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  1. 28th Oct 2007 08:18 AM #1
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    Race of Champions at Wembley

    (this one was pretty hard to decide in which section to put, but the event does have more of a rally than racing feel. )

    This year's race of champions is debuting at Wembley Stadium and they are expecting a crowd of 80,000 people.

    The last years the ROC has been in Paris and before that it was at the Canary Islands and was then more of a proper rallycross event on bigger tracks. The competition started in 1988.

    The event will be held on the 16th of December.

    The cars this year haven't been presented yet.

    Current driver lineup:

    Team Autosport England
    Jenson Button, F1
    Andy Priaulx, WTCC

    Team F1 Racing Scotland
    David Coulthard, F1
    Alister McRae, WRC

    Team Germany
    Michael Schumacher, Retired
    Sebastian Vettel, F1

    Team USA
    Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR
    Travis Pastrana, Rallying/motocross

    Team France
    Sebastien Bourdais, Champcar
    Yvan Muller, WTCC

    Team Scandinavia
    Tom Kristensen, DTM
    Mattias Ekstr?m, DTM

    Team Finland
    Heikki Kovalainen, F1
    Marcus Gr?nholm, WRC

    Team Norway
    Petter Solberg, WRC
    Henning Solberg, WRC

    Team ???
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    ???

    Previous winners:
    2006 ROC Winner: Mattias Ekstr?m, Sweden
    2006 Nations cup: Finland (Kovalainen/Gr?nholm)

    2005 ROC Winner: Sebastien Loeb, France
    2005 Nations cup: Scandinavia (Kristensen/Ekstr?m)

    2004 ROC Winner: Heikki Kovalainen, Finland
    2004 Nations cup: France (Alesi/Loeb)

    2003 ROC Winner: Sebastien Loeb, France
    2003 Nations cup: All stars (Da Matta/Panizzi/Nieto)

    2002 ROC Winner: Marcus Gr?nholm, Finland
    2002 Nations cup: USA (Gordon/Johnson/Edwards)

    2001 ROC Winner: Harri Rovanper?, Finland
    2001 Nations cup: Spain (Puras/Alonso/Xaus)

    2000 ROC Winner: Tommi M?kinen, Finland
    2000 Nations cup: France (Panizzi/Muller/Laconi)
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  2. 28th Oct 2007 08:19 AM #2
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    Highlights from 2006.
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  3. 28th Oct 2007 04:35 PM #3
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    It's interesting to see the number of Rally drivers that have won this.
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  4. 28th Oct 2007 05:01 PM #4
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    In 2004 young Heikki Kovalainen won big stars like Michael Schumacher and Sebastien Loeb to take the title. Heikki looked like he could explode after beating Loeb with WRC cars in the finals.
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  5. 28th Oct 2007 09:13 PM #5
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    Very interesting combination, Schumacher and Vettel. What a team of contrasts
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    A little preview of the 2007 event.


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  7. 29th Oct 2007 02:37 AM #7
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    I'd love to go see that What a riot!

    They had an NFL game today at Wembley. Dolphins and Giants. It was a muddy event

    That place is huge! 90,000 some people!
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    Yeah, that looks interesting. What a lot of work for a racing event in that stadium...

    I saw Tony Kanaan in that preview. I didnt see any Indy Drivers on that website though.
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  9. 29th Oct 2007 07:17 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by DanicaRules View Post
    I saw Tony Kanaan in that preview. I didnt see any Indy Drivers on that website though.
    There are still seats not confirmed yet so Kanaan might be back.

    Here's the classic Kovalainen vs. Schumacher in the Ferraris:
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  10. 29th Oct 2007 07:19 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Driverdb View Post
    There are still seats not confirmed yet so Kanaan might be back.

    That would be cool if he was. I know he is a guest racer at the Japanese Formula Nippon at Suzuka in November so he may very well do the ROC.
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