Editing 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, New South Wales|Gordon]], [[Sydney]], Australia
| Years = [[1970 Formula One season|1970]]–[[1974 Formula One season|1974]]
| Team(s) =  [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Williams]], [[Brabham]], [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]], [[Trojan (Racing team)|Trojan]], [[Team Lotus|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}}<ref>{{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}}</ref> (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|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 />

==Career summary==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Season
! Series
! Position
! Car
! Team
|-
| 1968
| [[British Formula 3|British Lombank Formula 3 Series]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| [[Brabham]] BT21B [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]<br>[[Brabham]] BT28 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]<br>[[Chevron Cars Ltd|Chevron]] B9 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Sports Motors
|-
| 1968
| [[British Formula Ford Championship]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Merlyn Mk.11 [[Ford Kent engine|Ford]]
|
|-
| 1969
| [[1969 British Formula Three season|British Lombank Formula 3 Series]]
|align="center" | 6th
| [[Brabham]] BT28 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Sports Motors
|-
| 1969
| [[French Formula 3 Championship|French Craven A Formula 3 Series]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| [[Brabham]] BT28 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Sports Motors
|-
| {{F2|1970}}
| [[European Formula Two Championship]]
|align="center" | 12th
| [[Brabham]] BT30 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Sports Motors
|-
| [[1971 Formula One season|1971]]
| [[Formula One|World Drivers' Championship]]
|align="center" | 14th
| [[Brabham BT33]] [[Cosworth DFV|Ford]]
| [[Brabham|Motor Racing Developments]]
|-
| {{F2|1971}}
| [[European Formula Two Championship]]
|align="center" | 4th
| [[Brabham]] BT36 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Rondel Racing
|-
| [[1972 Formula One season|1972]]
| [[Formula One|World Drivers' Championship]]
|align="center" | 19th
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] TS9B [[Cosworth DFV|Ford]]<br>[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] TS14 [[Cosworth DFV|Ford]]
| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Brooke Bond Oxo - Rob Walker Team Surtees]]
Flame Out [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Team Surtees]]
[[Surtees Racing Organisation|Team Surtees]]
|-
| 1972
| [[British Formula 2|British Formula Two Championship]]
|align="center" | 11th
| [[Brabham]] BT38 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Rondel Racing
|-
| 1975
| [[Interserie]]
|align="center" style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3rd
| [[Porsche 917|Porsche 917/10 Turbo]]<br>[[Mirage (race car)|Mirage]] GR8 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| Gelo Racing Team
|-
| 1975
| [[European GT Championship]]
|align="center" style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| [[Porsche 911|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==
([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|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 Formula One season|1970]]
! [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]]
! [[De Tomaso]] [[De Tomaso 505|505]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1970 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />
| [[1970 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />
| [[1970 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />
| [[1970 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br>
| [[1970 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />
| [[1970 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />
| [[1970 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />
| [[1970 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1970 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|NC}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1970 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1970 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />
| 
| 
! NC
! 0
|-
| [[1971 Formula One season|1971]]
! [[Motor Racing Developments]]
! [[Brabham]] [[Brabham BT33|BT33]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1971 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1971 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|9}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1971 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1971 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|12}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1971 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|12}}
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1971 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|6}}
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| [[1971 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|3}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1971 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| 
| 
|
|
! 14th
! 5
|-
|rowspan=4| [[1972 Formula One season|1972]]
! [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Brooke Bond Oxo - Rob Walker Team Surtees]]
!rowspan=3| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] [[Surtees TS9|TS9B]]
!rowspan=4| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[1972 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />{{small|5}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|7}}
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=4| 19th
!rowspan=4| 2
|-
! Flame Out [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Team Surtees]]
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|17}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan=2| [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Team Surtees]]
| 
| 
| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|8}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
| 
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|14}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1972 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|11}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
| 
|
|
|
|-
! [[Surtees Racing Organisation|Surtees]] [[Surtees TS14|TS14]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1972 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|
|
|
|-
| [[1973 Formula One season|1973]]
! [[Frank Williams Racing Cars]]
! [[Frank Williams Racing Cars|Iso-Marlboro]] [[Iso-Marlboro IR|IR]]
! [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1973 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />
| [[1973 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />
| [[1973 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />
| [[1973 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />
| [[1973 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />
| [[1973 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />
| [[1973 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />
| [[1973 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />
| [[1973 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />
| [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />
| [[1973 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />
| [[1973 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />
| [[1973 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1973 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|14}}
| [[1973 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />
! NC
! 0
|-
|rowspan=2| [[1974 Formula One season|1974]]
! [[Trojan (Racing team)|Trojan-Tauranac Racing]]
! [[Trojan (Racing team)|Trojan]] [[Trojan T103|T103]]
!rowspan=2| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]
| [[1974 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br />
| [[1974 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />
| [[1974 South African Grand Prix|RSA]]<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1974 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br />{{small|14}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1974 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1974 Swedish Grand Prix|SWE]]<br />
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1974 Dutch Grand Prix|NED]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
| [[1974 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1974 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1974 Austrian Grand Prix|AUT]]<br />{{small|10}}
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1974 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}
| [[1974 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />
| 
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
|-
! [[John Player & Sons|John Player]] [[Team Lotus]]
! [[Team Lotus|Lotus]] [[Lotus 76|76]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
| style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| [[1974 United States Grand Prix|<span style="color:white;">USA</span>]]<br />{{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<br>pos.|Class position}}
|-
! [[1970 24 Hours of Le Mans|1970]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Matra Sports|Équipe Matra]]-[[Simca]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Depailler]]
|align="left"| [[Matra-Simca MS650]]
| P<br>3.0
| 70
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! [[1973 24 Hours of Le Mans|1973]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|SpA Ferrari SEFAC]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Reutemann]]
|align="left"| [[Ferrari 312PB]] 
| S<br>3.0
| 182
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! [[1975 24 Hours of Le Mans|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 24 Hours of Le Mans|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 24 Hours of Le Mans|1977]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Gelo Racing|Gelo Racing Team]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Toine Hezemans]]<br>{{flagicon|GER}} [[Hans Heyer]]
|align="left"| [[Porsche 935]]
| Gr.5
| 15
| DNF
| DNF
|-
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Gelo Racing|Gelo Racing Team]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Toine Hezemans]]<br>{{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]]<br />Lombank Series Champion |before=[[Harry Stiller]]'''<small><br />Les Leston Series</small>'''|after=[[Emerson Fittipaldi]] | years=1968}}
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