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2008 Race of Champions

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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
AUSESP All-Stars	Jaime Alguersuari	[British Formula Three](2008-british-formula-three-season)
Troy Bayliss	[Superbike](2008-superbike-world-championship-season)
****	Sébastien Loeb	[WRC](2008-world-rally-championship-season)
Yvan Muller	[WTCC](2008-world-touring-car-championship-season)
****	Michael Schumacher	none
Sebastian Vettel	[Formula One](2008-formula-one-season)
GBR Autosport Great Britain	Jenson Button	[Formula One](2008-formula-one-season)
Andy Priaulx	[WTCC](2008-world-touring-car-championship-season)
GBR F1 Racing Great Britain	David Coulthard	[Formula One](2008-formula-one-season)
Jason Plato	[BTCC](2008-british-touring-car-championship-season)
GBRIRL Ireland & UK	Adam Carroll	[A1GP](2007-08-a1-grand-prix-season)
Gareth MacHale	ITRC
DENSWE Scandinavia	Mattias Ekström	[DTM](2008-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
Tom Kristensen	[DTM](2008-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
****	Carl Edwards	[NASCAR](2008-nascar-sprint-cup-series)
Tanner Foust	[Formula D](2008-formula-d-season)

Cars

Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
Ford Focus RS WRC
KTM X-Bow
ROC Car
RX Racing RX150
Solution F Prototype

Driver's Cup

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

Final

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2
SCO David Coulthard	1:58.3783	FRA Sébastien Loeb	1:57.1867
SCO David Coulthard	1:54.8969	FRA Sébastien Loeb	1:55.8669
SCO David Coulthard	1:54.8498	FRA Sébastien Loeb	1:54.5284

Nations' Cup

| |FRA France|0 |DENSWE Scandinavia|2 | |USA USA|0 |GBR Autosport Great Britain|2 | |GBR F1 Racing Great Britain|2 |AUSESP All-Stars|0 | |GER Germany|2 |IRLGBR Ireland & UK|0 | |DENSWE Scandinavia|2 |GBR Autosport Great Britain|1 | |GBR F1 Racing Great Britain|0 |GER Germany|2 | |DENSWE Scandinavia|1 |GER Germany|2

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

References

"Hamilton to demo McLaren at ROC". [[Autosport]].
"Celebrity race to kick off RoC". [[Autosport]].
"Top Boxers Weigh-In for Abarth Celebrity Bout at Wembley". The Auto Channel.

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