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2012 Race of Champions

Motor racing competition

2012 Race of Champions

Motor racing competition

Layout of the Track

The 2012 Race of Champions was the 25th running of the event, and took place over 14–16 December 2012 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. During the first day, a ROC Thailand contest was held with four local drivers to decide the identity of the Thai representatives. The top two drivers (Nattavude Charoensukawattana and Tin Sritrai) advanced to the ROC Asia contest, where they faced teams from India, China and Japan. The Thai team was guaranteed a place in the main Nations Cup, whilst the second spot was taken by the victorious Indian team formed by F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and WEC driver Karun Chandhok. During the second day, Germany took their sixth consecutive Nations Cup victory courtesy of Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher, beating France (Sébastien Ogier and Romain Grosjean) in the final 2–0. During the final day, Romain Grosjean won the Race of Champions, beating Tom Kristensen 2–0 in a closely fought final. In the UK, the live broadcasts of the latter two days of the event on Motors TV attracted a peak of 44,000 television viewers, a respectable figure for a satellite-only channel.

Participants

Champions from numerous series were invited, including Formula One (Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher and Romain Grosjean), MotoGP (Jorge Lorenzo and Mick Doohan), WTCC (Andy Priaulx), V8 Supercars (Jamie Whincup), PWRC (Benito Guerra) and IndyCar (Ryan Hunter-Reay). Also present was eight-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen. The 2012 edition marked the first time drivers from India, Thailand and Mexico have competed, whilst it was the first time since the inaugural Nations Cup event in 1999 that there were no Finnish drivers present. Reigning champion Sébastien Ogier was the only former 'Champion of Champions' in attendance.

TeamDrivers2012 series
**All-Stars**DNK Tom Kristensen[WEC](2012-fia-world-endurance-championship-season)
ESP Jorge Lorenzo[MotoGP](2012-grand-prix-motorcycle-racing-season)
**Americas**MEX Benito Guerra[Production WRC](2012-world-rally-championship-season)
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay[IndyCar Series](2012-indycar-series-season)
**Australia**AUS Mick Doohan*none*
AUS Jamie Whincup[V8 Supercars](2012-international-v8-supercars-championship)
**France**FRA Romain Grosjean[Formula One](2012-formula-one-season)
FRA Sébastien Ogier[WRC](2012-world-rally-championship-season)
**Germany**DEU Michael Schumacher[Formula One](2012-formula-one-season)
DEU Sebastian Vettel[Formula One](2012-formula-one-season)
**Great Britain**GBR David Coulthard[DTM](2012-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
GBR Andy Priaulx[DTM](2012-deutsche-tourenwagen-masters-season)
**India**IND Karun Chandhok[WEC](2012-fia-world-endurance-championship)
IND Narain Karthikeyan[Formula One](2012-formula-one-season)
**Thailand**THA Nattavude CharoensukawattanaSuper Car Thailand
THA Tin SritraiSuper Car Thailand

ROC Asia

2012 marked the inaugural ROC Asia event, with drivers from a variety of championships (including Formula One, WEC and Super GT) taking part. The top two drivers from ROC Thailand would represent Thailand in the event.

CountryDrivers2012 series
**China**CHN Han HanChina Rally and CTCC
CHN Ho-Pin TungPCC Asia
**India**IND Karun Chandhok[WEC](2012-fia-world-endurance-championship-season)
IND Narain Karthikeyan[Formula One](2012-formula-one-season)
**Japan**JPN Takuto Iguchi[Super GT](2012-super-gt-season)
JPN Kazuya Oshima[Formula Nippon](2012-formula-nippon-season)/[Super GT](2012-super-gt-season)
**Thailand**THA Nattavude CharoensukawattanaSuper Car Thailand
THA Tin SritraiSuper Car Thailand

ROC Thailand

The ROC Thailand contest was held to decide who would represent Thailand in ROC Asia, the Nations Cup and the Race of Champions. 2001 Asian Touring Car Series champion Charoensukawattana and 1999 Formula Asia champion Horthongkum battled out with drift driver Nana and touring car driver Sritrai to be among the top 2.

