# 2005 Race of Champions

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, and the Nations Cup event by Tom Kristensen and Mattias Ekström representing Scandinavia.
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

| Team | Racing Driver | Rally Driver |
| 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
### Racing Group

Eight drivers were randomly selected to compete in a first eliminatory round.
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| | | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | |
| | | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:54.0386 | | | | |
| | | Bernd Schneider | 1:57.8659 | | | | |
| | | | | | Renault Mégane Trophy | Renault Mégane Trophy | | |
| | | | | | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:47.9089 | |
| | | | | | Felipe Massa | 1:48.7390 | |
| | | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | |
| | | Felipe Massa | 1:53.8102 | | | | |
| | | Jean Alesi | 1:54.8608 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Renault Mégane Trophy | Renault Mégane Trophy |
| | | | | | | | | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:46.2349 |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | | | | Heikki Kovalainen | 1:46.2349 |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | | | Tom Kristensen | 1:46.2282 |
| Jeff Gordon | 2:05.0100 | | | | | | | Tom Kristensen | 1:46.2282 |
| Jeff Gordon | 2:05.0100 | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | | |
| Christijan Albers | +5s | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | | |
| Christijan Albers | +5s | Jeff Gordon | 1:56.6810 | | | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | Jeff Gordon | 1:56.6810 | | | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:56.9084 | | | | | | |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 1:54.8757 | Sébastien Bourdais | 1:56.9084 | | | | | | |
| Sébastien Bourdais | 1:54.8757 | | | | Renault Mégane Trophy | Renault Mégane Trophy | | | | |
| Dan Wheldon | 1:58.6148 | | | | Renault Mégane Trophy | Renault Mégane Trophy | | | |
| Dan Wheldon | 1:58.6148 | | | | Jeff Gordon | 2:19.9630 | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | Jeff Gordon | 2:19.9630 | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | Tom Kristensen | 1:53.6579 | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:52.9866 | | | | Tom Kristensen | 1:53.6579 | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:52.9866 | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | | |
| Mattias Ekström | 1:54.2395 | ROC Car | ROC Car | | | | |
| Mattias Ekström | 1:54.2395 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:55.2597 | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | | Nelson Piquet Jr. | 1:55.2597 | | | | |
| ROC Car | ROC Car | Tom Kristensen | 1:54.7267 | | | | |
| David Coulthard | 1:53.1299 | Tom Kristensen | 1:54.7267 | | | | |
| Tom Kristensen | 1:52.7306 | | | | | | |

### Rallying Group

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Porsche 911 GT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 | | | |
| Marcus Grönholm | 1:56.9406 | | | |
| Marcus Grönholm | 1:56.9406 | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | | |
| Stéphane Peterhansel | 1:57.9043 | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | |
| Stéphane Peterhansel | 1:57.9043 | Marcus Grönholm | 1:54.0491 | |
| Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | | Marcus Grönholm | 1:54.0491 | |
| Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | Daniel Sordo | 1:56.0218 | |
| François Duval | DNF | Daniel Sordo | 1:56.0218 | |
| François Duval | DNF | | | | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC |
| Daniel Sordo | 1:56.2400 | | | | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC |
| Daniel Sordo | 1:56.2400 | | | | Marcus Grönholm | 1:54.1724 |
| Porsche 911 GT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 | | | | | Marcus Grönholm | 1:54.1724 |
| Porsche 911 GT3 | Porsche 911 GT3 | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 1:51.7369 |
| Colin McRae | 1:52.8600 | | | | Sébastien Loeb | 1:51.7369 |
| Colin McRae | 1:52.8600 | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | | | |
| Armin Schwarz | 1:53.2096 | Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | | | |
| Armin Schwarz | 1:53.2096 | Colin McRae | 1:54.6190 | | | |
| Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | | Colin McRae | 1:54.6190 | | | |
| Citroën Xsara WRC | Citroën Xsara WRC | Sébastien Loeb | 1:52.8756 | |
| Sébastien Loeb | 1:53.9708 | Sébastien Loeb | 1:52.8756 | |
| Travis Pastrana | 2:15.5375 | | | |

### Final

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

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | France | 1 | | |
| | | Team PlayStation France | 2 | | |
| | | | | Team PlayStation France | 2 |
| | | | | Great Britain | 1 |
| | | Great Britain | 2 | | |
| | | Germany | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | Team PlayStation France | 0 |
| | | | | | | Scandinavia | 2 |
| | | Brazil | 1 | | | | |
| | | USA | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | USA | 0 | | |
| | | | | Scandinavia | 2 |
| | | Finland | 0 | | |
| | | Scandinavia | 2 | | |
| Scandinavia | 2 | Scandinavia | 2 | | |
| Benelux | 0 | | | | |

### Preliminary round

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

### Quarterfinals

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

### Semifinals

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

### Final

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