2007 Race of Champions

2007 Race of Champions
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2007 Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium.
The 16 competitors line up before the start of the event.
Michael Schumacher congratulates Mattias Ekström for his second RoC title.

The 2007 Race of Champions took place on December 16 at the Wembley Stadium. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel of the German team beat Finland to the Nation's Cup, however Mattias Ekström of Sweden and the Scandinavian team won the Driver's Cup after beating Schumacher in the three-heat final.[1]

The event itself was overshadowed by the recent death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae who died in a helicopter accident on the 15 September. He was due to represent Scotland alongside David Coulthard. Colin's position was filled by his rally driver brother Alister McRae.

Participants

Team Drivers 2007 series
England Autosport England Jenson Button Formula One
Andy Priaulx WTCC
 Finland Marcus Grönholm WRC
Heikki Kovalainen Formula One
 France Sébastien Bourdais Champ Car
Yvan Muller WTCC
 Germany Michael Schumacher none
Sebastian Vettel Formula One
 Norway Henning Solberg WRC
Petter Solberg WRC
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM
Tom Kristensen DTM
Scotland F1 Racing Scotland David Coulthard Formula One
Alister McRae WRC
 United States Jimmie Johnson NASCAR
Travis Pastrana X Games & Rally America

Cars

Driver's Cup

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
Solution F Prototype            
 Germany Michael Schumacher  1:50.1346
ROC Car
 Norway Henning Solberg  1:52.2629  
 Germany Michael Schumacher  1:48.0203
ROC Car
   England Jenson Button  1:49.1543  
 England Jenson Button  1:52.3686
ROC Car
 Scotland Alister McRae  1:54.8733  
 Germany Michael Schumacher  1:47.9105
Solution F Prototype
   France Sébastien Bourdais  1:48.9747  
 United States Jimmie Johnson  1:49.6683
Solution F Prototype
 France Sébastien Bourdais  1:48.9771  
 France Sébastien Bourdais  1:50.4782
ROC Car
   Scotland David Coulthard  1:51.4879  
 Scotland David Coulthard  1:50.6241
 Norway Petter Solberg  2:06.7098  
 Germany Michael Schumacher  1
Solution F Prototype
   Sweden Mattias Ekström  2
 Finland Heikki Kovalainen  1:50.2973
Aston Martin Vantage N24
 Germany Sebastian Vettel  1:51.1478  
 Finland Heikki Kovalainen  1:53.7035
ROC Car
   Guernsey Andy Priaulx  1:53.6036  
 Guernsey Andy Priaulx  1:49.6485
Solution F Prototype
 France Yvan Muller  1:51.6445  
 Guernsey Andy Priaulx  DNF
Solution F Prototype
   Sweden Mattias Ekström  1:49.3806  
 Sweden Mattias Ekström  1:50.0963
Ford Focus RS WRC
 Denmark Tom Kristensen  1:51.1692  
 Sweden Mattias Ekström  1:54.3696
ROC Car
   United States Travis Pastrana  1:57.1632  
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  1:56.8349
 United States Travis Pastrana  1:55.2582  

Final

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Germany Michael Schumacher 1:49.8010 Solution F Prototype Sweden Mattias Ekström 1:48.1945
Germany Michael Schumacher 1:47.0026 ROC Car Sweden Mattias Ekström 1:47.9687
Germany Michael Schumacher DNF Solution F Prototype Sweden Mattias Ekström 1:47.3191

Nations Cup

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
       
 France France  1
 Norway Norway  2  
 Norway Norway  0
     Finland Finland  2  
 Finland Finland  2
 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  0  
 Germany Germany  2
   
   Finland Finland  1
 Scotland F1 Racing Scotland  0
 England Autosport England  2  
 England Autosport England  0
     Germany Germany  2  
 United States United States  1
 Germany Germany  2  
 

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France France 1-2 Norway Norway
Sébastien Bourdais 1:51.6054 Henning Solberg 1:55.1300 Solution F Prototype
Yvan Muller 1:55.2650 Petter Solberg 1:55.0342 Ford Focus RS WRC
Sébastien Bourdais DNF Petter Solberg 1:56.2768 ROC Car
Finland Finland 2-0 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia
Heikki Kovalainen 1:50.9680 Tom Kristensen 1:51.7954 Solution F Prototype
Marcus Grönholm 1:51.3012 Mattias Ekström 1:52.4360 Ford Focus RS WRC
Scotland F1 Racing Scotland 0-2 England Autosport England
David Coulthard 2:04.5674 Jenson Button 2:02.9926 Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Alister McRae 1:59.2322 Andy Priaulx 1:53.9674 Aston Martin Vantage N24
United States USA 1-2 Germany Germany
Jimmie Johnson 2:04.5386 Michael Schumacher 2:01.6595 Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Travis Pastrana 1:53.2361 Sebastian Vettel 1:54.6346 Aston Martin Vantage N24
Travis Pastrana 1:55.6721 Michael Schumacher 1:51.4714 ROC Car

Semifinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Norway Norway 0-2 Finland Finland
Henning Solberg 2:02.4305 Heikki Kovalainen 2:01.0103 Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Petter Solberg 1:54.1627 Marcus Grönholm 1:52.1561 Ford Focus RS WRC
England Autosport England 0-2 Germany Germany
Jenson Button 1:50.1701 Michael Schumacher 1:49.7097 Solution F Prototype
Andy Priaulx 1:52.3379 Sebastian Vettel 1:51.7319 Ford Focus RS WRC

Final

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Germany Germany 2-1 Finland Finland
Michael Schumacher DNF Heikki Kovalainen DNF[2] Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Sebastian Vettel 1:50.8516 Marcus Grönholm 1:51.3727 Ford Focus RS WRC
Sebastian Vettel 1:49.6363 Heikki Kovalainen 1:51.1503 ROC Car

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Race of Champions". BBC News. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Kovalainen laped Schumacher after the german stalled at the start line

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