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

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

ROC Caribbean

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

Nations Cup

Drivers who made a false start or hit a wall are marked with a yellow card 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 DenmarkNorway Nordic 4 2 3:29.0632 Denmark Tom Kristensen 2 1 1:44.4438
Norway Petter Solberg 2 1 1:44.6194
2 France France 3 3 3:31.6116 France Romain Grosjean 2 1 1:43.0110
France Esteban Ocon 1 2 1:48.6005
3 United KingdomGermany Young Stars 3 3 3:31.7359 Germany Pascal Wehrlein 2 1 1:45.7331
United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer 1 2 1:46.0082
4 ArgentinaUnited States Americas 2 4 3:31.1187 United States Robby Gordon 2 1 1:46.0544
Argentina José María López 0 3 1:45.0423

Group B

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

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 DenmarkNorway Nordic2
 
 
 
 France France1
 
 DenmarkNorway Nordic2
 
 
 
 United Kingdom United Kingdom1
 
 United Kingdom United Kingdom2
 
 
 Barbados Barbados1
 

Semifinals

Team 1 Time 1 Car Team 2 Time 2
DenmarkNorway Nordic 2–1 France 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 United Kingdom 2–1 Barbados 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
DenmarkNorway Nordic 2–1 United Kingdom 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 Jamaica 5 1 3:23.7386 Jamaica Doug Gore 3 0 1:39.9727
Jamaica Jeffrey Panton 2 1 1:43.7659
2 Barbados Barbados 4 2 3:22.7315 Barbados Dane Skeete 2 1 1:35.7346
Barbados Rhett Watson 2 1 1:46.9968
3 Guyana Guyana 2 4 3:37.0557 Guyana Kristian Jeffrey 1 2 1:52.8760
Guyana Mark Vieira 1 2 1:44.1797
4 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 1 5 3:49.0354 Trinidad and Tobago Franklyn Boodram 0 3 1:57.7000
Trinidad and Tobago David Coelho 1 2 1:51.3354

Final

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
Jamaica Jamaica 0–2 Barbados Barbados
Jamaica Doug Gore 1:49.8270 Yellow card ROC Car Barbados Dane Skeete 1:49.5348 Yellow card
Jamaica Jeffrey Panton 2:06.7780 Radical Barbados Rhett Watson 1:41.3595

Race of Champions

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
United Kingdom David Coulthard 1
Norway Petter Solberg 0
United Kingdom David Coulthard 1
Australia Jamie Whincup 0
United States Kurt Busch 0
Australia Jamie Whincup 1
United Kingdom David Coulthard 2
Germany Pascal Wehrlein 0
United States Robby Gordon 0
Germany Pascal Wehrlein 1
Germany Pascal Wehrlein 1
France Esteban Ocon 0
United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 0
France Esteban Ocon 1

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2
United Kingdom David Coulthard 1:39.7538 Audi R8 LMS Australia Jamie Whincup 1:39.9289
Germany Pascal Wehrlein 1:48.0097 Yellow card ROC Car France Esteban Ocon 1:55.4148 Yellow card

Final

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

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