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2009 Race of Champions
Motor racing competition
Motor racing competition
The 2009 Race of Champions was the 22nd running of the motorsport event, on November 3–4, 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the first time that the event took place outside of Europe and Africa. It was the first international sports event to be held in the "Bird's Nest" stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was moved from a weekend to a midweek slot for the first time. The RoC Nations Cup was held on Tuesday, November 3, just two days after the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the climax of the 2009 Formula One season at the Yas Marina Circuit, with the Driver's Cup being contested on Wednesday 4, November.
The new dates affected the United States and Australia most, since it meant drivers from those countries' popular saloon-car series (V8 Supercar and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) could not take part. Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Race Engineering was originally selected to participate but could not because of the schedule, so two motorcyclists were used on the team. In the past, the United States team has used Nationwide Series champion Carl Edwards, and four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Two X Games stars and Rally America drivers were chosen.
Mattias Ekström won the World Final for Team Scandinavia, while Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher won the Nations Cup for Team Germany.
South Europe Regional Final
For the first ever time, regional finals were held to determine which nations will take part in Beijing. The first of these regional finals was for South Europe, featuring Portugal, Spain, Monaco and Italy. It was held in the Estádio do Dragão, the home of F.C. Porto on 6/7 June.
ROC Portugal
Miguel Barbosa won the ROC Portugal opener and was joined by A1 Grand Prix driver Filipe Albuquerque, José Pedro Fontes and team captain and Production World Rally Championship Armindo Araújo in the Portuguese team.
ROC Iberia
The Portuguese team faced a Spanish team made up of team captain World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, Citroën WRC driver Dani Sordo, World Series by Renault driver Jaime Alguersuari and rally driver Sergio Vallejo in the ROC Iberia. Albuquerque beat Sordo by two heats to nil in the Iberian final.
ROC South Europe Finals
The Spanish pairing of Sainz and Sordo faced the Italian pairing of former World Rally champion Miki Biasion and current WRC driver Gigi Galli in the first semi-final. Spain won by three heats to nil. The Portuguese pairing of Albuquerque and Araujo faced Monaco, featuring A1GP driver Clivio Piccione and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele Pirro, who although born in Italy, has been a resident of Monaco for over 22 years. After four of five heats the score was balanced at 2–2, before Piccione beat Albuquerque by one ten thousandth of a second, the narrowest margin of victory in Race of Champions history. The Monegasque pairing beat the Spanish pair by three heats to one in the final to send Monaco through to the main event in November.
ROC Legends
There was also a RoC Legends competition on the Saturday evening, featuring Sainz, Biasion, Pirro, Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mick Doohan, Andy Priaulx and Pedro Chaves. Priaulx beat Herbert in the Legends final by two heats to one.
Participants
| Team | Drivers | 2009 series |
|---|---|---|
| SCOZAF All-Stars | David Coulthard | none |
| Giniel de Villiers | Cross Country World Cup | |
| AUS Australia | Mick Doohan | none |
| Chad Reed | AMA Motocross Championship | |
| CHN China | Han Han | Chinese Rally Championship |
| Ho-Pin Tung | A1 Grand Prix & Superleague Formula | |
| FIN Finland | Marcus Grönholm | none |
| Mikko Hirvonen | WRC | |
| FRA France | Guerlain Chicherit | Cross Country World Cup |
| Yvan Muller | WTCC | |
| DEU Germany | Michael Schumacher | none/Formula One testing |
| Sebastian Vettel | Formula One | |
| GBR Great Britain | Jenson Button | Formula One |
| Andy Priaulx | WTCC | |
| MCO Monaco | Clivio Piccione | A1 Grand Prix |
| Emanuele Pirro | none | |
| DNKSWE Scandinavia | Mattias Ekström | DTM |
| Tom Kristensen | DTM | |
| USA United States | Tanner Foust | X Games & Rally America |
| Travis Pastrana | X Games & Rally America |
- Jamie Whincup originally was confirmed to participate, but later withdrew due to a scheduling conflict with the V8 Supercars Championship. Chad Reed took his place.
- The two fastest Chinese drivers in the ROC China Challenge would represent their nation in the Nations Cup.