CountryDrivers2012 series
**Thailand**THA Nattavude CharoensukawattanaSuper Car Thailand
THA Nattapong HorthongkumSuper Car Thailand
THA Sak Nana
THA Tin SritraiSuper Car Thailand

Cars

Seven cars were used throughout the event. The Toyota GT86 and Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo made their debut in this year, while the Škoda Fabia was dropped.

  • Audi R8 LMS
  • KTM X-Bow
  • Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo
  • Euro Racecar
  • ROC Car
  • Toyota GT86
  • Volkswagen Scirocco

The track

A 697 metres tarmac track was constructed in the Rajamangala Stadium. The track had a bridge to connect the outer lane with the inner lane in an 8 shape track. All the races were run to 2 laps (1.394 km). In the first day a chicane was placed in the bridge area. The chicane was modified for the second and third day making the lap time longer.

Tom Kristensen made the fastest time (1:14.0680) on the second configuration in an Audi R8 at speed of 67.75 km/h.

ROC Thailand

Round Robin

Pos.DriverWinsLossesBest Time**1****2**34
THA **Nattavude Charoensukawattana**301:21.087
THA **Tin Sritrai**211:22.287
THA Nattapong Horthongkum121:22.877
THA Sak Nana031:24.309

Final

WinnerTimeCarLoserTimeToyota GT86
**THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana****1:21.9160**THA Tin Sritrai1:22.8871

ROC Asia

Round Robin

Pos.TeamWinsLossesDriversWinsLossesBest Time1234
****42IND Karun Chandhok211:19.393
IND Narain Karthikeyan211:19.460
****33JPN Kazuya Oshima211:18.470
JPN Takuto Iguchi121:19.853
33THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana211:21.110
THA Tin Sritrai121:20.3364
24CHN Han Han211:19.450
CHN Ho-Pin Tung031:18.2100

Final

WinnerTimeCarLoserTimeVolkswagen SciroccoToyota GT86
**IND Narain Karthikeyan****1:20.1777**JPN Kazuya Oshima1:20.6809
**IND Karun Chandhok****1:21.4805**JPN Takuto Iguchi1:22.4326

Nations Cup

Drivers who made a false start are marked with a Yellow card in the tables, and a time penalty of 5 seconds was added to their original time.

Group A

Pos.TeamWinsLossesDriverWinsLossesBest Time1234
FRA France42FRA Romain Grosjean211:16.613
FRA Sébastien Ogier211:16.240
DENESP All-Stars33DEN Tom Kristensen211:14.708
ESP Jorge Lorenzo121:23.310
MEXUSA Americas33MEX Benito Guerra211:22.346
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay121:19.133
GBR Great Britain24GBR David Coulthard121:15.798
GBR Andy Priaulx121:17.055
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2FRA France1–1GBR Great BritainVolkswagen SciroccoAudi R8 LMSMEXUSA Americas1–1DENESP All-StarsVolkswagen SciroccoAudi R8 LMSFRA France2–0DENESP All-StarsKTM X-BowToyota GT86
R. Grosjean1:23.6650**D. Coulthard****1:23.6169**
**S. Ogier****1:16.2420**A. Priaulx1:17.0557
R. Hunter-Reay1:24.5635**T. Kristensen****1:23.0759**
**B. Guerra****1:22.3469**J. LorenzoDNF
**R. Grosjean****1:16.6132**T. Kristensen1:16.7225
**S. Ogier****1:24.5176**J. Lorenzo1:26.7994
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2GBR Great Britain1–1MEXUSA AmericasKTM X-BowToyota GT86DENESP All-Stars2–0GBR Great BritainAudi R8 LMSVolkswagen SciroccoMEXUSA Americas1–1FRA FranceAudi R8 LMSVolkswagen Scirocco
D. Coulthard1:16.2360**R. Hunter-Reay****1:19.1336**
**A. Priaulx****1:24.4475**B. Guerra1:24.0601
**T. Kristensen****1:14.7081**D. Coulthard1:15.7987
**J. Lorenzo****1:23.3108**A. Priaulx1:23.1226
R. Hunter-Reay1:18.5096**Romain Grosjean****1:16.5117**
**B. Guerra****1:22.7852**Sébastien Ogier1:23.6944

