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It's a celebration of motor sport.
It's a celebration of how lucky we are to be professionals,
which essentially means you're paid to do
what you would do for nothing.
It opened my mind
to really appreciate all of the great competitors
around the world.
So you compete against drivers from different formulas
from all over the world,
whether it be NASCAR, world of rallying, touring cars,
and in the case of ex-Formula 1 driver, Michael Schumacher,
making his racing return.
-It never happened to me before that,
that I compete with rally drivers and my competitors
in the same car.
I mean all of us, we have a big smile on our face. That's, uh,
that's a good thing about it.
When you do a race weekend in Formula 1,
you be always so serious, so concentrated
that it doesn't leave much space to see who is the person behind.
And in those events, everything is a little bit more easy.
And you should see a little bit more about the personal side.
What I've always done in explaining to people
what Race Of Champions is,
is that they can see up close and personal
why we love competition,
why we love getting behind the wheel of a car.
It doesn't have to be a race car,
It can be any form of car,
whether it's the buggies or the KTM's.
And it's just pure competition.
-It's tough, you know.
It's a quick shootout. It can be one way or the other,
but so far I feel good. So,
let's see. You know, the fans are ready.
So, I did need to do my bit,
to make sure I survive the group stage
and then we see where we go.
Who is this?
It's your competitor.
-Is it? -Yeah.
-But he is blonde.
So he's as stupid as I am.
-He keeps checking the temperature of your tires.
-Which car is mine?
-Your's is white, mine is orange.
-Why, you want to change?
-No, I don't want to change.
-I think white is much faster.
-So between you, who's going to win?
-It will be the quicker one.
-Yeah. I mean, you can never be confident here
because it's instant knockout. So,
and you know, yeah. Small mistake. You're out.
Formula 1 is highly, you know,
aerodynamic and a thousand horsepower and big wide tires
and all the rest of it.
So you rely on so much engineering and the variation
between the cars and the teams is the dominant factor.
We've been thrown the challenge
of driving all these different cars. So,
in my mind it is as good a leveler
and as good an indication as,
that moment in history and those two vehicles
with those two competitors
who gets it right and who gets it wrong.
Sebastian, there was a collective,
quite colorful swearing in German from every angle
when you lost that.
Tell us what happened.
-I went into the first corner and lost a little bit,
the car, in the entrance
and then the cars, they have quite a lot of momentum,
so it took a while to catch it and there I lost too much time.
Otherwise I think it would have been enough to stay ahead.
But that's how it goes.
-That was a very special feelingfor everyone here, I think.
It's fantastic to see Filipe Albuquerque coming from so far,
ending up beating the world - Formula 1 World Champion
and the World Rally Champion in the same night.
It's proper racing.
Any loss is not good,
but the reality is if you look at
the most successful driver in Formula 1, Michael Schumacher,
he lost more than he won.
So in many respects
that wouldn't be a great statistic if you're a boxer.
But in motor sports,
you know those losses make you really appreciate the victories.
The idea was to bring together the best drivers
and make them compete on identical cars
to see who's really the fastest.
that has competed with men on the highest level
and beaten them.
And especially in a sport like rallying
which at the time was extremely physical
long distances and very powerful cars.
It was the 10th anniversary of
the World Rally Drivers Championship.
Henri Toivonen was a very good friend first,
he was a very fast driver and
for sure he would have been world champion
if hadn't died in Corsica in '86.
Fredrik had the idea for The Race Of Champions.
Every single one of my former rivals
accepted the invitation for the first event.
We also realized that Henri
would surely have been one of them.
So we added a souvenir Henri Toivonen bronze trophy
where after 30 years of Race Of Champions,
the winner's names are still engraved each year.
What about the plans for the future?
What are you going to do to keep the fans
happy for the coming years?
-The Race Of Champions is a concept
where there's two cars, two identical cars,
top drivers going head-to-head
on a circuit where the spectators can really see
the entire spectacle,
where the television can cover it.
