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2009 Race of Champions
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The 2009 Race of Champions was the 22nd running of the motorsport event, on November 3–4, 2009 at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China. It was the first time that the event took place outside of Europe and Africa. It was the first international sports event to be held in the "Bird's Nest" stadium since the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event was moved from a weekend to a midweek slot for the first time. The RoC Nations Cup was held on Tuesday, November 3, just two days after the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the climax of the 2009 Formula One season at the Yas Marina Circuit, with the Driver's Cup being contested on Wednesday 4, November.[1]

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The Layout of the 2009 Race of Champions
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The Beijing National Stadium, is the venue for the 2009 Race of Champions.

The new dates affected the United States and Australia most, since it meant drivers from those countries' popular saloon-car series (V8 Supercar and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) could not take part. Jamie Whincup of Team Vodafone was originally selected to participate but could not because of the schedule, so two motorcyclists were used on the team. In the past, the United States team has used Nationwide Series champion Carl Edwards, and four-time Sprint Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson. Two X Games stars and Rally America drivers were chosen.

Mattias Ekström won the World Final for Team Scandinavia, while Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher won the Nations Cup for Team Germany.

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South Europe Regional Final

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Michèle Mouton driving an Audi Quattro S1 during the South Europe finals

For the first ever time, regional finals were held to determine which nations will take part in Beijing. The first of these regional finals was for South Europe, featuring Portugal, Spain, Monaco and Italy. It was held in the Estádio do Dragão, the home of F.C. Porto on 6/7 June.

ROC Portugal

Miguel Barbosa won the ROC Portugal opener and was joined by A1 Grand Prix driver Filipe Albuquerque, José Pedro Fontes and team captain and Production World Rally Championship Armindo Araújo in the Portuguese team.

ROC Iberia

The Portuguese team faced a Spanish team made up of team captain World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz, Citroën WRC driver Dani Sordo, World Series by Renault driver Jaime Alguersuari and rally driver Sergio Vallejo in the ROC Iberia. Albuquerque beat Sordo by two heats to nil in the Iberian final.

ROC South Europe Finals

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Dragon Stagium's pitch converted into a race track for the ROC 2009 Southern Europe Regional Final.

The Spanish pairing of Sainz and Sordo faced the Italian pairing of former World Rally champion Miki Biasion and current WRC driver Gigi Galli in the first semi-final. Spain won by three heats to nil. The Portuguese pairing of Albuquerque and Araujo faced Monaco, featuring A1GP driver Clivio Piccione and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Emanuele Pirro, who although born in Italy, has been a resident of Monaco for over 22 years. After four of five heats the score was balanced at 2–2, before Piccione beat Albuquerque by one ten thousandth of a second, the narrowest margin of victory in Race of Champions history. The Monegasque pairing beat the Spanish pair by three heats to one in the final to send Monaco through to the main event in November.[2]

ROC Legends

There was also a RoC Legends competition on the Saturday evening, featuring Sainz, Biasion, Pirro, Johnny Herbert, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mick Doohan, Andy Priaulx and Pedro Chaves. Priaulx beat Herbert in the Legends final by two heats to one.[3]

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Participants

  • Jamie Whincup originally was confirmed to participate, but later withdrew due to a scheduling conflict with the V8 Supercars Championship. Chad Reed took his place.
  • The two fastest Chinese drivers in the ROC China Challenge would represent their nation in the Nations Cup.
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Cars

ROC China

Round 1 Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
            
China H. Han 2:23.923
China Y. Zhou DNF
China H. Han 2:10.148
China Z. G. Ren 2:11.272
China Z. G. Ren 2:09.466
China C. H. Huang 2:10.420
China H. Han 2:07.639
China Y. Liu 2:08.598
China Y. Liu 2:07.540
China L. F. Lin 2:09.921
China Y. Liu 2:07.809
China D. A. Chen 2:08.482
China D. A. Chen 2:08.246
China H. S. Guo 2:10.914
China H. Han 2:07.311
China H. B. Dong 2:05.181
China H. J. Wei 2:10.355
China H. B. Dong 2:06.955
China H. B. Dong 2:09.551
China C. D. Liu 2:11.409
China R. Wang 2:10.579
China C. D. Liu 2:08.815
China H. B. Dong 2:32.583
China S. F. Wang DNF
China B. Liu 2:07.976
China D. J. Wu 2:10.044
China B. Liu 2:06.635
China S. F. Wang 2:06.097
China S. F. Wang 2:06.304
China N. J. Lu 2:13.080
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ROC Nations Cup

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stages

Semi-Finals Final
      
A1  Germany 2
C1  United States 1
A1  Germany 2
B1 United Kingdom Great Britain 1
A2  China 1
B1 United Kingdom Great Britain 2

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Final

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World Final

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Round 1

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Monaco Clivio Piccione1:59.759
 
 
 
China Ho-Pin Tung2:03.870
 
Monaco Clivio Piccione2:04.098
 
 
 
United States Tanner Foust2:01.233
 
United States Tanner Foust2:02.205
 
 
Monaco Emanuele Pirro2:18.797
 
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Knockout stages

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
Ford Focus RS WRC
 
 
United Kingdom Jenson Button1:51.375
 
Ford Focus RS WRC
 
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx1:55.500
 
United Kingdom Jenson Button1:50.627
 
Solution F Prototype
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström1:49.500
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström1:56.530
 
 
 
Denmark Tom Kristensen1:57.814
 
Sweden Mattias Ekström2
 
ROC Car
 
Germany Michael Schumacher0
 
Germany Sebastian Vettel1:58.213
 
KTM X-Bow
 
Scotland David Coulthard1:58.930
 
Germany Sebastian VettelDNF
 
KTM X-Bow
 
Germany Michael Schumacher1:57.940
 
Germany Michael Schumacher1:57.805
 
 
Finland Mikko Hirvonen1:59.786
 

Final

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