2005 Race of Champions

The 2005 Race of Champions took place on December 3 again at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

2005 Race of Champions

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Layout of 2005 Race of Champions

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

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

Race of Champions

Racing Group

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

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

ROC Car

Heikki Kovalainen

1:54.0386

Bernd Schneider

1:57.8659

Renault Mégane Trophy

Heikki Kovalainen

1:47.9089

Felipe Massa

1:48.7390

ROC Car

Felipe Massa

1:53.8102

Jean Alesi

1:54.8608

Renault Mégane Trophy

Heikki Kovalainen

1:46.2349

ROC Car

Tom Kristensen

1:46.2282

Jeff Gordon

2:05.0100

ROC Car

Christijan Albers

+5s

Jeff Gordon

1:56.6810

ROC Car

Sébastien Bourdais

1:56.9084

Sébastien Bourdais

1:54.8757

Renault Mégane Trophy

Dan Wheldon

1:58.6148

Jeff Gordon

2:19.9630

ROC Car

Tom Kristensen

1:53.6579

Nelson Piquet Jr.

1:52.9866

ROC Car

Mattias Ekström

1:54.2395

Nelson Piquet Jr.

1:55.2597

ROC Car

Tom Kristensen

1:54.7267

David Coulthard

1:53.1299

Tom Kristensen

1:52.7306

Rallying Group

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Porsche 911 GT3
	Marcus Grönholm	1:56.9406
					Citroën Xsara WRC
	Stéphane Peterhansel	1:57.9043
					Marcus Grönholm	1:54.0491
	Citroën Xsara WRC
					Daniel Sordo	1:56.0218
	François Duval	DNF
									Citroën Xsara WRC
	Daniel Sordo	1:56.2400
									Marcus Grönholm	1:54.1724
	Porsche 911 GT3
									Sébastien Loeb	1:51.7369
	Colin McRae	1:52.8600
					Citroën Xsara WRC
	Armin Schwarz	1:53.2096
					Colin McRae	1:54.6190
	Citroën Xsara WRC
					Sébastien Loeb	1:52.8756
	Sébastien Loeb	1:53.9708
	Travis Pastrana	2:15.5375

Final

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

The Nations Cup

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					France	1
					Team PlayStation France	2
									Team PlayStation France	2
									Great Britain	1
					Great Britain	2
					Germany	0
													Team PlayStation France	0
													Scandinavia	2
					Brazil	1
					USA	2
									USA	0
									Scandinavia	2
					Finland	0
					Scandinavia	2
	Scandinavia	2
	Benelux	0

Preliminary round

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

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2		Car
France		1-2	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
Great Britain		2-0	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		1-2	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		0-2	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

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

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

• Race of Champions

References

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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