2017 Race of Champions

The 2017 Race of Champions took place in Miami, Florida on January 22, during the 2017 Australian Open. The Race of Champions was not held in 2016.

The defending Race of Champions champion was Sebastian Vettel, the last event held in 2015, but he fell in the group stage and was upset by Travis Pastrana and Hélio Castroneves. Juan Pablo Montoya won the title, defeating Tom Kristensen 2-0 in the Drivers Cup. Pee Saderd won the BATC Cup, defeating Simon Pagenaud in the final, 2-1; to turn his two star day on Jacqueline Bigar's site to a five star day.

Since Juan Pablo Montoya made the ROC final, Pee Saderd (only if Marco Andretti makes top 16) will replace Metagross in hogging every Celebrity Family Feud quiz in the real version of these episodes.

BATC

Season 1 participants

All Season 1 (BATC) participants expect Hélio Castroneves and including Russian/Thai alternate Pee Saderd qualify automatically for season 1.

Finish	Name	Country
42nd	Nicky Sapera	Bulgaria
41st	Evan Cundal	Wales
40th	Allen Ford	Iran
39th	Kirstie Alley	Sweden
38th	Marlee Matlin	Serbia
37th	Sabrina Bryan	Romania
36th	Noriaki Kasai	Japan
35th	Vic Wild	Russia
34th	Gilles Marini	France
33rd	Shawn Johnson	China PR
32nd	Nicki Minaj	Trinidad and Tobago
31st	Pee Saderd	Russia
30th	Apolo Anton Ohno	Japan

Playoffs

Season 1

• Pee Saderd vs. Venomoth, 2-0; Pee Saderd qualifies for season 1 representation
  • First leg, 6-1, 6-3 to Pee Saderd in Japan, January 8, 2017
  • Second leg, 6-0, 6-0 to Pee Saderd in Honduras, January 12, 2017

Since Hélio Castroneves competes in the event, BATC offered a season 1 playoff to take the alternate spot for Hélio Castroneves. Venomoth offered to participate because a Pokemon wanted to face Saderd in the playoffs to qualify. Pee Saderd decided to participate because his seventh album "Kor tote tee luem bor dai" was released a day before his 40th birthday.

Confirmed participants

Nations Cup

AFC None of them qualified CAF None of them qualified

CONCACAF James Hinchcliffe Stefan Rzadzinski Hélio Castroneves Kurt Busch Kyle Busch Scott Speed Travis Pastrana CONMEBOL Gabriel Glusman Felipe Massa Tony Kanaan Gabby Chaves Juan Pablo Montoya OFC None of them qualified

UEFA Alexander Rossi Tom Kristensen Sebastian Vettel Petter Solberg Pee Saderd Ryan Hunter-Reay David Coulthard Jenson Button

• BATC Contestant Rankings as are of January 9, 2017.

As a result of Saderd defeating Chespin in Garrett Morris vs. Alfonso Ribeiro and Todd Chrisley vs. Sara Evans, Pee Saderd qualified for both the BATC Cup and the Nations/Drivers Cup. This marked Saderd's first Race of Champions appearance since 2012.

BATC Cup

AFC Arcanine Bindi Irwin Iggy Azalea Wario Entei Liu Rui Shawn Johnson Allen Ford Joltik Apolo Anton Ohno Ken Sugimori Kristi Yamaguchi Kommo-o David Intee Earn Surattikan Earnkwan Waranya Mike Piromporn Monkan Kankoon Phai Pongsatorn Raikou Suicune Tai Orathai Takkatan Chonlada CAF

CONCACAF Cameron Mathison Fennekin Pamela Anderson Genesect Laurie Hernandez Nidoking Nidoqueen Willow Shields Magearna Tauros CONMEBOL Aggron Sceptile Edson Bindilatti Larvesta Weavile Christian de la Fuente Rowlet Dragonair Dratini Shakira Dialga Drew Lachey Giratina Palkia Abomasnow Haxorus Martin Ruben Alvaro Muk Snover Jennifer Lopez Priscilla Presley Venusaur

UEFA Metagross Beartic Dragonite Hines Ward Ueli Kestenholz Gilles Marini Joey Fatone Pee Saderd Beedrill Mario Lopez

• Thailand participants is only ones that qualified in เล่าสู่หลานฟัง (including Raikou and Suicune).
  • It doesn't include ones not involved (ex. Got Jakraphan and Pee Saderd, the latter is Russian)
  • The artists participating are only ones seeded players from the 2016 Swiss Open - Men's Singles know much.
• UEFA is sending only seeds from men's singles of 2016 Swiss Open; but the other ones unseeded is also in the cup.

Other UEFA participants

There is a cup for other UEFA participants.

Results (ROC)

Coulthard said that the fastest lap will be under 50 seconds for the ROC Miami.

