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2018 Pro Mazda Championship

The 2018 Pro Mazda Championship was the 20th season in series history. It was the final season using the Pro Mazda name, as the series was re-branded as "Indy Pro 2000" for the 2019 season.[1] A 16-race schedule was announced on 17 October 2017.[2] This was the first season to use the new Tatuus PM-18 chassis and Mazda MZR piston engine. All prior engine packages for the series included a Mazda Wankel engine.

Drivers and teams

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Team No. Drivers Rounds
BN Racing 78 United States  Kris Wright 1–6, 10–13
United Kingdom  Toby Sowery[3] 8–9
79 United States  David Malukas[4] All
83 United States  Charles Finelli 1–14
Cape Motorsports 3 United States  Oliver Askew[5] All
8 Russia  Nikita Lastochkin[6] All
DEForce Racing 11 United States  Kory Enders 3–4
12 United Kingdom  James Raven 1–2
Mexico  Moisés de la Vara 12–16
Exclusive Autosport 90 Canada  Parker Thompson[7] All
91 Canada  Antonio Serravalle 1–11
Juncos Racing 1 Brazil  Carlos Cunha[8] 1–13
2 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay[9] All
9 United States  Robert Megennis[10] All
RP Motorsport[11] 10 United Kingdom  Harrison Scott[12] 1–11, 14
Brazil  Felipe Drugovich 12–13
27 Italy  Lodovico Laurini[12] 1–7
Mexico  Raúl Guzmán 8–11
Colombia  Mathias Soler-Obel 12–14
Team Pelfrey 80 Brazil  Rafael Martins 1–4
81 Mexico  Andrés Gutiérrez[13] 1–6, 8–13
82 United States  Sting Ray Robb[14] All

Schedule

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Rd. Date Race name Track Location
1 March 10 United States  Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida
2 March 11
3 April 21 United States  Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama
4 April 22
5 May 11 United States  Grand Prix of Indianapolis Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana
6 May 12
7 May 25 United States  Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana
8 June 23 United States  Grand Prix of Road America Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
9 June 24
10 July 14 Canada  Grand Prix of Toronto Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11 July 15
12 July 28 United States  Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio
13 July 29
14 August 25 United States  St Louis Pro Mazda Oval Challenge Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois
15 September 1 United States  Grand Prix of Portland Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
16 September 2

Race results

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Round Race Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Race Winner
Driver Team
1 St. Petersburg 1 United States  Oliver Askew United States  Sting Ray Robb Canada  Parker Thompson Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
2 St. Petersburg 2 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Brazil  Carlos Cunha Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
3 Birmingham 1 Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
4 Birmingham 2 Canada  Parker Thompson United States  David Malukas United Kingdom  Harrison Scott United Kingdom  Harrison Scott RP Motorsport
5 Indianapolis GP 1 United States  Oliver Askew United States  David Malukas Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay United Kingdom  Harrison Scott RP Motorsport
6 Indianapolis GP 2 United States  Oliver Askew Canada  Parker Thompson Brazil  Carlos Cunha Canada  Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
7 Indianapolis Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Canada  Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport
8 Road America 1 United States  David Malukas United Kingdom  Toby Sowery United States  David Malukas United States  David Malukas BN Racing
9 Road America 2 United States  David Malukas Canada  Parker Thompson United States  David Malukas United States  David Malukas BN Racing
10 Toronto 1 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
11 Toronto 2 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay United States  Oliver Askew Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
12 Mid-Ohio 1 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
13 Mid-Ohio 2 United States  David Malukas United States  Robert Megennis Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
14 Gateway United Kingdom  Harrison Scott Canada  Parker Thompson Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing
15 Portland 1 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay United States  Oliver Askew United States  Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports
16 Portland 2 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay United States  Oliver Askew United States  David Malukas United States  David Malukas BN Racing

