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The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle. Hamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title. There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses. These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan an

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  • 2008 Race of Champions (en)
  • Race of Champions 2008 (pl)
  • Гонка чемпионов 2008 (ru)
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  • Race of Champions 2008 kördes i London 14 december 2008. * Plats: Wembley Stadium * Datum: 14 december 2008 * Segrare: Sébastien Loeb * Segrare Nations Cup: Team Germany (sv)
  • Гонка Чемпионов 2008 года прошла 14 декабря в Лондоне на стадионе «Уэмбли». Соревнования прошли по олимпийской системе в личном зачёте и в Кубке Наций. (ru)
  • The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle. Hamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title. There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses. These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan an (en)
  • Race of Champions 2008 – 21. edycja rozgrywanego co roku wyścigu Race of Champions (Wyścig Mistrzów), w którym biorą udział kierowcy wyścigowi i rajdowi z całego świata. Została rozegrana 14 grudnia 2008 roku na specjalnie do tego celu przygotowanym stadionie Wembley w Londynie. Zawodnicy ścigali się takimi samochodami, jak Ford Focus RS WRC '07, Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000, Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24, ROC Buggy, Solution F Touring (zbudowany na bazie Opla Astry) oraz debiutujące w 2008 roku KTM X-Bow i RX Racing RX150 buggy. (pl)
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  • The 2008 Race of Champions was the 21st running of the event, and took place on December 14, 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. Two special races were due to take place during the event, the first of which, with Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy cycling against the reigning Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who was due to be driving a Mercedes road car. However, due to the slippery track at Wembley, Hoy could not take part on the bicycle. Hamilton did demonstrate his championship-winning Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula One car at the event, his first major British public appearance since winning the F1 title. There was also a celebrity race, with eight celebrities taking part in Fiat 500 Abarth Assetto Corses. These celebrities were Hoy, boxers Frank Bruno, David Haye, Amir Khan and Enzo Maccarinelli, chef James Martin, footballer Bacary Sagna and singer Shayne Ward. (en)
  • Race of Champions 2008 – 21. edycja rozgrywanego co roku wyścigu Race of Champions (Wyścig Mistrzów), w którym biorą udział kierowcy wyścigowi i rajdowi z całego świata. Została rozegrana 14 grudnia 2008 roku na specjalnie do tego celu przygotowanym stadionie Wembley w Londynie. W rywalizacji wzięło udział szesnastu kierowców z dziewięciu państw. Oprócz tradycyjnych reprezentacji z pięciu państw (Niemcy, Francja, USA, dwa zespoły z Wielkiej Brytanii – Team Autosport i Team F1 Racing oraz debiutująca w tej imprezie Irlandia) do wyścigu przystąpiły ponadto dwa zespoły: Skandynawia (Tom Kristensen z Danii oraz Mattias Ekström ze Szwecji) oraz ROC Allstar (Jaime Alguersuari z Hiszpanii oraz Troy Bayliss z Australii). Zawodnicy ścigali się takimi samochodami, jak Ford Focus RS WRC '07, Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000, Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24, ROC Buggy, Solution F Touring (zbudowany na bazie Opla Astry) oraz debiutujące w 2008 roku KTM X-Bow i RX Racing RX150 buggy. Tytuł Mistrza Mistrzów po raz trzeci w karierze zdobył rajdowy mistrz świata, Sébastien Loeb, pokonując w finale odchodzącego z Formuły 1 Davida Coultharda. Puchar Narodów po raz drugi z rzędu wywalczyła reprezentacja Niemiec w składzie Michael Schumacher i Sebastian Vettel. (pl)
  • Race of Champions 2008 kördes i London 14 december 2008. * Plats: Wembley Stadium * Datum: 14 december 2008 * Segrare: Sébastien Loeb * Segrare Nations Cup: Team Germany (sv)
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