Timo Scheider

Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009.

Timo Scheider
Timo Scheider in 2015
Nationality	German
Born	(1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 Lahnstein, West Germany
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Münnich Motorsport
Car number	44
Former teams	MJP Racing Team Austria
Starts	16
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Best finish	10th in 2017
DTM
Years active	2000–2016
Former teams	Team Holzer Opel Phoenix Racing Opel Audi Sport Team Rosberg Abt Sportsline Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Starts	201
Championships	2 (2008, 2009)
Wins	7
Podiums	24
Poles	12
Fastest laps	14
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2010
Teams	BMS Scuderia Italia
Best finish	14th
Class wins	0
Previous series
2005–06 2005–06 1997–99	A1 Grand Prix FIA GT Championship German F3
Championship titles
2008, 2009	DTM

Career

Karting

Like most other drivers, Scheider started his racing career in karting in 1989. In 1992, he went on to win the Kerpen Winter Cup and earned seventh place in the German Junior Kart NRW-Cup a year later. His seventh place disappointment led to success the next year when he won the cup.

Formula Renault

In 1995, Scheider joined the German Formula Renault 1800 championship and won it in his first year. The next year, he jumped to the 2000 championship and earned fourth place.

Formula Three

After only two years in Formula Renault, the German moved to Formula Three in 1997, in the German series. He clinched second place behind Nick Heidfeld in 1997 with three wins but his performance deteriorated the next year when he finished seventh, despite three victories. In 1999 he finished sixth, bringing an end to his rise through the single-seater ranks.

DTM

In 2008, as a DTM driver

Scheider spent the next five years of his racing career in DTM for Opel. In his first year in 2000, he finished twelfth followed by a disappointing 19th the next year. He improved to finish eighth in 2002. The following year he finished eighth again and scored a pole position. He also finished in first place at the 24 Hours Nürburgring. In 2004, Scheider retained his eighth place in DTM and was tenth in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

GTs

Scheider left the DTM in 2005, which became a busy year for Scheider. He joined Vitaphone Racing in the FIA GT Championship, where he finished second. He won the Spa 24 Hours and also at Istanbul. He was 13th overall and class winner in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He was also selected for A1 Team Germany that year.

Scheider driving for Audi (Team Rosberg) in the 2006 DTM season, at Brands Hatch.

Return to DTM

After one year away, Scheider returned to the DTM in 2006 with Audi Sport Team Rosberg, finishing the season in 10th place. In 2007 he joined the works Audi team, Abt Sportsline, finally taking his first podium finish as he finished seventh overall.

2008 showed great improvement from Scheider winning three races as he won the 2008 DTM Championship, finishing four points ahead of Paul di Resta of Mercedes-Benz. In 2009 he repeated his title success for Audi, beating closest rival Gary Paffett by five points over the ten rounds, taking two victories. He therefore become the only second DTM driver after Bernd Schneider to defend his title.

Retirement from DTM

As of October 2016, Scheider announced his retirement from DTM, effective at the end of the season.[1]

Rallycross

After making sporadic appearances in the 2015 and 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport, Scheider signed with MJP Racing Team Austria for a full 2017 campaign.[2] He finished second in the opening round in Barcelona.[3]

