2010 Race of Champions

The 2010 Race of Champions was the 23rd running of the event, and took place over 27–28 November 2010 at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. It was the first time the event had been held in Germany since 1989, when it was held at the Nürburgring.^[1]

Team Germany won a fourth consecutive Nations Cup with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel defeating Team Britain's Andy Priaulx and Jason Plato 2–1 in the final.^[2] In the driver-by-driver Race of Champions itself, Portugal's Filipe Albuquerque defeated multiple World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb 2–1 in the final.^[3]

Participants

Country	Drivers	2010 series
All-Stars	Mick Doohan^[4]	Ex FIM Road Racing
All-Stars	Tanner Foust^[5]	X Games / Rally America
Benelux	Bertrand Baguette^[6]	IndyCar Series
Benelux	Jeroen Bleekemolen^[6]	ALMS & Porsche Supercup
France	Sébastien Loeb^[7]	WRC
France	Alain Prost^[8]	Andros Trophy / Ex Formula One
Germany	Michael Schumacher^[1]	Formula One
Germany	Sebastian Vettel^[1]	Formula One
Great Britain	Jason Plato^[9]	BTCC
Great Britain	Andy Priaulx^[10]	WTCC
Nordic	Heikki Kovalainen^[11]	Formula One
Nordic	Tom Kristensen^[12]	Le Mans Series
Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque^[13]	Italian GT & Superstars Series
Portugal	Álvaro Parente^[13]	Superleague Formula & Spanish GT
United States	Carl Edwards^[14]	NASCAR
United States	Travis Pastrana^[15]	X Games / Rally America

Cars

Audi R8 LMS
KTM X-Bow
Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Euro Racecar
ROC 2-seater
ROC Car
RX Racing RX150
Solution F Prototype
Volkswagen Scirocco

ROC Nations Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos.	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Team Time	Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Great Britain	6	4	2	2:22.3759	Jason Plato	1	2	1:11.9223
1	Great Britain	6	4	2	2:22.3759	Andy Priaulx	3	0	1:10.4536
2	France	6	3	3	2:22.1913	Alain Prost	1	2	1:11.8307
2	France	6	3	3	2:22.1913	Sébastien Loeb	2	1	1:10.3606
3	Nordic	6	3	3	2:23.2136	Heikki Kovalainen	3	0	1:10.9713
3	Nordic	6	3	3	2:23.2136	Tom Kristensen	0	3	1:12.2423
4	Portugal	6	2	4	2:23.7699	Álvaro Parente	1	2	1:10.8405
4	Portugal	6	2	4	2:23.7699	Filipe Albuquerque	1	2	1:12.9294

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
France		1–1	Nordic
Alain Prost	1:11.8307		Heikki Kovalainen	1:10.9713	Solution F Prototype
Sébastien Loeb	1:10.3606		Tom Kristensen	1:12.2423	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Great Britain		1–1	Portugal
Jason Plato	1:11.9223		Álvaro Parente	1:10.8405	Solution F Prototype
Andy Priaulx	1:10.4536		Filipe Albuquerque	1:12.9294	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
France		0–2	Great Britain
Alain Prost	1:18.1618		Jason Plato	1:15.6128	Volkswagen Scirocco
Sébastien Loeb	1:15.7884		Andy Priaulx	1:13.8095	Euro Racecar

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
Nordic		1–1	Portugal
Heikki Kovalainen	1:14.7066		Álvaro Parente	1:15.6223	Volkswagen Scirocco
Tom Kristensen	1:13.4820		Filipe Albuquerque	1:13.1479	Euro Racecar
France		2–0	Portugal
Alain Prost	1:14.0018		Álvaro Parente	DNF	KTM X-Bow
Sébastien Loeb	1:13.5254		Filipe Albuquerque	1:14.3921	Audi R8 LMS
Nordic		1–1	Great Britain
Heikki Kovalainen	1:11.6949		Jason Plato	1:12.7642	KTM X-Bow
Tom Kristensen	1:14.0499		Andy Priaulx	1:12.9157	Audi R8 LMS