It's, you know, you're starting with
some of the top drivers in the world
and at the end you've got a Champion of Champions
two hours later.
It's something that, you know,
improves the image of the sport and, you know,
really makes it reach a lot more spectators.
Hugging the coast off North Africa,
the Canaries are subtropical,
but in the tropic sometimes you get rain
and boy when it rains it really rains.
For the first time in Canarias it's been raining
and they're not used to it, you know.
It was four years in a row
we've had great sunshine, 25 degrees.
It's been four months before the event,
no rain at all
and it's all coming at the same time.
Blomqvist has got the edge.
He's on the left.
Biasion on the right.
Through the deep water.
That water on that corner is getting worse.
-Such a difficult
track today with this water.
It is so difficult for everybody.
-We had a little run yesterday
and the first time was frightening
to say the least.
The second time I was a little bit less scared,
but I'm certainly not ready, that's for sure.
Have you done anything off road before?
-No, only crashing.
-Welcome from the sunny Canary Islands
in the mid-Atlantic.
We're here for the 15th running
of the Michelin Race Of Champions.
It is the ultimate head-to-head contest
between people from all forms of motor sport.
Traditionally, it's been a rally event,
but more recently
we've had guys from Formula 1,
guys from NASCAR,
as we've got this year.
Behind me in this car is Jimmie Johnson,
rookie of the year from NASCAR.
Jimmie, you're confident?
-We're going to have fun.
We've got the best in the world I've got to race against.
So we're going to just have a good time
and see what happens.
-Can you beat Jimmie?
-I don't know yet.
-You ought to be able to.
-I hope.
-It's just all about gettingused to different circumstances.
I mean, I think a good race car driver
can adapt to any different
type of atmosphere or circumstances.
I've raced a lot of different types of surfaces,
but I've never driven anything like this.
You know, there's shifting and things like that. So,
totally different really than anything I've done.
I guess maybe Jimmie Johnson's probably closer to
something like this
when he did some of the desert racing
and the stadium trucks.
I'm definitely intimidated by failure.
I mean, nobody wants to look bad.
My off-road background certainly helped,
but I did feel like I struggled pretty bad
driving in the Canaries
because the vehicles we were in for ROC were
four-wheel drive and everything I raced was two-wheel drive.
But there was a big high speed left-hander
at the bottom of the course
and I came in, in my instinctive
flick for a two-wheel drive vehicle
and then counter-steer to catch it,
jump on the gas;
I did all of that.
And with four-wheel drive,
you know the front tires pull you where they're pointed
and with the counter-steer that I put into it,
the car went right
and there was an opening cut in this big dirt berm
and I stuffed it right in that opening.
I felt so bad, but that's the only - honestly,
the only time I've ever raced a four-wheel drive.
-You spotted any potential placs where you might
be able to get an advantage here?
-I've spotted plenty of opportunities
to get in trouble. So I think if you just,
you know, make a clean lap and, and smooth,
but you know, don't make any mistakes
I think is probably the biggest thing.
-This is what happens when
you give a bunch of drivers,
a whole bunch of awesome cars that aren't ours.
We just break everything.
For me it's got to be the fun interaction
with the other drivers.
If it becomes like work, then I wouldn't come.
So, it has to be enjoyable
and it's as much about what happens around here
behind the scenes
as it is about being out there on the track.
-You're getting quicker and quicker as the day goes on.
-Slowly the hangover from last night is disappearing.
And things go straight.
-What is the penalty
if you've been touched by another driver
in the toilet?
One of the unique aspects of Race Of Champions
that we never get to experience
in other forms of racing is the dressing room.
We're all there together
and that sets the scene of the spirit of
Race Of Champions.
You get to look at your competitors
all there together
and then you go out and take on the individual races,
sharing that with competitors -ROC! ROC! ROC!
-from IndyCar, NASCAR,
whatever it happens to be.
It's a gift.
Yay!
