. M. Aleshin ART Grand Prix +53.348
21. N. Lapierre DAMS +70.578
22. M. Martinez Racing Engineering +2 laps

Not classified

M. Niemela BCN Competicion 20 laps
K. Chandhok Durango 20 laps
C. Bakkerud DPR 9 laps
J. Tahinci FMS International 0 laps

Fastest lap: Glock, 1:22.313 on lap 4



Well done to Timo. He has driven well all season and while Di Grassi put up a good challenge, I think Timo deserved the title. He could end up getting a seat in F1 next year with possibly Spyker

Glock deserves that title, he's done a good job, I hope he finally gets the chance he deserves next season, maybe with Toyota?

Di Grassi has shown a good account of himself and I am sure he will get himself a F1 career of some description.

Its been an interesting GP2 season, some crazy races, lots of different winners, amibitious moves and one or two scary moments like that race in Magny-Cours.

Is anyone interested in Glock in F1? it would be a shame if the newly restored tradition of the F2/F3000/GP2 champion getting into F1 was broken.

It's a bit of an odd situation with Glock. He is the only person to have won the F3000/GP2 crown to have raced in F1 before winning the crown (Alesi was racing in F1 when he won in 1989). I think he done a decent job in F1 with Jordan, and having got a contract with BMW, he must have a good chance of securing a drive again next year or even in 2009