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
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
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
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

Drivers' Championship
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
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

References
  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".
  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. "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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