BMW has refused to comment on speculation Timo Glock could rescue his racing career with a seat in the German touring car series DTM.<\/p>\n
Marussia announced on Monday that, despite the 30-year-old having a “valid contract” for 2013 and apparently also 2014, it has agreed to part ways with German Glock to make room for a pay driver.<\/p>\n
“Although it is not the path I expected to be taking, I am in fact very excited about what the future holds in terms of my own career and I hope to comment on that very soon,” the statement quoted Glock as saying.<\/p>\n
An exchange on Twitter between Glock and BMW-contracted driver Dirk Muller indicated a DTM move was indeed on the cards.<\/p>\n
“We confirm nothing, we deny nothing, we don’t comment at all,” a spokesman for the German marque, Jorg Kottmeier, told SID news agency.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Sport Bild, however, reported that Glock is lined up to test BMW’s M3 DTM car at Valencia on Wednesday and Thursday.<\/p>\n
Glock was a F1 test driver for BMW in 2007.<\/p>\n
He is quoted as saying: “I am very excited to test the (DTM) car, and also to meet up at Valencia with some familiar faces from my past at BMW.”<\/p>\n
Glock’s BMW move is reportedly bad news for Jaime Alguersuari, with Spanish radio Radioestadio claiming the former Toro Rosso was a shoe-in for the seat until Glock’s Marussia split.<\/p>\n
As for who will replace him at Marussia, international reports mentioned Brazilians Luiz Razia and Bruno Senna as possible candidates.<\/p>\n
Russian Vitaly Petrov appears to be a natural contender in theory, but his manager Oksana Kosachenko said her only negotiations are with Caterham.<\/p>\n
“It depends on the decisions of the directors of Caterham,” Kosachenko told Russia’s f1news.ru when asked about Petrov’s future.\u00a0 “We are not in negotiations with Marussia.”<\/p>\n
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