Group B

Pos.	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Team Time	Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Benelux	6	4	2	2:26.0601	Bertrand Baguette	3	0	1:12.8820
1	Benelux	6	4	2	2:26.0601	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1	2	1:13.1781
2	Germany	6	3	3	2:24.8746	Michael Schumacher	2	1	1:12.8815
2	Germany	6	3	3	2:24.8746	Sebastian Vettel	1	2	1:11.9931
3	All-Stars	6	3	3	2:25.5769	Mick Doohan	1	2	1:13.7260
3	All-Stars	6	3	3	2:25.5769	Tanner Foust	2	1	1:11.8509
4	United States	6	2	4	2:26.2579	Carl Edwards	0	3	1:14.4291
4	United States	6	2	4	2:26.2579	Travis Pastrana	2	1	1:11.8288

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
Germany		1–1	United States
Michael Schumacher	1:13.2931		Carl Edwards	1:16.1596	ROC Car
Sebastian Vettel	1:14.5010		Travis Pastrana	1:14.3588	Volkswagen Scirocco
All-Stars		0–2	Benelux
Mick Doohan	1:15.4307		Bertrand Baguette	1:14.6927	ROC Car
Tanner Foust	1:15.3806		Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:15.3400	Volkswagen Scirocco
Germany		1–1	Benelux
Michael Schumacher	1:14.6622		Bertrand Baguette	1:12.8820	RX Racing RX150
Sebastian Vettel	1:13.2710		Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:14.8923	ROC Car

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
All-Stars		2–0	United States
Mick Doohan	1:13.7260		Carl Edwards	1:14.4291	RX Racing RX150
Tanner Foust	1:15.4174		Travis Pastrana	1:17.0747	ROC Car
Germany		1–1	All-Stars
Michael Schumacher	1:12.8815		Mick Doohan	1:15.4533	KTM X-Bow
Sebastian Vettel	1:11.9931		Tanner Foust	1:11.8509	Audi R8 LMS
United States		1–1	Benelux
Carl Edwards	1:14.9945		Bertrand Baguette	1:13.5070	KTM X-Bow
Travis Pastrana	1:11.8288		Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:13.1781	Audi R8 LMS

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Great Britain	2

France	0
		Great Britain	1

		Germany	2
Benelux	0

Germany	2

Semifinals

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
Great Britain		2–0	France
Jason Plato	1:15.0992		Alain Prost	1:17.0332	Volkswagen Scirocco
Andy Priaulx	1:09.3941		Sébastien Loeb	1:10.0525	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup
Benelux		0–2	Germany
Bertrand Baguette	1:15.0526		Michael Schumacher	1:13.4447	ROC Car
Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:14.0886		Sebastian Vettel	1:11.9271	KTM X-Bow

Final

Team 1	Time 1	Score	Team 2	Time 2	Car
Great Britain		1–2	Germany
Jason Plato	1:13.4243		Michael Schumacher	1:11.5572	KTM X-Bow
Andy Priaulx	1:14.0864		Sebastian Vettel	1:14.5001	Audi R8 LMS
Andy Priaulx	1:12.8034		Michael Schumacher	1:12.1788	ROC Car

Race of Champions

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Sébastien Loeb	3	3	0	1:09.6723
2	Bertrand Baguette	3	2	1	1:11.2396
3	Jeroen Bleekemolen	3	1	2	1:14.6367
4	Heikki Kovalainen	3	0	3	1:10.7743

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Sébastien Loeb	1:10.6248	Audi R8 LMS	Heikki Kovalainen	1:10.7743
Bertrand Baguette	1:14.1540	Audi R8 LMS	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:14.6367
Sébastien Loeb	1:09.6723	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Bertrand Baguette	1:11.2396
Heikki Kovalainen	Withdrew	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Bye
Sébastien Loeb	1:14.1456	KTM X-Bow	Jeroen Bleekemolen	1:15.6355
Heikki Kovalainen	Withdrew	KTM X-Bow	Bertrand Baguette	Bye

