MCRAE TRIBUTE

Schumacher was a winner earlier in the evening when Germany beat Finland, with new McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen, in the final of the Nations Cup team event.

The German and Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel also swept past the England team of Jenson Button and world touring car champion Andy Priaulx, with Schumacher then beating Honda F1 driver Button in the individual event as well.

Vettel saved Schumacher's blushes after the Ferrari great stalled in his heat against Kovalainen. The youngster beat former world rally champion Marcus Gronholm and then Kovalainen in the final decider.

Organisers said 50,000 tickets had been sold for the event's first appearance at the home of English soccer, where England beat Germany in the 1966 World Cup final at the old stadium.

"There weren't any balls or any goals so maybe it was a little bit easier for us to win at Wembley today," said Schumacher.

Asphalt covered most of the turf, with some of the pitch markings still visible on the infield, and the ear-splitting wail of Formula One cars filled the stadium with Red Bull's David Coulthard and Vettel doing low speed tyre-smoking demonstrations.

Race of Champions organisers paid tribute to the late world rally champion Colin McRae, who died with his young son in a helicopter crash at his home in Scotland last September.

His brother Alister, taking part in the event, drove McRae's championship winning Subaru into the arena after a lone bagpiper had played.

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