In the Michelin Nations Cup, teams of three
from Germany, Spain, Finland, Italy,
France, Denmark, and an all star trio
from Scotland, Finland and Belgium.
-It's been great fun
and I think we all hadmoments of glory
and moments of joy,
and moments of scare.
So it's been pretty good.
Are you doing the right thing?
Or, should you be doing rallying
or are you better staying on two wheels?
-You're racing for the pride of your nation.
So whether that's team GB
or a team America or whatever the nation that's,
that's being represented at that time
and it gives us in motor sport a unique opportunity
to go beyond the individual desire
to win yourself,
where you can actually represent your country as well.
And it brings you together with your fellow national driver.
So I think that in itself is, is,
is what makes the Nations Cup
a truly unique form of motor sport.
Now, in the last 10 years of the Race Of Champions,
the Nations Cup has been won by Scandinavia, France,
Finland, Spain and the USA.
But since 2007, it's been dominated by one team,
Team Germany
Pretty good result for the home crowd so far.
-Yeah. So far, so good.
Obviously tough competition in the next round
with team Germany.
-What are their strengths do you think?
-Future potential multiple worldchampionship, and world champion,
and actual multiple world champion.
I'd say they were the two pretty good strengths.
-I think Germany and Scandinavia will be in final.
They seem to be a strong team both. So we will see.
-Germany won last year
so they're defending Nations Cup champions
and will be a tough competition.
I will do my best.
Sebastian, that was a good run
first time round representing Germany.
-It feels great.
The secret is first of all
adapt to your car
and second, stay on the track.
I think what made Michael and Sebastian so strong
at Race Of Champions and Nations Cup
is whereas maybe it's 50/50 on the fun element
of all coming together,
I don't think they were allowing too much fun
to get in the way of the competition
until after they'd won the event.
So they were very focused, very serious.
And, you know that played out in the results
at the end of the day.
And you know, they had a tight bond and friendship,
which I think was something they were able to
really strategize and look at it.
Your teammate is Michael Schumacher.
That's great. You know, a legend of Formula 1
and a current/future star.
Yeah. Even more, he's a nice guy
and it's always good fun
doing these kind of things together with him.
And of course I can rely on him.
So especially in the Nations Cup if I should struggle,
which hopefully I won't,
he is the one to help me.
But I think in every team you're relying on each other.
I think the important thing for Michael and myself
to work and being so strong in the Nations Cup
was just, we had the timing completely figured out.
I think if I had a weak moment,
he was there to fill it in and it was the other way around.
And most of the time we went for it and it worked.
But if it didn't, then the other guy would,
you know, still be there.
And we didn't think too much.
We just, - we just had a good time.
And I think that's, that was really the secret.
I think there were - obviously we wanted the cup
that was the target, but,
we were still laughing.
And I think we just had a great time.
Five in a row for team Germany.
Schumacher runs onto the tarmac to join his young teammate.
The seven time Formula 1 World Champion
and the current double Formula 1 World Champion
are the most successful drivers
in the ROC Nations Cup
since the creation of the event.
-Number five, be proud of us!
I started my career in Formula 1
that came through the death of Ayrton Senna.
And, you know, I was his test driver,
but I didn't know Ayrton personally.
I hadn't spent time with him personally beyond, you know,
eating at the track or at the hotel.
Whereas it was different with Colin.
Colin, we'd spent family time together and, you know,
tragically along with the others who passed away
in that helicopter accident was his son Johnny.
So of course it is tremendously upsetting
and I think that in those moments you have to
look at the incredibly enriching and positive moments
and the learnings you get from these people.
When I could only honor Ayrton by trying my best,
cause I couldn't equal his capabilities,
it's the same with Colin.
You honor, his memory by doing your best and you know,
"We're here for a good time, not a long time."
With others who knew Colin, we'll say that,
because it's a tipping of the cap
to the friends that we've met along the way.
