ROC - Race of Champions, Beijing Bird's Nest

[chinabiker]

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

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
More are here.




Birds Nest



The track



Babes



Race action



a close call



ready for take off



Michele Mouton in action



Quick Mick destroyed an X-Bow



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



More race action



the final corner



ROC Buggies



WRC Ford Focus in action



Sebastian vs Michael on X-Bows



Sebastian hits the wall



Multiple stunt riding world champion Chris Pfeiffer ...



... shows what's possible on a F800



more Chris Pfeiffer



The final, heat 1: Schumi vs Ekstrom



The final, heat 2



The winner: Mattias Ekstrom

[ChinaV]

Looks like a good waste of petrol.

Not enough pictures of the cheerleaders

Cheers!
ChinaV

[chinabiker]

Looks like a good waste of petrol.

Not enough pictures of the cheerleaders

Cheers!
ChinaV

Understood







Not a single drop of petrol has been wasted there

[CrazyCarl]

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

That a buncha exhaust gas in the stadium or what?

CC

[chinabiker]

That a buncha exhaust gas in the stadium or what?

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