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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[edit]

Nations' Cup team  | Drivers  | 2017 series

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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[edit]

### Group stage[edit]

#### Group A[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  Team Saudi Arabia| 0

|  Team Germany| 2|

|  Team Germany| 2

| |  Team Latin America| 1

|  Team Nordic| 1

|  Team Latin America| 2|

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## Race of Champions[edit]

### Group stage[edit]

#### Group A[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

Pos. | Team | Wins | Losses | Best Time

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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[edit]

| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  Juan Pablo Montoya | 0 | | |
|  Tom Kristensen | 1 |
| |  Tom Kristensen | 0 |
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| | |  David Coulthard | 1 |
|  David Coulthard | 1 |

|  Ryan Hunter-Reay | 0 |
| |  David Coulthard | 2 |
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| | |  Petter Solberg | 0 |
|  Josef Newgarden | 0 | |

|  Johan Kristoffersson | 1 |
| |  Johan Kristoffersson | 0 |
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| | |  Petter Solberg | 1 |
|  Petter Solberg | 1 |

|  Joel Eriksson | 0 |

## References[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

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