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Toyota Formula One pilot Timo Glock of Germany celebrates his second place at the Hungaroring race track during Hungarian F1 Grand Prix near Budapest August 3, 2008 REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY)

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) - German rookie Timo Glock is sure to stay with the Toyota Formula One team next season, Toyota motorsport president John Howett said on Friday.

"We have a multi-year contract with him and we are very happy," he told a Belgian Grand Prix news conference. "He's progressing well, he's quick and getting more and more consistent.

"So I think there's absolutely no hesitation that he will be with us next year and hopefully progress further and stay with us for more years.

"He has at the moment a very secure and bright future with us."

Glock, who won the GP2 support series last year, is in his first full season with Toyota after starting four races for now-defunct Jordan in 2004.

The 26-year-old, who replaced compatriot Ralf Schumacher at Cologne-based Toyota, has scored 15 points in 12 races this year including a second place finish in Hungary last month that equalled the team's best performance.

Toyota, who have Italian Jarno Trulli as their other driver, are fourth in the constructors' standings.