Having the opportunity to team up with Colin McRae
to go to the Race Of Champions
was personally one of the highlights,
because he was a friend
and was someone that was-just had an infectious ability
to take people along for the ride.
And those are some of the strongest memories I have
from my motor sports career, actually.
I would struggle to remember grand prix victories,
but I definitely remember
hanging out with Colin at Race Of Champions.
You know, be as quick as I can.
Neat and tidy. That's the way to be quick around here.
So you know, it's going to be tough.
-It's going to be tough to be neat and tidy
when it's that slippy.
-Yeah, I mean it's going to be entertaining,
that's for sure.
But all you can do is give it your best shot.
In many ways
The Gran Canaria setup
probably suited Colin's flamboyant style more.
Undoubtedly, he was someone that was admired
by the other great champions
from other disciplines
because he was just known to be someone
that always gave a hundred percent.
-Jimmie Johnson, how's it going?
It's been fun. I had a little problem in practice
and hit a barrier, but
besides that it's been a lot of fun.
It's been almost eight years since I've been in a
buggy and five years since I've been on the dirt.
So, I'm a little rusty right now,
but definitely having a lot of fun.
-What's the hardest thing to get used to on these cars?
-The track's real narrow
and these buggies run really good.
I'm very surprised,
but more than anything,
it's just narrow and
I haven't been on the dirt in a while.
-So I think everybody was looking at the Americans
as NASCAR drivers just driving around in circles
and Jimmie and Jeff certainly proved
that they are phenomenal drivers.
The American team brought their A-game,
there's no question. And it was fantastic to see
because that's exactly
what Race Of Champions is about.
Johnson, Jimmie Johnson is stuck on the line.
The American NASCAR racer has stalled his car.
But what's happened to Pizzonia?
Pizzonia seems to be slowing
and Johnson, he's going like an absolute dream.
He's caught Pizzonia, he's passed Pizzonia.
Jimmie Johnson who stalled on the line wins.
They came as a proper team.
They came as a united front.
They came with a clear mission.
You're still in the Nations Cup
though for America.
I mean it's looking a very strong team now.
-Yeah, I think we've got a really strong team for it.
You know, we're going to be at a disadvantage in some areas
but, you know, we're here to have a great time
and have some fun and meet some great drivers
and have a great experience. And we're going to do that
regardless of how it all ends up.
Racing opens up vulnerability to any competitor,
even if you're in your home country
and your favorite track,
so to travel like that and to be, you know,
in a foreign country where
you don't speak the native language.
I mean on top of the insecurities we had as racers,
we couldn't communicate with other drivers
and especially the mechanics as you got
in and out of these vehicles there are launch sequences,
turbo-charged cars, handbrakes in different spots,
buttons to push.
We got half the information, at best.
And that only fed the insecurities we had
of being over there representing our country.
Gordon's quicker. USA goes through to the finals.
All credit to team America
and to the various competitors
that have represented the team over the years.
They're fierce competitors and the wins they've taken
in individual events and other forms of racing
is inspirational
Jeff Gordon, the national hero
looks as if he's got the edge.
And Gordon wins.
The Americans can win the Nations Cup
if Colin Edwards can just keep it all together.
And Melandri gets it wide.
Melandri spins the car.
Colin Edwards has won this for America.
He's won the Nations Cup.
There are going to be scenes of jubilation
as he crosses the line.
Waiting for him will be Jeff Gordon
and Jimmie Johnson indeed.
To win the Nations Cup
is something really unique
and doesn't compare to
other races that I've won.
I mean, it's the only event I've had where I
represented my country, got on a plane,
flew far away and carried that flag
and had a chance to, you know, take our victory lap,
holding the American flag
with my teammates and representing our country.
In Gran Canaria we had a very fast track.
a mix of gravel and tarmac.
So going into the stadiums we were a bit concerned
if there would be enough space to build
a really spectacular track.
But we felt that the upside of being in a major stadium
in a big city
was worth taking the risk.
And it paid off.
The team built a phenomenal race track
in less than five days.
