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. A 16-race schedule was announced on 17 October 2017. 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 Drivers RoundsBN Racing 78 Kris Wright1–6, 10–13 Toby Sowery8–9 79 David Malukas All 83 Charles Finelli1–14 Cape Motorsports 3 Oliver Askew All 8 Nikita Lastochkin All DEForce Racing 11 Kory Enders 3–4 12 James Raven 1–2 Moisés de la Vara 12–16 Exclusive Autosport 90 Parker Thompson All 91 Antonio Serravalle 1–11 Juncos Racing 1 Carlos Cunha 1–13 2 Rinus VeeKay All 9 Robert Megennis All RP Motorsport 10 Harrison Scott 1–11, 14 Felipe Drugovich 12–13 27 Lodovico Laurini 1–7 Raúl Guzmán 8–11 Mathias Soler-Obel 12–14 Team Pelfrey 80 Rafael Martins 1–4 81 Andrés Gutiérrez 1–6, 8–13 82 Sting Ray Robb All
Schedule
Rd. Date Race name Track Location 1 March 10 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg Streets of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Florida 2 March 11 3 April 21 Indy Grand Prix of AlabamaBarber Motorsports ParkBirmingham, Alabama 4 April 22 5 May 11 Grand Prix of IndianapolisIndianapolis Motor Speedway road courseSpeedway, Indiana 6 May 12 7 May 25 Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway Clermont, Indiana 8 June 23 Grand Prix of Road AmericaRoad AmericaElkhart Lake, Wisconsin 9 June 24 10 July 14 Grand Prix of TorontoExhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada 11 July 15 12 July 28 Grand Prix of Mid-OhioMid-Ohio Sports Car CourseLexington, Ohio 13 July 29 14 August 25 St Louis Pro Mazda Oval Challenge Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois 15 September 1 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 Oliver Askew Sting Ray Robb Parker Thompson Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 2 St. Petersburg 2 Rinus VeeKay Carlos Cunha Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 3 Birmingham 1 Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 4 Birmingham 2 Parker Thompson David Malukas Harrison Scott Harrison Scott RP Motorsport 5 Indianapolis GP 1 Oliver Askew David Malukas Rinus VeeKay Harrison Scott RP Motorsport 6 Indianapolis GP 2 Oliver Askew Parker Thompson Carlos Cunha Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 7 Indianapolis Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Parker Thompson Exclusive Autosport 8 Road America 1 David Malukas Toby Sowery David Malukas David Malukas BN Racing 9 Road America 2 David Malukas Parker Thompson David Malukas David Malukas BN Racing 10 Toronto 1 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 11 Toronto 2 Rinus VeeKay Oliver Askew Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 12 Mid-Ohio 1 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 13 Mid-Ohio 2 David Malukas Robert Megennis Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 14 Gateway Harrison Scott Parker Thompson Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Juncos Racing 15 Portland 1 Rinus VeeKay Rinus VeeKay Oliver Askew Oliver Askew Cape Motorsports 16 Portland 2 Rinus VeeKay Oliver Askew David Malukas 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 () 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 Points1 Rinus VeeKay11*543*144551*1*1*1*1*224122 Parker Thompson2*51*2511*4488566353453 Oliver Askew5671224698426351*33034 David Malukas7235710111*1*99213841* 2935 Robert Megennis3161461483810123322572696 Carlos Cunha4310342*2662104122527 Sting Ray Robb649101335119117949662318 Harrison Scott91221*112123313143 2239 Nikita Lastochkin8711116991211541181174 20910 Charles Finelli131515DNS11710141366141110 14311 Andrés Gutiérrez14847125 107101212DNS 13712 Kris Wright12141314106751010 11013 Antonio Serravalle111316DNS911813121411 9214 Lodovico Laurini10111298137 8415 Moisés de la Vara1394887516 Toby Sowery 22 5117 Raúl Guzmán 714313 5118 Mathias Soler-Obel8774819 Rafael Martins16968 4520 Felipe Drugovich753121 Kory Enders813 2122 James Raven1510 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 notparticipateIn-line notationBoldPole position(1 point)ItalicsRan fastest race lap(1 point)*Led most race laps(1 point)Not awarded if more thanone driver leads most lapsRookie
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
PosTeamPoints 1 Juncos Racing477 2 Cape Motorsports254 3 BN Racing244 4 Exclusive Autosport239 5 RP Motorsport196 6 Team Pelfrey1677 Fatboy Racing76 8 DEForce Racing58
See also 2018 IndyCar Series 2018 Indy Lights 2018 U.S. F2000 National Championship
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