Thomas Schie | |||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||
Born |
Oslo, Norway |
1 December 1975 ||||||||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||||||||
1999, 2008-2009 1998 1997 1995-1996 1994 1993 |
Swedish Touring Car Championship Barber Dodge Pro Series International Formula 3000 Barber Dodge Pro Series Formula Opel Lotus Formula Ford Sweden |
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World Rally Championship record | |
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Active years | 2002-2007 |
Rallies | 10 |
Rally wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Stage wins | 0 |
First rally | 2002 Swedish Rally |
Last rally | 2007 Rally Catalunya |
Thomas Schie (Born 1 December 1975 in Oslo) is a former racing and rally driver. He previously competed in the International Formula 3000, Swedish Touring Car Championship and World Rally Championship.
Schie started his autoracing careerin the Swedish Formula Ford Junior championship. Schie, as the only foreigner in the championship, finished third. Moving up the ladder Schie moved into the Scandinavian Formula Opel Lotus championship. After finished seventh in the season he joined Team Norway at the Formula Opel Lotus Nations Cup. At Circuit Park Zandvoort Schie finished eighth with this teammate Tommy Rustad. For the 1995 season the Norwegian driver moved to the United States of America to race in the Barber Dodge Pro Series. After a tough start of the season, in which he had a number of retirements, Schie finished strong. Due to two third-place finishes at the end of the season the Norwegian finished his inaugural season in the Barber Dodge Pro Series seventh in the standings. The following season was more successful. Schie won both races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The driver from Oslo finished second in the standings second to fellow Scandinavian Fredrik Larsson.
Following his success he returned to Europe to race in the International Formula 3000 for Bob Salisbury Engineering. The team was in their second year of F3000, Schie was joined by Oliver Gavin as his teammate. Gavin was replaced by James Taylor as of round four. All three drivers struggled to qualify for the races. Schie qualified for five out of ten rounds. The first race Schie participated in was the 1997 Pau Grand Prix. Eleven drivers failed to qualify. The Norwegian finished fourteenth out of 22 drivers. His best result came at Spa where he finished tenth.