The stadium was sold out,
some big upsets,
and an epic atmosphere.
And we realized that this is the future.
So after Paris we went to Wembley Stadium
when they reopened in 2007.
And to Beijing and the Birds Nest
just a year after the Olympic Games.
Always trying to innovate,
always trying to bring the best of racing
as close as possible to the fans.
-My track design, of course, has been inspired by
my driving time in rallying.
I love the challenge of having different cars
because you have to adapt quickly
and you don't have so much time.
The parallel track, the crossover bridge,
brings spectacular action
in the stadium in a place where
spectators can see everything.
Race Of Champions is really a very convivial where
everybody's on the same condition,
the same talent, and a lot of same skills.
So it's really showing in a very short time
who is the best in the good atmosphere.
Marcus is the world champion.
You've beat him in a, you know, a real rally.
And what about here?
Listen to the gearbox whirring away.
Loeb gunning for an advantage.
Gunning for the win.
and Loeb getting the win.
Seb Loeb going through.
-Over the years
Obviously I've been fortunate
to participate many times,
and over the years, you know, you spend time with
the greatest of all times,
I have a great admiration for rally drivers,
what they are able to do with the cars,
without any runoff really. I mean,
if you're lucky then you miss the trees,
but most of the time you don't when you go off.
So, I have a huge respect for what they do.
So in a way it's like meeting your heroes
when you meet the different guys.
-Loeb changed the approach in rally.
He changed the driving.
You suddenly didn't see the cars sliding
so much on the entry anymore.
He was able to make sure that times came from exiting
a lot of corners and
making sure that the mistakes were zero.
Incredibly talented.
To combine that versatility from Race Of Champions
from the World Rally, from the touring car and also
from his years racing at the 24 hours of Le Mans.
I can say I'm glad he didn't succeed completely at that,
because then I would have had
one Le Mans victory less.
Loeb lands and Coulthard can see him in front.
He knows that there's a slender chance, it's very close,
but Loeb takes it by three-tenths of a second.
He is for the third time the Champion of Champions.
-No embarrassment to be beaten by
a five-time consecutive rally champion.
He's a great driver and
I'm just very happy to have made the final
with so many good drivers here.
-Ladies and gentlemen, Champion of Champions
and runner-up.
I'm really, really proud to compete against Seb. And
to beat him, it's even nicer.
Two former winners on the start line,
Heikki Kovalainen wants a Champion of Champions,
Away, they go in the Audi R8 LMS machines.
This is a close battle.
The first of the round-robin matches
four groups of four drivers,
each driver races all of the rivals
in his group and Loeb sideways.
Oh my goodness!
And Kovalainen crashes through the finish line.
That's a big impact. Victory for Loeb.
Heikki Kovalainen's girlfriend in the passenger seat
as he loses control after touching the wall
on the finishing stripe. Broken suspension.
He's okay and so is she.
-I think that you're really on show
and I think it'd be very easy to look
completely foolish.
And I think I probably would think very carefully
about taking this on.
I have to say Michael Schumacher, he's amazing.
I mean he's just so smooth and he's inch perfect
or centimeter perfect and
and he pulls it off.
I think that Michael has something special about him
when you watch him driving.
Is that just you have the feeling
as if he's always in control of what he's doing.
I think he's the greatest there ever was.
The timing was just spot on.
-For me the excitement comes from the unknown,
the excitement and the challengeis trying something new.
This is for bragging rights against Dusty Wygle.
Come on Trav! Make it!
-Here he goes.
He got it!
-We did it! We really did it!
We're beginning to learn about freestyle motocross
here in Europe,
but in America he is a mega-superstar.
-He is. I mean, he's so talented. You know,
we were talking about how many times he's crashed
and how many bones he's broken
and to me, he's crazy. He's absolutely crazy,
so it's cool to see him out here on four wheels.
-Don't give it too much air now.
-No, hoping for a lot of air. Hopefully no rolls though.
