2017 Race of Champions
Motor racing competition
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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
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 |
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 Team Nordic |
Group C
| Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- They were elected by the general vote on ROC Facebook.
