The Race of Champions circuit inside London's Olympic Stadium

The 2015 Race of Champions was a motorsports event that took place over 20–21 November 2015 at the Olympic Stadium in London.

A previous six-time winner of the Nations' Cup, Sebastian Vettel became Champion of Champions for the first time, defeating Tom Kristensen, who made the final for the fourth time, 2–0. In the Nations' Cup itself, the England 1 team of Jason Plato and Andy Priaulx took the victory in a final race decider against Germany, who were represented by Vettel and fellow Formula One driver Nico Hülkenberg.

Participants

The 2015 Race of Champions drivers
Nations' Cup teamDrivers2015 series
All StarsFrance Romain GrosjeanFormula One
Scotland Chris HoyELMS, Radical European Masters
AmericasUnited States Ryan Hunter-ReayIndyCar
Argentina José María LópezWorld Touring Car Championship
AustraliaAustralia Daniel RicciardoFormula One
Australia Mick Doohannone
BrazilBrazil Felipe MassaFormula One
Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.Global RallyCross, Formula E, Indy Lights
England 1England Jason PlatoBTCC
Guernsey Andy PriaulxBTCC, ELMS
England 2England Jenson ButtonFormula One
England Alex BuncombeBlancpain Endurance Series
GermanyGermany Sebastian VettelFormula One
Germany Nico HülkenbergFormula One, WEC
NordicDenmark Tom Kristensennone
Norway Petter SolbergWorld Rallycross Championship
ScotlandScotland David Coulthardnone
Scotland Susie WolffFormula One test and reserve driver
Young StarsEngland Jolyon PalmerFormula One test and reserve driver
Germany Pascal WehrleinDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Cars

Eight vehicles were used throughout the event. Returning from the 2014 Race of Champions were the Ariel Atom Cup, the KTM X-Bow, the ROC Car and the NASCAR Chevrolet SS Stock Car as used in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. Introduced for 2015 were the Mercedes-AMG GT, the Radical SR3 RSX and the Rage Comet, while the RX 150 returned after an absence of several years.

Nations' Cup

Preliminary round

Team 1ScoreTeam 2
Brazil0–2England 1
All Stars1–2Young Stars

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalFinal
Americas1
Nordic2
Nordic0
Germany2
Germany2
Australia0
Germany1
England 12
Scotland0
England 22
England 21
England 12
England 12
Young Stars1

Race of Champions

Preliminary round

The preliminary round pairs were:

Knockout stage

Round 1Quarter-finalsSemi-finalFinal
A1Norway Petter Solberg0
A4Germany Sebastian Vettel2
Germany Sebastian Vettel2
Germany Nico Hülkenberg0
A2Germany Nico Hülkenberg2
A3Australia Daniel Ricciardo0
Germany Sebastian Vettel2
United Kingdom David Coulthard1
B1United Kingdom Jenson Button0
B4Brazil Felipe Massa2
Brazil Felipe Massa0
United Kingdom David Coulthard2
B2United Kingdom David Coulthard2
B3United Kingdom Susie Wolff0
Germany Sebastian Vettel2
Denmark Tom Kristensen0
C1Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.0
C4Denmark Tom Kristensen2
Denmark Tom Kristensen2
United Kingdom Jason Plato0
C2United Kingdom Jason Plato2
C3France Romain Grosjean0
Denmark Tom Kristensen2
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe0
D1United Kingdom Andy Priaulx2
D4United States Ryan Hunter-Reay0
United Kingdom Andy Priaulx1
United Kingdom Alex Buncombe2
D2United Kingdom Bradley Philpot0
D3United Kingdom Alex Buncombe2

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