![\"Chaz](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ROC-Sydney-2025_Thursday-Chaz-Mostert-3-copy.jpg\")
<\/p>\nScotland-born Coulthard flew the flag for the United Kingdom in 2025 at Stadium Australia in Sydney while Pastrana represented the United States.<\/p>\n
Next year\u2019s edition will take place at Wellington\u2019s \u2018Cake Tin\u2019 on January 9-10.<\/p>\n
Coulthard won the 2018 edition at Riyadh\u2019s King Fahd International Stadium, beating FIA World Rally Championship winner Petter Solberg.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I heard that the Race of Champions was going to New Zealand, I immediately told some of my colleagues in the F1 paddock that I have to dust off my helmet and get ready to race again,\u201d said Coulthard.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still enjoy driving as fast and spectacularly as possible, notably when I showcase the Red Bull F1 car in demo runs around the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cRace of Champions is such a special event both for us drivers and the fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cROC reminds all of us that we have been lucky enough to take part in why we first started racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cROC is pure competition on track and an amazing camaraderie outside the cars.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Race of Champions winners trophy is one of only three trophies that I keep on display at
home.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe competition is as tough as it gets and everyone wants to win, but once we finish racing the atmosphere is amazing between all us drivers from different series and generations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Chaz Mostert with Travis Pastrana (middle) and Valtteri Bottas (right).<\/p>\n
Pastrana is arguably the most well-known extreme sports athlete, thanks to his Nitro Circus antics.<\/p>\n
As an X Games pioneer, Pastrana won nine gold medals on two wheels and two gold medals on four wheels.<\/p>\n
He also boasts multiple rally and rallycross titles as well as being a regular across the top three divisions of NASCAR.<\/p>\n
\u201cI absolutely love New Zealand and the Race of Champions,\u201d said Pastrana.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an amazing event where so many legends from all of motorsport get together to have fun and compete with vehicles that equal the playing field.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m determined to get a win at the Race of Champions before I hang up my boots!<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be my first time in New Zealand since Nitro Circus and my first time competing there on four wheels. The Kiwi fans will love this event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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David Coulthard with Lando Norris. Image: Supplied<\/p>\n
Race of Champions has so far confirmed F1 legends Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas alongside Supercars champions Chaz Mostert, Will Brown and Brodie Kostecki.<\/p>\n
FIA World Rally Championship star Hayden Paddon has also been confirmed as the first New Zealand representative.<\/p>\n
Wellington Regional Stadium (Hnry Stadium) hosts Race of Champions on January 9-10.<\/p>\n
Two-day and one-day tickets are on sale now at Ticketek New Zealand, with prices starting from just $49 NZD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scotland-born Coulthard flew the flag for the United Kingdom in 2025 at Stadium Australia in Sydney while Pastrana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,874,817,813,816,103740,9910,85,117916],"class_list":["post-910413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-david-coulthard","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-race-of-champions","tag-slot2","tag-sports","tag-travis-pastrana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}