Cars
- Ford Focus RS WRC
- KTM X-Bow
- ROC Car
- RX Racing RX150
- Solution F Prototype
- Volkswagen Scirocco
ROC China
| team-width=125 | score-width=175
| RD1-seed01= CHN | RD1-team01= H. Han | RD1-score01= 2:23.923 | RD1-seed02= CHN | RD1-team02= Y. Zhou | RD1-score02= DNF
| RD1-seed03= CHN | RD1-team03= Z. G. Ren | RD1-score03= 2:09.466 | RD1-seed04= CHN | RD1-team04= C. H. Huang | RD1-score04= 2:10.420
| RD1-seed05= CHN | RD1-team05= Y. Liu | RD1-score05= 2:07.540 | RD1-seed06= CHN | RD1-team06= L. F. Lin | RD1-score06= 2:09.921
| RD1-seed07= CHN | RD1-team07= D. A. Chen | RD1-score07= 2:08.246 | RD1-seed08= CHN | RD1-team08= H. S. Guo | RD1-score08= 2:10.914
| RD1-seed09= CHN | RD1-team09= H. J. Wei | RD1-score09= 2:10.355 | RD1-seed10= CHN | RD1-team10= H. B. Dong | RD1-score10= 2:06.955
| RD1-seed11= CHN | RD1-team11= R. Wang | RD1-score11= 2:10.579 | RD1-seed12= CHN | RD1-team12= C. D. Liu | RD1-score12= 2:08.815
| RD1-seed13= CHN | RD1-team13= B. Liu | RD1-score13= 2:07.976 | RD1-seed14= CHN | RD1-team14= D. J. Wu | RD1-score14= 2:10.044
| RD1-seed15= CHN | RD1-team15= S. F. Wang | RD1-score15= 2:06.304 | RD1-seed16= CHN | RD1-team16= N. J. Lu | RD1-score16= 2:13.080
| RD2-seed01= CHN | RD2-team01= H. Han | RD2-score01= 2:10.148 | RD2-seed02= CHN | RD2-team02= Z. G. Ren | RD2-score02= 2:11.272
| RD2-seed03= CHN | RD2-team03= Y. Liu | RD2-score03= 2:07.809 | RD2-seed04= CHN | RD2-team04= D. A. Chen | RD2-score04= 2:08.482
| RD2-seed05= CHN | RD2-team05= H. B. Dong | RD2-score05= 2:09.551 | RD2-seed06= CHN | RD2-team06= C. D. Liu | RD2-score06= 2:11.409
| RD2-seed07= CHN | RD2-team07= B. Liu | RD2-score07= 2:06.635 | RD2-seed08= CHN | RD2-team08= S. F. Wang | RD2-score08= 2:06.097
| RD3-seed01= CHN | RD3-team01= H. Han | RD3-score01= 2:07.639 | RD3-seed02= CHN | RD3-team02= Y. Liu | RD3-score02= 2:08.598
| RD3-seed03= CHN | RD3-team03= H. B. Dong | RD3-score03= 2:32.583 | RD3-seed04= CHN | RD3-team04= S. F. Wang | RD3-score04= DNF
| RD4-seed01= CHN | RD4-team01= H. Han | RD4-score01= 2:07.311 | RD4-seed02= CHN | RD4-team02= H. B. Dong | RD4-score02= 2:05.181
ROC Nations Cup
Group A
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 3:55.963 | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 4:04.314 | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 4:00.151 | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | 4:04.386 |
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | DEU Germany | 2–0 | AUS Australia | DEU Germany | 2–0 | CHN China | DEU Germany | 2–0 | FIN Finland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Schumacher | 2:00.012 | Mick Doohan | 2:28.424 | |||||||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:59.381 | Chad Reed | 2:05.807 | |||||||||||
| Michael Schumacher | 2:03.192 | Han Han | DNF | |||||||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:55.951 | Ho-Pin Tung | 1:58.345 | |||||||||||
| Michael Schumacher | 2:00.636 | Mikko Hirvonen | 2:01.243 | |||||||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:56.085 | Marcus Grönholm | 2:01.587 |
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | CHN China | 2–0 | AUS Australia | FIN Finland | 1–1 | AUS Australia | CHN China | 1–1 | FIN Finland |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han Han | 2:14.570 | Mick Doohan | 2:48.088 | |||||||||||
| Ho-Pin Tung | 1:58.537 | Chad Reed | 2:01.505 | |||||||||||
| Mikko Hirvonen | 2:00.264 | Mick Doohan | 2:05.545 | |||||||||||
| Marcus Grönholm | 1:59.787 | Chad Reed | 1:58.841 | |||||||||||
| Han Han | 2:05.969 | Mikko Hirvonen | 2:05.819 | |||||||||||
| Ho-Pin Tung | 2:04.234 | Marcus Grönholm | 2:05.180 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3:55.111 | ||||
| SCOZAF All-Stars | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3:58.339 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 3:58.882 |
