2014 Race of Champions

2014 Race of Champions
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The 2014 Race of Champions was the 26th running of the event, and took place over 13–14 December 2014 at Bushy Park circuit in Barbados.^[1] The Nations' Cup was won by the Nordic team of Tom Kristensen and Petter Solberg, while the individual contest was won by David Coulthard, who beat Pascal Wehrlein 2–0 in the final. Barbados won the inaugural ROC Caribbean competition.

Participants

The reigning Champion of Champions, Romain Grosjean, was invited to take part, along with the last edition's defeated finalist, nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen. Grosjean was the only active Formula One race driver to take part, although Williams test driver Susie Wolff, GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer, Mercedes test driver Pascal Wehrlein and European F3 champion Esteban Ocon all had experience of Formula One machinery, while David Coulthard was a 13-time Grand Prix winner.

Other champions participating included José María López (WTCC), Ryan Hunter-Reay (IndyCar), Jamie Whincup (V8 Supercars), Petter Solberg (WRC and World Rallycross), Kurt Busch (NASCAR) and Mick Doohan (MotoGP).

López, Ocon, Wolff, Busch, Palmer and Wehrlein all made their Race of Champions debuts, along with the eight ROC Caribbean drivers, while Solberg and Robby Gordon both returned after lengthy absences.

For the first time since the inception of the Nations' Cup event in 1999, there was no German team, Wehrlein the sole German representative in attendance. This means that there was guaranteed to be a non-German winning team for the first time since 2006. The French, United States and Nordic (as Scandinavia) teams were the only former victors participating, while Argentina and Barbados gained representation for the first time.

Nations' Cup

Country	Drivers	2014 series
Americas	Robby Gordon[2]	Dakar Rally, Baja 1000, Speed Energy Formula Off-Road
	José María López[3]	World Touring Car Championship
Australia	Jamie Whincup[4]	V8 Supercars
	Mick Doohan[5]	none
Barbados	Rhett Watson[6]	Barbados Rally Club
	Dane Skeete[6]	Barbados Rally Club
France	Romain Grosjean[7]	Formula One
	Esteban Ocon[8]	European Formula Three
Nordic[9]	Tom Kristensen[7]	World Endurance Championship
	Petter Solberg[10]	World Rallycross Championship
United Kingdom[9]	David Coulthard[11]	none
	Susie Wolff[12]	none
United States	Kurt Busch[13]	NASCAR Sprint Cup
	Ryan Hunter-Reay[14]	IndyCar Series
Young Stars[9]	Jolyon Palmer[15]	GP2 Series
	Pascal Wehrlein[9]	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

ROC Caribbean

Country	Drivers
Barbados	Rhett Watson[9]
	Dane Skeete[9]
Jamaica	Doug Gore[9]
	Jeffrey Panton[9]
Guyana	Kristian Jeffrey[9]
	Mark Vieira[9]
Trinidad and Tobago	Franklyn Boodram[9]
	David Coelho[9]

• As the fastest Barbadian and non-Barbadian respectively, Rhett Watson and Doug Gore advanced to the main competition.

Cars

Seven vehicles were used throughout the event. The Ariel Atom Cup, Stadium Super Truck and Volkswagen Polo RX car made their debut, while the Toyota GT-86, Lamborghini Gallardo Super Trofeo and Volkswagen Scirocco were all dropped.^[16]

• Ariel Atom Cup
• Audi R8 LMS
• KTM X-Bow
• Chevrolet Camaro (Whelen Euro Series)
• ROC Car
• Stadium Super Truck
• Volkswagen Polo RX

Nations Cup

Drivers who made a false start or hit a wall are marked with a yellow card in the tables, and a time penalty of 5 seconds was added to their original time.

Group A

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Combined Time	Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Nordic	4	2	3:29.0632	Tom Kristensen	2	1	1:44.4438
					Petter Solberg	2	1	1:44.6194
2	France	3	3	3:31.6116	Romain Grosjean	2	1	1:43.0110
					Esteban Ocon	1	2	1:48.6005
3	Young Stars	3	3	3:31.7359	Pascal Wehrlein	2	1	1:45.7331
					Jolyon Palmer	1	2	1:46.0082
4	Americas	2	4	3:31.1187	Robby Gordon	2	1	1:46.0544
					José María López	0	3	1:45.0423

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 France 0–2 Nordic E. Ocon 1:48.6005 Euro Racecar T. Kristensen 1:44.4438 R. Grosjean 1:52.1902 ROC Car P. Solberg 1:48.7757 Americas 1–1 Young Stars R. Gordon 1:46.1000 Euro Racecar Jolyon Palmer 1:51.6000 J.M. López DNF ROC Car P. Wehrlein 1:47.0281 Young Stars 1–1 France J. Palmer 1:46.0082 Ariel Atom Cup E. Ocon 1:51.0809 P. Wehrlein 1:45.7331 Ariel Atom Cup R. Grosjean 1:43.0110

