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 Marcus Grönholm WRC Heikki Kovalainen Formula One Sébastien Bourdais Champ Car Yvan Muller WTCC Michael Schumacher none Sebastian Vettel Formula One Henning Solberg WRC Petter Solberg WRC Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM Tom Kristensen DTM F1 Racing Scotland David Coulthard Formula One Alister McRae WRC 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
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
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 DNFKovalainen lapped Schumacher after the German stalled at the start line 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
References
External links 2007 Race of Champions at Official Site