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]

2018 Race of Champions

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Layout of 2018 Race of Champions

Participants

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

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	Team Saudi Arabia	0
	Team Germany	2
					Team Germany	2
					Team Latin America	1
	Team Nordic	1
	Team Latin America	2

• Source

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

	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