Race Of Champions December 3rd

[Racerx]

The Race of Champions



The Race of Champions pitches the best circuit racers against the best off road drivers in the world to determine who is the fastest!

Created by IMP (International Media Productions) President Fredrik Johnsson and the worlds best female rally driver Michele Mouton in 1988, it remains the only event to allow drivers to race head-to-head heats in exactly the same cars and on a parallel-track. The premise is simple: using identical equipment and track, drivers can prove themselves based on their talent alone.

Sixteen drivers will compete in a series of knockout heats in their own division to determine their class champion.

Then, in a shootout to determine who is the master of motorsport, the winners from the two divisions, rally and racing, will go head-to-head in a super final.

The winner is rewarded with the title as “The Champion of Champions”.

History

The first edition of the Race of Champions, coincidentally held in Paris in 1988, gathered all the official World Rally Champions and was held in memory of the late Henri Toivonen , who died while leading the world championship during the Corsica rally in 1986. The Henri Toivonen Memorial trophy is still awarded to the winner of the individual Race of Champions.

The Race of Champions was originally conceived as the ultimate shoot-out between the best international rally stars. But experts from other disciplines have given the rally boys more than just a run for their money over the years. They include MotoGP's Valentino Rossi, six-times Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen , four-times NASCAR Champ Jeff Gordon and seven-times F1 world champion Michael Schumacher.

Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa and David Coulthard will are the latest in a long line of F1 stars to have accepted the invitation, including Fernando Alonso and Nick Heidfeld.

Recent form

Now in its 18th year, the list of past winners features the 2004' “Champion of Champions” Heikki Kovalainen as well as World Rally Champions Sébastien Loeb, Juha Kankkunen, Stig Blomqvist, Didier Auriol, Tommi Mäkinen, Carlos Sainz, Colin McRae and Marcus Gronholm.

In 2004 Nissan World Series Champion Heikki Kovalainen surprised everybody by winning over all the established stars; after beating 7-time Formula 1 Champion Michael Schumacher in the Racing final the young Finn celebrated by jumping up and down on the red Ferrari. He then went on to beat Sebastien Loeb in the ROC Super-Final to take the “Champion of Champions” title.

In 2003, Sebastien Loeb ended his season on a high by winning a re-match of the 2002 final at The Race of Champions beating Finland's two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm. Loeb defeated Gronholm two heats to nil, both victories achieved by little more than a car length.

In 2002, World Rally Champion Marcus Gronholm got the edge on the WRC's hottest young star Sebastien Loeb by a nose length in the third and decisive final.

In 2001, first-timer Harri Rovanpera defeated Armin Schwarz to take the title and, in the year previous, Tommi Mäkinen defeated Marcus Gronholm in an all-Finnish affair.


RIDERS LINEUP FOR 2005:

France:
Sebastien Loeb
Jean Alesi

USA:
Travis Pastrana
Jeff Gordon

Great Britain:
Colin McRae
Davis Coulthard

Brazil:
Felipe Massa
Nelson Piquet Jr.

Scandinavia:
Mattias Ekstrom
Tom Kristensen

Wild Cards:
Dan Wheldon
Sebastien Bourdais
Stephane Peterhansel

http://www.raceofchampions.com/

[Arturoj]

mae no sabe adonde es???

para ver si me doy una vuelta al race of champions

[Racerx]

:?... Paris...

[Arturoj]

ya vi, pura vida, estoy haciendo los numeros a ver que tan caro sale desde alemania, pero seria un exito, ir
saludos
Arturo

[Pico Rodriguez]

mae no sabe a que hora y en que canal es?

[Impreza 007]

Y que paso con Alonso???

Impreza007

[Racerx]

Bueno, en la pagina oficial todavia no tienen informacion de cuando la van a pasar en tele, pero la del año pasado la dieron como un mes despues en SPEED.

Si, ahora que lo veo, Alonso deberia estar invitado, ademas que Renault es uno de los que van a poner carros para correr, pero bueno, la lista de pilotos todavia no esta completa.

Estas fotos son del circuito del año pasado y de los carros que se van a usar este año.

[Derek]

Y que paso con Alonso???

Impreza007

Para ser honesto no creo que ese muchacho tenga lo necesario para figurar en el ROC, claro esta es campeón de F1 pero aun así no creo que este año sea un buen candidato para ser competitivo ahí.

[Impreza 007]

Y que paso con Alonso???

Impreza007

Para ser honesto no creo que ese muchacho tenga lo necesario para figurar en el ROC, claro esta es campeón de F1 pero aun así no creo que este año sea un buen candidato para ser competitivo ahí.

Pero seria bueno verlo por ahi igual

Impreza007