Group B

Pos.TeamWinsLossesDriverWinsLossesBest Time1234
GER Germany60DEU Michael Schumacher301:15.614
DEU Sebastian Vettel301:16.657
AUS Australia33AUS Mick Doohan121:20.178
AUS Jamie Whincup211:19.385
IND India24IND Karun Chandhok121:18.317
IND Narain Karthikeyan121:23.169
THA Thailand15THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana031:23.964
THA Tin Sritrai121:19.160
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2GER Germany2–0THA ThailandKTM X-BowROC carAUS Australia2–0IND IndiaKTM X-BowROC carIND India0–2GER GermanyROC CarKTM X-Bow
**M. Schumacher****1:15.6141**N. Charoensukawattana1:18.9635
**S. Vettel****1:19.8275**T. Sritrai1:24.4221
**J. Whincup**1:19.3849N. Karthikeyan1:18.1692
**M. Doohan****1:20.9261**K. Chandhok1:21.2589
N. Karthikeyan1:25.8278**M. Schumacher****1:19.1891**
K. Chandhok1:18.3171**S. Vettel****1:16.6574**
Team 1Time 1ScoreTeam 2Time 2THA Thailand1–1AUS AustraliaROC CarKTM X-BowTHA Thailand1–1IND IndiaEuro RacecarL. Gallardo STAUS Australia0–2GER GermanyEuro RacecarL. Gallardo ST
N. Charoensukawattana1:22.5612**J. Whincup****1:22.0806**
**T. Sritrai****1:19.1595**M. Doohan1:20.1776
N. Charoensukawattana1:22.7724**N. Karthikeyan****1:23.4550**
T. Sritrai1:21.2564**K. Chandhok****1:19.6611**
J. Whincup1:20.9684**M. Schumacher****1:18.3839**
M. DoohanDNFS. Vettel1:19.1646

Finals

|| FRA France|2| DENESP All-Stars|0 || DEU Germany|2| AUS Australia|0 || FRA France|0| DEU Germany|2}}

Semifinals

Team 1Time 1CarTeam 2Time 2FRA France2-0DENESP All-StarsAudi R8 LMSToyota GT86DEU Germany2-0AUS AustraliaEuro RacecarLamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo
**Sébastien Ogier****1:15.5143**Tom Kristensen1:15.6365
**Romain Grosjean****1:23.1327**Jorge Lorenzo1:24.7146
**Michael Schumacher****1:17.2869**Jamie Whincup1:22.1543
**Sebastian Vettel****1:17.6834**Mick Doohan1:19.6904

Final

Team 1Time 1CarTeam 2Time 2FRA France0-2DEU GermanyKTM X-BowROC Car
Romain Grosjean1:17.3946**Michael Schumacher****1:15.3257**
Sébastien Ogier1:20.5839**Sebastian Vettel****1:18.6005**

Race of Champions

  • Ho-Pin Tung and Kazuya Oshima qualified having achieved the best times (among non-Thai drivers) in ROC Asia.

Group A

Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1234
FRA Sébastien Ogier301:17.6136
GBR David Coulthard211:16.1106
AUS Jamie Whincup121:17.6635
MEX Benito Guerra031:16.8181
Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2Audi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMSVW SciroccoToyota GT86KTM X-BowKTM X-Bow
**FRA S. Ogier****1:17.6136**MEX Benito Guerra1:18.4051
AUS J. Whincup1:17.6635**GBR D. Coulthard****1:16.8300**
GBR D. Coulthard1:23.4184**FRA S. Ogier****1:21.9990**
MEX B. Guerra1:30.3107**AUS J. Whincup****1:22.6688**
**GBR D. Coulthard****1:16.1106**MEX B. Guerra1:16.8181
**FRA S. Ogier****1:17.9073**AUS J. Whincup1:20.7565

Group B

Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1234
CHN Ho-Pin Tung211:16.1518
DEN Tom Kristensen211:17.3359
THA Nattavude Charoensukawattana121:16.7000
GBR Andy Priaulx121:17.1192
Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2VW SciroccoVW SciroccoAudi R8 LMSAudi R8 LMSL. Gallardo STL. Gallardo ST
**DEN T. Kristensen****1:22.5816**THA N. Charoensukawattana1:23.0965
**GBR A. Priaulx****1:22.9224**CHN H.P. Tung1:24.7555
**CHN H.P. Tung****1:16.1518**DEN T. Kristensen1:16.2422
**THA N. Charoensukawattana****1:16.7000**GBR A. Priaulx1:17.1192
**CHN H.P. Tung****1:17.9684**THA N. Charoensukawattana1:24.6836
**DEN T. Kristensen****1:17.3359**GBR A. PriaulxDNF

