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 Juan Pablo Montoya IndyCar Series Brazil Tony Kanaan IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Felipe Massa Formula OneGermany Sebastian Vettel Formula One Pascal Wehrlein Formula One ROC Factor Latin America Hélio Castroneves IndyCar Series Gabriel Glusman none Nordic Tom Kristensen none Petter Solberg World Rallycross Championship ROC Factor Canada James Hinchcliffe IndyCar Series Stefan Rzadzinski Nissan Micra Cup United Kingdom Jenson Button Formula One David Coulthard none Team USA IndyCar Ryan Hunter-Reay IndyCar Series Alexander Rossi IndyCar Series Team USA NASCAR Kurt Busch NASCAR Sprint Cup Kyle Busch NASCAR Sprint Cup, NASCAR Xfinity Series Team USA Rally X Travis Pastrana Rally America 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.TeamWinsLossesTime1 Team USA IndyCar421:15.79692 Team USA NASCAR421:16.29323 Team Canada331:17.40194 Team USA RallyX151:15.8272
Group B Pos.TeamWinsLossesTime1 Team Germany40 Team Great Britain Team Nordic
Group C Pos.TeamWinsLossesTime1 Team Colombia22 Team Brazil22 Latin America22
Knockout stage
Race of Champions Group stage Group A Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Travis Pastrana300:37.73932 Hélio Castroneves210:37.26883 Sebastian Vettel120:37.64934 Alexander Rossi030:37.7898
Group B Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Juan Pablo Montoya210:37.33032 Felipe Massa210:37.63603 Pascal Wehrlein120:36.65644 Petter Solberg120:36.9282
Group C Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Jenson Button300:38.67422 Kyle Busch210:38.71933 Tony Kanaan120:38.64104 James Hinchcliffe030:39.0259
Group D Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 David Coulthard300:38.44662 Tom Kristensen210:38.37563 Kurt Busch120:38.41824 Ryan Hunter-Reay030:39.8681
Knockout stage
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