Timo Scheider

Timo Scheider

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2000
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2016
Teams (manufacturers)
2000–2002 Holzer ( Opel ) • 2003 Phoenix (Opel) • 2004 Holzer (Opel) • 2006 Rosberg ( Audi ) • 2007–2013 Abt (Audi) • 2014–2016 Phoenix (Audi)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 181 7th 11 12
Podiums:	24
Overall wins:	2 ( 2008 , 2009 )
Points:	518

Timo Scheider (born November 10, 1978 in Lahnstein ) is a German automobile racing driver . He competed in the DTM from 2000 to 2016 and was the overall winner there in 2008 and 2009 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1989–1999)

Signature of Timo Scheider

Scheider began his motorsport career in 1989 in kart racing , which he operated until 1994. Among other things, he won the German Junior Kart Championship in 1994 . In 1995 he switched to formula racing . He made his debut in the German Formula Renault 1800 and won the championship title straight away. In 1996, he finally came fourth overall in the German Formula Renault 2000.

In 1997 Scheider switched to the German Formula 3 championship . He won three races and was on the podium in twelve out of eighteen races. With 218 to 224 points he was finally runner-up behind Nick Heidfeld . In the following season he again won three races. In the overall standings, however, it was only enough for him to finish seventh this season. He did not appear in four races. He also took part in the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort and finished the race in eighth position. In 1999 Scheider completed his third year in the German Formula 3 championship. With a running success, he finished the season in sixth place overall. At the Formula 3 Masters he was twelfth this season.

DTM with Opel (2000-2004)

In 2000 Scheider switched to touring car racing in the DTM with Team Holzer , who competed with Opel vehicles. With two fourth places as the best results, he finished his debut season in twelfth place in the championship. In 2001 Scheider completed his second season for Team Holzer and took 20th place in the championship.

In 2002 Scheider improved to eighth place in the DTM drivers' championship. In 2003 Scheider switched to Team Phoenix within the DTM Opel team and he finished the season again in eighth place overall. In Zandvoort he achieved his first pole position in the DTM. His team-mate Peter Dumbreck had more than twice as many points as him this season. In 2003 he also won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in an Opel Astra V8 together with Manuel Reuter , Volker Strycek and Marcel Tiemann .

In 2004 Scheider returned to the Holzer team. For the third year in a row, he finished eighth overall, although he was again without a podium finish. That made him the best Opel driver this season.

FIA-GT and A1GP (2005-2006)

In 2005 Scheider switched to the FIA GT Championship and competed with Michael Bartels on a Maserati MC12 of the German Vitaphone Racing Team . The two won two races, including the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race , and finished second overall. He then competed in formula racing for the German team in the A1 Grand Prix in winter 2005/06 . He shared the cockpit with Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Stahl . Scheider was the pilot with the most missions and the only German pilot who scored points. He achieved his best result in the main race in Laguna Seca , which he finished in second place. In 2006 he competed in a FIA GT Championship race in a Ferrari 430 GT2 and won the GT2 championship.

DTM for Audi (2006-2016)

Timo Scheider 2008

Scheider's main focus in 2006, however, was on his return to the DTM. He received an Audi from the previous season from Team Rosberg and became a teammate of Frank Stippler . He regularly scored points and finished the season in tenth place in the drivers' championship. Within the team, he prevailed against Stippler with 12 to 3 points. In 2007 Scheider moved to Abt Sportsline and received a current model of the Audi A4 DTM . After finishing fourth three times, the season finale in Hockenheim was followed by his first ever podium finish in the DTM with a second place. As the third best driver in his team, he finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' championship.

Scheider after his first DTM victory in Oschersleben in 2008

In 2008 Scheider completed his second season in a current Audi A4 DTM. Scheider clinched the first DTM victory of his career in the second race of the season in Oschersleben . He did not finish in the points in just one race this season and was on the podium a total of eight times. With 75 to 71 points he prevailed against Paul di Resta and became DTM champion for the first time.

Scheider at the DTM season opener 2009 in Hockenheim

In the 2009 season Scheider managed to defend his DTM title. He only failed to score in one race, was on the podium six times and won two races. In the championship he prevailed with 64 to 59 points against Gary Paffett . This made him the first DTM driver after Bernd Schneider to defend his title. In addition, a driver from Abt Sportsline or Audi won the championship title for the third time. No team or manufacturer in the history of the DTM had succeeded in this before.

