2018 Race of Champions explained

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]

Participants

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

Nations' Cup

Group stage

Group A

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

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

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

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Race of Champions

Group stage

Group A

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

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

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

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

Notes and References

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