Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel have secured their fifth consecutive ROC Nations Cup title for Team Germany.

Legends from all aspects of motorsport did battle for national pride in the ROC Nations Cup behind the wheel of vehicles including the Audi R8 LMS, Skoda Fabia Super 2000 and KTM X-Bow, on a purpose-built parallel track at the ESPRIT arena in Dusseldorf.

After a thrilling contest, Schumacher and Vettel prevailed in the final against Team Nordic's Tom Kristensen and Juho Hanninen. The result means Team Germany extended their record of ROC Nations Cup titles to five.

But the two F1 world champions didn't have things all their own way. Indeed, Team Germany only just made it past Team Great Britain (Jenson Button and Andy Priaulx) in the semi-finals after Button - who beat Schumacher in the first heat - spun out of the best-of-three decider against Vettel.

After the eventual victory a delighted Schumacher said: "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."

"It's special to win five in a row," added Vettel. "This is a difficult event and a lot of things have to come together. 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 Nurburgring, 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."

"We've been on the verge for the last three years and it just hasn't come together," said Jenson Button. "I had two races against Michael Schumacher in the World Touring Racecar and there was a tenth between us on both occasions with one win each. But again the decider got away from us in the semi-final."

Team Nordic defeated Team France (Sebastien Ogier and Romain Grosjean) by two heats to nil in the first semi-final.