In 2010 Scheider stayed with Abt Sportsline. While he always scored points in the first five races, but was not on the podium, he finished five of the last six races on the podium and won one. As the best Audi driver, he finished fourth in the championship this season. He also made his debut in 2010 at the Le Mans 24-hour race in a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR , which was used by BMS Scuderia Italia . In 2011 Scheider contested his eleventh DTM season and his fifth for Abt Sportsline. With a second place as the best result, he ended the year in fourth place overall. He also took part in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series in 2011 , winning the GT3 Pro classification. He also came third in the Nürburgring 24h race. In the 2012 DTM season , Scheider received an Audi A5 DTM that was used by Abt Sportline. Although Scheider drove a fastest race lap and achieved a pole position, he did not manage to place on the podium. It was the first season in his time at Abt that he was without a podium finish. Two sixth places were his best results. At the end of the season he was in 14th place in the drivers' championship. In 2013 Scheider competed for Abt in the DTM again. With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in tenth overall.

In 2014 Scheider returned to Phoenix Racing, which meanwhile also used Audis. With a third place as the best result, he was ninth in the drivers' championship. In 2015 Scheider stayed with Phoenix Racing in the DTM. He chose 10 as his starting number. Scheider was disqualified at the second Spielberg race. Scheider was first overtaken by Pascal Wehrlein after he had followed Wehrlein's slower-moving brand colleague Robert Wickens . Before the next bend, Scheider braked later than Wickens and pushed Wickens into Wehrlein. Both drivers retired, while Scheider crossed the finish line in sixth. The race stewards saw Scheider to be responsible for this incident and disqualified him. Shortly before the incident, Audi Motorsport Director Wolfgang Ullrich could be heard over Scheider's pit radio , who radioed the instruction "Timo, push him out". As a result of the collision, the German Motor Sport Association blocked Scheider for two races in Wolokolamsk , Audi was deprived of 62 points from the race in Spielberg for the brand classification and fined € 200,000. The behavior of the team and the driver had "massively [damaged] the public image of motorsport". Scheider was represented by Antonio Giovinazzi during his suspension . After returning, he won a race in Hockenheim. He finished the season in 18th place overall.

The DTM season in 2016 graduated Scheider again for Phoenix. A sixth place was his best result and as the worst regular Audi driver he finished 22nd in the drivers' standings. One day before the last race weekend, Scheider found out by telephone that Audi would no longer extend its contract, which was due to expire at the end of the year. Scheider then ended his DTM career after 16 seasons.

Personal

Timo Scheider lives in Lochau, Austria . He was in a relationship with Jasmin Rubatto for eleven years and has a son with her. The two separated in April 2010. In July 2016, he became a father again. The mother of the child is his longtime partner Jessica Hinterseer, the older daughter of Hansi Hinterseer . In 2011 he received the Federal Badge of Honor .

Others

In October 2008 Timo Scheider was voted ADAC Motorsporter of the Year .

Timo Scheider has been an ambassador for the Wings for Life Foundation for Spinal Cord Research since November 2008 . He is also the initiator of the charity, sports and family-event series Race4Kids which has the aim to support disadvantaged children and families in Germany and Austria.

In the television show TV total Stock Car Crash Challenge on November 29, 2008 and October 9, 2010, he won the race in the class up to 1900 cm³.

From 1997 it was managed by Willi Weber .

statistics

Career stations

1989–1994: karting 1995: German Formula Renault 1800 (champion) 1996: German Formula Renault 2000 (4th place) 1997: German Formula 3 (2nd place) 1998: German Formula 3 (7th place) 1999: German Formula 3 (6th place) 2000 : DTM (12th place) 2001 : DTM (20th place) 2002 : DTM (8th place)

2003 : DTM (8th place) 2004 : DTM (8th place) 2005 : FIA-GT (2nd place) 2006 : A1 Grand Prix 2006 : DTM (10th place) 2006 : FIA-GT, GT2 (18th place) 2007 : DTM (7th place) 2008 : DTM (champions) 2009 : DTM (champions)

2010 : DTM (4th place) 2011 : DTM (4th place) 2011 : Blancpain Endurance Series , GT3 Pro (8th place) 2012 : DTM (14th place) 2013 : DTM (10th place) 2014 : DTM (9th place) 2015 : DTM (18th place) 2016 : DTM (22nd place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	BMS Scuderia Italia SpA	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Richard Westbrook	Marco Holzer	Rank 14

