TOYOTA: Glock's Accident Due To Used Parts

(from autosport)

A car element carried over from the British Grand Prix was the cause of Timo Glock's heavy crash in Germany two weeks later, the Toyota team have determined.

The German driver suffered a violent crash on lap 36 of the Hockenheim race after his rear right suspension collapsed right at the start of the main straight.

Toyota said on Monday that they had found one of the parts used in Glock's car during the British Grand Prix and that had been carried over to the German race, had failed due to damage caused during the Silverstone event.

The Japanese squad said they have now altered their inspection process and are confident there will be no repeat of such a problem.

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