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Nordic 1–1 Americas T. Kristensen 1:46.6362 Ariel Atom Cup R. Gordon 1:46.0544 P. Solberg 1:44.6194 KTM X-Bow J.M. López 1:45.0423 Nordic 1–1 Young Stars T. Kristensen 1:46.1651 ROC Car J. Palmer 1:58.2733 P. Solberg 2:07.3837 Stadium Super Truck P. Wehrlein 2:00.5131 France 2–0 Americas E. Ocon 1:51.1564 ROC Car R. Gordon 1:54.4713 R. Grosjean 1:57.0676 Stadium Super Truck J.M. López DNF

Group B

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Combined Time	Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	United Kingdom	5	1	3:26.5556	David Coulthard	3	0	1:38.4714
					Susie Wolff	2	1	1:48.0841
2	Barbados	3	3	3:29.5150	Dane Skeete	2	1	1:47.2753
					Rhett Watson	1	2	1:42.2396
3	United States	3	3	3:30.4830	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1	1:48.1785
					Kurt Busch	1	2	1:43.3044
4	Australia	1	5	3:30.0879	Jamie Whincup	1	2	1:41.5636
					Mick Doohan	0	3	1:48.5242

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 Australia 0–2 United Kingdom M. Doohan 1:48.5242 KTM X-Bow S. Wolff 1:48.0841 J. Whincup 1:41.5636 Audi R8 LMS D. Coulthard 1:38.4714 Barbados 2–0 United States D. Skeete 1:47.2753 KTM X-Bow R. Hunter-Reay 1:48.4435 R. Watson 1:42.2396 Audi R8 LMS K. Busch 1:42.3044 United States 2–0 Australia R. Hunter-Reay 1:48.1785 Ariel Atom Cup M. Doohan 1:52.4585 K. Busch 1:44.6182 KTM X-Bow J. Whincup 1:46.1911

Team 1 Time 1 Score Team 2 Time 2 United Kingdom 2–0 Barbados S. Wolff 1:49.3684 Ariel Atom Cup D. Skeete 1:55.8156 D. Coulthard 1:46.6461 KTM X-Bow R. Watson 1:47.6985 United Kingdom 1–1 United States S. Wolff 1:53.0218 ROC Car R. Hunter-Reay 1:50.8114 D. Coulthard 1:44:4070 Ariel Atom Cup K. Busch 1:46.4527 Barbados 1–1 Australia D. Skeete 1:47.5483 ROC Car M. Doohan 1:50.6819 R. Watson 1:58.4690 Ariel Atom Cup J. Whincup 1:45.7808

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Nordic	2
	France	1
					Nordic	2
					United Kingdom	1
	United Kingdom	2
	Barbados	1

Semifinals

Team 1	Time 1	Car	Team 2	Time 2
Nordic		2–1	France
Tom Kristensen	1:45.3986	Ariel Atom Cup	Esteban Ocon	1:48.0754
Petter Solberg	1:39.6318	Audi R8 LMS	Romain Grosjean	1:37.9993
Tom Kristensen	1:32.3916	KTM X-Bow	Romain Grosjean	1:46.6444
United Kingdom		2–1	Barbados
Susie Wolff	1:44.5943	Audi R8 LMS	Dane Skeete	1:42.5656
David Coulthard	1:34.9861	Volkswagen Polo RX	Rhett Watson	1:38.3667
David Coulthard	1:42:1432	KTM X-Bow	Dane Skeete	DNF

Finals

Team 1	Time 1	Car	Team 2	Time 2
Nordic		2–1	United Kingdom
Tom Kristensen	1:39.1757	Audi R8 LMS	Susie Wolff	1:43.3748
Petter Solberg	1:35.3158	Volkswagen Polo RX	David Coulthard	1:33.0999
Tom Kristensen	1:45.1237	Ariel Atom Cup	David Coulthard	1:48.0739

ROC Caribbean

Group Stage

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Combined Time	Driver	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Jamaica	5	1	3:23.7386	Doug Gore	3	0	1:39.9727
					Jeffrey Panton	2	1	1:43.7659
2	Barbados	4	2	3:22.7315	Dane Skeete	2	1	1:35.7346
					Rhett Watson	2	1	1:46.9968
3	Guyana	2	4	3:37.0557	Kristian Jeffrey	1	2	1:52.8760
					Mark Vieira	1	2	1:44.1797
4	Trinidad and Tobago	1	5	3:49.0354	Franklyn Boodram	0	3	1:57.7000
					David Coelho	1	2	1:51.3354

