Happy birthday to "Tim O'Glock"!

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Former Formula 1 driver Timo Glock celebrates his 35th birthday today. Here he is looking remarkably fresh-faced ahead of his first Formula One start.

Glock made his name in Formula 3 in his native Germany. He was signed as Jordan Grand Prix's test driver for the 2004 season. When regular driver Giorgio Pantano was forced to drop out because of a contract dispute, Glock made his Grand Prix début in China in September.

Glock finished the race in 11th place, which was impressive enough for a maiden race. But he was subsequently promoted to seventh place after both Williams and both Toyoto cars were disqualified due to illegal brake ducts. That made Glock one of a select group of drivers to score points on their F1 début.

Glock stayed with Jordan in 2008 and the Irish team affectionally dubbed him "Tim O'Glock". He subsequently raced for Toyota, Virgin and Marussia making 91 starts in total. He's more recently been competing for BMW in the DTM series - so here's a bonus shot of him as he looks today, at the final race of the 2016 season at the Hockenheimring.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.