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The 2005 Race of Champions took place on December 3 again at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.

The individual event was won by Sébastien Loeb after Tom Kristensen crashed out of the final,[1] and the Nations Cup event by Tom Kristensen and Mattias Ekström representing Scandinavia.[2]

Changes from the past included a number of wild card drivers, the use of the Porsche 911 GT3 instead of the Ferrari 360 Modena and the introduction of the Renault Mégane Trophy alongside the Citroën Xsara WRC and now traditional "ROC Buggy" as competition cars.

## Participants[edit]

Team  | Racing Driver  | Rally Driver

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France |  Jean Alesi |  Sébastien Loeb
United States |  Jeff Gordon |  Travis Pastrana
Great Britain |  David Coulthard |  Colin McRae
Finland |  Heikki Kovalainen |  Marcus Grönholm
Brazil |  Felipe Massa |  Nelson Piquet Jr.
Scandinavia |  Tom Kristensen |  Mattias Ekström
Benelux |  Christijan Albers |  François Duval
Team PlayStation France |  Sébastien Bourdais |  Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany |  Bernd Schneider |  Armin Schwarz
Wildcard - ROC |  Dan Wheldon |  Daniel Sordo

## Race of Champions[edit]

### Racing Group[edit]

Eight drivers were randomly selected to compete in a first eliminatory round.

| Round of 16| | Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| ROC Car

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|  Heikki Kovalainen| 1:54.0386

| |  Bernd Schneider| 1:57.8659 |

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| | Renault Mégane Trophy

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|  Heikki Kovalainen| 1:47.9089

| |  Felipe Massa| 1:48.7390 |

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| ROC Car |

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|  Felipe Massa| 1:53.8102

| |  Jean Alesi| 1:54.8608 |

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| | Renault Mégane Trophy

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|  Heikki Kovalainen| 1:46.2349

| ROC Car

| |  Tom Kristensen| 1:46.2282

|  Jeff Gordon| 2:05.0100

| ROC Car |

|  Christijan Albers| +5s |

|  Jeff Gordon| 1:56.6810

| ROC Car

| |  Sébastien Bourdais| 1:56.9084 |

|  Sébastien Bourdais| 1:54.8757

| | Renault Mégane Trophy

|  Dan Wheldon| 1:58.6148 |

|  Jeff Gordon| 2:19.9630

| ROC Car

| |  Tom Kristensen| 1:53.6579 |

|  Nelson Piquet Jr.| 1:52.9866

| ROC Car |

|  Mattias Ekström| 1:54.2395 |

|  Nelson Piquet Jr.| 1:55.2597

| ROC Car

| |  Tom Kristensen| 1:54.7267 |

|  David Coulthard| 1:53.1299

|  Tom Kristensen| 1:52.7306 |

### Rallying Group[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| Porsche 911 GT3 | | | | |

|  Marcus Grönholm| 1:56.9406

| Citroën Xsara WRC

|  Stéphane Peterhansel| 1:57.9043 |

|  Marcus Grönholm| 1:54.0491

| Citroën Xsara WRC

| |  Daniel Sordo| 1:56.0218 |

|  François Duval| DNF

| | Citroën Xsara WRC

|  Daniel Sordo| 1:56.2400 |

|  Marcus Grönholm| 1:54.1724

| Porsche 911 GT3

| |  Sébastien Loeb| 1:51.7369

|  Colin McRae| 1:52.8600

| Citroën Xsara WRC |

|  Armin Schwarz| 1:53.2096 |

|  Colin McRae| 1:54.6190

| Citroën Xsara WRC

| |  Sébastien Loeb| 1:52.8756 |

|  Sébastien Loeb| 1:53.9708

|  Travis Pastrana| 2:15.5375 |

### Final[edit]

Driver 1  | Time 1  | Car  | Driver 2  | Time 2

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Tom Kristensen | 1:45.7349  | Renault Mégane Trophy |  Sébastien Loeb | 1:45.7349
Tom Kristensen | DNF  | Citroën Xsara WRC |  Sébastien Loeb | 2:36.9539

