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Timo Scheider in 2015
Nationality	German
Born	(1978-11-10) 10 November 1978 (age 46) Lahnstein, West Germany
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Münnich Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car no.	44
Former teams	MJP Racing Team Austria
Starts	49
Wins	1
Podiums	6
Best finish	4th in 2023

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

Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein, Germany) is a famous German racing driver. He currently races in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. Timo is best known for winning the DTM championship twice, in 2008 and 2009.

Timo Scheider's Racing Journey
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Timo Scheider's Racing Journey

Early Days in Karting

Like many race car drivers, Timo Scheider started racing at a young age. He began his career in karting in 1989. In 1992, he won the Kerpen Winter Cup. The next year, he finished seventh in the German Junior Kart NRW-Cup. But he didn't give up! In 1994, he came back strong and won that same cup.

Moving Up to Formula Renault

In 1995, Timo moved from karts to bigger cars. He joined the German Formula Renault 1800 championship. Amazingly, he won the championship in his very first year. The following year, he moved to the Formula Renault 2000 series and finished fourth overall.

Racing in Formula Three

After two successful years in Formula Renault, Timo stepped up to Formula Three in 1997. He raced in the German series. In 1997, he finished second, right behind Nick Heidfeld, and won three races. His performance dropped a bit in 1998, where he finished seventh, even though he still won three races. In 1999, he finished sixth. This was his last year in single-seater racing cars.

Joining the DTM Series

Timo then spent five years racing in the DTM series for Opel. DTM is a popular touring car championship in Germany.

2000: In his first DTM year, he finished twelfth.
2001: He had a tougher year, finishing nineteenth.
2002: He improved a lot, moving up to eighth place.
2003: He finished eighth again and even got a pole position, meaning he started a race from the very front. That year, he also won the famous 24 Hours Nürburgring race.
2004: Timo kept his eighth place in DTM. He also finished tenth in the Nürburgring 24 Hours race.

Adventures in GT Racing

In 2005, Timo took a break from DTM. It was a very busy year for him!

He joined Vitaphone Racing in the FIA GT Championship and finished second.
He won two big endurance races: the Spa 24 Hours and a race in Istanbul.
He also finished thirteenth overall and won his class in the Nürburgring 24 Hours.
That year, he was also chosen to race for A1 Team Germany.

Returning to DTM and Winning Big

Timo Scheider racing in the DTM series in 2008.

After one year away, Timo came back to DTM in 2006. He joined Audi Sport Team Rosberg and finished tenth. In 2007, he moved to the main Audi team, Abt Sportsline. This is where he finally got his first podium finish (finishing in the top three) and ended the season in seventh place.

The years 2008 and 2009 were his best!

2008 DTM Champion: Timo showed huge improvement in 2008. He won three races and became the 2008 DTM Champion! He finished four points ahead of Paul di Resta.
2009 DTM Champion: He did it again in 2009, winning his second DTM title for Audi. He beat Gary Paffett by five points and won two races. This made him only the second DTM driver ever to win two championships in a row, after Bernd Schneider.

Timo Scheider driving for Audi in the 2006 DTM season.

Leaving DTM

In October 2016, Timo Scheider announced that he would retire from DTM racing at the end of that season.

Rallycross Racing

After leaving DTM, Timo started racing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.

2015-2016: He made a few appearances in 2015 and 2016 for Münnich Motorsport.
2017: He signed with MJP Racing Team Austria for a full season. He started strong, finishing second in the first race in Barcelona.
Current: He continues to compete in the World Rallycross Championship.

Extreme E Racing

Timo Scheider also joined Extreme E, a racing series for electric SUVs that race in extreme environments.

2023: He made his debut in the 2023 season for Carl Cox Motorsport. His teammate was Christine GZ.
2024: For the 2024 season, Timo will be both the team boss and a driver for a new team called SUN Minimeal XE Team. He will race alongside Klara Andersson.

Racing Records

Here are some of Timo Scheider's detailed racing results in different championships.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Results

(Key) (Races in bold mean pole position) (Races in italics mean 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	SHA¹ 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 race.

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/RX1/RX1e

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
2019	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	ABU 6	BAR 10	BEL 10	GBR 4	NOR 11	SWE 22	CAN 11	FRA 8	LAT 11	RSA 6				9th	109
2020	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	SWE 3	SWE 4	FIN 5	FIN 9	LAT 12	LAT 10	BAR 9	BAR 9						8th	92
2021	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza	BAR 7	SWE	FRA 6	LAT 6	LAT 7	BEL 9	PRT	GER	GER					8th	75
2023	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT Ibiza RX1e	POR 9	NOR 3	SWE 5	GBR C	BLX C	GER C								4th	89
2023	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	OMSE ZEROID X1							RSA 3	RSA 1	CHN 3	CHN 9				4th	89

Complete World Touring Car Cup Results