Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who last competed in Extreme E for Carl Cox 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, Scheider 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.

Return to DTM After one year away, Scheider returned to the DTM in 2006 with Audi Sport Team Rosberg, finishing the season in tenth 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.

Extreme E Scheider would make his Extreme E debut in the 2023 season for Carl Cox Motorsport with Christine GZ as his teammate.

Scheider would be the team principal and driver for a new team called SUN Minimeal XE Team in the 2024 season alongside Klara Andersson.

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 HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 45 2001 OPC Team Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 19th 7 2002 OPC Team Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupé HOCQR HOCCR ZOLQR ZOLCR DONQR DONCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 8th 10 2003 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupé HOC ADR NÜR LAU NOR DON NÜR A1R ZAN HOC 8th 12 2004 OPC Team Holzer Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA1 NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC 8th 15 2006 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC LAU OSC BRH NOR NÜR ZAN CAT BUG HOC 10th 12 2007 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC OSC LAU BRH NOR MUG ZAN NÜR CAT HOC 7th 25 2008 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR BRH CAT BUG HOC 1st 75 2009 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC LAU NOR ZANDSQ OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 1st 64 2010 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 4th 53 2011 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 4th 36 2012 Abt Sportsline Audi A5 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 14th 19 2013 Audi Sport Team Abt Audi RS5 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 10th 37 2014 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 9th 44 2015 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 18th 51 2016 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 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 GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA 15th 38

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 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 TUR ITA ARG34th1 2016 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA BAR LAT GER ARG 18th 25 2017 MJP Racing Team Austria Ford Fiesta BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT GER RSA 10th 109 2018 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT USA GER RSA 18th 13 2019 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza ABU BAR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 9th 109 2020 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza SWE SWE FIN FIN LAT LAT BAR BAR 8th 92 2021 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza BAR7 SWE FRA6 LAT6 LAT7 BEL9 PRT GER GER 8th 75 2023 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX1e POR NOR SWE GBR BLX GER 4th 89 OMSE ZEROID X1 RSA RSA CHN CHN

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 MAR1 MAR2 MAR3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 GER1 GER2 GER3 NED1 NED2 NED3 POR1 POR2 POR3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 CHN1 CHN2 CHN3 WUH1 WUH2 WUH3 JPN1 JPN2 JPN3 MAC1 MAC2 MAC3 22nd 24

Complete Extreme E results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2022 Xite Energy Racing Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES ISL1 ISL2 COP ENE 13th 21 2023 Carl Cox Motorsport Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 HYD1 HYD2 ISL11 ISL12 ISL21 ISL22 COP1 COP2 11th 2024 SUN Minimeal Team Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 HYD1 HYD2 ISL11 ISL12 ISL21 ISL22 VAL1 VAL2 7th 24 2025 Carl Cox Motorsport Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES1 DES2 N/A N/A † Season abandoned.

References

External links

Timo Scheider official website