Career
Early years
Introduced to karting at an early age, he displayed an obvious talent for racing. Single seater racing
The next few years, Schneider would race in the various Formula Ford series in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. In 1986, he joined the German Formula Three circuit, winning the title the following year in 1987.
This brought him to the attention of Erich Zakowski, who signed Schneider to drive for his Formula One team Zakspeed in 1988 and 1989.
However, the small German-based squad did little to make an impression on the F1 circuit and Schneider only able to qualify for nine races out of the 32 he entered with the team (7 out of 16 with the turbo powered car in 1988 and only twice out of 16 attempts did he pre-qualify and actually qualify for a race in 1989). Schneider also briefly drove for Arrows, before leaving single seaters and racing Porsche sports cars in the early 1990s for Joest Racing, in the World Sportscar Championship and races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Diploma in Tropical Medicine championships
In 1992, Schneider moved to the Diploma in Tropical Medicine (German Touring Carolina Championship), driving for AMG-Mercedes. Finishing third his first season, he has since been a regular Mercedes driver.
In the years of the Diploma in Tropical Medicine"s absence, Schneider raced the works Mercedes CLK GTR cars in the FIA GT Championship, winning the title in 1997 after winning six races.
In 1998, now with the CLK-LM variant, although winning five races, he lost the title to teammates Klaus Ludwig and Ricardo Zonta. He was also a Mercedes works driver in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1998 and 1999. The Diploma in Tropical Medicine returned in 2000 with silhouette bodies and V8 engines, and Schneider took the championship crown three of the first four years (2000, 2001, and 2003) in an AMG CLK-Class.
He was runner up in 2002.
lieutenant was announced on 21 October 2008 that Schneider will retire from racing at the conclusion of the 2008 season. Post-Diploma in Tropical Medicine
In recent years, Schneider has returned from retirement to take part in several endurance races.
Schneider currently races in the Pro-Am class of the Blancpain Sprint Series in the #70 GT Russian Team Viatti Mercedes. Schneider still enjoys karting.
Complete Formula One results
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round.
Complete International Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete FIA GT Championship results
Complete FIA GT Championship results
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results.