Event history

It's 20 years since the first Race of Champions with some of motorsport's biggest names taking part.

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First contested at the Monthlery circuit near Paris in 1988, the Race of Champions was initially the exclusive preserve of rally drivers, with world champions Juha Kankkunen, Didier Auriol and Carlos Sainz all winning during the first decade of competition. After switching venues four times in its opening four years, the RoC eventually settled in the Canary Islands in 1992 and, with Colin McRae winning the 1998 event - still the only British triumph - it remained there until 2003. The RoC Nations Cup was first contested in 1999 and it was during this period that racing drivers also began to feature - future F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso being part of Spain's winning team in 2001. However, it wasn't until 2004 and another switch of venue - this time to the Stade de France - that a non-rally driver became 'Champion of Champions'. The breakthrough was made by the then largely unknown Heikki Kovalainen, who defeated F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher in their group final before beating World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb in the Super Final. Paris remained the stage in both 2005 and 2006, with Loeb making up for his disappointment 12 months later, before relinquishing the title to DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom, the Swede beating Schumacher 12 months ago to retain his 'Champion of Champions' title. Race of Champions winners: 1988 Juha Kankkunen
1989 Stig Blomqvist
1990 Stig Blomqvist
1991 Juha Kankkunen
1992 Andrea Aghini
1993 Didier Auriol
1994 Didier Auriol
1995 Francois Delecour
1996 Didier Auriol
1997 Carlos Sainz
1998 Colin McRae
1999 Didier Auriol
2000 Tommi Makinen
2001Harri Rovanpera
2002 Marcus Gronholm
2003 Sebastien Loeb
2004 Heikki Kovalainen
2005 Sebastien Loeb
2006 Mattias Ekstrom
2007 Mattias Ekstrom RoC Nations Cup winners: 1999 Finland
2000 France
2001 Spain
2002 USA
2003 All Stars
2004 France
2005 Scandinavia
2006 Finland
2007 Germany