ROC 2009 in China Beijing

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Concept


Every year The Race of Champions brings together the worlds best racers from rallying and racing, on two wheels and four, to answer the question: Who is the worlds fastest racer?

The concept is simple: using identical equipment, drivers compete head-to-head in heats on a parallel track, to prove theyre the greatest. They start alongside each other, race on exactly the same track, and finish side-by-side. Cars are swapped between heats so the racers have to prove themselves in a variety of vehicles in order to win.

The competitors love it as its a fun way to end the season theyre not racing for sponsors, theyre not racing for next years drive theyre racing just for their own glory, in front of a crowd of thousands. The crowd love it because they get to see the worlds greatest drivers fight it out in a unique battle in a stadium atmosphere.

In 2009, The Race of Champions will start with a group stage, where each driver in a group will race against each other, and those with the most wins move on to the next stage the quarter finals.

Here it becomes a head-to-head, no second chances, knockout, to get to the semi-finals and then the final, where the two finalists take part in a best-of-three fight to claim the title The Champion of Champions.

History


The idea for The Race of Champions was created in 1988 by IMP (International Media Productions) President Fredrik Johnsson and Michèle Mouton, the most successful ever female rally driver.

The first edition of the event, held in Paris, celebrated the 10th anniversary of the World Rally Drivers Championship and gathered all the World Rally Champions together in identical cars. The event was held in memory of the late Henri Toivonen, who died at the Corsica rally while leading the world championship in 1986 and The Henri Toivonen Memorial trophy is still awarded to the winner of The Race of Champions each year.

Originally conceived as the ultimate shoot-out between the best international rally stars, experts from other disciplines have given the rally boys more than just a run for their money over the years. They include Multiple MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi, 8-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen, multiple NASCAR Champions Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, multiple F1 World Champions Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso and Audi's 2-time DTM Champion Mattias Ekstrom.

The Race of Champions boasts a list of past winners that reads like a whos who of racing. Five-time World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb beat David Coulthard by just a fraction of a second in the third decisive heat of the 2008 Final at Wembley for his third ROC title, while previous rally drivers who won the event include the late Colin McRae, Didier Auriol, Juha Kankunen and Carlos Sainz.

It hasnt always gone the way of rally drivers though F1 star Heikki Kovalainen (who was the Nissan World Series Champion at the time) caused huge surprise when he beat home favourite Sébastien Loeb at the Stade de France in 2004, while double DTM Champion Mattias Ekström did the same to Loeb in the 2006 final before going on to beat Schumacher at Wembley in 2007.

Drivers :

# Michael Schumacher
# Jenson Button
# Sebastian Vettel
# Mattias Ekstrom
# Andy Priaulx
# Tom Kristensen
# Mick Doohan
# Mikko Hirvonen
# Tanner Foust
# Travis Pastrana
# Chad Reed
# David Coulthard
# Yvan Muller
# Giniel deVilliers
# Guerlain Chicherit
# Marcus Gronholm

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[effidrin]

And Mattias showed that hes the best

[legendkimi]

yeah i hope to see KIMI

[lildracer]

this looks retarded



[24jeffgordan88JRfan]

i like old school IROC better

[cesar87pechito]

I wish Lopez be there!

[domtv1]

I hope Lobe doesnt win it again and i wish Kimi did it :)