Tim Schenken

Tim Schenken

Tim Schenken (1971)
Born	26 September 1943 (1943-09-26)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Australian
Active years	1970 - 1974
Teams	Williams, Brabham, Surtees, Trojan, Lotus
Races	36 (34 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	7
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1970 Austrian Grand Prix
Last race	1974 United States Grand Prix

Timothy "Tim" Theodore Schenken (born 26 September 1943) 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 1 podium, and scored a total of 7 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.

A Rondel Racing Brabham BT36, as driven by Schenken in the 1971 European Formula Two season.

Schenken's lower formula results included winning the 1968 British Lombank F-3 Championship, winning the 1968 Grovewood Award, winning the 1968 British Formula Ford Championship, winning the 1968 ER Hall Formula 3 Trophy, winning the 1969 French Craven A Formula 3 Championship, winning the 1969 Greater London Formula 3 Trophy, finishing fourth in the 1971 European F-2 Championship and finishing third in the 1972 Brazilian F-2 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 2nd 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. He is currently employed each year as the Race Director for the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. He also serves as Clerk of the Course at the Australian Grand Prix and was the Clerk of the Course for the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.^{[citation needed]}

He is married and has a son, Guido, and identical twin daughters.^{[citation needed]}

Career summary

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1968	British Lombank Formula 3 Series	1st	Brabham BT21B Ford Brabham BT28 Ford Chevron B9 Ford	Sports Motors
1968	British Formula Ford Championship	1st	Merlyn Mk.11A Ford
1969	British Lombank Formula 3 Series	6th	Brabham BT28 Ford	Sports Motors
1969	French Craven A Formula 3 Series	1st	Brabham BT28 Ford	Sports Motors
1970	European Formula Two Championship	12th	Brabham BT30 Ford	Sports Motors
1971	World Drivers' Championship	14th	Brabham BT33 Ford	Motor Racing Developments
1971	European Formula Two Championship	4th	Brabham BT36 Ford	Rondel Racing
1972	World Drivers' Championship	19th	Surtees TS9B Ford Surtees TS14 Ford	Team Surtees
1972	British Formula Two Championship	11th	Brabham BT38 Ford	Rondel Racing
1975	Interserie	3rd	Porsche 917/10 Turbo Mirage GR8 Ford	Gelo Racing Team
1975	European GT Championship	2nd	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Gelo Racing Team
1976	European GT Championship	3rd	Porsche 934	Gelo Racing Team
1976	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	5th	Porsche 934	Gelo Racing Team
1977	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	9th	Porsche 935	Gelo Racing Team

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	WDC	Points
1970	Frank Williams Racing Cars	De Tomaso 505	Cosworth V8	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT Ret	ITA Ret	CAN NC	USA Ret	MEX			NC	0
1971	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT33	Cosworth V8	RSA	ESP 9	MON 10	NED Ret	FRA 12	GBR 12	GER 6	AUT 3	ITA Ret	CAN Ret	USA Ret					14th	5
1972	Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees	Surtees TS9B	Cosworth V8	ARG 5	RSA Ret	ESP 8													19th	2
	Flame Out-Team Surtees								FRA 17	GBR Ret
	Team Surtees						MON Ret	BEL Ret			GER 14	AUT 11	ITA Ret	CAN 7
		Surtees TS14													USA Ret
1973	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro IR	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	BEL	MON	SWE	FRA	GBR	NED	GER	AUT	ITA	CAN 14	USA	NC	0
1974	Trojan-Tauranac Racing	Trojan T103	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP 14	BEL 10	MON Ret	SWE	NED DNQ	FRA	GBR Ret	GER DNQ	AUT 10	ITA Ret	CAN		NC	0
	John Player Team Lotus	Lotus 76																USA DSQ

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Harry Stiller Les Leston Series	British Formula Three Championship Lombank Series Champion 1968	Succeeded by Emerson Fittipaldi