Race of Champions dumps Wembley

Race of Champions organizers have dropped Wembley Stadium as the venue for the end-of-season all-star event. Event boss Fredrik Johnsson told AUTOSPORT that a new venue would be announced in the coming weeks, and that Wembley had been dropped after two events due to a decline in attendance.

“It has been really good to work with Wembley, but we’ve got five different proposals for next year," said Johnsson.

“Last year, we thought we would get a bigger crowd because the first year at Wembley was 50,000. But in the end we had only 48,000 despite the fact that we had a better starting line-up and a better campaign, so we decided that it was time to move.

“Looking at the five different options, there were many good ones and we hope to finalize a deal within the next few weeks."