Thread: Race of Champions 2008

On the 14th December it's time for this year's Race of Champions at Wembley!

The lineup for this year isn't that bad.

Team Germany (2007 Nations Cup Winners)
Michael Schumacher - 7 times Formula 1 World Champion
Sebastian Vettel - Formula 1

Autosport Great Britain
Jenson Button - Formula 1
Andy Priaulx - Three times World Touring Car Champion

Australia
TBA (Was Mark Webber)
Troy Bayliss - World Superbike Championship

France
Yvan Muller - 2008 WTCC champion
Sebastien Loeb - Four times World Rally Champion - 2x ROC champion

Scandinavia
Tom Kristensen - DTM - 8th times winner of the 24h Le Mans
Mattias Ekstr?m - DTM - 2006 and 2007 ROC champion

USA
Carl Edwards - NASCAR - ROC rookie
Travis Pastrana - Rally/Motocross

F1 Racing Great Britain
David Coulthard - Formula 1
TBA

Ireland
Adam Carroll - GP2 / A1GP - ROC rookie
Gareth MacHale - Rally - ROC rookie


The event will also feature Lewis Hamilton showing of the McLaren Mercedes. And as he's going to be there anyway why not stick him in the TBA seat for F1 Racing Great Britain?

Here's the 2007 Finals between Schumacher and Ekstr?m:


Broadcast schedule:
http://www.raceofchampions.com/tv/schedule/

Originally Posted by Fidel

wheres Canada? How rude!

Can you imagine Jacques Villeneuve and Paul Tracy together? That's why there's no Canada.

When the hell is SPEED gonna pick this up!!??!!

Jaime Alguersuari, Red Bull Junior and 2008 British F3 champ, will be the replacement for Webber. I guess it won't be called Team Australia anymore.

Jason Plato grabbed the TBA spot next to Coulthard.

Here's the draw for the opening round of the ROC:

Gareth MacHale vs. David Coulthard
Adam Carroll vs. Mattias Ekstr?m
Tom Kristensen vs. Michael Schumacher
Jason Plato vs. Andy Priaulx
Tanner Foust vs. Jenson Button
Troy Bayliss vs. Sebastian Vettel
Jaime Alguersuari vs. Carl Edwards
Yvan Muller vs. Sebastien Loeb

Im pulling for Carl Edwards!

Originally Posted by DanicaRules

Im pulling for Carl Edwards!

He didn't make it -- but he did beat Michael Schumacher in the Fiat 500's quite comfortably in the second round of the ROC. It was quite a comeback as he understeered of into the barrier in the very first corner with that car during the Race of Nations race.

Coulthard knocked him out rather comfortably (even though he crashed in the final corner right before the finish) in the semi-final.
Coulthard vs. Edwards:
http://freecaster.tv/1000179_1006597


A highlights clip (from the Race of Nations):
http://freecaster.tv/1000179_1006458

Can someone post the results please??

Originally Posted by EIR Loe.307

Can someone post the results please??

The following wasn't very copy/pasteable so I hope you'll be alright with a link: Race Of Champions / 2008 Results