Sebastien Vettel defeated in the finale of Race of Champions 2022, as Sebastien Loeb claims record fourth title

Former F1 World Champion and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel was beaten by Rally driver Sebastian Loeb. The Frenchman claimed his 4th ROC cup victory after defeating the F1 Driver.

Sebastian Loeb won the 2022 Race of Champions was the 31st edition of the Race of Champions. It took place on 5–6 February 2022 at Pite Havsbad, Sweden. The location is 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle and is the first instance where ROC participated in tracks featuring Snow and Ice.

Vettel currently drives for the Aston Martin F1 team. He is paired up with Lance Stroll and finished 12th in the Drivers championship. His best finish in the last season was in Azerbaijan Grand Prix, finishing 2nd behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez.

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Sebastien Loeb shows an impressive display in the final

The two Sebastian’s share the same name and the same talent. Vettel is a former 4-time Formula One World Champion. While Loeb meanwhile is a nine-time World Rally Champion and now a 4-time ROC champion too. The two faced off against each other in a dramatic final clash in snow and ice.

Loeb took an initial lead against the F1 driver, with Vettel hitting the wall on the first heat. Loeb again won the second heat by 3.6 seconds after close competition by Vettel. Vettel took the third heat after a rare mistake from Loeb. Loeb ultimately won the 4th heat, thus giving him his fourth Race of Champions title.

“It’s been a long time since I was last at the Race of Champions, so I’m happy to find out that at 47 years of age, I still have the pace,” said Loeb after his victory. “This adds to my good start to the season: second in the Dakar Rally, first in Monte Carlo, and now a victory here at ROC. It wasn’t easy for us to go up against all the Swedish and Norwegian guys because they are more used to these conditions,” he added.

“I also knew it would be tough adapting between the Porsche, buggy and rallycross cars, but after I made it through against Petter Solberg, I got more confidence with each run. It was a nice fight with Seb in the final and I had a good feeling, except for when I completely lost control of the car in the third heat. Now here we are, and it’s great to equal Didier’s record of four ROC Champion of Champions titles,” the champion continued.

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