2008 Race of Champions explained

The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle. Hamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title.[1] There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses.[2] These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan and Enzo Maccarinelli, chef James Martin, footballer Bacary Sagna and singer Shayne Ward.[3]

Participants

TeamDrivers2008 series
All-StarsJaime AlguersuariBritish Formula Three
Troy BaylissSuperbike
Sébastien LoebWRC
Yvan MullerWTCC
Michael Schumachernone
Sebastian VettelFormula One
Autosport Great BritainJenson ButtonFormula One
Andy PriaulxWTCC
F1 Racing Great BritainDavid CoulthardFormula One
Jason PlatoBTCC
Ireland & UKAdam CarrollA1GP
Gareth MacHaleITRC
ScandinaviaMattias EkströmDTM
Tom KristensenDTM
Carl EdwardsNASCAR
Tanner FoustFormula D

Cars

Driver's Cup

Final

Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2
David Coulthard1:58.3783ROC Car Sébastien Loeb1:57.1867
David Coulthard1:54.8969KTM X-Bow Sébastien Loeb1:55.8669
David Coulthard1:54.8498ROC Car Sébastien Loeb1:54.5284

Nations' Cup

Quarterfinals

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
France0-2 Scandinavia
Yvan Muller2:10.2357Tom Kristensen2:08.0568Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Sébastien Loeb1:52.5112Mattias Ekström1:52.4182Ford Focus RS WRC
USA0-2 Autosport Great Britain
Carl Edwards2:20.6230Jenson Button2:10.5220Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Tanner Foust2:05.4963Andy Priaulx1:53.4400Ford Focus RS WRC
F1 Racing Great Britain2-0 All-Stars
David Coulthard2:06.2057Jaime Alguersuari2:09.5030KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato2:05.8577Troy Bayliss2:17.6845RX Racing RX150
Germany2-0 Ireland & UK
Michael Schumacher2:02.8599Adam Carroll2:06.3634KTM X-Bow
Sebastian Vettel2:05.9037Gareth MacHale2:09.1824RX Racing RX150

Semifinals

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
Scandinavia2-1 Autosport Great Britain
Tom Kristensen2:03.8547Jenson Button2:04.1408Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Mattias Ekström1:56.7711Andy Priaulx1:51.2288Ford Focus RS WRC
Tom Kristensen2:01.5089Andy Priaulx2:01.6746ROC Car
F1 Racing Great Britain0-2 Germany
David Coulthard2:20.8868Michael Schumacher2:20.1079KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato2:02.7721Sebastian Vettel2:01.4088RX Racing RX150

Final

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
Scandinavia1-2 Germany
Tom Kristensen2:00.4110Michael Schumacher2:00.2381ROC Car
Mattias Ekström1:59.6465Sebastian Vettel2:01.2331KTM X-Bow
Mattias Ekström1:59.7265Michael Schumacher1:56.5219ROC Car

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hamilton to demo McLaren at ROC . . December 13, 2008.
  2. Web site: Celebrity race to kick off RoC . . December 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081208015342/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72318. 8 December 2008 . live.
  3. Web site: Top Boxers Weigh-In for Abarth Celebrity Bout at Wembley . The Auto Channel . December 13, 2008.

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