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Button drawn against Massa in Race of Champions

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Jenson Button and Felipe Massa will go head-to-head in the quarter finals of the Race of Champions on Saturday.

The race format sees the Nations Cup take place on Friday ahead of Saturday's individual races. The draw for this year's Race of Champions [ROC] took place on Tuesday ahead of the event at the Olympic Stadium in London and delivered some all-F1 battles in the individual event.

Button and Massa will face off in the quarter finals, while Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg will also go head-to-head for a place in the semis. Sebastian Vettel has been handed a tough draw against FIA World Rallycross champion Petter Solberg, while Romain Grosjean faces Jason Plato and David Coulthard goes up against Team Scotland team-mate Susie Wolff.

The Nations Cup draw has also delivered some mouthwatering clashes for Friday, with former Red Bull team-mates Ricciardo and Vettel set to face off as Team Australia take on Team Germany.

Team England 2 - comprised of Button and Alex Buncome - will race Team Scotland, with Button going up against Coulthard. The Nations Cup races are a best of three contest which will be settled by the two winning drivers if required.

The full draw is as follows:

ROC Nations Cup (Friday, November 20)

Round 1

Team ALL STARS v Team YOUNG STARS (Match A)

Romain Grosjean v Pascal Wehrlein

Jorge Lorenzo v Jolyon Palmer

Team ENGLAND 1 v Team BRAZIL (Match B)

Andy Priaulx v Nelson Piquet Jr

Jason Plato v Felipe Massa

Quarter-finals

Team NORDIC v Team AMERICAS

Tom Kristensen v José Maria López

Petter Solberg v Ryan Hunter-Reay

Team AUSTRALIA v Team GERMANY

Daniel Ricciardo v Sebastian Vettel

Mick Doohan v Nico Hülkenberg

Team ENGLAND 2 v Team SCOTLAND

Alex Buncombe v Susie Wolff

Jenson Button v David Coulthard

Winner Match A v Winner Match B

Grosjean/Wehrlein v Priaulx/Piquet Jr

Lorenzo/Palmer v Plato/Massa

Race of Champions (Saturday, November 21)

Round 1

José Maria López v Ryan Hunter-Reay (Match A)

Pascal Wehrlein v Andy Priaulx (Match B)

Mick Doohan v Jorge Lorenzo (Match C)

Alex Buncombe v Jolyon Palmer (Match D)

Quarter-finals

Sebastian Vettel v Petter Solberg

Daniel Ricciardo v Nico Hülkenberg

Jenson Button v Felipe Massa

David Coulthard v Susie Wolff

Tom Kristensen v Nelson Piquet Jr

Romain Grosjean v Jason Plato

Winner Match A (López/Hunter-Reay) v Winner Match B (Wehrlein/Priaulx)

Winner Match B (Doohan/Lorenzo) v Winner Match D (Buncombe/Palmer)

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