Race Of Champions 2009

cian1500ww

Germany have won the nations cup, full report here: http://motorsportcrunch.com/?p=349

Grim.

replay on eurosport there now **** i hate carlton kirby

cadaliac

yeah I was watching it on Eurosport last night. Good entertainment. Shumi still the king.
He beat both English drivers fair and square. Although the American ('cant remember his name) beat shumi in the sprint car.

hi_sir

its very water down version nothing like when it was in gran caneria and can anyone tell what the hell is david coulthard in team superstars some crap that who picks the drivers if its a race of champions why isnt seb loeb there and perhaps the nascar and indy car champs,the only reason they have a top line wrc man there is because m-sport are supplying the focus's and sure you'd have to bring mikko along

Robbo

hi_sir wrote: »

its very water down version nothing like when it was in gran caneria and can anyone tell what the hell is david coulthard in team superstars some crap that who picks the drivers if its a race of champions why isnt seb loeb there and perhaps the nascar and indy car champs,the only reason they have a top line wrc man there is because m-sport are supplying the focus's and sure you'd have to bring mikko along

Once a motorsport event takes the shilling of a country with no real sporting heritage and where democracy does not prevail, all credibility is lost.

See also:

• Stage 1: Put Abu Dhabi on the cars, Stage 2: ????, Stage 3: PROFIT!
• Dubai. In general.
• The Malaysian military rounding up a crowd so the empty granstands don't look terrible on TV.
• Khalid al Qassimi.

That said, I wound never have regarded the RoC as a serious event. More of an end of term showcase, even with the rosiest of rose tinted glasses, you can't try to talk it up past this. Then it becomes false memory syndrome brought about by having a predilection for Michele Mouton in a Quattro...

thegoth

Button beaten by Schmuacher. Symbolism or what

amacachi

thegoth wrote: »

Button beaten by Schmuacher. Symbolism or what

Last year Schumacher was beaten by a NASCAR driver FFS.

vincenzolorenzo

Its just a bit of fun at the end of the season. nice to see drivers in laid back mode and having a bit of craic. No one in their right mind would consider it a proper race meeting, just a bit of entertainment, thats all.:)

thegoth

Yeah. I know. heikki kovalainen beat Schmuacher a few years ago in Ferraris

vincenzolorenzo

And there was a few F1 journo's at the time who used this as a basis for saying that Kovy was the next big thing and was heading for F1 greatness. Hasn't quite turned out that way!

thegoth

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

And there was a few F1 journo's at the time who used this as a basis for saying that Kovy was the next big thing and was heading for F1 greatness. Hasn't quite turned out that way!

David Kennedy for one

vincenzolorenzo

True, and Peter Windsor was another