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Sebastien Loeb Wins Race Of Champions

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Sebastien Loeb wins Race of Champions

Showing the way to Albers, Coulthard and Massa

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Sebastien Loeb takes all at Stade de France

Light rain made the kilometre purpose built circuit within Stade de France slippery but if anyone could cope with such conditions it was World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb who took away Heikki Kovalainen's crown of Champion of Champions this evening in Paris.

Kovalainen, now confirmed as test driver with the Renault F1 squad in 2006, put on a great show as he attempted to defend his crown The Finn took on and beat new Ferrari signing Felipe Massa before being eliminated by this year's Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen, who in turn eliminated many big names in the competition including the likes of David Coulthard and Nelson Piquet Jr only to lose out at the final hurdle.

The finale came down to a shoot out between Loeb and Kristensen with the WRC Champion taking the win in the super-powerful Renault Megane Trophy car and then sealing the victory as Kristensen went off track in the Citroen Xsara WRC.

Sebastien Bourdais, the double winner in the Champ Car World Series put in a great show eliminating his US open wheel rival and IRL IndyCar Champion Dan Wheldon with ease only to lose out against NASCAR star Jeff Gordon.

Gordon himself could have and perhaps should have challenged for the ultimate win by a gearbox gremlin saw him stranded on the line in the semi-finals against Kristensen.

New MF1 Racing signing Christijan Albers had a short run as he went off early on after a gearbox problem in the RoC machine resulted in the Dutch driver nosing the car heavily into the barriers.

Once again the annual Race of Champions event drew a huge crowd and provided plant of entertainment with the big names in motorsport. In a dream season for Sebastien Loeb, he can add the Race of Champions 2005 to his ever impressive resume.

Heats

RoC - Jeff Gordon Vs Christijan Albers

The newly-signed MF1 racer ended his chances of success just after taking the intermediate sector as he nosed his white RoC car into the tyres and out of the event. First blood to the NASCAR driver.

RoC - Sebastien Bourdais Vs Dan Wheldon (Wild Card)

Bourdais dominated Wheldon

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Much as it sounds a fantastic event I was shocked at the number of drivers who complained of mechanical problems and some cars just stopped.

Surely in an event of this type a mechanical failure should result in a re-run rather than a loss.

Also due to an accident in a previous heat one of the drivers had to compete on a car that was cold (Tyres & Mechanicals) against a car that was race warm. Surely a huge disadvantage in cold wet conditions. In all fairness 2 new cold cars should be used.

I know the event is about the spectical but where the driver (or team) has no input into preperation of the vehicles then the organisers should give all drivers a fair go.

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:angry: Gordon got the shaft................

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Out of all the drivers that took part there I could have told you even before the race that Loeb is in a class of his own.

He destroyed all oposition in WRC this year breaking nearly every possible record in the process. He is rally's version of GPbikes Rossi.

YEAH Sebastien!

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I predicted big things for Loeb when he won his first ever WRC rally in his debut season. He's a damn fine driver.

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