ROC - Race of Champions, Beijing Bird's Nest

Don't know where to post exactly, so it went here :lol8:

The 2009 race of champions took place on November 4th in Beijing's National Stadium, also known as the "Bird's Nest".

Seven times F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Sebastian Vettel, 2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button, MotoGP legend Mick Doohan and other world or series champions were present to race for the crown.


A bunch of amateur pictures below :icon10:
More are here.



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Birds Nest


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The track


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Babes :icon10:


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Race action


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a close call


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ready for take off


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Michele Mouton in action


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Quick Mick destroyed an X-Bow :eek2:


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Girls, girls, girls, ... it was +3 Celsius :eekers:


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More race action


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the final corner


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ROC Buggies


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WRC Ford Focus in action


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Sebastian vs Michael on X-Bows


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Sebastian hits the wall :eek2:


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Multiple stunt riding world champion Chris Pfeiffer ...


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... shows what's possible on a F800


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more Chris Pfeiffer


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The final, heat 1: Schumi vs Ekstrom


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The final, heat 2


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The winner: Mattias Ekstrom :goodtime::clap:
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Looks like a good waste of petrol.

Not enough pictures of the cheerleaders :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

Cheers!
ChinaV

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Originally Posted by ChinaV

Looks like a good waste of petrol.

Not enough pictures of the cheerleaders :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:

Cheers!
ChinaV

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Understood :icon10::icon10:

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Not a single drop of petrol has been wasted there :lol8::lol8::lol8:

Looks like a good time! Always appreciate cheerleader withe checkered flags. :icon10:

That a buncha exhaust gas in the stadium or what?

CC

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Originally Posted by CrazyCarl

That a buncha exhaust gas in the stadium or what?

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A mixture of moisture (we had 10cm snow the Sunday before), charcoal skewer BBQ and of course exhaust. What a combination, I still have the smell in my nose - aaaaahhhhhh :icon10::icon10::icon10: