Schumacher and Vettel join forces for prestigious race

Mick Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel will team up to represent Germany at the 2025 Race of Champions.

The event is being held in Sydney, Australia - at the Accor Stadium, the site of the 2000 Olympic games - on 7-8 March 2025 and it is the first time it will be hosted in the southern hemisphere.

The pair have both competed in the Race of Champions, which debuted in 1988, before. Most recently, the former finished runner-up in 2023 whilst the latter also finished runner-up, the year prior.

It will be the fourth time the duo has represented Germany as team-mates at the event. Together, they will race against other motorsport stars from a range of disciplines, from single-seaters to rally to endurance.

Schumacher, who is still working on a return to F1 and is believed to be in contention for the Audi seat, said: “Australia is one of my favourite places and representing Germany together with Sebastian at ROC Sydney will for sure be big fun. 

"After finishing 2nd in the individual ROC in Sweden in 2023 and in the ROC Nations Cup in ROC Mexico with Seb, the goal this time has to be the overall winners trophy both in the ROC Nations Cup on Friday night and in the individual Race Of Champions on Saturday.

"I very much look forward to meeting all the other drivers and spending time with them during the Race Of Champions weekend in Sydney. I am sure the drivers will have a crazy good time together and put on a super show for the Australian fans.”

Vettel won the Race of Champions outright in London, in 2015. Germany is the most successful 'Nations' Cup' team, having won that portion of the games eight times. No other country has won it more than twice.

Although never an individual champion, Schumacher's father, Michael, helped Germany to victory on six occasions.

Meanwhile, four-time F1 drivers' champion Vettel added: “I’m delighted to be coming back to the Race Of Champions and teaming up with Mick again.

"It will be exciting to race in the former Olympic Stadium in Sydney that looks like it will be a great venue for the Race Of Champions. Sydney is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and I think Fredrik (Johnsson) and his team have selected an incredible venue for the next chapter of ROC.

"I am also supportive of ROC’s efforts taking steps towards becoming a sustainable motorsport event, which started at ROC Sweden.

"All the drivers who have the honour to participate in ROC fall in love with the event, because it reminds us about why we first started racing; pure competition and of course with the identical cars there are no excuses.

"I will do everything I can to help Germany win another ROC Nations Cup Title with Mick on the Friday evening, but I will not be doing him any favours when we are going for the outright win on the Saturday night, especially as he beat me in the Semifinals of the Individual ROC in Sweden in 2023!

"At ROC the racing is always intense on the track and everyone wants to win, but it’s also about putting on a great show for the fans.”