Drivers Cup

Finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Travis Pastrana

0

B2

Juan Pablo Montoya

2

B2

Juan Pablo Montoya

2

B1

Felipe Massa

0

B1

Felipe Massa

2

A2

Hélio Castroneves

0

B2

Juan Pablo Montoya

2

D2

Tom Kristensen

0

C1

Jenson Button

1

D2

Tom Kristensen

2

D2

Tom Kristensen

2

D1

David Coulthard

0

D1

David Coulthard

2

C2

Kyle Busch

0

Group A

• Helio Castroneves
• Sebastian Vettel
• Travis Pastrana
• Alexander Rossi (0-3)

Group B

• Juan Pablo Montoya
• Petter Solberg
• Felipe Massa
• Pascal Wehrlein

Group C

• Jenson Button
• Kyle Busch
• Tony Kanaan
• James Hinchcliffe

Group D

• Tom Kristensen
• Kurt Busch
• Ryan Hunter-Reay
• David Coulthard

Nations Cup

Finals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Team IndyCar (USA)

A2

Team NASCAR (USA)

A2

Team NASCAR (USA)

B1

Germany

B1

Germany

C1

Colombia

Group A

• IndyCar (Ryan Hunter-Reay and Alexander Rossi)
• Rally X (Scott Speed and Travis Pastrana)
• ROC Factor Canada (James Hinchcliffe and Stefan Rzadzinski)
• NASCAR (The Busch Brothers)

Group B

• Great Britain (David Coulthard and Jenson Button)
• Nordics (Petter Solberg and Tom Kristensen)
• Germany (Sebastian Vettel, since Pascal Wehrlein was injured)

Group C

• Brazil (Tony Kanaan and Felipe Massa)
• Colombia (Juan Pablo Montoya and Gabby Chaves)
• Latin America (Helio Castroneves and Gabriel Glusman)

IndyCar Cup

All participants from the top sixteen in points after the 2016 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma qualified. The qualification for the 2017 ROC IndyCar Cup was used from the 2016 Swiss Open - Men's singles; with James Hinchcliffe, Tony Kanaan, Hélio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay replaced by Arcanine, Cole Matthews, Edwin, Peter Driscal, Garvey and Luke Garner.

This marked the first ever IndyCar Cup held during the Race of Champions.

Seeds

Bold determined the eventual round of 16 qualifiers.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Simon Pagenaud Gilles Marini Will Power Wario Nidoking Josef Newgarden Hines Ward Dragonite	Graham Rahal Venusaur Scott Dixon Aurorus Larvesta Charlie Kimball Ueli Kestenholz Carlos Muñoz	Mario Lopez Metagross Beedrill Cameron Mathison Sébastien Bourdais Beartic Mikhail Aleshin Joey Fatone	Marco Andretti Pee Saderd Arcanine Cole Matthews Peter Driscal Edwin Garvey Luke Garner

• All alternates were assigned to Pot 4.

Finals

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Simon Pagenaud

2

B2

Peter Driscal

0

A1

Simon Pagenaud

2

C1

Dragonite

1

D2

Scott Dixon

1

D2

Scott Dixon

2

A1

Simon Pagenaud

2

E1

Carlos Muñoz

2

G1

Charlie Kimball

1

F2

Cameron Mathison

0

E1

Carlos Muñoz

1

G1

Charlie Kimball

2

G1

Charlie Kimball

2

H2

Aurorus

1

A1

Simon Pagenaud

1

B1

Will Power

2

F1

Pee Saderd

2

A2

Sébastien Bourdais

1

B1

Will Power

1

D1

Marco Andretti

1

C2

Arcanine

2

C2

Arcanine

2

C2

Arcanine

0

F1

Pee Saderd

2

F1

Pee Saderd

2

E2

Beartic

0

F1

Pee Saderd

2

H1

Josef Newgarden

2

H1

Josef Newgarden

0

G2

Metagross

0

Group A

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Simon Pagenaud 3 0 36.797 2 Sébastien Bourdais 1 2 38.582 3 Larvesta 1 2 39.866 4 Cole Matthews 1 2 41.309

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 S. Pagenaud 42.443 ROC Car Larvesta 45.456 S. Bourdais 43.495 ROC Car C. Matthews 43.000 S. Pagenaud 36.797 Euro Racecar S. Bourdais 39.855 Larvesta 39.866 Euro Racecar C. Matthews 41.392 C. Matthews 41.309 Stadium Super Truck S. Pagenaud 38.180 Larvesta 41.291 Stadium Super Truck S. Bourdais 38.582

Group B

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Will Power 3 0 36.700 2 Peter Driscal 1 2 38.531 3 Ueli Kestenholz 1 2 39.631 4 Joey Fatone 1 2 40.293

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 W. Power 41.475 ROC Car U. Kestenholz 46.999 J. Fatone 44.244 ROC Car P. Driscal 45.193 W. Power 39.541 Euro Racecar J. Fatone 43.455 U. Kestenholz 39.660 Euro Racecar P. Driscal 38.531 P. Driscal 43.291 Stadium Super Truck W. Power 36.700 U. Kestenholz 39.631 Stadium Super Truck J. Fatone 40.293