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | GBR Great Britain | 2–0 | SCOZAF All-Stars | GBR Great Britain | 2–0 | MCO Monaco | MCO Monaco | 1–1 | GBRZAF All-Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenson Button | 2:00.394 | David Coulthard | 2:00.964 | |||||||||||
| Andy Priaulx | 1:58.399 | Giniel de Villiers | 2:02.927 | |||||||||||
| Jenson Button | 1:59.109 | Clivio Piccione | 2:01.408 | |||||||||||
| Andy Priaulx | 1:56.002 | Emanuele Pirro | 1:57.466 | |||||||||||
| Clivio Piccione | 2:01.416 | David Coulthard | 1:58.824 | |||||||||||
| Emanuele Pirro | 1:58.607 | Giniel de Villiers | 1:59.515 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4:09.184 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4:09.208 | |||||
| DNKSWE Scandinavia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4:10.252 |
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | FRA France | 1–1 | DNKSWE Scandinavia | DNKSWE Scandinavia | 1–1 | USA United States | USA United States | 1–1 | FRA France |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yvan Muller | 2:00.635 | Tom Kristensen | DNF | |||||||||||
| Guerlain Chicherit | DNF | Mattias Ekström | 2:13.070 | |||||||||||
| Tom Kristensen | 2:05.039 | Tanner Foust | 2:03.692 | |||||||||||
| Mattias Ekström | 2:05.213 | Travis Pastrana | 2:05.776 | |||||||||||
| Tanner Foust | 2:03.408 | Yvan Muller | 2:03.104 | |||||||||||
| Travis Pastrana | 2:06.738 | Guerlain Chicherit | 2:08.573 | ROC Car |
Knockout stages
| score-width= | RD1-seed1=A1 | RD1-team1=**** | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=C1 | RD1-team2= | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=A2 | RD1-team3= | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=B1 | RD1-team4=GBR Great Britain | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=A1 | RD2-team1=**** | RD2-score1=2 | RD2-seed2=B1 | RD2-team2=GBR Great Britain | RD2-score2=1
Semifinals
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | DEU Germany | 2–1 | USA United States | CHN China | 1–2 | GBR Great Britain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Schumacher | 2:03.615 | Tanner Foust | 2:03.281 | ROC Car | |||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:55.212 | Travis Pastrana | 1:55.582 | Ford Focus RS WRC | |||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 2:03.167 | Tanner Foust | 2:04.084 | ROC Car | |||||||
| Han Han | 2:06.654 | Jenson Button | 2:03.201 | ROC Car | |||||||
| Ho-Pin Tung | 1:57.890 | Andy Priaulx | 2:01.565 | Solution F Prototype | |||||||
| Ho-Pin Tung | 2:04.477 | Jenson Button | 2:01.544 | ROC Car |
Final
| Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | DEU Germany | 2–1 | GBR Great Britain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Schumacher | 1:59.348 | Jenson Button | 1:59.842 | ROC Car | ||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 2:13.299 | Andy Priaulx | 1:52.479 | Ford Focus RS WRC | ||||
| Michael Schumacher | 2:01.200 | Andy Priaulx | 2:02.364 | ROC Car |
World Final
Round 1
| |MCO Clivio Piccione|1:59.759 |CHN Ho-Pin Tung|2:03.870 | |USA Tanner Foust|2:02.205 |MCO Emanuele Pirro|2:18.797 | |MCO Clivio Piccione|2:04.098 |USA Tanner Foust|2:01.233
Group A
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Jenson Button | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1:57.627 | |||||
| DNK Tom Kristensen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1:58.305 | |||||
| USA Tanner Foust | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1:57.677 | |||||
| FRA Guerlain Chicherit | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:03.938 |
| Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 | Solution F Prototype | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Jenson Button | 2:00.085 | DNK Tom Kristensen | 2:01.381 | ||||
| FRA Guerlain Chicherit | 2:04.486 | USA Tanner Foust | 2:00.578 | ||||
| USA Tanner Foust | 1:57.677 | GBR Jenson Button | 1:57.627 | ||||
| DNK Tom Kristensen | 1:58.305 | FRA Guerlain Chicherit | DNF | ||||
| FRA Guerlain Chicherit | 2:03.938 | GBR Jenson Button | 1:59.174 | ||||
