Timo Scheider


Timo Scheider 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.

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

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.
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.

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. He finished second in the opening round in Barcelona.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2000OPC Team HolzerOpel Astra V8 CoupéHOC
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
12th45
2001OPC Team HolzerOpel Astra V8 CoupéHOC
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
19th7
2002OPC Team HolzerOpel Astra V8 CoupéHOC
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
8th10
2003OPC Team PhoenixOpel Astra V8 CoupéHOC
7
ADR
15
NÜR
13
LAU
4
NOR
16
DON
8
NÜR
7
A1R
Ret
ZAN
Ret
HOC
7
8th12
2004OPC Team HolzerOpel Vectra GTS V8 2004HOC
8
EST
6
ADR
5
LAU
16
NOR
Ret
SHA1
Ret
NÜR
6
OSC
7
ZAN
12
BRN
7
HOC
9
8th15
2006Audi Sport Team RosbergAudi A4 DTM 2005HOC
8
LAU
9
OSC
14
BRH
10
NOR
7
NÜR
7
ZAN
6
CAT
Ret
BUG
8
HOC
6
10th12
2007Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2007HOC
9
OSC
4
LAU
5
BRH
13
NOR
14
MUG
20
ZAN
4
NÜR
4
CAT
Ret
HOC
2
7th25
2008Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2008HOC
2
OSC
1
MUG
10
LAU
2
NOR
3
ZAN
2
NÜR
5
BRH
1
CAT
2
BUG
6
HOC
1
1st75
2009Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2009HOC
2
LAU
5
NOR
4
ZAN
DSQ
OSC
1
NÜR
2
BRH
2
CAT
1
DIJ
6
HOC
2
1st64
2010Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2009HOC
7
VAL
4
LAU
8
NOR
5
NÜR
4
ZAN
3
BRH
3
OSC
11
HOC
2
ADR
1
SHA
3
4th53
2011Abt SportslineAudi A4 DTM 2009HOC
4
ZAN
5
SPL
7
LAU
2
NOR
4
NÜR
4
BRH
16
OSC
Ret
VAL
4
HOC
7
4th36
2012Abt SportslineAudi A5 DTMHOC
Ret
LAU
6
BRH
Ret
SPL
6
NOR
16
NÜR
9
ZAN
Ret
OSC
10
VAL
Ret
HOC
12
14th19
2013Audi Sport Team AbtAudi RS5 DTMHOC
6
BRH
9
SPL
16
LAU
20
NOR
Ret
MSC
9
NÜR
Ret
OSC
5
ZAN
3
HOC
13
10th37
2014Audi Sport Team PhoenixAudi RS5 DTMHOC
9
OSC
7
HUN
Ret
NOR
10
MSC
Ret
SPL
5
NÜR
Ret
LAU
3
ZAN
9
HOC
6
9th44
2015Audi Sport Team PhoenixAudi RS5 DTMHOC
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
18th51
2016Audi Sport Team PhoenixAudi RS5 DTMHOC
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
22nd13

1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2005–06A1 Team GermanyGBR
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
15th38

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPoints
2018ALL-INKL.COM Münnich MotorsportHonda Civic Type R TCRMAR
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
22nd24