Group A: Team Finland, Team All Stars, Team France
Group B: Team Australia Supercars, Team New Zealand, Team Australia Off-road
Group C: Team Germany, Team USA, Team Great Britain
Sydney Olympic Stadium transformed for ROC
With the Race of Champions (ROC) nearing its Australian debut on March 7-8, the Sydney’s Olympic Stadium has undergone an incredible transformation into a multi-directional motor racing circuit.
The 33rd edition of the ROC concept will include a bevy of 20 national and international stars ranging from Formula 1, World Rallying, Supercars, Rallycross, NASCAR, Extreme E and Dakar.
Installed is a side-by-side 1km asphalt race track where some of the best in the world will go head to head.
The inaugural Sydney event will include four-time F1 World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, Mercedes F1 winner Valtteri Bottas, seven-time Supercars champion Jamie Whincup, reigning champion Will Brown, two-time Bathurst winner Chaz Mostert, Extreme E’s Molly Taylor, nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb, 11-time X-Games Gold medalist Travis Pastrana, NASCAR star Kurt Busch, seven-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson, former F1 driver, Mick Schumacher, duel ERC champion Hayden Paddon, father and son rally drivers Petter and Oliver Solberg, and two-time Australian Dakar winner Toby Price.
Construction has involved more than 400 semi-trailer movements with over 4500 tonnes of road base and asphalt having been shifted into place.
The circuit consists of five different layers including a foundation of more than 11000 square metres of specially-designed Geofabric. On top of that is more than 3600 ply floor boards and then 100mm or 4000 tonne of gravel road base which was shaped into the track configuration which includes a 43m cross-over bridge.
All this before South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers on Thursday March 27!
The field will compete in a series of six different vehicles going head-to-head in identical cars, including a FC2 Rallycross, Supercar Lite Rallycross, KTM X-Bow Comp R, Polaris RZR Pro R, Subaru BRZ tS and Toyota GR86 Cup machines.
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