2017 Race of Champions

The 2017 Race of Champions was the 28th running of the event, and took place over 21–22 January 2017 at Marlins Park baseball stadium in Miami.^[1] Juan Pablo Montoya took the Championship and became the champion for the first time. Sebastian Vettel, after teammate Pascal Wehrlein was sidelined after a crash, single-handedly won the Nations' Cup for Germany.

Participants

Nations' Cup team	Drivers	2016 series
Colombia	Gabby Chaves^[2]	IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Colombia	Juan Pablo Montoya^[3]	IndyCar Series
Brazil	Tony Kanaan^[3]	IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Brazil	Felipe Massa^[4]	Formula One
Germany	Sebastian Vettel^[1]	Formula One
Germany	Pascal Wehrlein	Formula One
ROC Factor Latin America^[5]	Hélio Castroneves^[5]	IndyCar Series
ROC Factor Latin America^[5]	Gabriel Glusman^[5]^{[N 1]}	none
Nordic^[6]	Tom Kristensen^[6]	none
Nordic^[6]	Petter Solberg^[6]	World Rallycross Championship
ROC Factor Canada^[5]	James Hinchcliffe^[5]	IndyCar Series
ROC Factor Canada^[5]	Stefan Rzadzinski^[5]^{[N 1]}	Nissan Micra Cup
United Kingdom	Jenson Button^[7]	Formula One
United Kingdom	David Coulthard^[7]	none
Team USA IndyCar	Ryan Hunter-Reay^[1]	IndyCar Series
Team USA IndyCar	Alexander Rossi^[8]	IndyCar Series
Team USA NASCAR	Kurt Busch^[1]	NASCAR Sprint Cup
Team USA NASCAR	Kyle Busch^[9]	NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Team USA Rally X	Travis Pastrana^[10]	Rally America
Team USA Rally X	Scott Speed^[8]	Global RallyCross Championship, Audi Sport TT Cup

Nations' Cup

There were three groups of uneven size, with a format which ensured North American participation in the final.

The top two teams from Group A (USA/Canada) would progress to Semi-Final A, with the winners of Groups B (Europe) and C (South America) progressing to Semi-Final B; the winners of the two Semi-Finals would face off in the final.

Group stage

Group A

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Time
1	Team USA IndyCar	4	2	1:15.7969
2	Team USA NASCAR	4	2	1:16.2932
3	Team Canada	3	3	1:17.4019
4	Team USA RallyX	1	5	1:15.8272

Group B

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses
1	Team Germany	4	0
	Team Great Britain
	Team Nordic

Group C

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses
1	Team Colombia	2	2
	Team Brazil	2	2
	Latin America	2	2

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Team USA IndyCar	1

Team USA NASCAR	2
		Team USA NASCAR	0

		Team Germany	2
Team Germany	2

Team Colombia	0

Race of Champions

Group stage

Group A

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Travis Pastrana	3	0	0:37.7393
2	Hélio Castroneves	2	1	0:37.2688
3	Sebastian Vettel	1	2	0:37.6493
4	Alexander Rossi	0	3	0:37.7898

Group B

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	1	0:37.3303
2	Felipe Massa	2	1	0:37.6360
3	Pascal Wehrlein	1	2	0:36.6564
4	Petter Solberg	1	2	0:36.9282

Group C

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Jenson Button	3	0	0:38.6742
2	Kyle Busch	2	1	0:38.7193
3	Tony Kanaan	1	2	0:38.6410
4	James Hinchcliffe	0	3	0:39.0259

Group D

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	David Coulthard	3	0	0:38.4466
2	Tom Kristensen	2	1	0:38.3756
3	Kurt Busch	1	2	0:38.4182
4	Ryan Hunter-Reay	0	3	0:39.8681

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Travis Pastrana	0

Juan Pablo Montoya	2
		Juan Pablo Montoya	2

		Felipe Massa	0
Felipe Massa	2

Hélio Castroneves	0
				Juan Pablo Montoya	2

				Tom Kristensen	0
Jenson Button	1

Tom Kristensen	2
		Tom Kristensen	2

		David Coulthard	0
David Coulthard	2

Kyle Busch	0

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b They were elected by the general vote on ROC Facebook.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Miami becomes first American city to host the Race Of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
^ "Chaves joins Montoya at Team Colombia for Miami ROC Nations Cup". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Indianapolis 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan join line-up for ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
^ "Formula 1 great Felipe Massa joins exciting line-up for Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "ROC Factor offers unique chance for unknowns to race the best alongside IndyCar greats Castroneves and Hinchcliffe". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg rejoin forces for Race Of Champions in London". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "British Formula 1 greats Jenson Button and David Coulthard to race at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi joins double Global Rallycross Champion Scott Speed at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
^ "NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch joins stunning field for January's Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
^ McAssey, Pat (August 31, 2016). "Travis Pastrana To Compete In Race Of Champions In Miami At Marlins Park". New England Sports Network. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

External links

Official website

[Factor-6] They were elected by the general vote on ROC Facebook.

[Miami-1] "Miami becomes first American city to host the Race Of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. August 23, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.

[2] "Chaves joins Montoya at Team Colombia for Miami ROC Nations Cup". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.

[JPMTK-3] "Indianapolis 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan join line-up for ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. October 4, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.

[4] "Formula 1 great Felipe Massa joins exciting line-up for Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.

[LatinNorth-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "ROC Factor offers unique chance for unknowns to race the best alongside IndyCar greats Castroneves and Hinchcliffe". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

[Nordic-7] "Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg rejoin forces for Race Of Champions in London". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. June 22, 2015. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

[UK-8] "British Formula 1 greats Jenson Button and David Coulthard to race at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[RossiSpeed-9] "Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi joins double Global Rallycross Champion Scott Speed at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.

[10] "NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch joins stunning field for January's Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.

[11] McAssey, Pat (August 31, 2016). "Travis Pastrana To Compete In Race Of Champions In Miami At Marlins Park". New England Sports Network. Retrieved September 1, 2016.

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