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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

Team	Racing driver	Rally driver
Autosport England	James Thompson	Andy Priaulx
Finland	Heikki Kovalainen	Marcus Grönholm
PlayStation France	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Loeb
Auto Hebdo France	Yvan Muller	Stéphane Peterhansel
Germany	Bernd Schneider	Armin Schwarz
Scandinavia	Tom Kristensen	Mattias Ekström
F1 Racing Scotland	David Coulthard	Colin McRae
Spain	Nani Roma	Dani Sordo
United States	Travis Pastrana

Race of Champions

Racing Group

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Sébastien Bourdais

2.23.5206

Andy Priaulx

2.26.1519

Renault Mégane Trophy

Sébastien Bourdais

2.15.9999

Yvan Muller

2.16.0170

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Yvan Muller

2.23.0462

David Coulthard

2.25.6639

Renault Mégane Trophy

Sébastien Bourdais

2.15.1278

Mattias Ekström

2.12.0659

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Mattias Ekström

2.19.9117

ROC Car

Bernd Schneider

2.21.7284

Bernd Schneider

2:32.9344

Renault Mégane Trophy

James Thompson

2:35.6080

Mattias Ekström

2.14.6003

Heikki Kovalainen

2.14.6005

Aston Martin V8 Vantage Rally GT

Tom Kristensen

2.23.2352

Heikki Kovalainen

2.23.1061

Rallying Group

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
	Sébastien Loeb	2:18.9701
					Citroën Xsara WRC
	Nani Roma	2:20.4327
					Sébastien Loeb	2:18.8750
	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
					Travis Pastrana	2:22.4944
	Stéphane Peterhansel	2:40.3303
									Citroën Xsara WRC
	Travis Pastrana	2:29.2107
									Sébastien Loeb	2:24.5987
	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
									Colin McRae	2:25.5745
	Dani Sordo	2:16.8528
					Citroën Xsara WRC
	Armin Schwarz	2:26.9785
					Dani Sordo	2:21.0805
	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR
					Colin McRae	2:20.2493
	Colin McRae	2:15.9343
	Marcus Grönholm	2:19.0594

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

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					Germany	1
					USA	2
									USA	2
									F1 Racing Scotland	1
					F1 Racing Scotland	2
					Autosport England	1
													USA	1
													Finland	2
					Finland	2
					Scandinavia	1
									Finland	2
									PlayStation France	1
					Spain	0
					PlayStation France	2
	PlayStation France	2
	Auto Hebdo France	0

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

1. "2006 Race of Champions: X-Games Hero Travis Pastrana on His Own for Team USA". PaddockTalk. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
2. "RoC: Ekstrom denies Loeb with shock win". Crash.net. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.

External links

Results obtained from http://www.jon44w.com/site3/viewthread.php?fid=72&tid=2060&action=printable

• 2006 in French motorsport
• December 2006 sports events in France
• Race of Champions
• International sports competitions hosted by France