Championship standings

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Drivers' Championship

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
Points 30 25 22 19 17 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Points (O) 45 38 33 29 26 23 21 20 18 17 15 14 12 11 9 8 6 5 4 2
  • The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.
  • One point is awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap during the race.
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH GMP POR Points
1 Netherlands  Rinus VeeKay 1 1* 5 4 3* 14 4 5 5 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 2 412
2 Canada  Parker Thompson 2* 5 1* 2 5 1 1* 4 4 8 8 5 6 6 3 5 345
3 United States  Oliver Askew 5 6 7 12 2 4 6 9 8 4 2 6 3 5 1* 3 303
4 United States  David Malukas 7 2 3 5 7 10 11 1* 1* 9 9 2 13 8 4 1* 293
5 United States  Robert Megennis 3 16 14 6 14 8 3 8 10 12 3 3 2 2 5 7 269
6 Brazil  Carlos Cunha 4 3 10 3 4 2* 2 6 6 2 10 4 12 252
7 United States  Sting Ray Robb 6 4 9 10 13 3 5 11 9 11 7 9 4 9 6 6 231
8 United Kingdom  Harrison Scott 9 12 2 1* 1 12 12 3 3 13 14 3 223
9 Russia  Nikita Lastochkin 8 7 11 11 6 9 9 12 11 5 4 11 8 11 7 4 209
10 United States  Charles Finelli 13 15 15 DNS 11 7 10 14 13 6 6 14 11 10 143
11 Mexico  Andrés Gutiérrez 14 8 4 7 12 5 10 7 10 12 12 DNS 137
12 United States  Kris Wright 12 14 13 14 10 6 7 5 10 10 110
13 Canada  Antonio Serravalle 11 13 16 DNS 9 11 8 13 12 14 11 92
14 Italy  Lodovico Laurini 10 11 12 9 8 13 7 84
15 Mexico  Moisés de la Vara 13 9 4 8 8 75
16 United Kingdom  Toby Sowery 2 2 51
17 Mexico  Raúl Guzmán 7 14 3 13 51
18 Colombia  Mathias Soler-Obel 8 7 7 48
19 Brazil  Rafael Martins 16 9 6 8 45
20 Brazil  Felipe Drugovich 7 5 31
21 United States  Kory Enders 8 13 21
22 United Kingdom  James Raven 15 10 17
Pos Driver STP BAR IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH GMP POR Points
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th–10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)
Not awarded if more than
one driver leads most laps
Rookie

Teams' championship

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Scoring system
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th+ 
Points 22 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
  • Single car teams receive 3 bonus points as an equivalency to multi-car teams
  • Only the best two results count for teams fielding more than two entries
Pos Team Points
1 Juncos Racing 477
2 Cape Motorsports 254
3 BN Racing 244
4 Exclusive Autosport 239
5 RP Motorsport 196
6 Team Pelfrey 167
7 Fatboy Racing 76
8 DEForce Racing 58

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Road to Indy middle step renamed Indy Pro 2000 Championship". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mazda Road To Indy reveals all three 2018 schedules, altered points". 17 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Toby Sowery Joins BN Racing's Pro Mazda Program". www.promazda.com. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  4. ^ "My Mazda Road to Indy: BN Racing". promazda.com.
  5. ^ "Mazda Scholarship Drivers Select Teams For 2018 Season". promazda.com.
  6. ^ "Cape Motorsports Confirms Lastochkin Return". promazda.com.
  7. ^ Crask, Andrew. "Thompson, Exclusive Autosport moving up to Pro Mazda". www.racer.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  8. ^ "Carlos Cunha joins Juncos Racing 2018 Pro Mazda line-up – Juncos Racing". www.juncosracing.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  9. ^ "VeeKay joins Juncos Racing for Pro Mazda title chase".
  10. ^ "Juncos adds Megennis to potent Pro Mazda lineup for 2018".
  11. ^ "RP Motorsport Racing lancia la sfida americana e approda nel Pro Mazda Championship - RP Motorsport Racing". RP Motorsport Racing (in Italian). 2017-12-14. Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  12. ^ a b "Harrison Scott switches to Pro Mazda together with RP Motorsport". Formula Scout. February 2018. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  13. ^ "Gutierrez Returns to Mazda Road to Indy with Team Pelfrey". mailchi.mp.
  14. ^ "Robb Pairs with Team Pelfrey for 2018". www.promazda.com.
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