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 became the Champion of Champions for the first time. Sebastian Vettel, after teammate Pascal Wehrlein was sidelined after a crash, single-handedly won the Nations' Cup for Germany.

2017 Race of Champions
Previous: 2015 Next: 2018

Participants
Nations' Cup team Drivers 2016 series
Colombia Gabby Chaves[2] IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Juan Pablo Montoya[3] IndyCar Series
Brazil Tony Kanaan[3] IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Felipe Massa[4] Formula One
Germany Sebastian Vettel[1] Formula One
Pascal Wehrlein Formula One
ROC Factor Latin America[5] Hélio Castroneves[5] IndyCar Series
Gabriel Glusman[5][N 1] none
Nordic[6] Tom Kristensen[6] none
Petter Solberg[6] World Rallycross Championship
ROC Factor Canada[5] James Hinchcliffe[5] IndyCar Series
Stefan Rzadzinski[5][N 1] Nissan Micra Cup
United Kingdom Jenson Button[7] Formula One
David Coulthard[7] none
Team USA IndyCar Ryan Hunter-Reay[1] IndyCar Series
Alexander Rossi[8] IndyCar Series
Team USA NASCAR Kurt Busch[1] NASCAR Sprint Cup
Kyle Busch[9] NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Xfinity Series
Team USA Rally X Travis Pastrana[10] Rally America
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.TeamWinsLossesTime
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.TeamWinsLossesTime
1 Team Germany 4 0
Team Great Britain
Team Nordic

Group C
Pos.TeamWinsLossesTime
1 Team Colombia 2 2
Team Brazil 2 2
Latin America 2 2

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Team USA IndyCar1
 
 
 
 Team USA NASCAR2
 
 Team USA NASCAR0
 
 
 
 Team Germany2
 
 Team Germany2
 
 
 Team Colombia0
 

Race of Champions

Group stage

Group A
Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest 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.TeamWinsLossesBest 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.TeamWinsLossesBest 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.TeamWinsLossesBest 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
  1. They were elected by the general vote on ROC Facebook.

References
  1. "Miami becomes first American city to host the Race Of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. "Chaves joins Montoya at Team Colombia for Miami ROC Nations Cup". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. "Indianapolis 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan join line-up for ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Formula 1 great Felipe Massa joins exciting line-up for Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. "ROC Factor offers unique chance for unknowns to race the best alongside IndyCar greats Castroneves and Hinchcliffe". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. "Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg rejoin forces for Race Of Champions in London". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. "British Formula 1 greats Jenson Button and David Coulthard to race at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  8. "Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi joins double Global Rallycross Champion Scott Speed at ROC Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  9. "NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch joins stunning field for January's Race Of Champions in Miami". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  10. 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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