We'll see what we can do with the USA, man. Let's go!
This is Travis Pastrana in the white ROC buggy
I race Race Of Champions because it gives
someone like me,
coming from motorcycles and being a redneck,
who just loves to drive and race,
a chance to just go strictly on raw talent.
It's really difficult to jump into NASCAR
and jump into all these sports where
these guys have been competing their whole lives.
You come to Race Of Champions,
it's a free-for-all.
But, you know what?
You might pull those guys in a ROC buggy
or something that's like what I grew up
on the farm with.
I'm like, this is going to be awesome!
Whatever the normal voltage of a human being
should be, he's definitely runng some overvoltage. You know,
he's got an incredible level of energy.
Even if he doesn't win,
I know he's up for the best show.
I like his style because he's wild and crazy,
but he has full control.
-So Travis Pastrana is clearly,
an exceptional athlete.
That passion and that infectious smile,
I think is something that really connects
and just an incredible appetite for competition.
-I want to prove that I'm better than the Indy guys,
that I'm better than NASCAR guys,
that I'm better than the F1 guys
and it's bragging rights, man.
Almost every driver thinks their the best.
That's the one thing that we all have going for us.
We come in with the outmost confidence and overconfidence
in our abilities, that no matter who we're up against
and what we're driving,
we're going to figure out a way to win.
And Pastrana looking a little wild
and into the side of the track and rolling the car.
Pastrana completely destroying
a brand new Mitsubishi.
behind his car.
The things that I excelled at,
and I found out really early,
was that I was extremely
durable
and that I wasn't afraid to risk things.
A lot of my friends have been paralyzed or worse
in some cases but,
everyday they wake up alive,
they have an opportunity to do something great.
Pastrana, he's used g wild things on two wheels
and now he's got a reputation for doing it on four.
-And now they're excluding me from the race.
You're not allowed to roll.
-I could live with myself
if I got hurt trying to be the best
than knowing that I didn't try.
That you'd never know if you could have made it.
-In our regulation on under the article,
it is quite clearly marked that if you roll the car
it is exclusion.
-So,
good to know now
He's able to brush off accidents and incidents
and you know, it's almost like a Monty Python sketch
where, you know, his leg might be busted,
but he just straps it up and continues.
"It's only a flesh wound!"
One of the only reasos
Fredrik and the guys invited me
to Race Of Champions at the beginning,
was because - They're like,
"All right, well,
"we're going to let you drive these cars,
"but you're going to put on
"a little bit of a show."
And I just thought, "you know what?
"Let's do it."
-He did a test jump, came up short,
looked like he was gonna die.
He clearly hurt himself.
He was walking around, like, in clear pain,
but as soon as somebody approached him
and asked him, "How are you doing?"
"Oh great. Doing great. No problem at all."
-I hear you injured yourself doing a back flip.
How's your leg?
-Perfect.
A little bit sore, but we're good to go, man.
For the cars, I'm a hundred percent.
-I didn't get the meters to feet so good
and then ended up breaking the growth plate in my knee
literally 20 minutes before I was supposed to get in the car
And my knee swelled up. But I knew if I said anything,
the doctors are going to pull me out.
He almost beat the World Rally Champion,
Two corners before the finish line,
he was just a few meters behind
and he went all out for it and crashed.
These guys are all gamers.
They're going to prey on your weakness
and you have to understand that if you show any,
you're going to lose.
-Travis, for sure doesn't have any fear
and I don't think he can feel any pain as well.
The very first time I met him,
he came back on crutches
and he was still able to race and compete.
So he's made of strong stuff
and when you get to hang out with someone like that,
it's inspirational and
it makes you toughen up.
Travis, is definitely one of the joys of being invited
to take part in Race Of Champions.
Welcome to the Caribbean island of Barbados,
back to its roots on an outdoor circuit
after years in stadium tracks around the world.
-It's going to be Coulthard!
The Scotsman goes through to the final.
