2005 Race of Champions

The 2005 Race of Champions took place on December 3 again at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

2005 Race of Champions
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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

Team Racing Driver Rally Driver
France Jean Alesi Sébastien Loeb
United States Jeff Gordon Travis Pastrana
Great Britain David Coulthard Colin McRae
Finland Heikki Kovalainen Marcus Grönholm
Brazil Felipe Massa Nelson Piquet Jr.
Scandinavia Tom Kristensen Mattias Ekström
Benelux Christijan Albers François Duval
Team PlayStation France Sébastien Bourdais Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany Bernd Schneider Armin Schwarz
Wildcard - ROC Dan Wheldon Daniel Sordo

Race of Champions

Racing Group

Eight drivers were randomly selected to compete in a first eliminatory round.

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
ROC Car
 
 
 
Heikki Kovalainen1:54.0386
 
 
 
Bernd Schneider1:57.8659
 
 
 
Renault Mégane Trophy
 
 
 
Heikki Kovalainen1:47.9089
 
 
 
Felipe Massa1:48.7390
 
 
 
ROC Car
 
 
 
Felipe Massa1:53.8102
 
 
 
Jean Alesi1:54.8608
 
 
 
Renault Mégane Trophy
 
 
 
Heikki Kovalainen1:46.2349
 
ROC Car
 
Tom Kristensen1:46.2282
 
Jeff Gordon2:05.0100
 
ROC Car
 
Christijan Albers+5s
 
Jeff Gordon1:56.6810
 
ROC Car
 
Sébastien Bourdais1:56.9084
 
Sébastien Bourdais1:54.8757
 
Renault Mégane Trophy
 
Dan Wheldon1:58.6148
 
Jeff Gordon2:19.9630
 
ROC Car
 
Tom Kristensen1:53.6579
 
Nelson Piquet Jr.1:52.9866
 
ROC Car
 
Mattias Ekström1:54.2395
 
Nelson Piquet Jr.1:55.2597
 
ROC Car
 
Tom Kristensen1:54.7267
 
David Coulthard1:53.1299
 
 
Tom Kristensen1:52.7306
 

Rallying Group

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Porsche 911 GT3
 
 
Marcus Grönholm1:56.9406
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
Stéphane Peterhansel1:57.9043
 
Marcus Grönholm1:54.0491
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
Daniel Sordo1:56.0218
 
François DuvalDNF
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
Daniel Sordo1:56.2400
 
Marcus Grönholm1:54.1724
 
Porsche 911 GT3
 
Sébastien Loeb1:51.7369
 
Colin McRae1:52.8600
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
Armin Schwarz1:53.2096
 
Colin McRae1:54.6190
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
Sébastien Loeb1:52.8756
 
Sébastien Loeb1:53.9708
 
 
Travis Pastrana2:15.5375
 

Final

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Tom Kristensen 1:45.7349 Renault Mégane Trophy Sébastien Loeb 1:45.7349
Tom Kristensen DNF Citroën Xsara WRC Sébastien Loeb 2:36.9539

The Nations Cup

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France1
 
 
 
Team PlayStation France2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Team PlayStation France2
 
 
 
Great Britain1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Great Britain2
 
 
 
Germany0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Team PlayStation France0
 
 
 
Scandinavia2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil1
 
 
 
USA2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
USA0
 
 
 
Scandinavia2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finland0
 
 
 
Scandinavia2
 
Scandinavia2
 
 
Benelux0
 

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Scandinavia 2-0 Benelux
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

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France 1-2 Team PlayStation France
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
Great Britain 2-0 Germany
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
Brazil 1-2 United States
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
Finland 0-2 Scandinavia
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

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Team PlayStation France 2-1 Great Britain
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
United States 0-2 Scandinavia
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

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Team PlayStation France 0-2 Scandinavia
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

References

  1. "Loeb wins Race of Champions (with pictures)". 4 December 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. "Ekstrom ready to defend title and honour". Crash.net. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
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