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 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.
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.
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 TeamRacing driverRally driverAutosport England James Thompson Andy PriaulxFinland Heikki Kovalainen Marcus GrönholmPlayStation France Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien LoebAuto Hebdo France Yvan Muller Stéphane PeterhanselGermany Bernd Schneider Armin SchwarzScandinavia Tom Kristensen Mattias EkströmF1 Racing Scotland David Coulthard Colin McRaeSpain Nani Roma Dani SordoUnited States
Race of Champions
Racing Group
Rallying Group
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
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 Race of Champions
References
External links
Results obtained from http://www.jon44w.com/site3/viewthread.php?fid=72&tid=2060&action=printable