2010 Race of Champions

2010 Race of Champions
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The 2010 Race of Champions was the 23rd running of the event, and took place over 27–28 November 2010 at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was the first time the event had been held in Germany since 1989, when it was held at the Nürburgring.[1]

Team Germany won a fourth consecutive Nations Cup with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel defeating Team Britain's Andy Priaulx and Jason Plato 2–1 in the final.[2] In the driver-by-driver Race of Champions itself, Portugal's Filipe Albuquerque defeated multiple World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb 2–1 in the final.[3]

Contents

Participants

Country Drivers 2010 series
All-Stars Mick Doohan[4] Ex FIM Road Racing
Tanner Foust[5] X Games / Rally America
Benelux Bertrand Baguette[6] IndyCar Series
Jeroen Bleekemolen[6] ALMS & Porsche Supercup
 France Sébastien Loeb[7] WRC
Alain Prost[8] Andros Trophy / Ex Formula One
 Germany Michael Schumacher[1] Formula One
Sebastian Vettel[1] Formula One
 Great Britain Jason Plato[9] BTCC
Andy Priaulx[10] WTCC
Nordic Heikki Kovalainen[11] Formula One
Tom Kristensen[12] Le Mans Series
 Portugal Filipe Albuquerque[13] Italian GT & Superstars Series
Álvaro Parente[13] Superleague Formula & Spanish GT
 United States Carl Edwards[14] NASCAR
Travis Pastrana[15] X Games / Rally America

Cars

* Audi R8 LMS
* Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
* Volkswagen Scirocco
* ROC Car
* KTM X-Bow
* FJ-Racecar
* ROC 2-seater
* Solution F Prototype
* RX 150

ROC Nations Cup

Group A

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1  Great Britain 6 4 2 2:22.3759
2  France 6 3 3 2:22.1913
3 Nordic 6 3 3 2:23.2136
4  Portugal 6 2 4 2:23.7699
Team 1 Score Team 2
France 1–1 Nordic
Alain Prost 1:11.8307 Heikki Kovalainen 1:10.9713
Sébastien Loeb 1:10.3606 Tom Kristensen 1:12.2423
Great Britain 1–1 Portugal
Jason Plato 1:11.9223 Álvaro Parente 1:10.8405
Andy Priaulx 1:10.4536 Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.9294
France 0–2 Great Britain
Alain Prost 1:18.1618 Jason Plato 1:15.6128
Sébastien Loeb 1:15.7884 Andy Priaulx 1:13.8095
Team 1 Score Team 2
Nordic 1–1 Portugal
Heikki Kovalainen 1:14.7066 Álvaro Parente 1:15.6223
Tom Kristensen 1:13.4820 Filipe Albuquerque 1:13.1479
France 2–0 Portugal
Alain Prost 1:14.0018 Álvaro Parente DNF
Sébastien Loeb 1:13.5254 Filipe Albuquerque 1:14.3921
Nordic 1–1 Great Britain
Heikki Kovalainen 1:11.6949 Jason Plato 1:12.7642
Tom Kristensen 1:14.0499 Andy Priaulx 1:12.9157

Group B

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1 Benelux 6 4 2 2:26.0601
2  Germany 6 3 3 2:24.8746
3 All-Stars 6 3 3 2:25.5769
4  United States 6 2 4 2:26.2579
Team 1 Score Team 2
Germany 1–1 United States
Michael Schumacher 1:13.2931 Carl Edwards 1:16.1596
Sebastian Vettel 1:14.5010 Travis Pastrana 1:14.3588
All-Stars 0–2 Benelux
Mick Doohan 1:15.4307 Bertrand Baguette 1:14.6927
Tanner Foust 1:15.3806 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:15.3400
Germany 1–1 Benelux
Michael Schumacher 1:14.6622 Bertrand Baguette 1:12.8820
Sebastian Vettel 1:13.2710 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:14.8923
Team 1 Score Team 2
All-Stars 2–0 United States
Mick Doohan 1:13.7260 Carl Edwards 1:14.4291
Tanner Foust 1:15.4174 Travis Pastrana 1:17.0747
Germany 1–1 All-Stars
Michael Schumacher 1:12.8815 Mick Doohan 1:15.4533
Sebastian Vettel 1:11.9931 Tanner Foust 1:11.8509
United States 1–1 Benelux
Carl Edwards 1:14.9945 Bertrand Baguette 1:13.5070
Travis Pastrana 1:11.8288 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:13.1781

