2005 Race of Champions

2005 Race of Champions
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The 2005 Race of Champions took place on December 3 again at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The individual event was won by Sébastien Loeb after Tom Kristensen crashed out of the final,[1] and the Nations Cup event by Tom Kristensen and Mattias Ekström representing Scandinavia.[2]

Changes from the past included a number of wild card drivers, the use of the Porsche 911 GT3 instead of the Ferrari 360 Modena and the introduction of the Renault Mégane Trophy alongside the Citroën Xsara WRC and now traditional "ROC Buggy" as competition cars.

Participants

Team Racing Driver Rally Driver
France France Jean Alesi France Sébastien Loeb
United States United States Jeff Gordon United States Travis Pastrana
Great Britain United Kingdom David Coulthard United Kingdom Colin McRae
Finland Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Marcus Grönholm
Brazil Brazil Felipe Massa Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.
Scandinavia Denmark Tom Kristensen Sweden Mattias Ekström
Benelux Netherlands Christijan Albers Belgium François Duval
Team PlayStation France France Sébastien Bourdais France Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Armin Schwarz
Wildcard - ROC United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Spain Daniel Sordo

Race of Champions

Racing Group

Eight drivers were randomly selected to compete in a first eliminatory round.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
   
ROC Car
     
 Finland Heikki Kovalainen  1:54.0386
   Germany Bernd Schneider  1:57.8659  
   
Renault Mégane Trophy
     
 Finland Heikki Kovalainen  1:47.9089
   Brazil Felipe Massa  1:48.7390  
   
ROC Car
     
 Brazil Felipe Massa  1:53.8102
   France Jean Alesi  1:54.8608  
   
Renault Mégane Trophy
     
 Finland Heikki Kovalainen  1:46.2349
ROC Car
   Denmark Tom Kristensen  1:46.2282
 United States Jeff Gordon  2:05.0100
ROC Car
 Netherlands Christijan Albers  +5s  
 United States Jeff Gordon  1:56.6810
ROC Car
   France Sébastien Bourdais  1:56.9084  
 France Sébastien Bourdais  1:54.8757
Renault Mégane Trophy
 United Kingdom Dan Wheldon  1:58.6148  
 United States Jeff Gordon  2:19.9630
ROC Car
   Denmark Tom Kristensen  1:53.6579  
 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.  1:52.9866
ROC Car
 Sweden Mattias Ekström  1:54.2395  
 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.  1:55.2597
ROC Car
   Denmark Tom Kristensen  1:54.7267  
 United Kingdom David Coulthard  1:53.1299
 Denmark Tom Kristensen  1:52.7306  

Rallying Group

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
Porsche 911 GT3        
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  1:56.9406
Citroën Xsara WRC
 France Stéphane Peterhansel  1:57.9043  
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  1:54.0491
Citroën Xsara WRC
     Spain Daniel Sordo  1:56.0218  
 Belgium François Duval  DNF
Citroën Xsara WRC
 Spain Daniel Sordo  1:56.2400  
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  1:54.1724
Porsche 911 GT3    
   France Sébastien Loeb  1:51.7369
 United Kingdom Colin McRae  1:52.8600
Citroën Xsara WRC
 Germany Armin Schwarz  1:53.2096  
 United Kingdom Colin McRae  1:54.6190
Citroën Xsara WRC
     France Sébastien Loeb  1:52.8756  
 France Sébastien Loeb  1:53.9708
 United States Travis Pastrana  2:15.5375  
 

Final

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:45.7349 Renault Mégane Trophy France Sébastien Loeb 1:45.7349
Denmark Tom Kristensen DNF Citroën Xsara WRC France Sébastien Loeb 2:36.9539

The Nations Cup

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
   
     
 France France  1
   France Team PlayStation France  2  
   
     
 France Team PlayStation France  2
   United Kingdom Great Britain  1  
   
     
 United Kingdom Great Britain  2
   Germany Germany  0  
   
     
 France Team PlayStation France  0
   DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  2
   
     
 Brazil Brazil  1
   United States USA  2  
   
     
 United States USA  0
   DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  2  
   
     
 Finland Finland  0
   DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  2  
 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  2
 Benelux Benelux  0  

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia 2-0 Benelux Benelux
Tom Kristensen 1:44.6670 Christijan Albers 1:45.9915 Renault Mégane Trophy
Mattias Ekström 1:46.5395 François Duval 1:48.6053 ROC Car

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France France 1-2 France Team PlayStation France
Jean Alesi 1:44.4043 Sébastien Bourdais 1:44.0267 Porsche 911 GT3
Sébastien Loeb 1:45.4355 Stéphane Peterhansel 1:47.2582 ROC Car
Jean Alesi 1:45.9329 Sébastien Bourdais 1:45.8009 ROC Car
United Kingdom Great Britain 2-0 Germany Germany
David Coulthard 1:42.3108 Bernd Schneider 1:43.2584 Renault Mégane Trophy
Colin McRae 1:45.6080 Armin Schwarz 1:46.7458 ROC Car
Brazil Brazil 1-2 United States United States
Nelson Piquet Jr. 1:45.2953 Jeff Gordon 1:44.0434 Porsche 911 GT3
Felipe Massa 1:44.6443 Travis Pastrana 1:46.0117 ROC Car
Nelson Piquet Jr. 1:45.9035 Jeff Gordon 1:44.6499 ROC Car
Finland Finland 0-2 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia
Heikki Kovalainen 1:56.8013 Tom Kristensen 1:45.3118 Renault Mégane Trophy
Marcus Grönholm 1:46.3587 Mattias Ekström 1:43.7845 ROC Car

Semifinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France Team PlayStation France 2-1 United Kingdom Great Britain
Sébastien Bourdais 1:43.4333 David Coulthard 1:43.9026 Porsche 911 GT3
Stéphane Peterhansel 1:52.4131 Colin McRae 1:48.0446 Citroën Xsara WRC
Sébastien Bourdais 1:44.7226 David Coulthard 1:44.7976 ROC Car
United States United States 0-2 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia
Jeff Gordon 1:43.7200 Tom Kristensen 1:43.6386 Renault Mégane Trophy
Travis Pastrana 2:00.0571 (penalty) Mattias Ekström 1:47.4469 Citroën Xsara WRC

Final

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France Team PlayStation France 0-2 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia
Sébastien Bourdais 1:44.1617 Tom Kristensen 1:43.6516 Porsche 911 GT3
Stéphane Peterhansel 1:56.3242 Mattias Ekström 1:47.4428 Citroën Xsara WRC

See also

References

  1. "Loeb wins Race of Champions (with pictures)". 4 December 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. "Ekstrom ready to defend title and honour". Crash.net. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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