Glock's German shunt caused by British damage

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TOYOTA

Monday 28th July 2008

Toyota have ruled that Timo Glock's accident in the German GP was the result of damage sustained to a rear trackrod two weeks earlier in Britain.

Glock suffered a huge shunt at Hockenheim when his rear suspension appeared to fail sending him hurtling into a concrete barrier along the pit straight.

The force of the impact put the Toyota driver in hospital overnight for observation purposes while the team launched an investigation into the cause of the shunt.

"Following Timo Glock's incident during the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Toyota Motorsport initiated a thorough investigation," said a team statement.

"This initially established that a rear toelink (trackrod) gave way causing Timo to lose control of the car, but confirmed that there were no exceptional circumstances before or during the incident in the German Grand Prix.

"Further investigation has established that damage sustained in the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier was the cause. During that race Timo suffered several incidents.

"As is normal practice, some parts from the British Grand Prix were carried over to Hockenheim, including most of therear right suspension.

"Although the parts were subjected to the normal test and screening process following the Silverstone race and passed fit for use at Hockenheim, it has become apparent that it did not identify an issue which subsequently led to the incident at Hockenheim.

"As a result of this investigation, Toyota Motorsport has revised its inspection processes to include such cases and is extremely confident there will be no repeat."