# 2017 Race of Champions

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

#### Group C

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

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Team USA IndyCar | 1 |
| Team USA NASCAR | 2 | | |
| Team USA NASCAR | 2 | Team USA NASCAR | 0 |
| | | Team Germany | 2 |
| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Travis Pastrana | Travis Pastrana | 0 | | | | | | |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | | | | | | |
| Juan Pablo Montoya | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | | | |
| | | | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | 0 | | | |
| Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | 2 | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | 0 | | | |
| Hélio Castroneves | Hélio Castroneves | 0 | | | | | | |
| Hélio Castroneves | Hélio Castroneves | 0 | | | | Juan Pablo Montoya | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 |
| | | | | | | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | 0 |
| Jenson Button | Jenson Button | 1 | | | | | | | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | 0 |
| Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | 2 | | | | | | |
| Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | 2 | Tom Kristensen | Tom Kristensen | 2 | | | |
| | | | David Coulthard | David Coulthard | 0 | | | |
| David Coulthard | David Coulthard | 2 | David Coulthard | David Coulthard | 0 | | | |
| Kyle Busch | Kyle Busch | 0 | | | | | | |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 They were elected by the general vote on ROC Facebook.