2012 Race of Champions

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2012 Race of Champions
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The 2012 Race of Champions was the 25th running of the event, and took place over 14–16 December 2012 at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.[1][2][3] During the first day, a ROC Thailand contest was held with four local drivers to decide the identity of the Thai representatives. The top two drivers (Nattavude Charoensukawattana and Tin Sritrai) advanced to the ROC Asia contest, where they faced teams from India, China and Japan. The Thai team was guaranteed a place in the main Nations Cup, whilst the second spot was taken by the victorious Indian team formed by F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and WEC driver Karun Chandhok.[4] During the second day, Germany took their sixth consecutive Nations Cup victory courtesy of Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher, beating France (Sébastien Ogier and Romain Grosjean) in the final 2–0.[5] During the final day, Romain Grosjean won the Race of Champions, beating Tom Kristensen 2–0 in a closely fought final.[6][7] In the UK, the live broadcasts of the latter two days of the event on Motors TV attracted a peak of 44,000 television viewers, a respectable figure for a satellite-only channel.[8]

Contents

Participants [edit]

Romain Grosjean, the 2012 Champion of Champions

Champions from numerous series were invited, including Formula One (Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher), MotoGP (Jorge Lorenzo and Mick Doohan), WTCC (Andy Priaulx), V8 Supercars (Jamie Whincup), PWRC (Benito Guerra), IndyCar (Ryan Hunter-Reay) and GP2 (Romain Grosjean).[9] Also present was eight-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen. The 2012 edition marked the first time drivers from India, Thailand and Mexico have competed, whilst it was the first time since the inaugural Nations Cup event in 1999 that there were no Finnish drivers present. Reigning champion Sébastien Ogier was the only former 'Champion of Champions' in attendance.[10][6]

Country Drivers 2012 series
DenmarkSpain All-Stars Tom Kristensen[11] WEC
Jorge Lorenzo[12] MotoGP
MexicoUnited States Americas[13] Benito Guerra[13] Production WRC
Ryan Hunter-Reay[14] IndyCar Series
 Australia Mick Doohan[15] none
Jamie Whincup[15] V8 Supercars
 France Romain Grosjean[16] Formula One
Sébastien Ogier[16] WRC
 Germany Michael Schumacher[17] Formula One
Sebastian Vettel[18] Formula One
 Great Britain David Coulthard[19] DTM
Andy Priaulx[11] DTM
 India Karun Chandhok[20] WEC
Narain Karthikeyan[20] Formula One
 Thailand[20] Nattavude Charoensukawattana Super Car Thailand
Tin Sritrai Super Car Thailand

ROC Asia [edit]

2012 marked the inaugural ROC Asia event, with drivers from a variety of championships (including Formula One, WEC and Super GT) taking part. The top two drivers from ROC Thailand would represent Thailand in the event. [10]

Country Drivers 2012 series
 China Han Han[20] China Rally and CTCC
Ho-Pin Tung[20] PCC Asia
 India Karun Chandhok[20] WEC
Narain Karthikeyan[20] Formula One
 Japan Takuto Iguchi[20] Super GT
Kazuya Oshima[20] Formula Nippon/Super GT
 Thailand[21] Nattavude Charoensukawattana Super Car Thailand
Tin Sritrai Super Car Thailand

ROC Thailand [edit]

The ROC Thailand contest was held to decide who would represent Thailand in ROC Asia, the Nations Cup and the Race of Champions. 2001 Asian Touring Car Series champion Charoensukawattana and 1999 Formula Asia champion Horthongkum battled out with drift driver Nana and touring car driver Sritrai to be among the top 2. [10]

Country Drivers 2012 series
 Thailand Nattavude Charoensukawattana Super Car Thailand
Nattapon Horthongkum Super Car Thailand
Sak Nana
Tin Sritrai Super Car Thailand

Cars [edit]

Seven cars were used throughout the event. The Toyota GT86 and Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo made their debut in this year, while the Škoda Fabia was dropped.[10]

The Track [edit]

