Does Timo Glock realize what he's saying?

I’m sure you all remember the old proverb, or adage, or whatever. The one that goes:

It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought stupid than to start yacking and remove any doubt.

Somebody should remind Toyota F1 driver Timo Glock about that.

He’s been on the interview circuit this week leading up to next weekend’s Grand Prix of Japan and the weather forecast isn’t good. Precipitation is expected.

Is he bothered? Goodness, no. In fact, he says he’s looking forward to rain.

"I’ve always been quick in wet conditions, where it comes down to the driver," he said on several occasions this week.

Oh?

Hey, Timo. Care to remind everybody how good you were in the wet at Brazil last fall?

You know, the race where you were in fifth place and Lewis Hamilton got past you on the final curve of the final lap to win the world championship of drivers because you went 16 seconds SLOWER on that lap than you did the one before?

Yes, it was raining. But, in your words, you’re "always quick" in the wet.

So what happened?

Comments

[moof]

What happened? The same thing as happened to his teammate - Trulli's last lap, on the same tires was just as slow. Drop the conspiracy nut bunk already, it's getting annoying.

[David White]

There could be rain this weekend, so lets see how he performs.

[david]

he was on dry tires??

what kind of post is this?

[goose]

16 seconds is a monumental amount of time to lose on 1 lap. Granted the tyres dropped off quickly, I would say that 16 sedonds in one lap is excessive even for dead tyres. Do I smell a rain-gate between two teams in order for the F1 golden boy to win his championship that he threw away (a couple spins late in the game) in his first year? I think so, but will we ever hear of it? doubtfull at best.

[ultranol]

I don't believe in those conspiracy theories, but I agree that it's a pretty stupid thing for Glock to say...

[Dreads]

Everyone on dry tires had their lap times nose-dive. Were all those teams in on it? Come on.