After adapting to the online format in 2020 due to COVID-19, with 2021 as a bridge to a new event concept, the Country Race of Champions has ended up in the hands of a new winner in this category.
The icy atmosphere of a 2022 Race of Champions that was played on snow Pite Havsbad in Sweden, with sub-zero temperatures that delighted the fans, left a spectacle in which experienced pilots in these conditions brought out their talent. There was no shortage of mistakes at the wheel, surprises and a competitive yet friendly environment that resulted in an interesting day.
As the United States team got rid of the Latin American in the opening round, Germany did the same with the all-star team of the SimRacingnot without suffering first, especially when Lucas Blakeley defeated Sebastian Vettel by 80 thousandthsthus scoring the only point for the experts in the eSports on the scoreboard for this round.
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However, Jimmie Johnson and Colton Herta would end Vettel and Mick Schumacher’s chances just one round later in the quarter-finals, later earning a place in the final by selling Team Finland after Mika Hakkinen went head-on into a snowbank Y Emma Kimilainenlast minute substitute for Valtteri Bottas, left more than 5 seconds in the initial turn.
On the other side of the table, France and Sweden fell in battle to the Nordic and Norwegian teams respectively, leaving a true Scandinavian contest ahead that was resolved with a tie that led the competition to review the difference in times (410 thousandths). With the United States against Norway in the final, a fault in Johnson’s car that put him out of the game was the first stone in the path of the Americans, finally being eliminated 1-3 in favor of a Norway that win this award for the first time in history.
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