2008 Race of Champions
# 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 |
| All-Stars | Troy Bayliss | Superbike |
| France | Sébastien Loeb | WRC |
| France | Yvan Muller | WTCC |
| Germany | Michael Schumacher | none |
| Germany | Sebastian Vettel | Formula One |
| Autosport Great Britain | Jenson Button | Formula One |
| Autosport Great Britain | Andy Priaulx | WTCC |
| F1 Racing Great Britain | David Coulthard | Formula One |
| F1 Racing Great Britain | Jason Plato | BTCC |
| Ireland & UK | Adam Carroll | A1GP |
| Ireland & UK | Gareth MacHale | ITRC |
| Scandinavia | Mattias Ekström | DTM |
| Scandinavia | Tom Kristensen | DTM |
| United States | Carl Edwards | NASCAR |
| United States | 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

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | | |
| Michael Schumacher | 1:57.4237 | | | | | | |
| Michael Schumacher | 1:57.4237 | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | | | | | |
| Tom Kristensen | 1:57.6458 | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | | | | |
| Tom Kristensen | 1:57.6458 | Michael Schumacher | 2:03.1025 | | | | |
| KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | Michael Schumacher | 2:03.1025 | | | | |
| KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | Carl Edwards | 2:01.3532 | | | | |
| Carl Edwards | 2:03.8596 | Carl Edwards | 2:01.3532 | | | | |
| Carl Edwards | 2:03.8596 | | | | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | |
| Jaime Alguersuari | 2:09.4400 | | | | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | |
| Jaime Alguersuari | 2:09.4400 | | | | Carl Edwards | 1:57.8658 | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | Carl Edwards | 1:57.8658 | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | David Coulthard | 1:58.8682 | |
| Jenson Button | 2:01.0113 | | | | David Coulthard | 1:58.8682 | |
| Jenson Button | 2:01.0113 | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | | | | |
| Tanner Foust | 2:00.7626 | KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | | | |
| Tanner Foust | 2:00.7626 | Tanner Foust | 2:17.4159 | | | | |
| Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | | Tanner Foust | 2:17.4159 | | | | |
| Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | David Coulthard | 1:56.1267 | | | | |
| David Coulthard | 2:01.3962 | David Coulthard | 1:56.1267 | | | | |
| Gareth MacHale | 2:05.4632 | | | | | | | | |
| Gareth MacHale | 2:05.4632 | | | | | | | David Coulthard | 1 |
| Ford Focus RS WRC | Ford Focus RS WRC | | | | | | | | David Coulthard | 1 |
| Ford Focus RS WRC | Ford Focus RS WRC | | | | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 2 |
| Andy Priaulx | 1:50.0708 | | | | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 2 |
| Andy Priaulx | 1:50.0708 | Ford Focus RS WRC | Ford Focus RS WRC | | | | | | |
| Jason Plato | 1:53.3887 | Ford Focus RS WRC | Ford Focus RS WRC | | | | | | |
| Jason Plato | 1:53.3887 | Andy Priaulx | 1:48.5699 | | | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | Andy Priaulx | 1:48.5699 | | | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | Mattias Ekström | 1:48.6826 | | | | | | |
| Mattias Ekström | 1:57.9151 | Mattias Ekström | 1:48.6826 | | | | | | |
| Mattias Ekström | 1:57.9151 | | | | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | | | | |
| Adam Carroll | 1:59.7404 | | | | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | Abarth 500 Assetto Corse | | | |
| Adam Carroll | 1:59.7404 | | | | Andy Priaulx | 1:58.8938 | | | |
| KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | | | | Andy Priaulx | 1:58.8938 | | | |
| KTM X-Bow | KTM X-Bow | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 1:57.9127 | |
| Sébastien Loeb | 2:01.1834 | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 1:57.9127 | |
| Sébastien Loeb | 2:01.1834 | RX Racing RX150 | RX Racing RX150 | | | | | |
| Yvan Muller | 2:01.7783 | RX Racing RX150 | RX Racing RX150 | | | | |
| Yvan Muller | 2:01.7783 | Sébastien Loeb | 1:58.4506 | | | | |
| RX Racing RX150 | RX Racing RX150 | | Sébastien Loeb | 1:58.4506 | | | | |
| RX Racing RX150 | RX Racing RX150 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:59.8578 | | | | |
| Sebastian Vettel | 1:58.5103 | Sebastian Vettel | 1:59.8578 | | | | |
| Troy Bayliss | 2:01.2981 | | | | | | |

### 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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 0 | | |
| Scandinavia | 2 | | |
| Scandinavia | 2 | Scandinavia | 2 |
| | | Autosport Great Britain | 1 |
| USA | 0 | Autosport Great Britain | 1 |
| Autosport Great Britain | 2 | | | | |
| Autosport Great Britain | 2 | | | Scandinavia | 1 |
| | | | | Germany | 2 |
| F1 Racing Great Britain | 2 | | | Germany | 2 |
| All-Stars | 0 | | | | |
| All-Stars | 0 | F1 Racing Great Britain | 0 | | |
| | | Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 2 |
| Ireland & UK | 0 | | |

### Quarterfinals

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

### Semifinals

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

### Final

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