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Nation:	Australia
Automobile world championship
First start:	Grand Prix of Austria 1970
Last start:	1974 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1970  Frank Williams Racing Cars  1971  Brabham  1972  Surtees  1973  Frank Williams Racing Cars  1974  Trojan  1974  Lotus
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-14. ( 1971 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 34 - - -
World Cup points :	7th
Podiums :	1
Leadership laps :	-

Timothy Theodore "Tim" Schenken (born September 26, 1943 in Sydney , New South Wales ) is a former Australian automobile racing driver . After winning the British Formula 3 Championship in 1968 , he competed in Formula 1 a total of 34 times from 1970 to 1974 .

Career

Tim Schenken in the Ferrari 312PB in 1972 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring

The highlight of his Formula 1 career was third place at the Austrian Grand Prix in 1971 , and he was also able to collect a total of seven championship points.

In addition to Formula 1, Schenken drove sports car races and in 1972, together with Ronnie Peterson, won the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring for Ferrari .

Tiga Race Cars

In 1974 Schenken founded the British motorsport team Tiga Race Cars, which existed until 1989, together with the former New Zealand Formula 1 driver Howden Ganley . He is currently the annual race director for the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series and the Australian Grand Prix , which he has directed since 1987.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Ferrari 312PB	Carlos Reutemann		failure	Engine failure
1975	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche Carrera RSR	Howden Ganley		failure	Gearbox damage
1976	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche 934	Toine Hezemans		Rank 16
1977	Gelo Racing Team	Porsche 935	Toine Hezemans	Hans Heyer	failure	fuel pump

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Ferrari	Ferrari 312PB	Ronnie Peterson	Rank 2

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1968	John Raeburn Andy Cox	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
						DNF			DNF
1972	Ferrari	Ferrari 312PB	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			1	2	2	2	3	DNF		1		3	2
1973	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 312PB	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				2		2				DNF		DNF
1974	Gelo Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
								11	8th		6th
1975	Gelo Racing	Gulf GR7 Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
				DNF		20th	9		2
1976	Gelo Racing	Porsche 934	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
			6th		7th				2
1977	Gelo Racing	Porsche 935	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
							DNF	1										11

literature

• Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who, 3rd Edition . Travel Publishing, London 2000, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

Commons : Tim Schenken  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tim Schenken at Racing Sports Cars