Race of Champions 09

The Race of Champions competition itself is a head-to-head tournament where the world’s best motorsport stars battle to prove that they’re the fastest on earth. Through a series of head-to-head races in identical cars on a parallel track, one winner comes through as the fastest and is declared “The Champion…

In 1999 The ROC Nations Cup was added to The Race of Champions, as a battle to decide the world’s fastest motorsport nation. Drivers team up in pairs based on their nationality and, as in The Race of Champions, they compete head-to-head to determine who is the best. The 2009…

Swede Mattias Ekstrom completed a remarkable hat trick of Race of Champions titles today, beating seven-time F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher in the final. The double DTM champion added the 2009 crown to the back-to-back ROC titles he won in 2006 and 2007. Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel were both…

Michael Schumacher hat beim Race of Champions erneut in DTM-Star Mattias Ekström seinen Meister gefunden. Der Formel-1-Rekordweltmeister unterlag im olympischen Vogelnest von Peking wie schon 2007 im Londoner Wembley-Stadion im Finale dem Audi-Werkspiloten aus Schweden, der damit zum dritten Mal bei diesem Einladungsrennen triumphierte. Im Halbfinale hatte sich Schumacher in…

Mit einem Erfolg im Traumfinale gegen England haben Michael Schumacher und Sebastian Vettel den Hattrick beim 'Race of Champions' geschafft. Das deutsche Duo sicherte sich beim traditionellen Abschluss der Motorsport-Saison zum dritten Mal in Folge nach 2007 und 2008 den Sieg im Nationen-Cup.

Seven time F1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, and his Team Germany team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, claimed their third consecutive ROC Nations Cup title today. The pair beat the Autosport Team GB pairing of new F1 World Champion, Jenson Button, and three time World Touring Car Champion, Andy Priaulx, in a tie…