2007 Race of Champions

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]

Layout of 2007 Race of Champions
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 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

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Team Drivers 2007 series
  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
   Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM
Tom Kristensen DTM
  F1 Racing Scotland David Coulthard Formula One
Alister McRae WRC
  United States Jimmie Johnson NASCAR
Travis Pastrana X Games & Rally America

Cars

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Driver's Cup

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
Solution F Prototype
 
 
  Michael Schumacher1:50.1346
 
ROC Car
 
  Henning Solberg1:52.2629
 
  Michael Schumacher1:48.0203
 
ROC Car
 
  Jenson Button1:49.1543
 
  Jenson Button1:52.3686
 
ROC Car
 
  Alister McRae1:54.8733
 
  Michael Schumacher1:47.9105
 
Solution F Prototype
 
  Sébastien Bourdais1:48.9747
 
  Jimmie Johnson1:49.6683
 
Solution F Prototype
 
  Sébastien Bourdais1:48.9771
 
  Sébastien Bourdais1:50.4782
 
ROC Car
 
  David Coulthard1:51.4879
 
  David Coulthard1:50.6241
 
 
 
  Petter Solberg2:06.7098
 
  Michael Schumacher1
 
Solution F Prototype
 
  Mattias Ekström2
 
  Heikki Kovalainen1:50.2973
 
Aston Martin Vantage N24
 
  Sebastian Vettel1:51.1478
 
  Heikki Kovalainen1:53.7035
 
ROC Car
 
  Andy Priaulx1:53.6036
 
  Andy Priaulx1:49.6485
 
Solution F Prototype
 
  Yvan Muller1:51.6445
 
  Andy PriaulxDNF
 
Solution F Prototype
 
  Mattias Ekström1:49.3806
 
  Mattias Ekström1:50.0963
 
Ford Focus RS WRC
 
  Tom Kristensen1:51.1692
 
  Mattias Ekström1:54.3696
 
ROC Car
 
  Travis Pastrana1:57.1632
 
  Marcus Grönholm1:56.8349
 
 
  Travis Pastrana1:55.2582
 

Final

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

Nations Cup

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
  France1
 
 
 
  Norway2
 
  Norway0
 
 
 
  Finland2
 
  Finland2
 
 
 
   Scandinavia0
 
  Germany2
 
 
 
  Finland1
 
  F1 Racing Scotland0
 
 
 
  Autosport England2
 
  Autosport England0
 
 
 
  Germany2
 
  United States1
 
 
  Germany2
 

Quarterfinals

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
  France 1-2   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 2-0    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
  F1 Racing Scotland 0-2   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
  USA 1-2   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

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
  Norway 0-2   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
  Autosport England 0-2   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

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
  Germany 2-1   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

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References

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  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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