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2000	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 4	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 7	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 11	SAC 1 7	SAC 2 7	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 11	LAU 1 C	LAU 2 C	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 9	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 16	HOC 1 11	HOC 2 Ret			12th	45
2001	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC QR 15	HOC CR 11	NÜR QR 16	NÜR CR 10	OSC QR 18	OSC CR 12	SAC QR 13	SAC CR 12	NOR QR 9	NOR CR Ret	LAU QR 9	LAU CR 11	NÜR QR 11	NÜR CR Ret	A1R QR Ret	A1R CR DNS	ZAN QR 13	ZAN CR 6	HOC QR 5	HOC CR Ret	19th	7
2002	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC QR 5	HOC CR 5	ZOL QR 4	ZOL CR 5	DON QR 5	DON CR Ret	SAC QR 7	SAC CR 6	NOR QR Ret	NOR CR DNS	LAU QR 15	LAU CR 10	NÜR QR 9	NÜR CR 7	A1R QR 11	A1R CR 8	ZAN QR 8	ZAN CR 5	HOC QR 7	HOC CR 4	8th	10
2003	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC 7	ADR 15	NÜR 13	LAU 4	NOR 16	DON 8	NÜR 7	A1R Ret	ZAN Ret	HOC 7											8th	12
2004	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	HOC 8	EST 6	ADR 5	LAU 16	NOR Ret	SHA^1 Ret	NÜR 6	OSC 7	ZAN 12	BRN 7	HOC 9										8th	15
2006	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2005	HOC 8	LAU 9	OSC 14	BRH 10	NOR 7	NÜR 7	ZAN 6	CAT Ret	BUG 8	HOC 6											10th	12
2007	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2007	HOC 9	OSC 4	LAU 5	BRH 13	NOR 14	MUG 20	ZAN 4	NÜR 4	CAT Ret	HOC 2											7th	25
2008	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 2	OSC 1	MUG 10	LAU 2	NOR 3	ZAN 2	NÜR 5	BRH 1	CAT 2	BUG 6	HOC 1										1st	75
2009	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC 2	LAU 5	NOR 4	ZAN DSQ	OSC 1	NÜR 2	BRH 2	CAT 1	DIJ 6	HOC 2											1st	64
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC 7	VAL 4	LAU 8	NOR 5	NÜR 4	ZAN 3	BRH 3	OSC 11	HOC 2	ADR 1	SHA 3										4th	53
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC 4	ZAN 5	SPL 7	LAU 2	NOR 4	NÜR 4	BRH 16	OSC Ret	VAL 4	HOC 7											4th	36
2012	Abt Sportsline	Audi A5 DTM	HOC Ret	LAU 6	BRH Ret	SPL 6	NOR 16	NÜR 9	ZAN Ret	OSC 10	VAL Ret	HOC 12											14th	19
2013	Audi Sport Team Abt	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 6	BRH 9	SPL 16	LAU 20	NOR Ret	MSC 9	NÜR Ret	OSC 5	ZAN 3	HOC 13											10th	37
2014	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 9	OSC 7	HUN Ret	NOR 10	MSC Ret	SPL 5	NÜR Ret	LAU 3	ZAN 9	HOC 6											9th	44
2015	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 4	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 15	SPL 1 16	SPL 2 DSQ	MSC 1	MSC 2	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 5			18th	51
2016	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 Ret	SPL 1 17	SPL 2 10	LAU 1 17	LAU 2 16	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 11	ZAN 2 Ret	MSC 1 9	MSC 2 13	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 11	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 6	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 18			22nd	13

¹ - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	A1 Team Germany	GBR SPR 14	GBR FEA 10	GER SPR 5	GER FEA 10	POR SPR	POR FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	MYS SPR 12	MYS FEA 8	UAE SPR	UAE FEA	RSA SPR 7	RSA FEA Ret	IDN SPR 12	IDN FEA 12	MEX SPR 8	MEX FEA 5	USA SPR 7	USA FEA 2	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	15th	38

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	BMS Scuderia Italia	Marco Holzer Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	327	14th	3rd

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year	Entrant	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	WRX	Points
2015	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Audi S3	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	GER	SWE	CAN	NOR	FRA	BAR 16	TUR	ITA	ARG	34th	1
2016	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	POR	HOC	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE	CAN	FRA	BAR 17	LAT 7	GER	ARG 4		18th	25
2017	MJP Racing Team Austria	Ford Fiesta	BAR 2	POR 15	HOC 7	BEL 11	GBR	NOR 12	SWE 10	CAN 12	FRA 9	LAT 15	GER 15	RSA 5		10th	109
2018	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	BAR	POR	BEL	GBR	NOR	SWE 17	CAN	FRA 25	LAT 13	USA	GER	RSA 10		18th	13

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	DC	Points
2018	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R TCR	MAR 1	MAR 2	MAR 3	HUN 1	HUN 2	HUN 3	GER 1	GER 2	GER 3	NED 1	NED 2	NED 3	POR 1	POR 2	POR 3	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	CHN 1 11	CHN 2 19	CHN 3 11	WUH 1 19	WUH 2 Ret	WUH 3 Ret	JPN 1 19	JPN 2 16	JPN 3 13	MAC 1 8	MAC 2 2	MAC 3 Ret	22nd	24

References

1. Simmons, Marcus (15 October 2016). "Double DTM champion Timo Scheider to retire after Hockenheim finale". Autosport. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
2. Ridge, Hal (5 February 2017). "Timo Scheider signs up for full World Rallycross 2017 campaign". Autosport. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
3. Ridge, Hal (2 April 2017). "RX Barcelona: Ekstrom starts title defence with season-opening win". Autosport. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

External links

• Timo Scheider official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mattias Ekström	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion 2008-09	Succeeded by Paul di Resta