2008 Race of Champions

The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle. Hamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title. There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses. These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan and Enzo Maccarinelli, chef James Martin, footballer Bacary Sagna and singer Shayne Ward.

Participants Team Drivers 2008 series All-Stars Jaime Alguersuari British Formula Three Troy Bayliss Superbike Sébastien Loeb WRC Yvan Muller WTCC Michael Schumacher none Sebastian Vettel Formula One Autosport Great Britain Jenson Button Formula One Andy Priaulx WTCC F1 Racing Great Britain David Coulthard Formula One Jason Plato BTCC Ireland & UK Adam Carroll A1GP Gareth MacHale ITRC Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM Tom Kristensen DTM Carl Edwards NASCAR Tanner Foust Formula D

Cars Abarth 500 Assetto Corse Ford Focus RS WRC KTM X-Bow ROC Car RX Racing RX150 Solution F Prototype

Driver's Cup

Final Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 David Coulthard 1:58.3783 ROC Car Sébastien Loeb 1:57.1867 David Coulthard 1:54.8969 KTM X-Bow Sébastien Loeb 1:55.8669 David Coulthard 1:54.8498 ROC Car Sébastien Loeb 1:54.5284

Nations' Cup

Quarterfinals Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car France 0-2 Scandinavia Yvan Muller 2:10.2357 Tom Kristensen 2:08.0568 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse Sébastien Loeb 1:52.5112 Mattias Ekström 1:52.4182 Ford Focus RS WRC USA 0-2 Autosport Great Britain Carl Edwards 2:20.6230 Jenson Button 2:10.5220 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse Tanner Foust 2:05.4963 Andy Priaulx 1:53.4400 Ford Focus RS WRC F1 Racing Great Britain 2-0 All-Stars David Coulthard 2:06.2057 Jaime Alguersuari 2:09.5030 KTM X-Bow Jason Plato 2:05.8577 Troy Bayliss 2:17.6845 RX Racing RX150 Germany 2-0 Ireland & UK Michael Schumacher 2:02.8599 Adam Carroll 2:06.3634 KTM X-Bow Sebastian Vettel 2:05.9037 Gareth MacHale 2:09.1824 RX Racing RX150

Semifinals Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car Scandinavia 2-1 Autosport Great Britain Tom Kristensen 2:03.8547 Jenson Button 2:04.1408 Abarth 500 Assetto Corse Mattias Ekström 1:56.7711 Andy Priaulx 1:51.2288 Ford Focus RS WRC Tom Kristensen 2:01.5089 Andy Priaulx 2:01.6746 ROC Car F1 Racing Great Britain 0-2 Germany David Coulthard 2:20.8868 Michael Schumacher 2:20.1079 KTM X-Bow Jason Plato 2:02.7721 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.4088 RX Racing RX150

Final Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car Scandinavia 1-2 Germany Tom Kristensen 2:00.4110 Michael Schumacher 2:00.2381 ROC Car Mattias Ekström 1:59.6465 Sebastian Vettel 2:01.2331 KTM X-Bow Mattias Ekström 1:59.7265 Michael Schumacher 1:56.5219 ROC Car

2008 Race of Champions

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