# 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.

## Participants

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

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

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