The 2016 Pro Mazda Championship was the 18th season in series history. The season will begin on March 12 at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and end on September 11 at Monterey Grand Prix.
Patricio O'Ward dominated the first half of the season, winning six of the first seven races (and finishing second in the remaining race), vaulting himself into a huge points lead. However, his Team Pelfrey teammate Aaron Telitz vaulted himself back into contention by winning the next four races while O'Ward faltered. Both drivers won one of the three races during the final race weekend but Telitz's non-winning finishes were higher and he won the championship by 28 points. Reigning U.S. F2000 National Championship champion Nico Jamin swept the weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and finished third in the championship, well back. The only other driver to win a race was Argentinean Nicolas Dapero who captured his maiden victory in the penultimate race of the season and finished fifth in points, behind Will Owen who finished on the podium in eight of the sixteen races but failed to win.
American Bobby Eberle won the National Class championship, largely uncontested.
Drivers and teams Team Drivers Rounds Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing 2 Nico Jamin All 3 Jake Eidson 1–7 4 Jorge Cevallos 10–11DEForce Racing 11 Kory Enders (N) 14–16 12 Moisés de la Vara (N) 14–16JDC MotorSports 13 Bobby Eberle (N) 5–6, 8–16 21 Jorge Cevallos 1–4 44 Kevin Davis (N) 5–6, 8–9 Juncos Racing 00 Jake Parsons All 5 Garett Grist 1–7 23 Will Owen All 31 Nicolás Dapero All Kaminsky Racing 57 Bob Kaminsky (N) 5–6, 8–9, 12–13 M1 Racing 37 Jay Horak (N) 1–2, 5–6 Team Pelfrey 80 Patricio O'Ward All81 Weiron Tan 1–4 TJ FischerTJ Fischer Moves up to Pro Mazda for Remainder of 2016, Pro Mazda, June 7, 2016, Retrieved 2016-06-098–16 82 Aaron Telitz All World Speed Motorsports 7 Dan Swanbeck (N) 14–16 13 Bobby Eberle 1–2 32 Joseph Burton-Harris 14–16 Icon Class (N) National Class
Race calendar and results
Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team 1 Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida March 12 Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 2 March 13 Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey 3 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama April 23 Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 4 April 24 Patricio O'Ward Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 5 Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course Speedway, Indiana May 13 Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 6 May 14 Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 7 Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Brownsburg, Indiana May 27 Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 8 Grand Prix of Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin June 25 Aaron Telitz Nico Jamin Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey 9 Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey 10 Grand Prix of Toronto Toronto July 16 Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey 11 July 17 Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey 12 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio July 30 Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR 13 Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Nico Jamin Nico Jamin Cape Motorsports with WTR 14 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Salinas, California September 10 Aaron Telitz Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Patricio O'Ward Team Pelfrey 15 September 11 Aaron Telitz Nicolás Dapero Nicolás Dapero Nicolás Dapero Juncos Racing 16 Aaron Telitz Nicolás Dapero Aaron Telitz Aaron Telitz Team Pelfrey
Championship standings
Drivers' championship Pos Driver STP ALA IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG Pts 1 Aaron Telitz 2 1* 2* 2 7 2 5 1* 1* 1* 1* 2 3 2 5 1*421 2 Patricio O'Ward 1* 2 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 4 4 9 2 7 4 1* 10 6393 3 Nico Jamin 4 4 6 4 5 4 7 10 2 2 3 1* 1* 4 3 4331 4 Will Owen 9 6 5 5 2 3 6 3 3 4 4 3 2 11 2 2317 5 Nicolas Dapero 10 10 7 7 8 8 3 2 5 5 9 5 8 3 1* 3278 6 Jake Parsons 8 5 10 9 3 6 4 6 9 3 5 4 7 5 12 5258 7 TJ Fischer 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 11 7137 8 Garett Grist 6 8 3 3 4 5 2133 9 Jake Eidson 3 7 8 6 6 7 8106 10 Jorge Cevallos 7 9 9 8 8 779 11 Weiron Tan 5 3 4 1069 12 Joseph Burton-Harris 10 4 846 13 Bobby Eberle 11 1120 National class 1 Bobby Eberle 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 9 11225 2 Bob Kaminsky 10 11 8 10 9 9102 3 Jay Horak 12 12 11 1271 4 Kevin Davis 12 10 9 863 5 Moisés de la Vara 8 6 1252 6 Dan Swanbeck 9 7 1051 7 Kory Enders 12 8 949 Pos Driver STP ALA IMS LOR ROA TOR MOH LAG Pts 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)1Qualifying cancelledno bonus point awardedRookie Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.
Teams' championship PosTeamPoints 1Team Pelfrey553 2Juncos Racing445 3Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing327
See also 2016 IndyCar Series season 2016 Indy Lights season
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