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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
[edit]Team | Racing Driver | Rally Driver |
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France | ![]() |
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United States | ![]() |
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Great Britain | ![]() |
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Finland | ![]() |
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Brazil | ![]() |
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Scandinavia | ![]() |
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Benelux | ![]() |
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Team PlayStation France | ![]() |
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Germany | ![]() |
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Wildcard - ROC | ![]() |
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Race of Champions
[edit]Racing Group
[edit]Eight drivers were randomly selected to compete in a first eliminatory round.
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:54.0386 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:57.8659 | |||||||||||||
Renault Mégane Trophy | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:47.9089 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:48.7390 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:53.8102 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:54.8608 | |||||||||||||
Renault Mégane Trophy | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:46.2349 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:46.2282 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2:05.0100 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | +5s | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:56.6810 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:56.9084 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:54.8757 | |||||||||||||
Renault Mégane Trophy | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:58.6148 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 2:19.9630 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:53.6579 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 1:52.9866 | |||||||||||||
ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:54.2395 | |||||||||||||
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ROC Car | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 1:54.7267 | |||||||||||||
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Rallying Group
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Porsche 911 GT3 | ||||||||||
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Citroën Xsara WRC | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:57.9043 | |||||||||
![]() | 1:54.0491 | |||||||||
Citroën Xsara WRC | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:56.0218 | |||||||||
![]() | DNF | |||||||||
Citroën Xsara WRC | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:56.2400 | |||||||||
![]() | 1:54.1724 | |||||||||
Porsche 911 GT3 | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:51.7369 | |||||||||
![]() | 1:52.8600 | |||||||||
Citroën Xsara WRC | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:53.2096 | |||||||||
![]() | 1:54.6190 | |||||||||
Citroën Xsara WRC | ||||||||||
![]() | 1:52.8756 | |||||||||
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![]() | 2:15.5375 | |||||||||
Final
[edit]Driver 1 | Time 1 | Car | Driver 2 | Time 2 |
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1:45.7349 | Renault Mégane Trophy | ![]() |
1:45.7349 |
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DNF | Citroën Xsara WRC | ![]() |
2:36.9539 |
The Nations Cup
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | |
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2-0 | ![]() |
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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
[edit]Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | |
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1-2 | ![]() |
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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 | ||
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2-0 | ![]() |
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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 | ||
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1-2 | ![]() |
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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 | ||
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0-2 | ![]() ![]() |
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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
[edit]Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | |
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2-1 | ![]() |
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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 | ||
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0-2 | ![]() ![]() |
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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
[edit]Team 1 | Time 1 | Score | Team 2 | Time 2 | Car | |
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0-2 | ![]() ![]() |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Loeb wins Race of Champions (with pictures)". 4 December 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Ekstrom ready to defend title and honour". Crash.net. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2012.