-Time to find the champion
old-hand Coulthard versus young gun Wehrlein.
-Up and over, round and under.
David Coulthard is millimeter perfect.
Wehrlein doesn't have the experience of Coulthard.
Wehrlein's gone off!
And David Coulthard becomes the Champion of Champions.
The Scot has finally claimedthe Race Of Champions title.
So interestingly, the only winning trophy
I have at home is from the Barbados Race Of Champions.
It was the first time my son was old enough to understand
that I'd been a racing driver
and was competing in the event
and he wanted me to bring the trophy home.
It's the biggest trophy I've ever won.
And it was taller than he was.
It's a great memory of that event,
the competition and all of the good times
that go into taking part in Race Of Champions.
-In my career, I've been able to achieve
two Formula 1 Esports championships.
And before the event, I didn't have a driver's license,
I didn't ever drive a real car before.
So I jumped into the event
and literally my first experience on a track
was driving a car flat-out.
-And when I first seen them in the cars,
personally, I thought, "My goodness,
"this is a nightmare. What have we done?"
-There's a big risk of crashing of course.
There's a big risk of wiping your opponent out
as well and looking like a dumb-ass.
That's the biggest risk for any driver.
That's what's going through their mind first.
And then the moment the flag drops and they're driving
the risk goes completely out the window
until they either crash or they lose.
I don't hold myself back.
I would much rather make a mistake
and learn from the mistake
than never make the mistake.
-But, I want to see the car out of shape.
I want to see what they do when it gets just beyond that limit,
because that's what makes a great racing driver.
-At first, jumping in the car coming here
was a bit terrifying.
I've trained Enzo, day 1 when we put him in the car,
he scared the crap out of me.
I thought he was going to kill me.
He was fearless;
he was trying to drive the car
like he would drive the Sim car
and it doesn't work like that in real life.
So actually when Enzo did beat Lucas on the track,
I felt extremely proud that he's come through the process.
Now, he's very, very fast
and that just shows that they proved it:
They can get in a real car,
they can learn the craft
and actually be very, very quick and beat some
extremely good, quick, fast pro drivers.
It's no big surprise to me
to see how successful some of the eGamers have become,
not only as professionals in their own fields,
but also in the crossover to full-time motor sport.
They totally changed.
They listen, they learn, they take information,
they process it,
and then turn it into real life action.
So honestly, I feel quite proud
on the journey that they've had.
They're representing the whole community from eRacers.
This is a massive achievement for them, massive.
-They go from these scared kids,
"Oh no, I'm going to get in this car and die."
To actually jump out the car at the end and
they're like, "Oh wow, That was brilliant."
When I was a kid,
I wouldn't even want to go to answer the door to someone;
I was that shy.
And then being put on a plane, come to the event,
drive some real cars, meet some famous people.
And to be around racing drivers who are very,
very successful and to pick up little bits of knowledge
what they've done in their life
and I can start implementing it into my career,
really gave me a lot of self-confidence.
And since then I started to grow as a person.
I think that information for me is unbeatable.
A new line-up for team Germany as Mick Schumacher
joins his father's old teammate, Sebastian Vettel.
-I'm really looking forward to Race Of Champions.
We will come out on top with Sebastian.
And yeah I'm just really, really thrilled for it.
It's emotional to see Mick representing team Germany,
given the difficulties that the family has gone through,
and the difficulties that Michael has gone through,
but we hope that we can see Michael there
watching Mick compete and get some victories in the future.
Win, lose, or draw,
the experience of ROC is unlike anything else.
It's always within a tiny little fraction
of either winning or losing.
At least one of us will get defeated.
There's only one winned anybody can lose around here.
If any time you thik that you have the upper-hand,
you're not going to win.
There's always risks wn you put it on the line.
The very nature of the competition
means that you race absolutely to the line.
Because in normal competition,
you can keep your competitor behind you,
but the fact that you're on your own track,
you never truly know whether you've won or lost
until you cross the line.