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2007 Race of Champions

Motor racing competition

Layout of 2007 Race of Champions

The 16 competitors line up before the start of the event.

The 2007 Race of Champions took place on December 16 at the Wembley Stadium. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel of the German team beat Finland to the Nation's Cup, however Mattias Ekström of Sweden and the Scandinavian team won the Driver's Cup after beating Schumacher in the three-heat final.

The event itself was overshadowed by the recent death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae who died in a helicopter accident on the 15 September. He was due to represent Scotland alongside David Coulthard. Colin's position was filled by his rally driver brother Alister McRae.

Participants

Team	Drivers	2007 series
ENG Autosport England	Jenson Button	[Formula One](2007-formula-one-season)
Andy Priaulx	[WTCC](2007-world-touring-car-championship-season)
****	Marcus Grönholm	[WRC](2007-world-rally-championship-season)
Heikki Kovalainen	[Formula One](2007-formula-one-season)
****	Sébastien Bourdais	[Champ Car](2007-champ-car-season)
Yvan Muller	[WTCC](2007-world-touring-car-championship-season)
****	Michael Schumacher	none
Sebastian Vettel	[Formula One](2007-formula-one-season)
****	Henning Solberg	[WRC](2007-world-rally-championship-season)
Petter Solberg	[WRC](2007-world-rally-championship-season)
DENSWE Scandinavia	Mattias Ekström	[DTM](2007-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
Tom Kristensen	[DTM](2007-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
SCO F1 Racing Scotland	David Coulthard	[Formula One](2007-formula-one-season)
Alister McRae	[WRC](2007-world-rally-championship-season)
****	Jimmie Johnson	[NASCAR](2007-nascar-nextel-cup-series)
Travis Pastrana	X Games & Rally America

Cars

Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Aston Martin Vantage N24
Ford Focus RS WRC
ROC Car
Solution F Prototype

Driver's Cup

| Solution F Prototype |GER Michael Schumacher|1:50.1346 |NOR Henning Solberg|1:52.2629 | ROC Car |GBR Jenson Button|1:52.3686 |GBR Alister McRae|1:54.8733 | Solution F Prototype |USA Jimmie Johnson|1:49.6683 |FRA Sébastien Bourdais|1:48.9771 | ROC Car |GBR David Coulthard|1:50.6241 |NOR Petter Solberg|2:06.7098 | Solution F Prototype |FIN Heikki Kovalainen|1:50.2973 |GER Sebastian Vettel|1:51.1478 | ROC Car |GBR Andy Priaulx|1:49.6485 |FRA Yvan Muller|1:51.6445 | Solution F Prototype |SWE Mattias Ekström|1:50.0963 |DEN Tom Kristensen|1:51.1692 | ROC Car |FIN Marcus Grönholm|1:56.8349 |USA Travis Pastrana|1:55.2582 | ROC Car |GER Michael Schumacher|1:48.0203 |GBR Jenson Button|1:49.1543 | Solution F Prototype |FRA Sébastien Bourdais|1:50.4782 |GBR David Coulthard|1:51.4879 | Aston Martin Vantage N24 |FIN Heikki Kovalainen|1:53.7035 |GBR Andy Priaulx|1:53.6036 | Ford Focus RS WRC |SWE Mattias Ekström|1:54.3696 |USA Travis Pastrana|1:57.1632 | ROC Car |GER Michael Schumacher|1:47.9105 |FRA Sébastien Bourdais|1:48.9747 | Solution F Prototype |GBR Andy Priaulx|DNF |SWE Mattias Ekström|1:49.3806 | |GER Michael Schumacher|1 |SWE Mattias Ekström|2

Final

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2
GER Michael Schumacher	1:49.8010	SWE Mattias Ekström	1:48.1945
GER Michael Schumacher	1:47.0026	SWE Mattias Ekström	1:47.9687
GER Michael Schumacher	DNF	SWE Mattias Ekström	1:47.3191

Nations Cup

| |France France|1 |Norway Norway|2 | |Finland Finland|2 |DenmarkSweden Scandinavia|0 | |Scotland F1 Racing Scotland|0 |England Autosport England|**2 ** | |USA United States|1 |**Germany Germany|**2 ''' | |Norway Norway|0 |Finland Finland|2 | |England Autosport England|0 |Germany Germany|2 | |Germany Germany|2 |Finland Finland|1

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2
Sébastien Bourdais	1:51.6054	Henning Solberg	1:55.1300	Solution F Prototype
Yvan Muller	1:55.2650	Petter Solberg	1:55.0342	Ford Focus RS WRC
Sébastien Bourdais	DNF	Petter Solberg	1:56.2768	ROC Car
Heikki Kovalainen	1:50.9680	Tom Kristensen	1:51.7954	Solution F Prototype
Marcus Grönholm	1:51.3012	Mattias Ekström	1:52.4360	Ford Focus RS WRC
David Coulthard	2:04.5674	Jenson Button	2:02.9926	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Alister McRae	1:59.2322	Andy Priaulx	1:53.9674	Aston Martin Vantage N24
Jimmie Johnson	2:04.5386	Michael Schumacher	2:01.6595	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Travis Pastrana	1:53.2361	Sebastian Vettel	1:54.6346	Aston Martin Vantage N24
Travis Pastrana	1:55.6721	Michael Schumacher	1:51.4714	ROC Car

Semifinals

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2
Henning Solberg	2:02.4305	Heikki Kovalainen	2:01.0103	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Petter Solberg	1:54.1627	Marcus Grönholm	1:52.1561	Ford Focus RS WRC
Jenson Button	1:50.1701	Michael Schumacher	1:49.7097	Solution F Prototype
Andy Priaulx	1:52.3379	Sebastian Vettel	1:51.7319	Ford Focus RS WRC

Final

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2
Michael Schumacher	DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	DNF	Abarth Grande Punto S2000
Sebastian Vettel	1:50.8516	Marcus Grönholm	1:51.3727	Ford Focus RS WRC
Sebastian Vettel	1:49.6363	Heikki Kovalainen	1:51.1503	ROC Car

References

(16 December 2007). "2007 Race of Champions". BBC News.
Kovalainen lapped Schumacher after the German stalled at the start line

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