ROC first heats announced

This afternoon the spectacular ROC Nations Cup and Race of Champions will take place in the Wembley stadium again. As always many great names from motorsport will be participating in the event. The draw for the first round of the event has been made on Friday and Saturday.

The running order for tomorrow’s ROC Nations Cup has been decided, after a draw was made on Friday evening. The first round of match-ups will be as follows :
* Heat 1 – France v Scandinavia
* Heat 2 – USA v Autosport Team Great Britain
* Heat 3 – F1 Racing Team Great Britain v All Stars
* Heat 4 – Germany v Ireland
The ROC Nations Cup starts at 2.30pm today ahead of The Race of Champions.

The draw for the first round of Race of Champions heats has been made at Wembley Stadium, revealing the first match-ups of the event. The 16 ROC drivers will face off against each other in a knock-out competition to find out who is the ‘Champion of Champions’ tomorrow. The opening round heats will be as follows:
* Gareth MacHale v David Coulthard
* Adam Carroll v Mattias Ekstrom
* Tom Kristensen v Michael Schumacher
* Jason Plato v Andy Priaulx
* Tanner Foust v Jenson Button
* Troy Bayliss v Sebastian Vettel
* Jaime Alguersuari v Carl Edwards
* Yvan Muller v Sebastien Loeb

Eight times Le Mans winner Kristensen drew seven times Formula 1 World Champion in one of the tastiest races of the first round, while new boy Adam Carroll drew reigning ROC champion, Mattias Ekstrom.

There are a couple of inter-nation ties in the first round, with BTCC ace Jason Plato squaring up against three times World Touring Car Champion, Andy Priaulx. Meanwhile, the two Team France team-mates, Muller and Loeb, will face off too.