| USA Tanner Foust | 2:04.512 | DNK Tom Kristensen | 1:59.136 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Mattias Ekström | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1:58.276 | |||||
| GBR Andy Priaulx | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1:59.860 | |||||
| AUS Mick Doohan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2:04.325 | |||||
| USA Travis Pastrana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:04.208 |
| Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Mattias Ekström | 1:58.551 | GBR Andy Priaulx | 1:59.860 | |||
| AUS Mick Doohan | 2:04.325 | USA Travis Pastrana | 2:04.402 | |||
| USA Travis Pastrana | 2:04.208 | SWE Mattias Ekström | 2:02.174 | |||
| GBR Andy Priaulx | 2:04.801 | AUS Mick Doohan | 2:05.229 | |||
| AUS Mick Doohan | DNF | SWE Mattias Ekström | 1:58.276 | |||
| USATravis Pastrana | DNF | GBR Andy Priaulx | 2:00.043 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1:51.442 | |||||
| FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1:51.094 | |||||
| AUS Chad Reed | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1:54.247 | |||||
| ZAF Giniel de Villiers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1:53.626 |
| Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 | ROC Car | Ford Focus RS WRC | Ford Focus RS WRC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Sebastian Vettel | 2:00.363 | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 2:02.567 | ||||
| AUS Chad Reed | 2:02.391 | ZAF Giniel de Villiers | 2:04.247 | ||||
| ZAF Giniel de Villiers | 1:53.626 | DEU Sebastian Vettel | 1:51.442 | ||||
| FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 1:51.094 | AUS Chad Reed | 1:54.247 | ||||
| AUS Chad Reed | DNF | DEU Sebastian Vettel | 1:58.583 | ||||
| ZAF Giniel de Villiers | 2:04.437 | FIN Mikko Hirvonen | 2:01.859 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Races | W | L | Best Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Michael Schumacher | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1:58.644 | |||||
| SCO David Coulthard | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1:58.547 | |||||
| FRA Yvan Muller | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1:58.956 | |||||
| FIN Marcus Grönholm | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:00.835 |
| Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Michael Schumacher | 1:58.644 | SCO David Coulthard | 2:00.503 | |||
| FIN Marcus Grönholm | 2:01.456 | FRA Yvan Muller | 2:00.191 | |||
| FRA Yvan Muller | 2:01.474 | DEU Michael Schumacher | 1:59.296 | |||
| SCO David Coulthard | 2:00.259 | FIN Marcus Grönholm | 2:00.835 | |||
| FIN Marcus Grönholm | 2:02.111 | DEU Michael Schumacher | 1:59.907 | |||
| FRA Yvan Muller | 1:58.956 | SCO David Coulthard | 1:58.547 |
Knockout stages
| Ford Focus RS WRC |GBR Jenson Button|1:51.375 |GBR Andy Priaulx|1:55.500 | Solution F Prototype |SWE Mattias Ekström|1:56.530 |DNK Tom Kristensen|1:57.814 | ROC Car |DEU Sebastian Vettel|1:58.213 |SCO David Coulthard|1:58.930 | KTM X-Bow |DEU Michael Schumacher|1:57.805 |FIN Mikko Hirvonen|1:59.786 | Ford Focus RS WRC |GBR Jenson Button|1:50.627 |SWE Mattias Ekström|1:49.500 | KTM X-Bow |DEU Sebastian Vettel|DNF |DEU Michael Schumacher|1:57.940 | |SWE Mattias Ekström|2 |DEU Michael Schumacher|0
Final
| Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 | ROC Car | KTM X-Bow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE Mattias Ekström | 1:57.290 | DEU Michael Schumacher | 1:57.471 | |||
| SWE Mattias Ekström | 1:56.044 | DEU Michael Schumacher | 1:56.657 |
References
References
- (2009-04-16). "Race of Champions moves to Beijing". [[Haymarket Group.
- (2009-06-07). "Monaco Surprise Spain To Win Euromilhoes RoC South Europe". [[Race of Champions]].
- (October 2010). "Priaulx Prevails Over Herbert In All British Race Of Champions Legends Final". [[Race of Champions]].
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