The draw for this weekend’s Race Of Champions World Final has taken place, and will bring head-to-head some of the greatest drivers in motorsport history, all on the ice and snow of Sweden’s Pite Havsbad.
The amazing location, situated on the frozen Baltic Sea just 60 miles from the Arctic Circle, will be the host of this special event which gives us the possibility of watching stars from series including Formula 1, NASCAR, Indy 500, Le Mans, WRC and World Rallycross. They will compete in two parts: first the ROC Nations Cup (Saturday February 5, 12:00-15:00 CET) where drivers pair up in teams to compete for the title of world’s fastest nation. Then all teamwork goes out of the window for the individual Race Of Champions where they fight to be crowned ROC Champion of Champions (Sunday February 6, 12:00-15:00 CET).
All the action will take place on ROC’s iconic parallel track featuring a crossover bridge, which has been purpose built on ice for the first time ever. And the draw has already guaranteed a range of intriguing duels…
A great fight awaits Ferrari Driver Academy member and Haas Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher, who will take on British racing driver who competes in Extreme E and the W Series Jamie Laura Chadwick. Mick Schumacher will also team up with former Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel in the ROC Nations Cup, as they will represent Germany.
Because the track conditions on snow and ice can change quickly depending on the weather, ROC’s traditional group stage will not take place due to the fact it often results in ties that require a countback of fastest laps. This means that the races which take place this year at the ROC World Final will be decided according to a straight knockout system.
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In order to make the competition as interesting and also as fair as possible, races in Round 1 and the Round of 16 of the individual Race Of Champions will be decided over two heats, switching start positions each time. In the case of a 1-1 tie, the driver with the best total time will advance. In the ROC Nations Cup, races in Round 1 and the quarter-finals will be decided over four heats, so each driver will race against both drivers from the other team. In the event of a 2-2 tie the team with the best total time will advance.
ROC Nations Cup Draw (Saturday 5 February)
Round 1
Team LATIN AMERICA (Helio Castroneves & Benito Guerra)
v
Team USA (Jimmie Johnson & Colton Herta)
Team GERMANY (Sebastian Vettel & Mick Schumacher)
v
Team eROC ALL STARS (the top two from Thursday’s eROC final)
Quarter-finals
Team LATIN AMERICA or Team USA
v
Team GERMANY or Team eROC ALL STARS
Team FINLAND (Mika Hakkinen & Valtteri Bottas)
v
Team GB (David Coulthard & Jamie Chadwick)
Team NORDIC (Tom Kristensen & Johan Kristoffersson)
v
Team FRANCE (Sébastien Loeb & Didier Auriol)
Team SWEDEN (Mattias Ekström & Timmy Hansen)
v
Team NORWAY (Petter Solberg & Oliver Solberg)
Race Of Champions Draw (Sunday 6 February)
Round 1
Colton HERTA v Helio CASTRONEVES
Jamie CHADWICK v Mick SCHUMACHER
Round of 16
HERTA or CASTRONEVES v CHADWICK or SCHUMACHER
Sebastian VETTEL v Valtteri BOTTAS
Jimmie JOHNSON v Mika HAKKINEN
Tom KRISTENSEN v David COULTHARD
Benito GUERRA v Oliver SOLBERG
Sébastien LOEB v Petter SOLBERG
Johan KRISTOFFERSSON v Timmy HANSEN
Didier AURIOL v Mattias EKSTRÖM
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