Timo Glock insists he is “100 per cent” likely to be staying with the Virgin team in 2011.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, reports linked the 28-year-old German with Vitaly Petrov’s Renault seat and quoted him as saying it is only “99.9 per cent certain” he will be staying with Virgin even though he has a contract for next year.<\/p>\n
But in a team interview published on Friday, Glock said he is “excited” about 2011.<\/p>\n
“And yes I am definitely driving for Virgin,” said the former Toyota and Jordan driver.<\/p>\n
“It is not just 99.9pc certain that I will stay, as has been reported — it is 100pc certain that I am staying.\u00a0 Since the beginning I have had a long-term contract with the team and I said then that I was doing this to help build a team for the future.”<\/p>\n
Glock said the rumours about him being unhappy at Virgin are wide of the mark.<\/p>\n
“There has been a lot of speculation about me wanting to leave, but it is not about leaving a team, it is about wanting to do better and keep moving forward,” he insisted.<\/p>\n
“This is a great team of people who have given blood, sweat and tears to our first season.\u00a0 Some people haven’t seen that with their own eyes, like I have, so it’s easy to criticise or be cynical,” he added.<\/p>\n
Glock’s 2010 teammate Lucas di Grassi is not yet confirmed for 2011.\u00a0 The Brazilian rookie wrote on Twitter that he has “nothing yet” for next season but is “confident”.<\/p>\n
Glock said: “I don’t think we will have to wait too much longer for that news — hopefully before Christmas.”<\/p>\n
On the market is Nico Hulkenberg, the solid 2010 rookie who has been ousted by Williams.<\/p>\n
“I still do not have a new contract with another team, but that will hopefully change very soon.\u00a0 It looks well,” the 23-year-old German said on Friday.<\/p>\n
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