Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, racing as Team Germany in the RoC, claimed their fifth successive Nations Cup on Saturday.
The Formula One duo, who have nine Drivers' Championship titles between them, heading to the Dusseldorf ESPRIT arena as the favourites given their impressive run in recent years.
However, they didn't have it all their own way.
Team Germany came close to be knocked out in the semi-finals but scraped through after Team GB's Jenson Button spun out in the best-of-three decider against Vettel.
This put Team Germany into the finals where they beat Team Nordic's Tom Kristensen and Juho Hanninen to clinch their fifth RoC Nations Cup.
"It's special to win five in a row. This is a difficult event and a lot of things have to come together," Vettel said.
"You jump into different cars and it's easy to lose it so you have to push yourself to the limit. Winning at home makes up for the Nürburgring, which wasn't my best race of the F1 season!
"I enjoyed tonight. The fans were incredible, giving us a boost when we came into the stadium and when we crossed the line. In fact the atmosphere felt much better than last year so I hope we can carry this through to tomorrow."
Schumacher was also relishing the victory, admitting it was great to win something again.
"It's always a pleasure for us to be here - and especially to win it. Sebastian and I are good mates and we work well with each other and help each other. In the end it worked out right for us.
"Unlike him, this is one of the few wins I've had this year - apart from a few in karts.
"There are so many great drivers here and we are all good in our own area. So this is just a nice competition and the social moments that we get to spend together behind the scenes are very special."