## The Nations Cup[edit]

| Round of 16| | Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  France| 1

| |  Team PlayStation France| 2 |

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|  Team PlayStation France| 2

| |  Great Britain| 1 |

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|  Great Britain| 2

| |  Germany| 0 |

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|  Team PlayStation France| 0

| |  Scandinavia| 2

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|  Brazil| 1

| |  USA| 2 |

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|  USA| 0

| |  Scandinavia| 2 |

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|  Finland| 0

| |  Scandinavia| 2 |

|  Scandinavia| 2

|  Benelux| 0 |

### Preliminary round[edit]

Team 1  | Time 1  | Score  | Team 2  | Time 2  |  | Car

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Scandinavia | 2-0  |  Benelux  |  |
Tom Kristensen | 1:44.6670 | Christijan Albers | 1:45.9915  |  | Renault Mégane Trophy
Mattias Ekström | 1:46.5395 | François Duval | 1:48.6053  |  | ROC Car

### Quarterfinals[edit]

Team 1  | Time 1  | Score  | Team 2  | Time 2  |  | Car

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France  | 1-2  |  Team PlayStation France |  |
Jean Alesi | 1:44.4043  | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:44.0267 |  | Porsche 911 GT3
Sébastien Loeb | 1:45.4355 | Stéphane Peterhansel | 1:47.2582  |  | ROC Car
Jean Alesi | 1:45.9329  | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:45.8009 |  | ROC Car
Great Britain | 2-0  |  Germany  |  |
David Coulthard | 1:42.3108 | Bernd Schneider | 1:43.2584  |  | Renault Mégane Trophy
Colin McRae | 1:45.6080 | Armin Schwarz | 1:46.7458  |  | ROC Car
Brazil  | 1-2  |  United States |  |
Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:45.2953  | Jeff Gordon | 1:44.0434 |  | Porsche 911 GT3
Felipe Massa | 1:44.6443 | Travis Pastrana | 1:46.0117  |  | ROC Car
Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:45.9035  | Jeff Gordon | 1:44.6499 |  | ROC Car
Finland  | 0-2  |  Scandinavia |  |
Heikki Kovalainen | 1:56.8013  | Tom Kristensen | 1:45.3118 |  | Renault Mégane Trophy
Marcus Grönholm | 1:46.3587  | Mattias Ekström | 1:43.7845 |  | ROC Car

### Semifinals[edit]

Team 1  | Time 1  | Score  | Team 2  | Time 2  |  | Car

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Team PlayStation France | 2-1  |  Great Britain  |  |
Sébastien Bourdais | 1:43.4333 | David Coulthard | 1:43.9026  |  | Porsche 911 GT3
Stéphane Peterhansel | 1:52.4131  | Colin McRae | 1:48.0446 |  | Citroën Xsara WRC
Sébastien Bourdais | 1:44.7226 | David Coulthard | 1:44.7976  |  | ROC Car
United States  | 0-2  |  Scandinavia |  |
Jeff Gordon | 1:43.7200  | Tom Kristensen | 1:43.6386 |  | Renault Mégane Trophy
Travis Pastrana | 2:00.0571 (penalty)  | Mattias Ekström | 1:47.4469 |  | Citroën Xsara WRC

### Final[edit]

Team 1  | Time 1  | Score  | Team 2  | Time 2  |  | Car

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Team PlayStation France  | 0-2  |  Scandinavia |  |
Sébastien Bourdais | 1:44.1617  | Tom Kristensen | 1:43.6516 |  | Porsche 911 GT3
Stéphane Peterhansel | 1:56.3242  | Mattias Ekström | 1:47.4428 |  | Citroën Xsara WRC

## See also[edit]

* Race of Champions

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Loeb wins Race of Champions (with pictures)". 4 December 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
2. ^ "Ekstrom ready to defend title and honour". Crash.net. 15 December 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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