Group B

Pos	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Andy Priaulx	3	3	0	1:12.0706
2	Tom Kristensen	3	2	1	1:13.2770
3	Mick Doohan	3	1	2	1:14.5662
4	Travis Pastrana	3	0	3	1:13.3010

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Tom Kristensen	1:13.7677	ROC Car	Andy Priaulx	1:13.5398
Mick Doohan	1:14.5662	ROC Car	Travis Pastrana	1:22.5878
Tom Kristensen	1:13.2770	Euro Racecar	Travis Pastrana	1:13.3010
Andy Priaulx	1:12.0706	Euro Racecar	Mick Doohan	1:14.9119
Tom Kristensen	1:19.7356	Volkswagen Scirocco	Mick Doohan	1:28.1468
Andy Priaulx	1:15.2130	Volkswagen Scirocco	Travis Pastrana	1:20.2790

Group C

Pos	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Filipe Albuquerque	3	3	0	1:12.3105
2	Sebastian Vettel	3	2	1	1:10.8390
3	Tanner Foust	3	1	2	1:13.5534
4	Carl Edwards	3	0	3	1:14.1612

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Sebastian Vettel	1:10.8390	KTM X-Bow	Carl Edwards	1:16.6754
Tanner Foust	1:23.3822	KTM X-Bow	Filipe Albuquerque	1:12.3105
Sebastian Vettel	1:11.5282	ROC Car	Tanner Foust	1:13.8784
Carl Edwards	1:14.1612	ROC Car	Filipe Albuquerque	1:13.3267
Sebastian Vettel	1:18.3874	Audi R8 LMS	Filipe Albuquerque	1:18.1602
Tanner Foust	1:13.5534	Audi R8 LMS	Carl Edwards	1:15.6288

Group D

Pos	Team	Races	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Michael Schumacher	3	3	0	1:11.5972
2	Álvaro Parente	3	2	1	1:13.2014
3	Alain Prost	3	1	2	1:12.9327
4	Jason Plato	3	0	3	1:13.6447

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Michael Schumacher	1:11.6091	ROC Car	Alain Prost	1:12.9327
Jason Plato	1:13.6447	ROC Car	Álvaro Parente	1:13.2014
Michael Schumacher	1:11.5972	RX Racing RX150	Álvaro Parente	DNF
Alain Prost	1:16.2842	RX Racing RX150	Jason Plato	1:17.4685
Michael Schumacher	1:16.6905	KTM X-Bow	Jason Plato	1:17.6316
Alain Prost	1:32.9223	KTM X-Bow	Álvaro Parente	1:20.5168

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Sébastien Loeb	1

Tom Kristensen	0
		Sébastien Loeb	1

		Andy Priaulx	0
Andy Priaulx	1

Bertrand Baguette	0
				Sébastien Loeb	1

				Filipe Albuquerque	2
Filipe Albuquerque	1

Álvaro Parente	0
		Filipe Albuquerque	1

		Sebastian Vettel	0
Michael Schumacher	0

Sebastian Vettel	1

Quarterfinals

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Sébastien Loeb	1:14.7092	ROC Car	Tom Kristensen	1:14.8440
Andy Priaulx	1:11.5151	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Bertrand Baguette	1:12.7099
Filipe Albuquerque	1:13.2381	ROC Car	Álvaro Parente	1:13.5935
Michael Schumacher	1:11.8648	KTM X-Bow	Sebastian Vettel	1:11.2882

Semifinals

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Sébastien Loeb	1:09.4713	Audi R8 LMS	Andy Priaulx	1:10.6438
Filipe Albuquerque	1:11.2094	KTM X-Bow	Sebastian Vettel	1:11.3340

Final

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Sébastien Loeb	1:12.6783	ROC Car	Filipe Albuquerque	1:12.5643
Sébastien Loeb	1:11.4592	KTM X-Bow	Filipe Albuquerque	1:11.4827
Sébastien Loeb	1:12.2498	ROC Car	Filipe Albuquerque	1:12.0671

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