Brabham BT36, as driven by Schenken in the
1971 European Formula Two season. Schenken's lower formula results included winning the
1968 British Lombank Formula Three Championship, 1968
Grovewood Award, 1968 British Formula Ford Championship, 1968 ER Hall Formula Three Trophy, 1969 French Craven A Formula Three Championship, 1969 Greater London Formula Three Trophy, finishing fourth in the 1971 European Formula Two Championship and finishing third in the 1972 Brazilian Formula Two International Tournament. Schenken had a great deal of success in Sports Cars racing for Ferrari. In 1972, he won the Buenos Aires 1000 km and Nürburgring 1000 km races, As of the
2025 season, Schenken is one of only six Australians who have stood on the podium for a Formula One Grand Prix. The others are Grand Prix winners
Oscar Piastri,
Mark Webber and
Daniel Ricciardo, as well as World Champions
Sir Jack Brabham and
Alan Jones. On 16 June 2016, Schenken was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division as part of the Queen's Birthday honours. He is currently the Director of Race Operations for
Motorsport Australia. Schenken is married and has a son, Guido, and identical twin daughters, Laura and Natalie. ==Career summary==