2009 Race of Champions

Motor racing competition 2009 Race of Champions 2008 2010 thumb|250px|The Layout of the 2009 Race of Champions thumb|250px|right|The Beijing National Stadium, is the venue for the 2009 Race of Champions. The 2009 Race of Champions was the 22nd running of the motorsport event, on November 3–4, 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the first time that the event took place outside of Europe and Africa. It was the first international sports event to be held in the "Bird's Nest" stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was moved from a weekend to a midweek slot for the first time. The RoC Nations Cup was held on Tuesday, November 3, just two days after the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the climax of the 2009 Formula One season at the Yas Marina Circuit, with the Driver's Cup being contested on Wednesday 4, November.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74486 Race of Champions moves to Beijing Haymarket Publications autosport.com 2009-04-16 2009-05-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090419113238/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74486 2009-04-19 live The new dates affected the United States and Australia most, since it meant drivers from those countries' popular saloon-car series (V8 Supercar and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) could not take part. Jamie Whincup of Triple Eight Race Engineering was originally selected to participate but could not because of the schedule, so two motorcyclists were used on the team. In the past, the United States team has used Nationwide Series champion Carl Edwards, and four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Two X Games stars and Rally America drivers were chosen. Mattias Ekström won the World Final for Team Scandinavia, while Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher won the Nations Cup for Team Germany. South Europe Regional Final thumb|Michèle Mouton driving an Audi Quattro S1 during the South Europe finals For the first ever time, regional finals were held to determine which nations will take part in Beijing. The first of these regional finals was for South Europe, featuring Portugal, Spain, Monaco and Italy. It was held in the Estádio do Dragão, the home of F.C. Porto on 6/7 June. ROC Portugal Miguel Barbosa won the ROC Portugal opener and was joined by A1 Grand Prix driver Filipe Albuquerque, José Pedro Fontes and team captain and Production World Rally Championship Armindo Araújo in the Portuguese team. ROC Iberia The Portuguese team faced a Spanish team made up of team captain World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, Citroën WRC driver Dani Sordo, World Series by Renault driver Jaime Alguersuari and rally driver Sergio Vallejo in the ROC Iberia. Albuquerque beat Sordo by two heats to nil in the Iberian final. ROC South Europe Finals thumb|Dragon Stagium's pitch converted into a race track for the ROC 2009 Southern Europe Regional Final. The Spanish pairing of Sainz and Sordo faced the Italian pairing of former World Rally champion Miki Biasion and current WRC driver Gigi Galli in the first semi-final. Spain won by three heats to nil. The Portuguese pairing of Albuquerque and Araujo faced Monaco, featuring A1GP driver Clivio Piccione and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele Pirro, who although born in Italy, has been a resident of Monaco for over 22 years. After four of five heats the score was balanced at 2–2, before Piccione beat Albuquerque by one ten thousandth of a second, the narrowest margin of victory in Race of Champions history. The Monegasque pairing beat the Spanish pair by three heats to one in the final to send Monaco through to the main event in November.http://www.raceofchampions.com/media/press-releases/95/ Monaco Surprise Spain To Win Euromilhoes RoC South Europe Race of Champions 2009-06-07 2009-06-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20160128043718/http://www.raceofchampions.com/media/press-releases/95/ 2016-01-28 dead ROC Legends There was also a RoC Legends competition on the Saturday evening, featuring Sainz, Biasion, Pirro, Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mick Doohan, Andy Priaulx and Pedro Chaves. Priaulx beat