5 Nov 2009: RoC: Ekstrom beats Schumacher to drivers’ title
Double DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom has taken his third Race of Champions title – by winning every single race he competed in then beating Michael Schumacher in the event’s final.
Posts Tagged ‘Race of Champions’
3 Nov 2009: RoC: Germany make it three straight wins in Beijing
You wouldn’t have wanted to bet against Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel going into this year’s Race of Champions and, sure enough, the pair have pulled off their third straight win in the Nations Cup in as many years.
24 Oct 2009: RoC: Coulthard to join Button and Priaulx in Beijing
David Coulthard will be back behind the wheel of a race car in November when he joins Formula One World Champion Jenson Button and three-time World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx in Beijing for the Race of Champions.
3 Aug 2009: RoC: Jenson Button confirmed for China event
What will Jenson Button be doing on November 2 this year? Will he be celebrating a close-fought victory in the Formula One drivers’ championship? Or rueing the missed opportunities that cost him his first title?
16 Apr 2009: Britain loses the Race of Champions
The Race of Champions event, held at Wembley for the last two years, is taking a trip to China in November.
15 Dec 2008: Race of Champions: a fan’s-eye view
If you want to see serious wheel to wheel racing, go to Silverstone. If you want a fun day out, and to see (and hear) lots of different cars piloted by different drivers, then the Race of Champions is excellent value.
15 Dec 2008: RoC: DC bows out on the podium
David Coulthard missed crowning his career with a Race of Champions title at Wembley Stadium by just three tenths of a second, losing the deciding race in the final to French rally star Sebastien Loeb.
2 Dec 2008: RoC: Series-leading Carroll’s on his way to Wem-blay
A1GP series leader and former GP2 racer Adam Carroll is to appear at Wembley later this month as part of the Race of Champions’ inaugural Team Ireland.
21 Nov 2008: Over the white line: DC’s had his Irn-Bru and is man enough to race…
Gosh, what a week. You’d never know we were in the F1 close season, would you? Join us in ignoring the credit crisis, the ugly-duckling cars and the loss of races, and instead searching out some of the more fun and interesting things to happen this week.
18 Nov 2008: RoC: Hamilton to appear – but not compete
Lewis Hamilton has confirmed his appearance at December’s Race of Champions event at Wembley – but rather than take on the likes of Michael Schumacher, Sebastien Loeb and Matthias Ekstrom he’ll be going head to head with a man on a bike.
