2018 Race of Champions

The 2018 Race of Champions was the 29th running of the event, and took place on 2–3 February 2018 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, it was the first-ever international motorsport competition in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Participants

Nations' Cup team	Drivers	2017 series
Latin America	Juan Pablo Montoya^[2]	IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Latin America	Hélio Castroneves^[2]	IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Nordic	Tom Kristensen^[2]	none
Nordic	Petter Solberg^[2]	World Rallycross Championship
Sim Racing All Star	Rudy van Buren^[3]	World's Fastest Gamer
Sim Racing All Star	Enzo Bonito^[3]	none
United Kingdom	David Coulthard^[2]	none
United Kingdom	Lando Norris^[2]	FIA F3 European Championship, FIA F2 Championship
United States	Josef Newgarden^[2]	IndyCar Series
United States	Ryan Hunter-Reay^[2]	IndyCar Series, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Saudi Arabia	Yazeed Al-Rajhi^[4]	World Rally Championship
Saudi Arabia	Ahmed Bin Khanen^[4]	none
Lebanon	Karl Masaad^[5]	F4 British Championship
Lebanon	Mansour Chebli^[5]	none
United Arab Emirates	Khaled Al Qubaisi^[5]	World Endurance Championship
United Arab Emirates	Khalid Al Qassimi^[5]	World Rally Championship
Germany	Timo Bernhard^[6]	World Endurance Championship
Germany	René Rast^[6]	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Sweden	Johan Kristoffersson^[6]	World Rallycross Championship
Sweden	Joel Eriksson^[6]	FIA F3 European Championship
Mexico	Memo Rojas^[6]	European Le Mans Series
Mexico	Abraham Calderón^[6]	NASCAR PEAK Mexico Series

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Team Germany	5	1	0:57.6525
2	Team Latin America	4	2	0:57.2472
3	Team USA	2	4	0:58.7252
4	Team Mexico	1	5	0:57.7438

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Team Nordic	4	2	0:57.3374
2	Team Sweden	4	2	0:57.5115
3	Team Sim Racing	2	4	0:57.7382
4	Team United Kingdom	2	4	0:57.9191

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Team Saudi Arabia	2	2	0:59.3497
2	Team United Arab Emirates	2	2	1:00.6372
3	Team Lebanon	2	2	1:01.2552

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	3	0	0:58.4000
2	Ryan Hunter-Reay	2	1	0:59.4700
3	Hélio Castroneves	1	2	0:59.0570
4	Memo Rojas	0	3	1:00.7312

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	David Coulthard	3	0	0:57.4500
2	Tom Kristensen	2	1	0:57.4900
3	Rudy Van Buren	1	2	0:57.9430
4	Timo Bernhard	0	3	0:58.8524

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Johan Kristoffersson	2	1	0:58.0770
2	Joel Eriksson	2	1	0:58.4030
3	René Rast	2	1	0:58.3570
4	Lando Norris	0	3	0:58.9108

Pos.	Team	Wins	Losses	Best Time
1	Petter Solberg	3	0	0:57.5330
2	Josef Newgarden	2	1	0:58.5730
3	Ahmed Bin Khanen	1	2	0:58.8320
4	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	0	3	1:01.3017

^ Bradley, Charles (17 October 2017). "Race Of Champions makes historic switch to Saudi Arabia". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ a b c d e f g h "SUPERSTARS OF WORLD MOTORSPORT TO RACE AT ROC RIYADH". raceofchampions.com. Race of Champions. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ a b "Sim racers to get real-world Race Of Champions entries". motorsport.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ a b "ROC FACTOR RETURNS TO UNEARTH NEXT MIDDLE EASTERN SUPERSTAR DRIVER". Race of Champions. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ a b c d "ROC FACTOR SAUDI ARABIA AND MIDDLE EAST FINALISTS REVEALED". Race of Champions. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ a b c d e f "REIGNING CHAMPIONS FROM TOP MOTORSPORT SERIES ALL OVER THE WORLD JOIN ROC RIYADH LINE-UP". Race of Champions. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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Early events	Montlhéry 1988 Nürburgring 1989 Barcelona 1990 Madrid 1991
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