2007 Race of Champions

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.[1]

2007 Race of Champions
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2007 Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium.
The 16 competitors line up before the start of the event.
Michael Schumacher congratulates Mattias Ekström for his second RoC title.

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

Driver's Cup
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 
 Michael Schumacher1:50.1346
 
 ROC Car
 
 Henning Solberg1:52.2629
 
 Michael Schumacher1:48.0203
 
 ROC Car
 
 Jenson Button1:49.1543
 
 Jenson Button1:52.3686
 
 ROC Car
 
 Alister McRae1:54.8733
 
 Michael Schumacher1:47.9105
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 Sébastien Bourdais1:48.9747
 
 Jimmie Johnson1:49.6683
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 Sébastien Bourdais1:48.9771
 
 Sébastien Bourdais1:50.4782
 
 ROC Car
 
 David Coulthard1:51.4879
 
 David Coulthard1:50.6241
 
 
 
 Petter Solberg2:06.7098
 
 Michael Schumacher1
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 Mattias Ekström2
 
 Heikki Kovalainen1:50.2973
 
 Aston Martin Vantage N24
 
 Sebastian Vettel1:51.1478
 
 Heikki Kovalainen1:53.7035
 
 ROC Car
 
 Andy Priaulx1:53.6036
 
 Andy Priaulx1:49.6485
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 Yvan Muller1:51.6445
 
 Andy PriaulxDNF
 
 Solution F Prototype
 
 Mattias Ekström1:49.3806
 
 Mattias Ekström1:50.0963
 
 Ford Focus RS WRC
 
 Tom Kristensen1:51.1692
 
 Mattias Ekström1:54.3696
 
 ROC Car
 
 Travis Pastrana1:57.1632
 
 Marcus Grönholm1:56.8349
 
 
 Travis Pastrana1:55.2582
 

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 France1
 
 
 
 Norway2
 
 Norway0
 
 
 
 Finland2
 
 Finland2
 
 
 
 Scandinavia0
 
 Germany2
 
 
 
 Finland1
 
 F1 Racing Scotland0
 
 
 
 Autosport England2
 
 Autosport England0
 
 
 
 Germany2
 
 United States1
 
 
 Germany2
 

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[2] 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
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See also

References
  1. "2007 Race of Champions". BBC News. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. Kovalainen laped Schumacher after the german stalled at the start line
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