Group C

Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1234
GER Sebastian Vettel301:15.4949
AUS Mick Doohan211:18.1864
THA Tin Sritrai121:18.0430
ESP Jorge Lorenzo031:19.0598
Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2ROC CarROC CarKTM X-BowKTM X-BowKTM X-BowKTM X-Bow
**GER S. Vettel****1:21.3306**THA T. Sritrai1:22.3280
ESP J. Lorenzo1:22.7320**AUS M. Doohan****1:22.2028**
AUS M. Doohan1:19.1871**GER S. Vettel****1:16.4088**
**THA T. Sritrai****1:18.0430**ESP J. Lorenzo1:20.4889
**AUS M. Doohan****1:18.1864**THA T. Sritrai1:23.1294
**GER S. Vettel****1:15.4949**ESP J. Lorenzo1:19.0598

Group D

Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1234
GER Michael Schumacher301:15.5993
FRA Romain Grosjean211:15.7666
USA Ryan Hunter-Reay121:17.0206
JPN Kazuya Oshima031:21.7940
Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2KTM X-BowKTM X-BowROC CarROC CarEuro RacecarEuro Racecar
**GER M. Schumacher****1:15.5993**FRA R. Grosjean1:15.7666
**USA R. Hunter-Reay****1:17.0206**JPN K. Oshima1:22.5314
JPN K. Oshima1:21.7940**GER M. Schumacher****1:19.7627**
**FRA R. Grosjean****1:19.3890**USA R. Hunter-Reay1:26.2154
JPN K. Oshima1:24.7413**FRA R. Grosjean****1:20.9656**
**GER M. Schumacher****1:17.8680**USA R. Hunter-Reay1:25.2427

Knockout stage

| score-width=50px | team-width=170px

| RD1-team1= FRA Sébastien Ogier | RD1-score1= 0 | RD1-team2= DEN Tom Kristensen | RD1-score2= 1

| RD1-team3= CHN Ho-Pin Tung | RD1-score3= 0 | RD1-team4= UK David Coulthard | RD1-score4= 1

| RD1-team5= GER Sebastian Vettel | RD1-score5= 0 | RD1-team6= FRA Romain Grosjean | RD1-score6= 1

| RD1-team7= GER Michael Schumacher | RD1-score7= 1 | RD1-team8= AUS Mick Doohan | RD1-score8= 0

| RD2-team1= DEN Tom Kristensen | RD2-score1= 1 | RD2-team2= UK David Coulthard | RD2-score2= 0

| RD2-team3= FRA Romain Grosjean | RD2-score3= 1 | RD2-team4= GER Michael Schumacher | RD2-score4= 0

| RD3-team1= DEN Tom Kristensen | RD3-score1= 0 | RD3-team2= FRA Romain Grosjean | RD3-score2= 2

Quarterfinals

Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2Audi R8 LMSVolkswagen SciroccoKTM X-BowEuro Racecar
FRA Sébastien Ogier1:14.5605DEN **Tom Kristensen****1:14.0680**
CHN Ho-Pin Tung1:21.7089UK **David Coulthard****1:21.6364**
GER Sebastian VettelDNFFRA **Romain Grosjean****1:15.5455**
GER **Michael Schumacher****1:17.0426**AUS Mick Doohan1:25.1853

Semifinals

Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2Audi R8 LMSKTM X-Bow
**DEN Tom Kristensen****1:14.3384**UK David Coulthard1:15.8312
**FRA Romain Grosjean****1:14.8951**GER Michael Schumacher1:15.3823

Final

Driver 1Time 1CarDriver 2Time 2ROC CarKTM X-Bow
DEN Tom Kristensen1:18.9348**FRA Romain Grosjean****1:18.4775**
**FRA Romain Grosjean****1:16.0779**DEN Tom Kristensen1:16.4569

References

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