2017 Race of Champions explained

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

Group C

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

Knockout stage

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

Notes and References

1. News: Miami becomes first American city to host the Race Of Champions. 23 August 2016. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 23 August 2016.
2. News: Chaves joins Montoya at Team Colombia for Miami ROC Nations Cup. 15 December 2016. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 15 December 2016.
3. News: Indianapolis 500 winners Juan Pablo Montoya and Tony Kanaan join line-up for ROC Miami. 4 October 2016. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 4 October 2016.
4. News: Formula 1 great Felipe Massa joins exciting line-up for Race Of Champions in Miami. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 25 October 2016. 26 October 2016.
5. News: ROC Factor offers unique chance for unknowns to race the best alongside IndyCar greats Castroneves and Hinchcliffe. 23 December 2016. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 24 December 2016.
6. News: Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg rejoin forces for Race Of Champions in London. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 22 June 2015. 1 July 2015. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150701192657/http://www.raceofchampions.com/News/general-news/champions-ready-to-roc-barbados.aspx. dead.
7. News: British Formula 1 greats Jenson Button and David Coulthard to race at ROC Miami. 13 December 2016. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 13 December 2016.
8. News: Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi joins double Global Rallycross Champion Scott Speed at ROC Miami. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 7 November 2016. 7 November 2016.
9. News: NASCAR Champion Kyle Busch joins stunning field for January's Race Of Champions in Miami. raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 19 December 2016. 19 December 2016.
10. Web site: McAssey. Pat. Travis Pastrana To Compete In Race Of Champions In Miami At Marlins Park. New England Sports Network. August 31, 2016. September 1, 2016.