Timo Scheider
| Timo Scheider | |
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Timo Scheider in 2015
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| Nationality |
 German |
| Born |
10 November 1978 Lahnstein, West Germany |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | MJP Racing Team Austria |
| Car no. | 44 |
| Former teams | Münnich Motorsport |
| Starts | 6 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Finished last season | 18th |
| 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 |
| Wins | 7 |
| Poles | 12 |
| Fastest laps | 14 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2008, 2009 |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2010 |
| Teams | BMS Scuderia Italia |
| Best finish | 14th |
| Class wins | 0 |
| Previous series | |
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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) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World RX for MJP Racing Team Austria. He has won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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