Glock to miss Brazil GP with back injury

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) -Toyota's Timo Glock will miss next Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix because of a vertebra he cracked in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Formula One team announced on Sunday that Glock will be replaced by reserve driver Kamui Kobayashi at Interlagos - the penultimate race of the 2009 season.

Glock crashed heavily in Japan and missed the Oct. 4 race, with Toyota only fielding one car at Suzuka.

While the German driver said at the time that it was stitches in his left calf that would prevent him driving in the race, the team said subsequent scans had revealed the back injury.

The team was uncertain whether Glock would be able to drive in the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 1.