Tim Schenken


Timothy "Tim" Theodore Schenken is a former racing driver from Sydney, Australia. He participated in 36 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 16 August 1970. He achieved one career podium at the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix, and scored a total of seven championship points. He did however have two non-championship race podiums – he finished third in the 1971 BRDC International Trophy and third in the 1972 International Gold Cup.

Career

Schenken's lower formula results included winning the 1968 British Lombank Formula Three Championship, winning the 1968 Grovewood Award, winning the 1968 British Formula Ford Championship, winning the 1968 ER Hall Formula Three Trophy, winning the 1969 French Craven A Formula Three Championship, winning the 1969 Greater London Formula Three Trophy, finishing fourth in the 1971 European Formula Two Championship and finishing third in the 1972 Brazilian Formula Two International Tournament.
He had a great deal of success in Sports Cars racing for Ferrari. In 1972 he won the Buenos Aires 1000 km and Nurburgring 1000 km races, finished second in the Daytona 6hour, Sebring 12hour, Brands Hatch 1000 km and the Watkins Glen 6hour, and finished third at the Monza 1000 km and Zeltweg 1000 km races. 1973 saw him finish second at the Vallelunga 6hour and Monza 1000 km races. In 1975 and 1976 he finished second in the Nurburgring 1000 km and then in 1977 he won the Nurburgring 1000 km race for a second time. At Le Mans in 1976 he finished second in the GT Class and was 16th overall. In 1975 he was runner up in the European GT Championship and finished third in the championship in 1976.
In 1974 he co-founded Tiga Race Cars in Britain with New Zealander Howden Ganley, whose cars had great success in the Sports 2000 category, and constructed cars for a number of over formulae. He is currently employed each year as the Race Director for the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. He also is a director of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the Clerk of the Course at the Australian Grand Prix and was the Clerk of the Course for the inaugural 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
As of the 2019 season, Schenken is one of only five Australians who have stood on the podium for a Formula One Grand Prix. The others are Grand Prix winners Mark Webber and Daniel Ricciardo, as well as World Champions Sir Jack Brabham and Alan Jones.
On 16 June 2016, Tim Schenken was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division as part of the Queen’s Birthday honours. He is currently the Director of Race Operations for CAMS.
He is married and has a son, Guido, and identical twin daughters, Laura and Natalie.

Career summary

Complete Formula One World Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112131415WDCPoints
1970Frank Williams Racing CarsDe Tomaso 505Cosworth V8RSA
ESP
MON
BEL
NED
FRA
GBR
GER
AUT
Ret		ITA
Ret		CAN
NC		USA
Ret		MEX
NC0
1971Motor Racing DevelopmentsBrabham BT33Cosworth V8RSA
ESP
9		MON
10		NED
Ret		FRA
12		GBR
12		GER
6		AUT
3		ITA
Ret		CAN
Ret		USA
Ret		14th5
1972Brooke Bond Oxo Team SurteesSurtees TS9BCosworth V8ARG
5		RSA
Ret		ESP
8		19th2
1972Flame Out-Team SurteesSurtees TS9BCosworth V8FRA
17		GBR
Ret		19th2
1972Team SurteesSurtees TS9BCosworth V8MON
Ret		BEL
Ret		GER
14		AUT
11		ITA
Ret		CAN
7		19th2
1972Team SurteesSurtees TS14Cosworth V8USA
Ret		19th2
1973Frank Williams Racing CarsIso-Marlboro IRCosworth V8ARG
BRA
RSA
ESP
BEL
MON
SWE
FRA
GBR
NED
GER
AUT
ITA
CAN
14		USA
NC0
1974Trojan-Tauranac RacingTrojan T103Cosworth V8ARG
BRA
RSA
ESP
14		BEL
10		MON
Ret		SWE
NED
DNQ		FRA
GBR
Ret		GER
DNQ		AUT
10		ITA
Ret		CAN
NC0
1974John Player Team LotusLotus 76Cosworth V8USA
DSQ		NC0

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