Herbert in the Legends final by two heats to one. http://www.raceofchampions.com/media/press-releases/94/ Priaulx Prevails Over Herbert In All British Race Of Champions Legends Final Race of Champions 2009-06-07 2009-06-08 October 2010 H3llBot Participants Team Drivers 2009 series SCOZAF All-Stars David Coulthard none Giniel de Villiers Cross Country World Cup AUS Australia Mick Doohan none Chad Reed AMA Motocross Championship CHN China Han Han Chinese Rally Championship Ho-Pin Tung A1 Grand Prix & Superleague Formula FIN Finland Marcus Grönholm none Mikko Hirvonen WRC FRA France Guerlain Chicherit Cross Country World Cup Yvan Muller WTCC DEU Germany Michael Schumacher none/Formula One testing Sebastian Vettel Formula One GBR Great Britain Jenson Button Formula One Andy Priaulx WTCC MCO Monaco Clivio Piccione A1 Grand Prix Emanuele Pirro none DNKSWE Scandinavia Mattias Ekström DTM Tom Kristensen DTM USA United States Tanner Foust X Games & Rally America Travis Pastrana X Games & Rally America Jamie Whincup originally was confirmed to participate, but later withdrew due to a scheduling conflict with the V8 Supercars Championship. Chad Reed took his place. The two fastest Chinese drivers in the ROC China Challenge would represent their nation in the Nations Cup. Cars Ford Focus RS WRC KTM X-Bow ROC Car RX Racing RX150 Solution F Prototype Volkswagen Scirocco ROC China Round 1 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final 125 175 CHN H. Han 2:23.923 CHN Y. Zhou DNF CHN Z. G. Ren 2:09.466 CHN C. H. Huang 2:10.420 CHN Y. Liu 2:07.540 CHN L. F. Lin 2:09.921 CHN D. A. Chen 2:08.246 CHN H. S. Guo 2:10.914 CHN H. J. Wei 2:10.355 CHN H. B. Dong 2:06.955 CHN R. Wang 2:10.579 CHN C. D. Liu 2:08.815 CHN B. Liu 2:07.976 CHN D. J. Wu 2:10.044 CHN S. F. Wang 2:06.304 CHN N. J. Lu 2:13.080 CHN H. Han 2:10.148 CHN Z. G. Ren 2:11.272 CHN Y. Liu 2:07.809 CHN D. A. Chen 2:08.482 CHN H. B. Dong 2:09.551 CHN C. D. Liu 2:11.409 CHN B. Liu 2:06.635 CHN S. F. Wang 2:06.097 CHN H. Han 2:07.639 CHN Y. Liu 2:08.598 CHN H. B. Dong 2:32.583 CHN S. F. Wang DNF CHN H. Han 2:07.311 CHN H. B. Dong 2:05.181 ROC Nations Cup Group A Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 6 6 0 3:55.963 2 6 3 3 4:04.314 3 6 2 4 4:00.151 4 6 1 5 4:04.386 Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car DEU Germany 2–0 AUS Australia Michael Schumacher 2:00.012 Mick Doohan 2:28.424 Sebastian Vettel 1:59.381 Chad Reed 2:05.807 DEU Germany 2–0 CHN China Michael Schumacher 2:03.192 Han Han DNF Sebastian Vettel 1:55.951 Ho-Pin Tung 1:58.345 DEU Germany 2–0 FIN Finland Michael Schumacher 2:00.636 Mikko Hirvonen 2:01.243 Sebastian Vettel 1:56.085 Marcus Grönholm 2:01.587 Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car CHN China 2–0 AUS Australia Han Han 2:14.570 Mick Doohan 2:48.088 Ho-Pin Tung 1:58.537 Chad Reed 2:01.505 FIN Finland 1–1 AUS Australia Mikko Hirvonen 2:00.264 Mick Doohan 2:05.545 Marcus Grönholm 1:59.787 Chad Reed 1:58.841 CHN China 1–1 FIN Finland Han Han 2:05.969 Mikko Hirvonen 2:05.819 Ho-Pin Tung 2:04.234 Marcus Grönholm 2:05.180 Group B Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 GBR Great Britain 4 4 0 3:55.111 2 SCOZAF All-Stars 4 1 3 3:58.339 3 4 1 3 3:58.882 Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car GBR Great Britain 2–0 SCOZAF All-Stars Jenson Button 2:00.394 David Coulthard 2:00.964 Andy Priaulx 1:58.399 Giniel de Villiers 2:02.927 GBR Great Britain 2–0 MCO Monaco Jenson Button 1:59.109 Clivio Piccione 2:01.408 Andy Priaulx 1:56.002 Emanuele Pirro 1:57.466 MCO Monaco 1–1 GBRZAF All-Stars Clivio Piccione 2:01.416 David Coulthard 1:58.824 Emanuele Pirro 1:58.607 Giniel de Villiers 1:59.515 Group C Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 4 2 2 4:09.184 2 4 2 2 4:09.208 3 DNKSWE Scandinavia 4 2 2 4:10.252 Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car FRA France 1–1 DNKSWE Scandinavia Yvan Muller 2:00.635 Tom Kristensen DNF Guerlain Chicherit DNF Mattias Ekström 2:13.070 DNKSWE Scandinavia 1–1 USA United States Tom Kristensen 2:05.039 Tanner Foust 2:03.692 Mattias Ekström 2:05.213 Travis Pastrana 2:05.776 USA United States 1–1 FRA France Tanner Foust 2:03.408 Yvan Muller 2:03.104 Travis Pastrana 2:06.738 Guerlain Chicherit 2:08.573 ROC Car Knockout stages Semi-Finals Final