2011 Race of Champions

The 2011 Race of Champions was the 24th running of the event, and took place over 3–4 December 2011 at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] The Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt had been scheduled to hold the event,[2] but after Eintracht Frankfurt's relegation to German football's Second Division, the stadium could no longer host the event on those dates.[3] It was the second consecutive time, and third time overall, that the event has been held in Germany, after the 2010 event was also held in Düsseldorf. Sebastien Ogier overcame Tom Kristensen in the final to become Champion of Champions, whilst Team Germany took their fifth consecutive Nations Cup victory courtesy of Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher. Heinz-Harald Frentzen also won the ROC Legends Trophy after beating Hans-Joachim Stuck, Marc Duez and Stig Blomqvist.

Layout of 2011 Race of Champions
The Esprit Arena, the venue for the 2011 Race of Champions.

Participants
Team Drivers 2011 series
United KingdomPortugal All-Stars Filipe Albuquerque[4] DTM
David Coulthard[5] DTM
 France Romain Grosjean[6] GP2 Series
Sébastien Ogier[6] WRC
 Germany Michael Schumacher[2] Formula One
Sebastian Vettel[2] Formula One
 Germany SAT1 Timo Glock[7][N 1] Formula One
Timo Scheider[7][N 1] DTM
Martin Tomczyk[8][N 2] DTM
 Great Britain Jenson Button[9] Formula One
Andy Priaulx[10] ILMC
DenmarkFinlandSweden Nordic Mattias Ekström[9][N 2] DTM
Juho Hänninen[11] SWRC/IRC
Tom Kristensen[12] ILMC
Czech RepublicRussia Slavic Jan Kopecký[11] IRC
Vitaly Petrov[13] Formula One
 United States Brian Deegan[14] X Games/Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
Travis Pastrana[15] X Games/K&N Pro Series East

Cars

ROC Nations Cup

Group A
Pos. Team Races Wins Losses Driver Wins Losess Best Time
1 France France 6 4 2 France Romain Grosjean 1 2 1:12.0632
France Sébastien Ogier 3 0 1:09.9914
2 DenmarkFinland Nordic 6 4 2 Denmark Tom Kristensen 3 0 1:10.4405
Finland Juho Hänninen 1 2 1:11.6632
3 Germany Germany SAT1 6 3 3 Germany Timo Glock 2 1 1:12.9097
Germany Timo Scheider 1 2 1:12.1059
4 United States United States 6 1 5 United States Brian Deegan 0 3 1:13.0723
United States Travis Pastrana 1 2 1:10.6946

Group B
Pos. Team Races Wins Losses Driver Wins Losess Best Time
1 United Kingdom Great Britain 6 5 1 United Kingdom Jenson Button 2 1 1:11.6601
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 3 0 1:10.5006
2 Germany Germany 6 4 2 Germany Michael Schumacher 2 1 1:12.9835
Germany Sebastian Vettel 2 1 1:10.6851
3 RussiaCzech Republic Slavic 6 2 4 Russia Vitaly Petrov 1 2 1:13.0918
Czech Republic Jan Kopecký 1 2 1:09.5144
4 PortugalUnited Kingdom All-Stars 6 1 5 United Kingdom David Coulthard 1 2 1:12.4928
Portugal Filipe Albuquerque 0 3 1:11.2336

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
France France0
 
 
 
DenmarkFinland Nordic2
 
DenmarkFinland Nordic0
 
 
 
Germany Germany2
 
United Kingdom Great Britain1
 
 
Germany Germany2
 

Semifinals
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
France France 0–2 DenmarkFinland Nordic
Romain Grosjean 1:10.6118 Tom Kristensen 1:09.8530 Audi R8 LMS
Sébastien Ogier 1:14.9223 Juho Hänninen 1:14.8891 Volkswagen Scirocco
United Kingdom Great Britain 1–2 Germany Germany
Jenson Button 1:12.1128 Michael Schumacher 1:12.2265 Euro Racecar
Andy Priaulx 1.12.2729 Sebastian Vettel 1:11.1389 KTM X-Bow
Jenson Button 1:18.7514 Sebastian Vettel 1:11.5280 KTM X-Bow

Final
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Car
DenmarkFinland Nordic 0–2 Germany Germany
Tom Kristensen 1:12.7154 Michael Schumacher 1:11.2855 KTM X-Bow
Juho Hänninen 1:19.4994 Sebastian Vettel 1:12.5290 ROC Car

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Race of Champions

Group stage

Knockout stage
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 0
France Sébastien Ogier 1
France Sébastien Ogier 1
Germany Martin Tomczyk 0
Germany Martin Tomczyk 1
United Kingdom David Coulthard 0
France Sébastien Ogier 2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 0
Germany Michael Schumacher 1
Germany Sebastian Vettel 0
Germany Michael Schumacher 0
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1
United Kingdom Jenson Button 0

Quarterfinals
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 1:14.9095 Volkswagen Scirocco France Sébastien Ogier 1:13.2855
Germany Martin Tomczyk 1:09.7112 Škoda Fabia Super 2000 United Kingdom David Coulthard 1:10.1287
Germany Michael Schumacher 1:12.4310 ROC Car Germany Sebastian Vettel 1:13.8645
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:10.6979 KTM X-Bow United Kingdom Jenson Button 1:11.2812

Semifinals
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
France Sébastien Ogier 1:08.2759 Audi R8 LMS Germany Martin Tomczyk 1:09.5884
Germany Michael Schumacher 1:10.9472 KTM X-Bow Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:10.9297

Final
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
France Sébastien Ogier 1:12.9645 ROC Car Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:14.2665
France Sébastien Ogier 1:08.1048 Audi R8 LMS Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:09.6225

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Footnotes
  1. Glock and Scheider contested the Nations Cup only.
  2. Tomczyk and Ekström contested the individual event only, due to prior commitments.

References
  1. "The Race of Champions returns to Düsseldorf". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 1 July 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  2. "Frankfurt to host 2011 Race of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 14 April 2011. Archived from the original on 17 April 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  3. "New location for 2011 Race of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 20 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. "2010 Champion of Champions Albuquerque returns". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  5. "David Coulthard joins stellar line-up for ROC 2011". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  6. Elizalde, Pablo (18 October 2011). "Ogier and Grosjean to make RoC debut, teaming up for Team France". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  7. "Glock and Scheider team up for the ROC Nations Cup". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  8. O'Leary, Jamie (23 October 2011). "Martin Tomczyk enters Race of Champions in Dusseldorf". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  9. "Button signs up for Race of Champions". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 22 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  10. O'Leary, Jamie (5 September 2011). "Andy Priaulx to return to Race of Champions this year". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  11. "Rally aces Hänninen and Kopecký head to ROC 2011". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 22 November 2011. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  12. O'Leary, Jamie (27 October 2011). "Tom Kristensen joins Race of Champions line-up". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  13. "Vitaly Petrov becomes ROC's first Russian driver". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
  14. "Deegan joins Pastrana in all-action Team USA". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 14 November 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  15. "Travis Pastrana ready to ROC again in 2011". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  16. ROC Nations Cup Results Archived 2012-09-13 at the Wayback Machine - raceofchampions.com 3 december 2011
  17. ROC 2011 Results Archived 2012-09-10 at the Wayback Machine - raceofchampions.com 4 december 2011
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