Layout of the Track

A 697 metres tarmac track was constructed in the Rajamangala Stadium.[22] The track had a bridge to connect the outer lane with the inner lane in a 8 shape track.[23] All the races were ran to 2 laps (1.394 km).[23] In the first day a chichane was placed in the bridge area. The chicane was modified for the second and third day making the lap time longer. [24]

Tom Kristensen made the fastest time (1:14.0680) on the second configuration in an Audi R8 at speed of 67.75 km/h. [22]

ROC Thailand [edit]

Round Robin [edit]

Pos. Driver Wins Losses Best Time
1 Thailand Charoensukawattana 3 0 1:21.087
2 Thailand Sritrai 2 1 1:22.287
3 Thailand Horthongkum 1 2 1:22.877
4 Thailand Nana 0 3 1:24.309

Final [edit]

Winner Time Car Loser Time
Thailand Charoensukawattana 1:21.9160 Toyota GT86 Thailand Sritrai 1:22.8871

ROC Asia [edit]

Round Robin [edit]

Pos. Country Wins Losses Drivers Wins Losses Best Time
1  India 4 2 India Chandhok 2 1 1:19.393
India Karthikeyan 2 1 1:19.460
2  Japan 3 3 Japan Oshima 2 1 1:18.470
Japan Iguchi 1 2 1:19.853
3  Thailand 3 3 Thailand Charoensukawattana 2 1 1:21.110
Thailand Sritrai 1 2 1:20.3364
4  China 2 4 China Han 2 1 1:19.450
China Tung 0 3 1:18.2100

Final [edit]

Winner Time Car Loser Time
India Karthikeyan 1:20.1777 VW Scirocco Japan Oshima 1:20.6809
India Chandhok 1:21.4805 Toyota GT86 Japan Iguchi 1:22.4326

Nations Cup [edit]

Drivers who made a false start are marked with a Yellow card Booked in the tables, and a time penalty of 5 seconds was added to their original time.

Group A [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Driver Wins Losses Best Time
1 France France 4 2 France Grosjean 2 1 1:16.613
France Ogier 2 1 1:16.240
2 DenmarkSpain All-Stars 3 3 Denmark Kristensen 2 1 1:14.708
Spain Lorenzo 1 2 1:23.310
3 MexicoUnited States Americas 3 3 Mexico Guerra 2 1 1:22.346
United States Hunter-Reay 1 2 1:19.133
4 United Kingdom Great Britain 2 4 United Kingdom Coulthard 1 2 1:15.798
United Kingdom Priaulx 1 2 1:17.055
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2
France France 1–1 United Kingdom Great Britain
Grosjean 1:23.6650 VW Scirocco Coulthard 1:23.6169
Ogier 1:16.2420 Audi R8 Priaulx 1:17.0557
MexicoUnited States Americas 1–1 DenmarkSpain All-Stars
Hunter-Reay 1:24.5635 VW Scirocco Kristensen 1:23.0759
Guerra 1:22.3469 Audi R8 Lorenzo DNF
France France 2–0 DenmarkSpain All-Stars
Grosjean 1:16.6132 KTM X-Bow Kristensen 1:16.7225 Booked
Ogier 1:24.5176 Toyota GT86 Lorenzo 1:26.7994
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2
United Kingdom Great Britain 1–1 MexicoUnited States Americas
Coulthard 1:16.2360 Booked KTM X-Bow Hunter-Reay 1:19.1336
Priaulx 1:24.4475 Toyota GT86 Guerra 1:24.0601 Booked
DenmarkSpain All-Stars 2–0 United Kingdom Great Britain
Kristensen 1:14.7081 Audi R8 Coulthard 1:15.7987
Lorenzo 1:23.3108 VW Scirocco Priaulx 1:23.1226 Booked
MexicoUnited States Americas 1–1 France France
Hunter-Reay 1:18.5096 Booked Audi R8 Grosjean 1:16.5117
Guerra 1:22.7852 VW Scirocco Ogier 1:23.6944

