2008 Race of Champions

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Layout of 2008 Race of Champions
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Wembley Stadium panorama during event

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]

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Participants

TeamDrivers2008 series
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Spain.svg All-Stars Jaime Alguersuari British Formula Three
Troy Bayliss Superbike
Flag of France.svg  France Sébastien Loeb WRC
Yvan Muller WTCC
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Michael Schumacher none
Sebastian Vettel Formula One
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Autosport Great Britain Jenson Button Formula One
Andy Priaulx WTCC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F1 Racing Great Britain David Coulthard Formula One
Jason Plato BTCC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland & UK Adam Carroll A1GP
Gareth MacHale ITRC
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM
Tom Kristensen DTM
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Carl Edwards NASCAR
Tanner Foust Formula D

Cars

Driver's Cup

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 ROC Car
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher 1:57.4237
 
 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Tom Kristensen 1:57.6458
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher 2:03.1025
 
KTM X-Bow
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Carl Edwards 2:01.3532
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Carl Edwards 2:03.8596
 
 KTM X-Bow
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Jaime Alguersuari 2:09.4400
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Carl Edwards 1:57.8658
 
 ROC Car
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1:58.8682
 
 Flag of England.svg Jenson Button 2:01.0113
 
 KTM X-Bow
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust 2:00.7626
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Tanner Foust 2:17.4159
 
 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1:56.1267
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 2:01.3962
 
 
 
 Flag of Ireland.svg Gareth MacHale 2:05.4632
 
 Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1
 
 Ford Focus RS WRC
 
 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2
 
 Flag of Guernsey.svg Andy Priaulx 1:50.0708
 
 Ford Focus RS WRC
 
 Flag of England.svg Jason Plato 1:53.3887
 
 Flag of Guernsey.svg Andy Priaulx 1:48.5699
 
 ROC Car
 
 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström 1:48.6826
 
 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Ekström 1:57.9151
 
 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Adam Carroll 1:59.7404
 
 Flag of Guernsey.svg Andy Priaulx 1:58.8938
 
 KTM X-Bow
 
 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:57.9127
 
 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 2:01.1834
 
 RX Racing RX150
 
 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller 2:01.7783
 
 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:58.4506
 
 RX Racing RX150
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel 1:59.8578
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel 1:58.5103
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Bayliss 2:01.2981
 

Final

Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2
Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1:58.3783ROC Car Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:57.1867
Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1:54.8969 KTM X-Bow Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:55.8669
Flag of Scotland.svg David Coulthard 1:54.8498ROC Car Flag of France.svg Sébastien Loeb 1:54.5284

Nations' Cup

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Flag of France.svg France0
 
 
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia2
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia2
 
 
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Autosport Great Britain1
 
 Flag of the United States.svg USA0
 
 
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Autosport Great Britain2
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia1
 
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany2
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F1 Racing Great Britain2
 
 
 
 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Spain.svg All-Stars0
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F1 Racing Great Britain0
 
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany2
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany2
 
 
 Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ireland & UK0
 

Quarterfinals

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
Flag of France.svg France0-2 Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia
Yvan Muller 2:10.2357 Tom Kristensen 2:08.0568 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Sébastien Loeb 1:52.5112 Mattias Ekström 1:52.4182 Ford Focus RS WRC
Flag of the United States.svg USA0-2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Autosport Great Britain
Carl Edwards 2:20.6230 Jenson Button 2:10.5220 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Tanner Foust 2:05.4963 Andy Priaulx 1:53.4400 Ford Focus RS WRC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F1 Racing Great Britain2-0 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Spain.svg All-Stars
David Coulthard 2:06.2057 Jaime Alguersuari 2:09.5030 KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato 2:05.8577 Troy Bayliss 2:17.6845RX Racing RX150
Flag of Germany.svg Germany2-0 Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ireland & UK
Michael Schumacher 2:02.8599 Adam Carroll 2:06.3634 KTM X-Bow
Sebastian Vettel 2:05.9037 Gareth MacHale 2:09.1824RX Racing RX150

Semifinals

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia2-1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Autosport Great Britain
Tom Kristensen 2:03.8547 Jenson Button 2:04.1408 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Mattias Ekström 1:56.7711 Andy Priaulx 1:51.2288 Ford Focus RS WRC
Tom Kristensen 2:01.5089 Andy Priaulx 2:01.6746ROC Car
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F1 Racing Great Britain0-2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
David Coulthard 2:20.8868 Michael Schumacher 2:20.1079 KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato 2:02.7721 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.4088RX Racing RX150

Final

Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2Car
Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Scandinavia1-2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Tom Kristensen 2:00.4110 Michael Schumacher 2:00.2381ROC Car
Mattias Ekström 1:59.6465 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.2331 KTM X-Bow
Mattias Ekström 1:59.7265 Michael Schumacher 1:56.5219ROC Car

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hamilton to demo McLaren at ROC". Autosport . Retrieved December 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Celebrity race to kick off RoC". Autosport . Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Top Boxers Weigh-In for Abarth Celebrity Bout at Wembley". The Auto Channel. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
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