2006 Race of Champions

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

2006 Race of Champions
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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 teammate 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 beat Kovalainen by 0.0002 seconds in the semi-finals, and 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 James Thompson Andy Priaulx
Finland Heikki Kovalainen Marcus Grönholm
PlayStation France Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Loeb
Auto Hebdo France Yvan Muller Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany Bernd Schneider Armin Schwarz
Scandinavia Tom Kristensen Mattias Ekström
F1 Racing Scotland David Coulthard Colin McRae
Spain Nani Roma Dani Sordo
USA
Travis Pastrana

Race of Champions

Racing Group
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
 
 
 
 Sébastien Bourdais2.23.5206
 
 
 
 Andy Priaulx2.26.1519
 
 
 
 Renault Mégane Trophy
 
 
 
 Sébastien Bourdais2.15.9999
 
 
 
 Yvan Muller2.16.0170
 
 
 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
 
 
 
 Yvan Muller2.23.0462
 
 
 
 David Coulthard2.25.6639
 
 
 
 Renault Mégane Trophy
 
 
 
 Sébastien Bourdais2.15.1278
 
 
 
 Mattias Ekström2.12.0659
 
 
 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
 
 
 
 Mattias Ekström2.19.9117
 
ROC Car
 
 Bernd Schneider2.21.7284
 
 Bernd Schneider2:32.9344
 
 Renault Mégane Trophy
 
 James Thompson2:35.6080
 
 Mattias Ekström2.14.6003
 
 
 
 Heikki Kovalainen2.14.6005
 
 
 
Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT
 
 
 
 Tom Kristensen2.23.2352
 
 
 
 Heikki Kovalainen2.23.1061
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rallying Group
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
 
 
 Sébastien Loeb2:18.9701
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
 Nani Roma2:20.4327
 
 Sébastien Loeb2:18.8750
 
 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
 
 Travis Pastrana2:22.4944
 
 Stéphane Peterhansel2:40.3303
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
 Travis Pastrana2:29.2107
 
 Sébastien Loeb2:24.5987
 
 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
 
 Colin McRae2:25.5745
 
 Dani Sordo2:16.8528
 
Citroën Xsara WRC
 
 Armin Schwarz2:26.9785
 
 Dani Sordo2:21.0805
 
 Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
 
 Colin McRae2:20.2493
 
 Colin McRae2:15.9343
 
 
 Marcus Grönholm2:19.0594
 

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

The Nations Cup
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Germany1
 
 
 
 USA2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 USA2
 
 
 
 F1 Racing Scotland1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F1 Racing Scotland2
 
 
 
 Autosport England1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 USA1
 
 
 
 Finland2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Finland2
 
 
 
 Scandinavia1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Finland2
 
 
 
 PlayStation France1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spain0
 
 
 
 PlayStation France2
 
 PlayStation France2
 
 
 Auto Hebdo France0
 

Preliminary Round
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
PlayStation France 2-0 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 1-2 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
F1 Racing Scotland 2-1 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 2-1 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 0-2 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
USA 2-1 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 2-1 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
USA 1-2 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
  1. "2006 Race of Champions: X-Games Hero Travis Pastrana on His Own for Team USA". PaddockTalk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
  2. "RoC: Ekstrom denies Loeb with shock win". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.

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