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2014 Race of Champions

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

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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

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Country Drivers 2014 series
Americas   Robby Gordon[2] Dakar Rally, Baja 1000, Stadium Super Trucks
  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

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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

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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]

Nations Cup

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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

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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

Group B

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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

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
    Nordic2
 
 
 
   France1
 
    Nordic2
 
 
 
   United Kingdom1
 
   United Kingdom2
 
 
   Barbados1
 

Semifinals

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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

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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

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Group stage

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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

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Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
  Jamaica 0–2   Barbados
  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

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Knockout stage

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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

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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

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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

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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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  1. ^ "Barbados to host 2014 Race Of Champions". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Robby Gordon brings his Stadium Super Trucks to Barbados". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "World Touring Car Champion López to race at ROC 2014". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "V8 Supercar legend Whincup signs up for ROC 2014". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Motorcycling superstar Mick Doohan heads to ROC 2014". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Watson & Skeete for Race Of Champions Team Barbados". bushyparkbarbados.com. Bushy Park. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Reigning champion Grosjean and Kristensen to ROC again". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  8. ^ "ROC welcomes FIA European Formula 3 Champion Esteban Ocon". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Champions ready to ROC Barbados". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 9 December 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  10. ^ "ROC welcomes 2014 World Rallycross Champion Solberg". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  11. ^ "David Coulthard heads to Barbados for ROC 2014". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Susie Wolff to compete at ROC 2014". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. ^ "NASCAR Champion Kurt Busch joins ROC 2014 field". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. ^ "Indy 500 winner Hunter-Reay heads to ROC". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  15. ^ "ROC welcomes 2014 GP2 Champion Jolyon Palmer". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  16. ^ "2014 Cars". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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