2005 Race of Champions

Layout of 2005 Race of Champions

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

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

Race of Champions

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Racing Group

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

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

Rallying Group

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

Final

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

The Nations Cup

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France France1
 
 
 
France Team PlayStation France2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France Team PlayStation France2
 
 
 
United Kingdom Great Britain1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom Great Britain2
 
 
 
Germany Germany0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
France Team PlayStation France0
 
 
 
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brazil Brazil1
 
 
 
United States USA2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States USA0
 
 
 
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Finland Finland0
 
 
 
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia2
 
DenmarkSweden Scandinavia2
 
 
Benelux Benelux0
 

Preliminary round

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

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

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Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France Team PlayStation France 2-1 United Kingdom 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 United States 0-2 DenmarkSweden 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

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

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References

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  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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