Timo Glock said he received death threats for years after playing a role in the 2008 F1 title fight.
The German DTM star was involved in one of the most dramatic moments in Formula 1 history, albeit as an unwitting participant, when he raced in the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix.
With Massa crossing the line effectively as World Champion as Hamilton was still in sixth, the last-moment nature of the change in fortune for Hamilton resulted in despair for the home crowd – with Glock caught up in the crossfire.Beyond the Grid podcast“But I remember really clearly the last three to four laps because to me, it was clear in what direction it’s gonna go – not clear to me I was gonna decide a championship.
“Then I walked up to the scales and this whole bunch of journalists and photographers run down and come to me and asked me these questions like ‘was this on purpose, did you help Lewis? Why did you help Lewis? You decided the championship!’ and I was like ‘what the hell…? What’s going on here?’ “I looked at him and I was turning around, ‘does he mean someone else?’ So he waved to me and I waved back. Then my cameraman, Toby, suggested I should ask him for an interview. Then I walked back and said ‘okay, next week is the Brazilian GP, why should we not do an interview with Massa in Brazil about that championship-deciding moment?’
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