Behind the scenes

Not content with a TF108 as transport, Timo jumped on a double-decker bus for a ride around downtown Montreal on Thursday night. The Toyota fun bus had already made an impression on locals and tourists alike by then. Since Monday the bus had been touring the busiest streets of the city, staffed by an extremely enthusiastic group, all decked out in Panasonic Toyota Racing's red and white.

The appearance of the bus marks the start of Grand Prix week in Montreal and fans around the city eagerly picked up the free Toyota gifts on offer. On Thursday they had a surprise visitor, with Timo joining for the ride. He got into the spirit of the occasion and threw gifts to the crowd from the top deck, all the while surrounded by dancing girls and party music. He even showed off on the decks, taking his turn as DJ.

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BMW-Sauber made history in the Canadian Grand Prix when Robert Kubica won his, Poland's and his team's first Formula 1 race. Prior to the Montreal race, BMW-Sauber had failed to win since their Formula 1 debut in 1993 as Sauber, but Kubica changed all that with a dominant win after a bizarre accident for World Championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen.

At the first round of pit stops, Ferrari's Raikkonen was first to the end of the pit lane and had to wait due to a red light - because of the passing traffic behind the safety car - but McLaren-Mercedes driver Hamilton did not react quickly enough and hit the back of his rival. Both were eliminated on the spot.

That left Kubica clears to take the lead in the World Championship with victory. He has 42 points while Hamilton and Massa have 38 each. Kubica's win, and team-mate Nick Heidfeld's second place, brought BMW-Sauber to within three points of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari, whose only finisher was Massa in fifth, have 73. Panasonic Toyota Racing have moved up to fifth, with 17 points.

Race Report

Panasonic Toyota Racing scored fantastic double points finish in the Canadian Grand Prix after an eventful race at the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal.
Timo Glock drove brilliantly in difficult conditions to take his best-ever result in Formula 1 and his first points of the season with fourth place while Jarno completed a successful day for the team with sixth.

That result did not look too likely at the start of the race when Timo dropped from 11th to 14th, with Jarno one of the cars to pass him on the first lap as he moved up from 14th to 13th.
However, the Canadian Grand Prix was decided by strategy and both Jarno and Timo ultimately had the perfect one for the situation. Both drivers started the race on heavy fuel loads, requiring just one pit stop, and when the safety car came out on lap 17 due to Adrian Sutil's retirement, the Toyotas made significant gains as the two-stopping cars ahead made their first visit to the pits. Jarno was running sixth with Timo close behind but the positions continued to improve as a result of their different strategy. As other drivers made their pit stops the Toyotas were suddenly running first and second.

Jarno led for two laps before making his only pit stop on lap 39, handing the lead to Timo, also for two laps before his own pit stop. By staying out later than Jarno, Timo jumped ahead of his team-mate, leaving them 11th and 12th respectively.
With no more scheduled pit stops, their task was to stay in touch with the cars in front and take advantage when the two-stoppers came in again. Retirements from Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima brought the points closer and then the second round of pit stops came on lap 53.
That lifted Timo and Jarno to fifth and sixth respectively and both drivers moved up once more on lap 59 when Rubens Barrichello ran wide.

But Felipe Massa was closing in and, with the end in sight, he got past Jarno after Timo ran slightly wide at turn two. Timo held his nerve to keep the Ferrari at bay and take a well-deserved fourth, with Jarno's sixth giving the team eight Constructors' Championship points.

Timo said: "It was really tricky to keep the car on the track in these conditions. I made one mistake where Jarno lost a place, which is a shame. Then I tried to stay in front of Massa and not make any mistakes - fourth place was the result. It is great for the team and great for my crew because my engineer Francesco and my data engineer Yoshi have done a perfect job in the past weeks, as well as my mechanics. I want to give them the points."
Jarno added: "It was a hard race and basically I just wanted to bring the car home because I wasn't feeling confident. All in all I am very happy because I wasn't so confident in the car so in the end scoring points is very good result for the whole team."