Germans win Race of Nations

Eurosport - Tue, 03 Nov 18:23:00 2009

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel combined to win Germany's third consecutive Race of Nations Cup at the Race of Champions event in Beijing.

Michael Schumacher in action at the 2009 Race of Nations - 0

The pair lost just two of their 12 races throughout the event, beating the British team of F1 world champion Jenson Button and WTCC driver Andy Priaulx on a tie-break in the final at the Bird's Nest Stadium.

Schumacher had beaten Button in the opening race in the Race of Champions cars, but Priaulx levelled things up in the WRC cars after Vettel span during their race. Priaulx and Schumacher then went head-to-head in a decider back in the Race of Champions cars, which the German won by just over a second.

"We had a nice fight," said seven-times F1 champion Schumacher. "This is an event we all enjoy."

The individual Race of Champions event takes place on Wednesday, and is broadcast LIVE on British Eurosport.

Watch the Race of Champions on Wednesday 4th November at 12pm LIVE on British Eurosport (Sky 410 / Virgin Media 521); Also available on your PC via the Eurosport Player - click on the link under the picture to subscribe

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  1. hu is bothered???

    From wendy, on Wed 4 Nov 6:18PM

  2. Logic result! The best F1 driver ever with the best F1­ driver at the moment! I'm curious to see them race­ eachother in the Champions Race...

    From ., on Wed 4 Nov 12:13PM

  3. Why on earth is this being held in Beijing, how many­ Chinese drivers were there? Bring it back to Wembley so­ that i can go and watch it live again.

    From kevin.day1959, on Wed 4 Nov 9:29AM

  4. Damn, beaten by the German's on penalties again

    From Reefgirl, on Wed 4 Nov 8:29AM
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    From hi.kalyjones, on Wed 4 Nov 6:32AM

  6. Still de Best, Go Schumi

    From Ra, on Wed 4 Nov 2:57AM

  7. Micheal please come back to F1 so you can once again­ slap Button around in the big car series!

    From Johnny, on Wed 4 Nov 1:54AM

  8. Count Louis Zborowski,
    Obviously some people care, even­ if you don't care.

    jemyhardy1111,
    Come on, the­ stress induced by ROC cars is not as stressful as F1­ cars. Furthermore, ROC cars don't run grand prix­ distance, which is another stressing point. The point­ was he thought he had recovered sufficiently so he­ wanted to make a come back, it was later discovered he­ wasn't. If you want to have a conspiracy theory,­ let it be, if you are happy.

    From ferraribeng, on Wed 4 Nov 1:30AM

  9. Long live the king

    From jjmalone, on Tue 3 Nov 11:58PM

  10. Who cares?

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Tue 3 Nov 11:39PM
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    pain in the arse more like. we all wanted too see­ schumi race in f1 again,pain in the neck was the only­ plusable get out they could come up with, how many gzz­ would he have pulled if he crashed . remember he was­ the one who went skiing after breaking his leg rather­ than loock after his loyal fans.

    From Tam, on Tue 3 Nov 11:04PM

  12. he won along with Vettel.

    From George Smiley, on Tue 3 Nov 10:43PM

  13. Neck pain? Thisis nothing compared to the g forces of­ an F1 car...

    From Ross, on Tue 3 Nov 10:11PM
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    where did the neck pain go schumi?

    From jemyhardy1111, on Tue 3 Nov 6:56PM
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