The unbeatable German team of 5-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher and 2010 F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel won a 4rth successive Race of Champions Nations Cup for Germany after beating Team Great Britain in the final.
The annual end-of-season RoC showdown features 16 top drivers who have won championships in various divisions around the world competing each other in a variety of motor racing events around an arena that resembles a Matchbox layout with tight and twisting corners and a bridge in the middle, . The 2010 event took place in Dusseldorf Germany and the German team that counts 6 F1 world championships just couldn't lose the trophy in front of his home crowd.
The Race of Champions features 16 drivers . In the Nations Cup, they are paired to drive three cars from a random selection of the approved nine around a two-lane track laid out in a soccer stadium.
Although Schumacher took a straightforward win over Jason Plato in the first race, Priaulx then defeated Vettel to leave the final tied 1-1. In the decider Schumacher triumphed by the narrowest of margins in his battle with Andy Priaulx in Race Of Champions cars. There was a mere 0.06 seconds between Priaulx and Schumacher after the first lap, but Schumacher pulled ahead to seal victory by 0.6s.
