2006 Race of Champions

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2006 Race of Champions
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The 2006 Race of Champions took place on 16 December at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The Nations' Cup was competed first and the event was won by Finland, with Heikki Kovalainen winning over United States' Travis Pastrana on the final round. Kovalainen's team mate was the two-time World Rally Champion Marcus Grönholm, whereas Pastrana drove all the rounds for the US team, after both Jimmie Johnson and his replacement, Scott Speed, had to withdraw from competing due to injuries.[1]

The individual event and the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy was won by Mattias Ekström of Sweden. He won over Kovalainen by 0.0002 seconds in the semi-finals, and then over defending champion, Sébastien Loeb of France, in the finals.[2]

The cars used were the Citroën Xsara WRC, the Renault Mégane Trophy, the Porsche 996 GT3 RSR, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT and the ubiquitous ROC Buggy.

Participants

Team Racing driver Rally driver
Autosport England England James Thompson Guernsey Andy Priaulx
Finland Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Marcus Grönholm
PlayStation France France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Loeb
Auto Hebdo France France Yvan Muller France Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany Germany Bernd Schneider Germany Armin Schwarz
Scandinavia Denmark Tom Kristensen Sweden Mattias Ekström
F1 Racing Scotland Scotland David Coulthard Scotland Colin McRae
Spain Spain Nani Roma Spain Dani Sordo
USA
United States Travis Pastrana

Race of Champions

Racing Group

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
   
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
     
 France Sébastien Bourdais  2.23.5206
   Guernsey Andy Priaulx  2.26.1519  
   
Renault Mégane Trophy
     
 France Sébastien Bourdais  2.15.9999
   France Yvan Muller  2.16.0170  
   
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
     
 France Yvan Muller  2.23.0462
   Scotland David Coulthard  2.25.6639  
   
Renault Mégane Trophy
     
 France Sébastien Bourdais  2.15.1278
   Sweden Mattias Ekström  2.12.0659
   
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
     
 Sweden Mattias Ekström  2.19.9117
ROC Car
   Germany Bernd Schneider  2.21.7284  
 Germany Bernd Schneider  2:32.9344
Renault Mégane Trophy
 England James Thompson  2:35.6080  
 Sweden Mattias Ekström  2.14.6003
   Finland Heikki Kovalainen  2.14.6005  
   
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
     
 Denmark Tom Kristensen  2.23.2352


   Finland Heikki Kovalainen  2.23.1061  
   
     

Rallying Group

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR        
 France Sébastien Loeb  2:18.9701
Citroën Xsara WRC
 Spain Nani Roma  2:20.4327  
 France Sébastien Loeb  2:18.8750
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
     United States Travis Pastrana  2:22.4944  
 France Stéphane Peterhansel  2:40.3303
Citroën Xsara WRC
 United States Travis Pastrana  2:29.2107  
 France Sébastien Loeb  2:24.5987
Porsche 996 GT3 RSR    
   Scotland Colin McRae  2:25.5745
 Spain Dani Sordo  2:16.8528
Citroën Xsara WRC
 Germany Armin Schwarz  2:26.9785  
 Spain Dani Sordo  2:21.0805


Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
     Scotland Colin McRae  2:20.2493  
 Scotland Colin McRae  2:15.9343
 Finland Marcus Grönholm  2:19.0594  
 

Final

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Sweden Mattias Ekström 2:21.2617 Citroën Xsara WRC France Sébastien Loeb 2:21.4500
Sweden Mattias Ekström 2:16.1273 Renault Mégane Trophy France Sébastien Loeb 2:22.4954

The Nations Cup

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
           
   
     
 Germany Germany  1
   United States USA  2  
   
     
 United States USA  2
   Scotland F1 Racing Scotland  1  
   
     
 Scotland F1 Racing Scotland  2
   England Autosport England  1  
   
     
 United States USA  1
   Finland Finland  2
   
     
 Finland Finland  2
   DenmarkSweden Scandinavia  1  
   
     
 Finland Finland  2
   France PlayStation France  1  
   
     
 Spain Spain  0


   France PlayStation France  2  
 France PlayStation France  2
 France Auto Hebdo France  0  

Preliminary Round

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France PlayStation France 2-0 France Auto Hebdo France
Sébastien Bourdais 2:29.1005 Yvan Muller 2:29.7141 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Sébastien Loeb 2:33.3325 Stéphane Peterhansel 2:35.8314 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
Germany Germany 1-2 United States USA
Bernd Schneider 2:37.6729 Travis Pastrana 2:30.4220 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Armin Schwarz 2:33.2329 Travis Pastrana 2:37.1421 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
Bernd Schneider 2:47.5800 Travis Pastrana 2:43.6257 ROC Car
Scotland F1 Racing Scotland 2-1 England Autosport England
David Coulthard 2:24.8384 James Thompson 2:28.6790 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Colin McRae 2:31.8388 Andy Priaulx 2:31.4565 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
David Coulthard 2:41.6900 James Thompson 2:47.4845 ROC Car
Finland Finland 2-1 DenmarkSweden Scandinavia
Heikki Kovalainen 2:24.1735 Tom Kristensen 2:27.2222 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Marcus Grönholm 2:31.3845 Mattias Ekström 2:26.9936 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
Heikki Kovalainen 2:35.3213 Tom Kristensen 2:39.3472 ROC Car
Spain Spain 0-2 France PlayStation France
Nani Roma 2:36.5373 Sébastien Bourdais 2:20.5726 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
Dani Sordo 2:28.7845 Sébastien Loeb 2:24.2804 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Semifinals

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
United States USA 2-1 Scotland F1 Racing Scotland
Travis Pastrana 3:07.1516 David Coulthard 2:32.1668 Renault Mégane Trophy
Travis Pastrana 2:29.3571 Colin McRae 2:35.3752 Citroën Xsara WRC
Travis Pastrana 2:34.4833 David Coulthard 2:34.9779 ROC Car
Finland Finland 2-1 France PlayStation France
Heikki Kovalainen 2:25.3105 Sébastien Bourdais 2:53.0120 Renault Mégane Trophy
Marcus Grönholm 2:24.6853 Sébastien Loeb 2:22.8908 Citroën Xsara WRC
Heikki Kovalainen 2:28.9772 Sébastien Bourdais 2:32.7080 ROC Car

Final

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
United States USA 1-2 Finland Finland
Travis Pastrana 2:56.4534 Heikki Kovalainen 2:21.1936 Renault Mégane Trophy
Travis Pastrana 2:25.0260 Marcus Grönholm 2:28.8001 Citroën Xsara WRC
Travis Pastrana 2:32.1670 Heikki Kovalainen 2:28.7805 ROC Car

See also

References

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External links

Results obtained from http://www.jon44w.com/site3/viewthread.php?fid=72&tid=2060&action=printable

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