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“Two years for sure”: Glock reveals his long-term McLaren plan in DTM

Timo Glock has big plans for his DTM comeback: How the 42-year-old wants to bring McLaren team Dörr forward with personnel from his Class 1 time with BMW

Timo Glock has set himself the goal of bringing the McLaren team Dörr Motorsport forward in his DTM comeback. “That’s my job – and not just for a year, but we’ve set out to make the team successful for several years,”

But how long is the ex-Formula 1 driver’s contract with the young team from Frankfurt? “Two years for sure,” replies Glock. “We’ll have to see what happens after that. I think there are still exciting projects to be undertaken together.”

This fits with the three-year plan for the DTM that Dörr Motorsport set out with when they entered the race a year ago, with the aim of establishing themselves in the high-profile GT3 series.

“If we have a falling out after three months…”

“If we’re at loggerheads after three months, we’ll look each other in the eye and say it was nice while it lasted, but it’s no use continuing,” says the DTM stalwart, who is also breaking new ground with the project itself. ”We are very open with each other on this basis.”

Glock is getting heavily involved with his new team himself. Initially, the fact that his former successful race engineer Richard Selwin, from the 2007 GP2 championship year, is on board was a ‘decisive’ factor in his commitment. “He is a key element for me,” he says about the man without whom he might not have returned.

“But of course, one person does not make a team a top team. To do that, you have to build a good framework around it, you need a good base of people,” the former BMW works driver knows. ‘That’s the task now.’

Glock wants to activate personnel from BMW times

To do this, Glock is also using his DTM network from his Class 1 days. “We are currently in the process of bringing on board a few guys from my environment who worked on my DTM car at RMG during my BMW days,” he reveals. “Now we have to take the next step, but I’m looking forward to it and am excited.”

As a reminder, Glock raced for Stefan Reinhold’s former BMW works team from 2016 to 2020, which became DTM champion with Marco Wittmann in 2014.

But what does the Dörr team need to take the next step? “You have to learn from the mistakes you’ve made,“ replies Glock. ‘But you also have to remember: with the little testing and preparation time the team had, the car was on the front row at Zandvoort. So basically, they already know how it works.’

”We have to create a small ‘toolbox’ for ourselves during testing”

Now we have to get the car to a level where it is competitive on all tracks. “We now have to try to create a basis so that we understand the car 100 percent,” explains Glock. “Because on one race track it worked last year and on the other it didn’t work at all. These are the issues that have to be worked through in the winter.”

For this reason, the team wants to start testing in Portugal or Spain as soon as possible. “When we go testing in February, we have to create a small ‘toolbox’ so that we know exactly which wrench to pick up and when,” explains Glock. “Of course, you also need high-level people and mechanics with DTM experience.”

The production-based GT3 cars are not comparable to the more complex Class 1 cars, “but the fact is that every detail counts in the DTM,” said Glock. “You have to take the next step at the pit stops. And for that you need good and permanent people. That’s what we’re trying to put together.”

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