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.

2014 Race of Champions
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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, 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
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]

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 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
Pos.TeamWinsLossesCombined TimeDriverWinsLossesBest 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
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Nordic2
 
 
 
 France1
 
 Nordic2
 
 
 
 United Kingdom1
 
 United Kingdom2
 
 
 Barbados1
 

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.TeamWinsLossesCombined TimeDriverWinsLossesBest 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
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

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
  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. "Watson & Skeete for Race Of Champions Team Barbados". bushyparkbarbados.com. Bushy Park. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  7. "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. "Champions ready to ROC Barbados". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 9 December 2014. 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. 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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