A1 2 C1 1 A2 1 B1 GBR Great Britain 2 A1 2 B1 GBR Great Britain 1 Semifinals Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car DEU Germany 2–1 USA United States Michael Schumacher 2:03.615 Tanner Foust 2:03.281 ROC Car Sebastian Vettel 1:55.212 Travis Pastrana 1:55.582 Ford Focus RS WRC Sebastian Vettel 2:03.167 Tanner Foust 2:04.084 ROC Car CHN China 1–2 GBR Great Britain Han Han 2:06.654 Jenson Button 2:03.201 ROC Car Ho-Pin Tung 1:57.890 Andy Priaulx 2:01.565 Solution F Prototype Ho-Pin Tung 2:04.477 Jenson Button 2:01.544 ROC Car Final Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car DEU Germany 2–1 GBR Great Britain Michael Schumacher 1:59.348 Jenson Button 1:59.842 ROC Car Sebastian Vettel 2:13.299 Andy Priaulx 1:52.479 Ford Focus RS WRC Michael Schumacher 2:01.200 Andy Priaulx 2:02.364 ROC Car World Final Round 1 MCO Clivio Piccione 1:59.759 CHN Ho-Pin Tung 2:03.870 USA Tanner Foust 2:02.205 MCO Emanuele Pirro 2:18.797 MCO Clivio Piccione 2:04.098 USA Tanner Foust 2:01.233 Group A Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 GBR Jenson Button 3 3 0 1:57.627 2 DNK Tom Kristensen 3 2 1 1:58.305 3 USA Tanner Foust 3 1 2 1:57.677 4 FRA Guerlain Chicherit 3 0 3 2:03.938 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 GBR Jenson Button 2:00.085 DNK Tom Kristensen 2:01.381 FRA Guerlain Chicherit 2:04.486 USA Tanner Foust 2:00.578 USA Tanner Foust 1:57.677 Solution F Prototype GBR Jenson Button 1:57.627 DNK Tom Kristensen 1:58.305 FRA Guerlain Chicherit DNF FRA Guerlain Chicherit 2:03.938 KTM X-Bow GBR Jenson Button 1:59.174 USA Tanner Foust 2:04.512 KTM X-Bow DNK Tom Kristensen 1:59.136 Group B Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 SWE Mattias Ekström 3 3 0 1:58.276 2 GBR Andy Priaulx 3 2 1 1:59.860 3 AUS Mick Doohan 3 1 2 2:04.325 4 USA Travis Pastrana 3 0 3 2:04.208 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 SWE Mattias Ekström 1:58.551 GBR Andy Priaulx 1:59.860 AUS Mick Doohan 2:04.325 USA Travis Pastrana 2:04.402 USA Travis Pastrana 2:04.208 SWE Mattias Ekström 2:02.174 GBR Andy Priaulx 2:04.801 AUS Mick Doohan 2:05.229 AUS Mick Doohan DNF KTM X-Bow SWE Mattias Ekström 1:58.276 USATravis Pastrana DNF KTM X-Bow GBR Andy Priaulx 2:00.043 Group C Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel 3 3 0 1:51.442 2 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 3 2 1 1:51.094 3 AUS Chad Reed 3 1 2 1:54.247 4 ZAF Giniel de Villiers 3 0 3 1:53.626 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 DEU Sebastian Vettel 2:00.363 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 2:02.567 AUS Chad Reed 2:02.391 ROC Car ZAF Giniel de Villiers 2:04.247 ZAF Giniel de Villiers 1:53.626 Ford Focus RS WRC DEU Sebastian Vettel 1:51.442 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 1:51.094 Ford Focus RS WRC AUS Chad Reed 1:54.247 AUS Chad Reed DNF DEU Sebastian Vettel 1:58.583 ZAF Giniel de Villiers 2:04.437 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 2:01.859 Group D Pos Team Races W L Best Time 1 DEU Michael Schumacher 3 3 0 1:58.644 2 SCO David Coulthard 3 2 1 1:58.547 3 FRA Yvan Muller 3 1 2 1:58.956 4 FIN Marcus Grönholm 3 0 3 2:00.835 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 DEU Michael Schumacher 1:58.644 SCO David Coulthard 2:00.503 FIN Marcus Grönholm 2:01.456 FRA Yvan Muller 2:00.191 FRA Yvan Muller 2:01.474 DEU Michael Schumacher 1:59.296 SCO David Coulthard 2:00.259 FIN Marcus Grönholm 2:00.835 FIN Marcus Grönholm 2:02.111 KTM X-Bow DEU Michael Schumacher 1:59.907 FRA Yvan Muller 1:58.956 KTM X-Bow SCO David Coulthard 1:58.547 Knockout stages Ford Focus RS WRC GBR Jenson Button 1:51.375 GBR Andy Priaulx 1:55.500 Solution F Prototype SWE Mattias Ekström 1:56.530 DNK Tom Kristensen 1:57.814 ROC Car DEU Sebastian Vettel 1:58.213 SCO David Coulthard 1:58.930 KTM X-Bow DEU Michael Schumacher 1:57.805 FIN Mikko Hirvonen 1:59.786 Ford Focus RS WRC GBR Jenson Button 1:50.627 SWE Mattias Ekström 1:49.500 KTM X-Bow DEU Sebastian Vettel DNF DEU Michael Schumacher 1:57.940 SWE Mattias Ekström 2 DEU Michael Schumacher 0 Final Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 SWE Mattias Ekström 1:57.290 ROC Car DEU Michael Schumacher 1:57.471 SWE Mattias Ekström 1:56.044 KTM X-Bow 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