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2000	Team Holzer	Opel	HO1		OS1		NOR		SAC		NÜ1		OS2		NÜ2		HO2				45	12.
			4th	4th	5	7th	12	11	7th	7th	16	11	8th	9	11	16	11	DNF
2001	Team Holzer	Opel	HO1	NÜ1	OSC	SAC	NOR	LAU	NÜ2	SPI	ZAN	HO2									7th	20th
			11	10	12	12	DNF	11	DNF		6th	DNF
2002	Team Holzer	Opel	HO1	ZOL	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	SPI	ZAN	HO2									10	8th.
			5	5	DNF	6th	DNS	10	7th	8th	5	4th
2003	Team Phoenix	Opel	HO1	ADR	NÜ1	LAU	NOR	DON	NÜ2	SPI	ZAN	HO2									12	8th.
			7th	15th	13	4th	16	8th	7th	DNF	DNF	7th
2004	Team Holzer	Opel	HO1	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA 1	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HO2								15th	8th.
			8th	6th	5	16	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	12	7th	9
2006	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BAR	LEM	HO2									12	10.
			8th	9	14th	10	7th	7th	6th	DNF	8th	6th
2007	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	OSC	LAU	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	ONLY	BAR	HO2									25th	7th
			9	4th	5	13	14th	DNF	4th	4th	DNF	2
2008	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	BAR	LEM	HO2								75	1.
			2	1	10	2	3	2	5	1	2	6th	1
2009	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2									64	1.
			2	5	4th	DSQ	1	2	2	1	6th	2
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HO2	ADR	SHA								53	4th
			7th	4th	8th	5	4th	3	3	11	2	1	3
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	ZAN	SPI	LAU	NOR	ONLY	BRH	OSC	VAL	HO2									36	4th
			4th	5	7th	2	4th	4th	16	DNF	4th	7th
2012	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	LAU	BRH	SPI	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	OSC	VAL	HO2									19th	14th
			DNF	6th	DNF	6th	16	9	DNF	10	DNF	12
2013	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2									37	10.
			6th	9	16	20th	DNF	9	DNF	5	3	13
2014	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2									44	9.
			9	7th	DNF	10	DNF	5	DNF	3	9	6th
2015	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2		51	18th
			DNF	12	8th	4th	16	16	14th	15th	16	DSQ	EX	EX	12	12	DNF	DNF	1	5
2016	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2		13	22nd
			DNF	DNF	17th	10	17th	16	16	16	11	DNF	9	13	21st	11	9	6th	16	18th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

¹ The race in Shanghai was not part of the championship.

Web links

Commons : Timo Scheider  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Timo Scheider
• Career statistics from Timo Scheider (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ René de Boer: "Timo Scheider: Victory and Title". Motorsport aktuell , archived from the original on October 28, 2008 ; Retrieved October 26, 2008 . 
2. ↑ Timo Scheider is DTM Champion 2009. (No longer available online.) DTM.com , formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 25, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
3. ↑ "Audi driver squad for the DTM 2012 is up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2012)
4. ↑ "DTM - Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013". Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Audi: Growth in motorsport. (No longer available online.) Audi-motorsport.info, December 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Norman Fischer: DTM Spielberg: Timo Scheider disqualified for ramming. Motorsport-Total.com, August 2, 2015, accessed August 2, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Sports court pronounces harsh penalties against Audi . auto motor und sport, August 26, 2015
8. ↑ DTM: Timo Scheider stops: Stylish expulsion of a champion . In: Auto Bild from October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2016
9. ↑ The new DTM champion 2008 is Timo Scheider. (No longer available online.) Www.dtm.com, archived from the original on September 17, 2011 ; Retrieved December 6, 2008 . 
10. ↑ Scheider & Rubatto: DTM dream couple split up. www.motorsport-total.com, accessed on August 21, 2010 . 
11. ↑ dtm.de: Champion Timo Scheider is ADAC motor sportsman of the year  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ), October 29, 2008
12. ↑ “Wings for Life is looking for co-pilots for Coulthard, Tomczyk and Scheider”. sporthelden.de, accessed on December 23, 2012 . 
13. ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "DTM - Scheider: More celebrities for 'Race 4 Kids'". I think that's really cool. Motorsport-Magazin.com, March 8, 2010, accessed December 23, 2012 .