Knockout stages

  Semi-Finals Final
                         
  A1   Great Britain 1:15.0992 1:09.3941  
A2   France 1:17.0332 1:10.0525  
  A1   Great Britain 1:13.4243 1:14.0864 1:12.8034
  B2   Germany 1:11.5572 1:14.5001 1:12.1788
B2   Germany 1:13.4447 1:11.9271
  B1   Benelux 1:15.0526 1:14.0886  

World Final

Group A

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1 Sébastien Loeb 3 3 0 1:09.6723
2 Bertrand Baguette 3 2 1 1:11.2396
3 Jeroen Bleekemolen 3 1 2 1:14.6367
4 Heikki Kovalainen 3 0 3 1:10.7743
Driver 1 Time 1 Driver 2 Time 2
Sébastien Loeb 1:10.6248 Heikki Kovalainen 1:10.7743
Bertrand Baguette 1:14.1540 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:14.6367
Sébastien Loeb 1:09.6723 Bertrand Baguette 1:11.2396
Sébastien Loeb 1:14.1456 Jeroen Bleekemolen 1:15.6355
Heikki Kovalainen Withdrew Jeroen Bleekemolen Default
Heikki Kovalainen Withdrew Bertrand Baguette Default

Group B

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1 Andy Priaulx 3 3 0 1:12.0706
2 Tom Kristensen 3 2 1 1:13.2770
3 Mick Doohan 3 1 2 1:14.5662
4 Travis Pastrana 3 0 3 1:13.3010
Driver 1 Time 1 Driver 2 Time 2
Tom Kristensen 1:13.7677 Andy Priaulx 1:13.5398
Mick Doohan 1:14.5662 Travis Pastrana 1:22.5878
Tom Kristensen 1:13.2770 Travis Pastrana 1:13.3010
Andy Priaulx 1:12.0706 Mick Doohan 1:14.9119
Tom Kristensen 1:19.7356 Mick Doohan 1:28.1468
Andy Priaulx 1:15.2130 Travis Pastrana 1:20.2790

Group C

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1 Filipe Albuquerque 3 3 0 1:12.3105
2 Sebastian Vettel 3 2 1 1:10.8390
3 Tanner Foust 3 1 2 1:13.5534
4 Carl Edwards 3 0 3 1:14.1612
Driver 1 Time 1 Driver 2 Time 2
Sebastian Vettel 1:10.8390 Carl Edwards 1:16.6754
Tanner Foust 1:23.3822 Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.3105
Sebastian Vettel 1:11.5282 Tanner Foust 1:13.8784
Carl Edwards 1:14.1612 Filipe Albuquerque 1:13.3267
Sebastian Vettel 1:18.3874 Filipe Albuquerque 1:18.1602
Tanner Foust 1:13.5534 Carl Edwards 1:15.6288

Group D

Pos Team Races W L Best Time
1 Michael Schumacher 3 3 0 1:11.5972
2 Álvaro Parente 3 2 1 1:13.2014
3 Alain Prost 3 1 2 1:12.9327
4 Jason Plato 3 0 3 1:13.6447
Driver 1 Time 1 Driver 2 Time 2
Michael Schumacher 1:11.6091 Alain Prost 1:12.9327
Jason Plato 1:13.6447 Álvaro Parente 1:13.2014
Michael Schumacher 1:11.5972 Álvaro Parente DNF
Alain Prost 1:16.2842 Jason Plato 1:17.4685
Michael Schumacher 1:16.6905 Jason Plato 1:17.6316
Alain Prost 1:32.9223 Álvaro Parente 1:20.5168

Knockout stages

  Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                               
   Sébastien Loeb 1:14.7092  
 Tom Kristensen 1:14.8440  
   Sébastien Loeb 1:09.4713  
   Andy Priaulx 1:10.6438  
 Andy Priaulx 1:11.5151
   Bertrand Baguette 1:12.7099  
     Sébastien Loeb 1:12.6783 1:11.4592 1:12.2498
   Filipe Albuquerque 1:12.5643 1:11.4827 1:12.0671
   Filipe Albuquerque 1:13.2381  
 Álvaro Parente 1:13.5935  
   Filipe Albuquerque 1:11.2094
   Sebastian Vettel 1:11.3340  
 Michael Schumacher 1:11.8648
   Sebastian Vettel 1:11.2882  

References

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