Final

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
Doug Gore	1:49.8270	ROC Car	Dane Skeete	1:49.5348
Jeffrey Panton	2:06.7780	Radical	Rhett Watson	1:41.3595

Race of Champions

Group A Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 David Coulthard 3 0 1:44.8446 2 Jamie Whincup 2 1 1:47.2690 3 Romain Grosjean 1 2 1:45.3844 4 Mick Doohan 0 3 1:48.0281 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 R. Grosjean 1:47.7303 ROC Car M. Doohan 1:48.0281 J. Whincup 1:51.6425 ROC Car D. Coulthard 1:47.4247 D. Coulthard 1:44.8446 Ariel Atom Cup R. Grosjean 1:45.3844 M. Doohan 1:48.6375 Ariel Atom Cup J. Whincup 1:47.2690 D. Coulthard 2:03.8327 Stadium Super Truck M. Doohan 2:14.5405 R. Grosjean 2:01.4502 Stadium Super Truck J. Whincup 1:55.8265

Group B Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Kurt Busch 3 0 1:45.4474 2 Petter Solberg 2 1 1:47.8957 3 Rhett Watson 1 2 1:47.8957 4 Susie Wolff 0 3 1:46.0178 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 P. Solberg 1:46.1249 Euro Racecar R. Watson 1:51.4913 K. Busch 1:47.0683 Euro Racecar S. Wolff 1:59.9363 S. Wolff 1:46.0178 KTM X-Bow P. Solberg 1:45.5733 R. Watson 1:49.3067 KTM X-Bow K. Busch 1:46.0155 S. Wolff 1:49.0020 Ariel Atom Cup R. Watson 1:47.8957 P. Solberg 1:47.6307 Ariel Atom Cup K. Busch 1:45.4474

Group C Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Robby Gordon 3 0 1:39.5145 2 Esteban Ocon 2 1 1:39.9433 3 José María López 1 2 1:40.1661 4 Doug Gore 0 3 1:40.1819 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 J.M. López 1:45.3275 KTM X-Bow E. Ocon 1:44.0047 R. Gordon 1:45.6735 KTM X-Bow D. Gore 1:46.6936 D. Gore 2:01.7432 ROC Car J.M. López 1:47.8188 E. Ocon 1:48.6415 ROC Car R. Gordon 1:47.8002 D. Gore 1:40.1819 Audi R8 LMS E. Ocon 1:39.9433 J.M. López 1:40.1661 Audi R8 LMS R. Gordon 1:39.5145

Group D Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 3 0 1:46.3440 2 Pascal Wehrlein 2 1 1:46.8328 3 Tom Kristensen 1 2 1:43.2076 4 Jolyon Palmer 0 3 1:47.8287 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 T. Kristensen 1:51.4421 ROC Car P. Wehrlein 1:46.8328 R. Hunter-Reay 1:49.2027 ROC Car J. Palmer 1:52.4351 J. Palmer 1:47.8287 Euro Racecar T. Kristensen 1:43.2076 P. Wehrlein 1:48.5408 Euro Racecar R. Hunter-Reay 1:46.3440 J. Palmer DNF Stadium Super Truck P. Wehrlein 1:59.5519 T. Kristensen 2:00.4934 Stadium Super Truck R. Hunter-Reay 1:57.8711

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	David Coulthard		1
	Petter Solberg		0
						David Coulthard		1
						Jamie Whincup		0
	Kurt Busch		0
	Jamie Whincup		1
											David Coulthard		2
											Pascal Wehrlein		0
	Robby Gordon		0
	Pascal Wehrlein		1
						Pascal Wehrlein		1
						Esteban Ocon		0
	Ryan Hunter-Reay		0
	Esteban Ocon		1

Quarterfinals

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
David Coulthard	1:34.9735	Volkswagen Polo RX	Petter Solberg	1:36.1533
Kurt Busch	1:42.3332	Audi R8 LMS	Jamie Whincup	1:41.6611
Robby Gordon	1:48.3652	ROC Car	Pascal Wehrlein	1:47.1126
Ryan Hunter-Reay	1:49.8119	KTM X-Bow	Esteban Ocon	1:44.6065

Semifinals

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
David Coulthard	1:39.7538	Audi R8 LMS	Jamie Whincup	1:39.9289
Pascal Wehrlein	1:48.0097	ROC Car	Esteban Ocon	1:55.4148

Final

Driver 1	Time 1	Car	Driver 2	Time 2
David Coulthard	1:42.5122	KTM X-Bow	Pascal Wehrlein	1:43.9608
David Coulthard	1:43.8670	Ariel Atom Cup	Pascal Wehrlein	1:46.5734

References

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