2007 Race of Champions

2007 Race of Champions
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2007 Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium.

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The 16 competitors line up before the start of the event.

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Michael Schumacher congratulates Mattias Ekström for his second RoC title.

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.

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

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

• Abarth Grande Punto S2000
• Aston Martin Vantage N24
• Ford Focus RS WRC
• ROC Car
• Solution F Prototype

Driver's Cup

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Solution F Prototype

Michael Schumacher

1:50.1346

ROC Car

Henning Solberg

1:52.2629

Michael Schumacher

1:48.0203

ROC Car

Jenson Button

1:49.1543

Jenson Button

1:52.3686

ROC Car

Alister McRae

1:54.8733

Michael Schumacher

1:47.9105

Solution F Prototype

Sébastien Bourdais

1:48.9747

Jimmie Johnson

1:49.6683

Solution F Prototype

Sébastien Bourdais

1:48.9771

Sébastien Bourdais

1:50.4782

ROC Car

David Coulthard

1:51.4879

David Coulthard

1:50.6241

Petter Solberg

2:06.7098

Michael Schumacher

1

Solution F Prototype

Mattias Ekström

2

Heikki Kovalainen

1:50.2973

Aston Martin Vantage N24

Sebastian Vettel

1:51.1478

Heikki Kovalainen

1:53.7035

ROC Car

Andy Priaulx

1:53.6036

Andy Priaulx

1:49.6485

Solution F Prototype

Yvan Muller

1:51.6445

Andy Priaulx

DNF

Solution F Prototype

Mattias Ekström

1:49.3806

Mattias Ekström

1:50.0963

Ford Focus RS WRC

Tom Kristensen

1:51.1692

Mattias Ekström

1:54.3696

ROC Car

Travis Pastrana

1:57.1632

Marcus Grönholm

1:56.8349

Travis Pastrana

1:55.2582

Final

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	France	1
	Norway	2
					Norway	0
					Finland	2
	Finland	2
	Scandinavia	0
									Germany	2
									Finland	1
	F1 Racing Scotland	0
	Autosport England	2
					Autosport England	0
					Germany	2
	USA	1
	Germany	2

Quarterfinals

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

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

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2		Car
Germany		2-1	Finland
Michael Schumacher	DNF		Heikki Kovalainen	DNF		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

• Race of Champions

External links

• 2007 Race of Champions at Official Site