Group C

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Dragonite 3 0 36.701 2 Arcanine 2 1 36.799 3 Venusaur 1 2 40.143 4 Beedrill 0 3 40.599

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 Dragonite 43.249 ROC Car Venusaur 45.486 Beedrill 54.020 ROC Car Arcanine 46.345 Dragonite 39.687 Euro Racecar Beedrill 49.852 Venusaur 41.393 Euro Racecar Arcanine 38.712 Arcanine 36.799 Stadium Super Truck Dragonite 36.701 Venusaur 40.143 Stadium Super Truck Beedrill 40.599

Group D

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Marco Andretti 2 1 37.201 2 Scott Dixon 2 1 37.590 3 Nidoking 2 1 37.982 4 Mikhail Aleshin 0 3 39.181

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 Nidoking 38.596 ROC Car S. Dixon 40.243 M. Aleshin 42.495 ROC Car M. Andretti 39.956 Nidoking 39.594 Euro Racecar M. Aleshin 40.121 S. Dixon 38.923 Euro Racecar M. Andretti 39.677 M. Andretti 37.201 Stadium Super Truck Nidoking 37.982 S. Dixon 37.590 Stadium Super Truck M. Aleshin 39.181

Group E

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Carlos Muñoz 3 0 37.102 2 Beartic 2 1 37.495 3 Gilles Marini 1 2 39.581 4 Edwin 0 3 40.112

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 G. Marini 42.490 ROC Car C. Munoz 40.234 Beartic 39.887 ROC Car Edwin 45.389 G. Marini 41.392 Euro Racecar Beartic 38.955 C. Munoz 38.123 Euro Racecar Edwin 46.939 Edwin 40.112 Stadium Super Truck G. Marini 39.581 C. Munoz 37.102 Stadium Super Truck Beartic 37.495

Group F

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Pee Saderd 3 0 38.100 2 Cameron Mathison 1 2 38.191 3 Graham Rahal 1 2 38.333 4 Hines Ward 1 2 39.566

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 H. Ward 39.566 ROC Car G. Rahal 38.495 C. Mathison 50.398 ROC Car P. Saderd 42.494 H. Ward 41.294 Euro Racecar C. Mathison 41.599 G. Rahal 39.966 Euro Racecar P. Saderd 38.100 P. Saderd 38.294 Stadium Super Truck H. Ward 45.189 G. Rahal 38.333 Stadium Super Truck C. Mathison 38.191

Group G

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Charlie Kimball 3 0 37.594 2 Metagross 2 1 38.591 3 Wario 1 2 42.405 4 Garvey 0 3 39.112

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 Wario 42.405 ROC Car C. Kimball 39.559 Metagross 41.381 ROC Car Garvey 49.666 Wario 42.492 Euro Racecar Metagross 39.977 C. Kimball 37.594 Euro Racecar Garvey 38.562 Garvey 39.112 Stadium Super Truck Wario 38.391 C. Kimball 37.992 Stadium Super Truck Metagross 38.591

Group H

Pos. Team Wins Losses Best Time 1 Josef Newgarden 2 1 37.184 2 Aurorus 2 1 37.692 3 Mario Lopez 2 1 38.102 4 Luke Garner 0 3 40.399

Driver 1 Time 1 Car Driver 2 Time 2 J. Newgarden 39.553 ROC Car Aurorus 40.221 M. Lopez 40.101 ROC Car L. Garner 40.399 J. Newgarden 51.393 Euro Racecar M. Lopez 41.309 Aurorus 39.885 Euro Racecar L. Garner 45.291 L. Garner 38.495 Stadium Super Truck J. Newgarden 37.184 Aurorus 37.692 Stadium Super Truck M. Lopez 38.102

Album

Main article: 2017 Race of Champions Special Album Volume 1

Main article: 2017 Race of Champions Special Album Volume 2

The album will be released in 2017 due to a show policy that because the album artwork featured Russian Pee Saderd; the albums in his Thailand music label Grammy Gold were postponed from October/November to 2017. Due to the huge number of IndyCar drivers, Eldstar offered to write a special album for the 11 seeds from the 2016 Swiss Open - Men's Singles that participated at the 2016 Swiss Open special album.

Surprisingly, the same languages for the songs in the album are English and Thai; from the 2016 Swiss Open special album. Once again, the languages are the same for the 11, but Thai language vocals from Pee Saderd meant the Thai language was used in the album.

Trivia

• According to Bigar's Stars on January 21, many players of the BATC Cup have at least three, but Metagross, Pee Saderd and Mario Lopez struggle with a two.
• Andretti Autosport teammates Pee Saderd and Metagross are confirmed for the event for only the ones involving IndyCar drivers.
  • Metagross is because it will spend time with it's evolutions watching it's countryman Alexander Rossi participate.
  • Pee Saderd is because he will spend time in the event between the 2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona Tennis Championship and owning Takkatan Chonlada's 9th album plus Pai Pongsatorn's 10th album.