Race of Champions

This year was the first time that the Race of Champions took place outside Europe. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's some kind of race between top F1, rally and motocross champions (and perhaps others) in which the drivers all race buggies and strange car-type-things to discover who is the champion of champions. As most of it was in Chinese, I still don't really know what it is after despite having sat through 4 hours of it, so your best bet is to check out the link above...

On the plus side, it was held at the Bird's Nest Stadium, which I hadn't been to before, and which is pretty cool, though no beer and too many pot noodle stalls!
Here is an action shot of a buggy and the track... It may or may not be Michael Schumacher (see the flag): Schumacher was a bit of a hit with the crowd, although I was cheering for Jenson Button all the way. In the end, after 3 round of heats, a semi final, an art auction, some enthusiastic but mal-coordinated student cheerleaders (see below), and a tense final with Schumacher, Mattias Ekström was crowned champion (for the stat-seekers among you, that's the third time in his career).