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Tim Schenken

{{Short description|Australian racing driver (born 1943)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

| image = Tim Schenken 1971 Hockenheim.JPG

| caption = Schenken at the 1971 German Grand Prix

| name = Tim Schenken

| nationality = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|09|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gordon, Sydney, Australia

| Years = 1970–1974

| Team(s) = Williams, Brabham, Surtees, Trojan, Lotus

| Races = 36 (34 starts)

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 1

| Poles = 0

| Fastest laps = 0

| Points = 7

| First race = 1970 Austrian Grand Prix

| First win =

| Last win =

| Last race = 1974 United States Grand Prix

}}

Timothy Theodore Schenken {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}}{{cite book|title=FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1975|year=1975|publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd.|isbn=0-85059-195-3|no-pp=true|page=white p. 43}} (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 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

Image:Brabhambt36.jpg Brabham BT36, as driven by Schenken in the 1971 European Formula Two season.]]

Image:Schenken, Tim, Ferrari 312PB am 28.05.1972.jpg 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.{{cite web|title=Tim Schenken profile|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-schtim.html|work=GrandPrix.com|publisher=Inside F1|access-date=3 June 2012}}

He had a great deal of success in Sports Cars racing for Ferrari. In 1972 he won the Buenos Aires 1000 km and Nürburgring 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 Nürburgring 1000 km and then in 1977 he won the Nürburgring 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 Motorsport Australia, the Clerk of the Course at the Australian Grand Prix and was the Clerk of the Course for the inaugural 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Richard|title=Where are they now: Tim Schenken|url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Tim_Schenken|work=Old Racing Cars|access-date=3 June 2012}}

As of the 2023 season, Schenken is one of only six Australians who have stood on the podium for a Formula One Grand Prix. The others are Grand Prix winners Oscar Piastri, 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 Motorsport Australia.{{cite news|url=http://www.fia.com/news/fia-tim-schenken-awarded-oam-queens-birthday-honours|title=FIA – TIM SCHENKEN AWARDED OAM IN QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS|date=16 June 2016|website=FIA.com}}

He is married and has a son, Guido, and identical twin daughters, Laura and Natalie.

Career summary

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

1968

| British Lombank Formula 3 Series

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| Brabham BT21B Ford
Brabham BT28 Ford
Chevron B9 Ford

| Sports Motors

1968

| British Formula Ford Championship

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| Merlyn Mk.11 Ford

|

1969

| British Lombank Formula 3 Series

|align="center" | 6th

| Brabham BT28 Ford

| Sports Motors

1969

| French Craven A Formula 3 Series

|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

| Brabham BT28 Ford

| Sports Motors

{{F2|1970}}

| European Formula Two Championship

|align="center" | 12th

| Brabham BT30 Ford

| Sports Motors

1971

| World Drivers' Championship

|align="center" | 14th

| Brabham BT33 Ford

| Motor Racing Developments

{{F2|1971}}

| European Formula Two Championship

|align="center" | 4th

| Brabham BT36 Ford

| Rondel Racing

1972

| World Drivers' Championship

|align="center" | 19th

| Surtees TS9B Ford
Surtees TS14 Ford

| Brooke Bond Oxo - Rob Walker Team Surtees

Flame Out Team Surtees

Team Surtees

1972

| British Formula Two Championship

|align="center" | 11th

| Brabham BT38 Ford

| Rondel Racing

1975

| Interserie

|align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3rd

| Porsche 917/10 Turbo
Mirage GR8 Ford

| Gelo Racing Team

1975

| European GT Championship

|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd

| Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

| Gelo Racing Team

1976

| European GT Championship

|align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3rd

| Porsche 934

| Gelo Racing Team

1976

| Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft

|align="center" | 5th

| Porsche 934

| Gelo Racing Team

1977

| Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft

|align="center" | 9th

| Porsche 935

| Gelo Racing Team

{{Clear}}

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! 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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|NC}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

| MEX

|

|

! NC

! 0

1971

! Motor Racing Developments

! Brabham BT33

! Cosworth V8

| RSA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AUT
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

! 14th

! 5

rowspan=4| 1972

! Brooke Bond Oxo - Rob Walker Team Surtees

!rowspan=3| Surtees TS9B

!rowspan=4| Cosworth V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RSA
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|7}}

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=4| 19th

!rowspan=4| 2

Flame Out Team Surtees

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan=2| Team Surtees

|

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

Surtees TS14

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

1973

! Frank Williams Racing Cars

! Iso-Marlboro IR

! Cosworth V8

| ARG

| BRA

| RSA

| ESP

| BEL

| MON

| SWE

| FRA

| GBR

| NED

| GER

| AUT

| ITA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN
{{small|14}}

| USA

! NC

! 0

rowspan=2| 1974

! Trojan-Tauranac Racing

! Trojan T103

!rowspan=2| Cosworth V8

| ARG

| BRA

| RSA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

| SWE

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NED
{{small|DNQ}}

| FRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GER
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|Ret}}

| CAN

|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

John Player Team Lotus

! Lotus 76

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

| style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| USA
{{small|DSQ}}

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
pos.|Class position}}

1970

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Équipe Matra-Simca

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jabouille
{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Depailler

|align="left"| Matra-Simca MS650

| P
3.0

| 70

| DNF

| DNF

1973

|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} SpA Ferrari SEFAC

|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Reutemann

|align="left"| Ferrari 312PB

| S
3.0

| 182

| DNF

| DNF

1975

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Gelo Racing Team

|align="left"| {{flagicon|NZL}} Howden Ganley

|align="left"| Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

| GT

| 106

| DNF

| DNF

1976

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Gelo Racing Team

|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toine Hezemans

|align="left"| Porsche 934

| GT

| 277

| 16th

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

rowspan=2| 1977

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team

|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toine Hezemans
{{flagicon|GER}} Hans Heyer

|align="left"| Porsche 935

| Gr.5

| 15

| DNF

| DNF

align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Racing Team

|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toine Hezemans
{{flagicon|GER}} Hans Heyer

|align="left"| Porsche 935

| Gr.5

| 269

| DNF

| DNF

References

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{{succession box|title=British Formula 3 Championship
Lombank Series Champion |before=Harry Stiller
Les Leston Series|after=Emerson Fittipaldi | years=1968}}

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Category:Australian Formula One drivers

Category:European Formula Two Championship drivers

Category:Grovewood Award winners

Category:British Formula Three Championship drivers

Category:Australian Formula 2 drivers

Category:1943 births

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Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers

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Category:Racing drivers from Sydney

Category:Williams Formula One drivers

Category:Brabham Formula One drivers

Category:Surtees Formula One drivers

Category:Trojan Formula One drivers

Category:Team Lotus Formula One drivers

Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers

Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia

Category:Racing drivers from New South Wales