Group B [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Driver Wins Losses Best Time
1 Germany Germany 6 0 Germany Schumacher 3 0 1:15.614
Germany Vettel 3 0 1:16.657
2 Australia Australia 3 3 Australia Doohan 1 2 1:20.178
Australia Whincup 2 1 1:19.385
3 India India 2 4 India Chandhok 1 2 1:18.317
India Karthikeyan 1 2 1:23.169
4 Thailand Thailand 1 5 Thailand Charoensukawattana 0 3 1:23.964
Thailand Sritrai 1 2 1:19.160
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2
Germany Germany 2–0 Thailand Thailand
Schumacher 1:15.6141 KTM X-Bow Charoensukawattana 1:18.9635 Booked
Vettel 1:19.8275 ROC car Sritrai 1:24.4221 Booked
Australia Australia 2–0 India India
Whincup 1:19.3849 KTM X-Bow Karthikeyan 1:18.1692 Booked
Doohan 1:20.9261 ROC car Chandhok 1:21.2589
India India 0–2 Germany Germany
Karthikeyan 1:25.8278 Booked ROC Car Schumacher 1:19.1891
Chandhok 1:18.3171 KTM X-Bow Vettel 1:16.6574
Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2
Thailand Thailand 1–1 Australia Australia
Charoensukawattana 1:22.5612 Booked ROC Car Whincup 1:22.0806
Sritrai 1:19.1595 KTM X-Bow Doohan 1:20.1776
Thailand Thailand 1–1 India India
Charoensukawattana 1:22.7724 Booked Euro Racecar Karthikeyan 1:23.4550
Chandhok 1:19.6611 Lamborghini Sritrai 1:21.2564
Australia Australia 0–2 Germany Germany
Whincup 1:20.9684 Euro Racecar Schumacher 1:18.3839 Booked
Doohan DNF Red card Lamborghini Vettel 1:19.1646

Finals [edit]

  Semi-finals Final
  France France 2  
  DenmarkSpain All-Stars 0  
 
      France France 0
    Germany Germany 2
  Germany Germany 2
  Australia Australia 0  

Semifinals [edit]

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
France France 2-0 DenmarkSpain All-Stars
Sébastien Ogier 1:15.5143 Audi R8 Tom Kristensen 1:15.6365
Romain Grosjean 1:23.1327 Toyota GT86 Jorge Lorenzo 1:24.7146
Germany Germany 2-0 Australia Australia
Michael Schumacher 1:17.2869 Euro Racecar Jamie Whincup 1:22.1543 Booked
Sebastian Vettel 1:17.6834 Booked Lamborghini Mick Doohan 1:19.6904

Finals [edit]

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Germany Germany 2-0 France France
Michael Schumacher 1:15.3257 KTM X-Bow Sébastien Ogier 1:17.3946
Sebastian Vettel 1:18.6005 ROC Car Romain Grosjean 1:20.5839

Race of Champions [edit]

Group A [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1 France Sébastien Ogier 3 0 1:17.6136
2 United Kingdom David Coulthard 2 1 1:16.1106
3 Australia Jamie Whincup 1 2 1:17.6635
4 Mexico Benito Guerra 0 3 1:16.8181
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
France Ogier 1:17.6136 Audi R8 Mexico Guerra 1:18.4051
Australia Whincup 1:17.6635 Audi R8 United Kingdom Coulthard 1:16.8300
United Kingdom Coulthard 1:23.4184 VW Scirocco France Ogier 1:21.9990
Mexico Guerra 1:30.3107 Booked Toyota GT86 Australia Whincup 1:22.6688
United Kingdom Coulthard 1:16.1106 KTM X-Bow Mexico Guerra 1:16.8181
France Ogier 1:17.9073 KTM X-Bow Australia Whincup 1:20.7565 Booked

