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. 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 Dakar Rally, Baja 1000, Stadium Super Trucks José María López World Touring Car Championship Australia Jamie Whincup V8 Supercars Mick Doohan none Barbados Rhett Watson Barbados Rally Club Dane Skeete Barbados Rally Club France Romain Grosjean Formula One Esteban Ocon European Formula Three Nordic Tom Kristensen World Endurance Championship Petter Solberg World Rallycross Championship United Kingdom David Coulthard none Susie Wolff none United States Kurt Busch NASCAR Sprint Cup Ryan Hunter-Reay IndyCar SeriesYoung Stars Jolyon Palmer GP2 Series Pascal Wehrlein Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
ROC Caribbean
Country DriversBarbados Rhett Watson Dane SkeeteJamaica Doug Gore Jeffrey PantonGuyana Kristian Jeffrey Mark VieiraTrinidad and Tobago Franklyn Boodram David Coelho
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.
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.TeamWinsLossesCombined TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time1 Nordic423:29.0632 Tom Kristensen211:44.4438 Petter Solberg211:44.61942 France333:31.6116 Romain Grosjean211:43.0110 Esteban Ocon121:48.60053 Young Stars333:31.7359 Pascal Wehrlein211:45.7331 Jolyon Palmer121:46.00824 Americas243:31.1187 Robby Gordon211:46.0544 José María López031:45.0423
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.TeamWinsLossesCombined TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time1 United Kingdom513:26.5556 David Coulthard301:38.4714 Susie Wolff211:48.08412 Barbados333:29.5150 Dane Skeete211:47.2753 Rhett Watson121:42.23963 United States333:30.4830 Ryan Hunter-Reay211:48.1785 Kurt Busch121:43.30444 Australia153:30.0879 Jamie Whincup121:41.5636 Mick Doohan031:48.5242
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
Knockout stage
Semifinals Team 1 Time 1 Car Team 2 Time 2 Nordic2–1 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 Kingdom2–1 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 Nordic2–1 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.TeamWinsLossesCombined TimeDriverWinsLossesBest Time1 Jamaica513:23.7386 Doug Gore301:39.9727 Jeffrey Panton211:43.76592 Barbados423:22.7315 Dane Skeete211:35.7346 Rhett Watson211:46.99683 Guyana243:37.0557 Kristian Jeffrey121:52.8760 Mark Vieira121:44.17974 Trinidad and Tobago153:49.0354 Franklyn Boodram031:57.7000 David Coelho121:51.3354
Final
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 Jamaica0–2 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
Group A Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 David Coulthard301:44.84462 Jamie Whincup211:47.26903 Romain Grosjean121:45.38444 Mick Doohan031:48.0281
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 R. Grosjean 1:47.7303 ROC Car M. Doohan1:48.0281 J. Whincup1:51.6425 ROC Car D. Coulthard1:47.4247 D. Coulthard1:44.8446Ariel Atom Cup R. Grosjean1:45.3844 M. Doohan1:48.6375 Ariel Atom Cup J. Whincup1:47.2690 D. Coulthard2:03.8327Stadium Super Truck M. Doohan2:14.5405 R. Grosjean2:01.4502 Stadium Super Truck J. Whincup1:55.8265
Group B Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Kurt Busch301:45.44742 Petter Solberg211:47.89573 Rhett Watson121:47.89574 Susie Wolff031:46.0178
Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 P. Solberg1:46.1249Euro Racecar R. Watson1:51.4913 K. Busch1:47.0683 Euro Racecar S. Wolff1:59.9363 S. Wolff 1:46.0178KTM X-Bow P. Solberg1:45.5733 R. Watson1:49.3067KTM X-Bow K. Busch1:46.0155 S. Wolff1:49.0020Ariel Atom Cup R. Watson1:47.8957 P. Solberg1:47.6307Ariel Atom Cup K. Busch1:45.4474
Group C Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Robby Gordon301:39.51452 Esteban Ocon211:39.94333 José María López121:40.16614 Doug Gore031:40.1819 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 J.M. López1:45.3275KTM X-Bow E. Ocon1:44.0047 R. Gordon1:45.6735KTM X-Bow D. Gore1:46.6936 D. Gore2:01.7432 ROC Car J.M. López1:47.8188 E. Ocon1:48.6415ROC Car R. Gordon1:47.8002 D. Gore1:40.1819Audi R8 LMS E. Ocon1:39.9433 J.M. López1:40.1661Audi R8 LMS R. Gordon1:39.5145
Group D Pos.TeamWinsLossesBest Time1 Ryan Hunter-Reay301:46.34402 Pascal Wehrlein211:46.83283 Tom Kristensen121:43.20764 Jolyon Palmer031:47.8287 Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 T. Kristensen1:51.4421 ROC Car P. Wehrlein1:46.8328 R. Hunter-Reay1:49.2027 ROC Car J. Palmer1:52.4351 J. Palmer1:47.8287Euro Racecar T. Kristensen1:43.2076 P. Wehrlein1:48.5408 Euro Racecar R. Hunter-Reay1:46.3440 J. Palmer DNFStadium Super Truck P. Wehrlein1:59.5519 T. Kristensen2:00.4934 Stadium Super Truck R. Hunter-Reay1:57.8711
Knockout stage
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
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