Race of Champion Live Stream?

Race of Champion Live Stream?

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NewMetalSystem

351 posts

178 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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DanielSan said:
Coulthard is a 13x grand prix winner, not a 13th place average DTM finisher. Wolff has no reason to be there other than because she's a woman. Her performance this weekend has proven that.
It's because she's a well known motor sports personality and their aim is to attract viewers. She's a bigger name than some of the other drivers out there. And last year Felix Baumgartner was scheduled to compete, but I bet there'd be no complaints about how whether or not he deserved his place in the line-up, and his only racing experience at the time was with VW Polos.

DanielSan

18,747 posts

166 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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I'd ask the same question about him as well. He'd deserve it even less to be honest.

Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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... except DC has won plenty of championships, both in Karting and Formula Ford.
He's also won grand prix, and can generally be accepted as a great driver by all.

I've nowt against Susie, or trying to get more airtime for female racers - there's technically no reason whatsoever that ladies can't kick the lads' arses (it's just a case of numbers IMO). However, (again IMO), the ROC is not the place to do so, and Susie is not the person to do it - Danica Patrick might have broken the duck..

sirtyro

1,824 posts

197 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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airbusA346 said:
sirtyro said:
RedBull carry a legacy clause in all their contracts with drivers who have to run the RedBull logo on their helmets for at least 3 years after they have finished driving with the team with no extra funding given to the driver. Hence why Mark Webber still has the RedBull logo on his helmet in LMP Porsche, but RedBull don't pay him for that. I guess when you're desperate for a drive you're willing to give up certain rights to get the sponsorship.

I guess DC's clause has finally expired and now he is free.

The ROC guest passengers are competition winners and members of the team, but priority is given to guests and winners.
Hmmm... As far as I am aware, Webber is still sponsored by Red Bull.

http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/motorsports/athletes/...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/108324
Hmmm....well, I'm always cautious over what I read in the press. My information is from someone very high up in the RedBull organisation who was telling me some interesting facts about how they work.

NewMetalSystem

351 posts

178 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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It's just a bit of fun. I'm sure she wasn't the first person they called.

Simes205

4,528 posts

227 months

Sunday 14th December 2014
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Well done DC.
Another trophy!

fcuk1_6

189 posts

179 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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DC done us proud especially in the Rallycross cars, maybe a guest appearance or two in the championship for him in the future?

Hopefully he will have a stronger teammate for next year's nations cup as Susie was garbage, I'd like to see Hamilton take part as he did well in Top Gear's "star in a reasonably priced car" so may be good at adapting from car to car. Palmer was a bit of a let down too :-(

ajprice

27,317 posts

195 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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Well done DC. He was pretty handy in the Polo smile .

I was out yesterday afternoon so set it to record, got back and started watching while it was recording, the recording stopped just as Coulthard crossed the line in the last race hehe .

All about the timing!

Mr_Thyroid

1,995 posts

226 months

Monday 15th December 2014
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I think you'll find he's both.

Race positions in dtm look to be slightly better than 13 but champs position is worse.

theshrew

6,008 posts

183 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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I think this has lost something this year. Not in a stadium kind and what seems to have been a lower standard of entry. Still something nice and different though wink

Stig in the Audi again biggrin and he didn't roll it laugh

moffspeed

2,664 posts

206 months

Wednesday 17th December 2014
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theshrew said:
I think this has lost something this year. Not in a stadium kind and what seems to have been a lower standard of entry. Still something nice and different though wink

Stig in the Audi again biggrin and he didn't roll it laugh
Yep I watched the RoC live at both Wembley and at the Stade de France - I think it really should be a stadium event. Barbados looked good but the cars seemed to spend too long a great distance apart from one another, so losing the "Scalextric effect".

Incidentally - only in France would they light up a jet powered dragster on the ROC course - blew away a few advertising hoardings and a few marshals.

To be fair to Stig I think it was Michele Mouton who put the Quattro on its roof at Dusseldorf 2010....