2008 Race of Champions

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]

Layout of 2008 Race of Champions
Wembley Stadium panorama during event

Participants

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Team Drivers 2008 series
   All-Stars Jaime Alguersuari British Formula Three
Troy Bayliss Superbike
  France Sébastien Loeb WRC
Yvan Muller WTCC
  Germany Michael Schumacher none
Sebastian Vettel Formula One
  Autosport Great Britain Jenson Button Formula One
Andy Priaulx WTCC
  F1 Racing Great Britain David Coulthard Formula One
Jason Plato BTCC
   Ireland & UK Adam Carroll A1GP
Gareth MacHale ITRC
   Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM
Tom Kristensen DTM
  United States Carl Edwards NASCAR
Tanner Foust Formula D

Cars

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Driver's Cup

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
ROC Car
 
 
  Michael Schumacher1:57.4237
 
Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
  Tom Kristensen1:57.6458
 
  Michael Schumacher2:03.1025
 
KTM X-Bow
 
  Carl Edwards2:01.3532
 
  Carl Edwards2:03.8596
 
KTM X-Bow
 
  Jaime Alguersuari2:09.4400
 
  Carl Edwards1:57.8658
 
ROC Car
 
  David Coulthard1:58.8682
 
  Jenson Button2:01.0113
 
KTM X-Bow
 
  Tanner Foust2:00.7626
 
  Tanner Foust2:17.4159
 
Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
  David Coulthard1:56.1267
 
  David Coulthard2:01.3962
 
 
 
  Gareth MacHale2:05.4632
 
  David Coulthard1
 
Ford Focus RS WRC
 
  Sébastien Loeb2
 
  Andy Priaulx1:50.0708
 
Ford Focus RS WRC
 
  Jason Plato1:53.3887
 
  Andy Priaulx1:48.5699
 
ROC Car
 
  Mattias Ekström1:48.6826
 
  Mattias Ekström1:57.9151
 
Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
 
  Adam Carroll1:59.7404
 
  Andy Priaulx1:58.8938
 
KTM X-Bow
 
  Sébastien Loeb1:57.9127
 
  Sébastien Loeb2:01.1834
 
RX Racing RX150
 
  Yvan Muller2:01.7783
 
  Sébastien Loeb1:58.4506
 
RX Racing RX150
 
  Sebastian Vettel1:59.8578
 
  Sebastian Vettel1:58.5103
 
 
  Troy Bayliss2:01.2981
 

Final

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Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
  David Coulthard 1:58.3783 ROC Car   Sébastien Loeb 1:57.1867
  David Coulthard 1:54.8969 KTM X-Bow   Sébastien Loeb 1:55.8669
  David Coulthard 1:54.8498 ROC Car   Sébastien Loeb 1:54.5284

Nations' Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  France0
 
 
 
   Scandinavia2
 
   Scandinavia2
 
 
 
  Autosport Great Britain1
 
  USA0
 
 
 
  Autosport Great Britain2
 
   Scandinavia1
 
 
 
  Germany2
 
  F1 Racing Great Britain2
 
 
 
   All-Stars0
 
  F1 Racing Great Britain0
 
 
 
  Germany2
 
  Germany2
 
 
   Ireland & UK0
 

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
  France 0-2    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
  USA 0-2   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
  F1 Racing Great Britain 2-0    All-Stars
David Coulthard 2:06.2057 Jaime Alguersuari 2:09.5030 KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato 2:05.8577 Troy Bayliss 2:17.6845 RX Racing RX150
  Germany 2-0    Ireland & UK
Michael Schumacher 2:02.8599 Adam Carroll 2:06.3634 KTM X-Bow
Sebastian Vettel 2:05.9037 Gareth MacHale 2:09.1824 RX Racing RX150

Semifinals

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
   Scandinavia 2-1   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 2:01.6746 ROC Car
  F1 Racing Great Britain 0-2   Germany
David Coulthard 2:20.8868 Michael Schumacher 2:20.1079 KTM X-Bow
Jason Plato 2:02.7721 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.4088 RX Racing RX150

Final

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
   Scandinavia 1-2   Germany
Tom Kristensen 2:00.4110 Michael Schumacher 2:00.2381 ROC Car
Mattias Ekström 1:59.6465 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.2331 KTM X-Bow
Mattias Ekström 1:59.7265 Michael Schumacher 1:56.5219 ROC Car

See also

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References

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  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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