Group B [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1 China Ho-Pin Tung 2 1 1:16.1518
2 Denmark Tom Kristensen 2 1 1:17.3359
3 Thailand Charoensukawattana 1 2 1:16.7000
4 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 1 2 1:17.1192
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Denmark Kristensen 1:22.5816 VW Scirocco Thailand Charoensukawattana 1:23.0965
United Kingdom Priaulx 1:22.9224 VW Scirocco China Tung 1:24.7555
China Tung 1:16.1518 Audi R8 Denmark Kristensen 1:16.2422
Thailand Charoensukawattana 1:16.7000 Audi R8 United Kingdom Priaulx 1:17.1192
China Tung 1:17.9684 Lamborghini Thailand Charoensukawattana 1:24.6836 Booked
Denmark Kristensen 1:17.3359 Lamborghini United Kingdom Priaulx DNF Red card

Group C [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1 Germany Sebastian Vettel 3 0 1:15.4949
2 Australia Mick Doohan 2 1 1:18.1864
3 Thailand Tin Sritrai 1 2 1:18.0430
4 Spain Jorge Lorenzo 0 3 1:19.0598
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Germany Vettel 1:21.3306 ROC Thailand Sritrai 1:22.3280
Spain Lorenzo 1:22.7320 ROC Australia Doohan 1:22.2028
Australia Doohan 1:19.1871 KTM X-Bow Germany Vettel 1:16.4088
Thailand Sritrai 1:18.0430 KTM X-Bow Spain Lorenzo 1:20.4889
Australia Doohan 1:18.1864 KTM X-Bow Thailand Sritrai 1:23.1294 Booked
Germany Vettel 1:15.4949 KTM X-Bow Spain Lorenzo 1:19.0598

Group D [edit]

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1 Germany Michael Schumacher 3 0 1:15.5993
2 France Romain Grosjean 2 1 1:15.7666
3 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1 2 1:17.0206
4 Japan Kazuya Oshima 0 3 1:21.7940
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Germany Schumacher 1:15.5993 KTM X-Bow France Grosjean 1:15.7666
United States Hunter-Reay 1:17.0206 KTM X-Bow Japan Oshima 1:22.5314 Booked
Japan Oshima 1:21.7940 ROC Germany Schumacher 1:19.7627
France Grosjean 1:19.3890 ROC United States Hunter-Reay 1:26.2154 Booked
Japan Oshima 1:24.7413 Booked Euro Racecar France Grosjean 1:20.9656
Germany Schumacher 1:17.8680 Euro Racecar United States Hunter-Reay 1:25.2427 Booked

Knockout stage [edit]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
   France Sébastien Ogier 0  
 Denmark Tom Kristensen 1  
   Denmark Tom Kristensen 1  
   United Kingdom David Coulthard 0  
 China Ho-Pin Tung 0
   United Kingdom David Coulthard 1  
     Denmark Tom Kristensen 0
   France Romain Grosjean 2
   Germany Sebastian Vettel 0  
 France Romain Grosjean 1  
   France Romain Grosjean 1
   Germany Michael Schumacher 0  
 Germany Michael Schumacher 1
   Australia Mick Doohan 0  

Quarterfinals [edit]

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
France Sébastien Ogier 1:14.5605 Audi R8 Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:14.0680
China Ho-Pin Tung 1:21.7089 VW Scirocco United Kingdom David Coulthard 1:21.6364
Germany Sebastian Vettel DNF Booked KTM X-Bow France Romain Grosjean 1:15.5455
Germany Michael Schumacher 1:17.0426 Euro Racecar Australia Mick Doohan 1:25.1853 Booked

Semifinals [edit]

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:14.3384 Audi R8 United Kingdom David Coulthard 1:15.8312
France Romain Grosjean 1:14.8951 KTM X-Bow Germany Michael Schumacher 1:15.3823

Final [edit]

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:18.9348 ROC France Romain Grosjean 1:18.4775
France Romain Grosjean 1:16.0779 KTM X-Bow Denmark Tom Kristensen 1:16.4569

References [edit]

  1. ^ Google news article from AFP
  2. ^ The IBNLive news article on the race
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  4. ^ The Hindustan Times article on ROC Asia
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  7. ^ The Formula One official site article on the race
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  9. ^ Pre-race article by Fox News
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  23. ^ a b "The Track". Retrieved January 23, 2013. 
  24. ^ "Speedcafe". Retrieved January 23, 2013. 

External links [edit]
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