Editing Tim Schenken (section)

==Career==
[[Image:Brabhambt36.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Rondel Racing]] Brabham BT36, as driven by Schenken in the [[1971 European Formula Two season]].]]
[[Image:Schenken, Tim, Ferrari 312PB am 28.05.1972.jpg|thumb|left|Schenken at the Nürburgring in 1972]] 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.<ref name="TS profile">{{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}}</ref>

He had a great deal of success in Sports Cars racing for Ferrari. In 1972 he won the Buenos Aires 1000&nbsp;km and Nürburgring 1000&nbsp;km races,<ref name="TS profile" /> finished second in the Daytona 6hour, Sebring 12hour, Brands Hatch 1000&nbsp;km and the Watkins Glen 6hour, and finished third at the Monza 1000&nbsp;km and Zeltweg 1000&nbsp;km races. 1973 saw him finish second at the Vallelunga 6hour and Monza 1000&nbsp;km races. In 1975 and 1976 he finished second in the Nürburgring 1000&nbsp;km and then in 1977 he won the Nürburgring 1000&nbsp;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.<ref name="TS profile" /> 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]].<ref name=Watn>{{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}}</ref>

As of the [[2023 Formula One World Championship|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 (racing driver)|Mark Webber]] and [[Daniel Ricciardo]], as well as World Champions [[Sir Jack Brabham]] and [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|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 [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport|Motorsport Australia]].<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

He is married and has a son, Guido, and identical twin daughters, Laura and Natalie.<ref name=Watn />