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Tim Schenken : biography

26 September 1943 –

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 one podium, 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

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 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.

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

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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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 AUTRet ITARet CANNC USARet MEX NC 0
1971 Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT33 Cosworth V8 RSA ESP9 MON10 NEDRet FRA12 GBR12 GER6 AUT3 ITARet CANRet USARet 14th 5
1972 Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS9B Cosworth V8 ARG5 RSARet ESP8 19th 2
Flame Out-Team Surtees FRA17 GBRRet
Team Surtees MONRet BELRet GER14 AUT11 ITARet CAN7
Surtees TS14 USARet
1973 Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso-Marlboro IR Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR NED GER AUT ITA CAN14 USA NC 0
1974 Trojan-Tauranac Racing Trojan T103 Cosworth V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP14 BEL10 MONRet SWE NEDDNQ FRA GBRRet GERDNQ AUT10 ITARet CAN NC 0
John Player Team Lotus Lotus 76 USADSQ