2018 Race of Champions

The 2018 Race of Champions was the 29th running of the event, and took place on 2–3 February 2018 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, it was the first-ever international motorsport competition in Saudi Arabia.[1]

Layout of 2018 Race of Champions

Participants edit

Nations' Cup team Drivers 2017 series
Latin America   Juan Pablo Montoya[2] IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
  Hélio Castroneves[2] IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Nordic   Tom Kristensen[2] none
  Petter Solberg[2] World Rallycross Championship
Sim Racing All Star   Rudy van Buren[3] World's Fastest Gamer
  Enzo Bonito[3] none
United Kingdom   David Coulthard[2] none
  Lando Norris[2] FIA F3 European Championship, FIA F2 Championship
United States   Josef Newgarden[2] IndyCar Series
  Ryan Hunter-Reay[2] IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Saudi Arabia   Yazeed Al-Rajhi[4] World Rally Championship
  Ahmed Bin Khanen[4] none
Lebanon   Karl Masaad[5] F4 British Championship
  Mansour Chebli[5] none
United Arab Emirates   Khaled Al Qubaisi[5] World Endurance Championship
  Khalid Al Qassimi[5] World Rally Championship
Germany   Timo Bernhard[6] World Endurance Championship
  René Rast[6] Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Sweden   Johan Kristoffersson[6] World Rallycross Championship
  Joel Eriksson[6] FIA F3 European Championship
Mexico   Memo Rojas[6] European Le Mans Series
  Abraham Calderón[6] NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

Nations' Cup edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   Team Germany 5 1 0:57.6525
2    Team Latin America 4 2 0:57.2472
3   Team USA 2 4 0:58.7252
4   Team Mexico 1 5 0:57.7438

Group B edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1    Team Nordic 4 2 0:57.3374
2   Team Sweden 4 2 0:57.5115
3   Team Sim Racing 2 4 0:57.7382
4   Team United Kingdom 2 4 0:57.9191

Group C edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   Team Saudi Arabia 2 2 0:59.3497
2   Team United Arab Emirates 2 2 1:00.6372
3   Team Lebanon 2 2 1:01.2552

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Team Saudi Arabia0
 
 
 
  Team Germany2
 
  Team Germany2
 
 
 
   Team Latin America1
 
   Team Nordic1
 
 
   Team Latin America2
 

Race of Champions edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   Juan Pablo Montoya 3 0 0:58.4000
2   Ryan Hunter-Reay 2 1 0:59.4700
3   Hélio Castroneves 1 2 0:59.0570
4   Memo Rojas 0 3 1:00.7312

Group B edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   David Coulthard 3 0 0:57.4500
2   Tom Kristensen 2 1 0:57.4900
3   Rudy Van Buren 1 2 0:57.9430
4   Timo Bernhard 0 3 0:58.8524

Group C edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   Johan Kristoffersson 2 1 0:58.0770
2   Joel Eriksson 2 1 0:58.4030
3   René Rast 2 1 0:58.3570
4   Lando Norris 0 3 0:58.9108

Group D edit

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time
1   Petter Solberg 3 0 0:57.5330
2   Josef Newgarden 2 1 0:58.5730
3   Ahmed Bin Khanen 1 2 0:58.8320
4   Yazeed Al-Rajhi 0 3 1:01.3017

Knockout stage edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
  Juan Pablo Montoya 0
  Tom Kristensen 1
  Tom Kristensen 0
  David Coulthard 1
  David Coulthard 1
  Ryan Hunter-Reay 0
  David Coulthard 2
  Petter Solberg 0
  Josef Newgarden 0
  Johan Kristoffersson 1
  Johan Kristoffersson 0
  Petter Solberg 1
  Petter Solberg 1
  Joel Eriksson 0

References edit

  1. ^ Bradley, Charles (17 October 2017). "Race Of Champions makes historic switch to Saudi Arabia". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "SUPERSTARS OF WORLD MOTORSPORT TO RACE AT ROC RIYADH". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Sim racers to get real-world Race Of Champions entries". motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "ROC FACTOR RETURNS TO UNEARTH NEXT MIDDLE EASTERN SUPERSTAR DRIVER". Race of Champions. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d "ROC FACTOR SAUDI ARABIA AND MIDDLE EAST FINALISTS REVEALED". Race of Champions. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "REIGNING CHAMPIONS FROM TOP MOTORSPORT SERIES ALL OVER THE WORLD JOIN ROC RIYADH LINE-UP". Race of Champions. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

External links edit