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
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 Alabama | Barber Motorsports Park | Birmingham, Alabama |
| 4 | April 22 |
| 5 | May 11 | Grand Prix of Indianapolis | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana |
| 6 | May 12 |
| 7 | May 25 | Dave Steele Carb Night Classic | Lucas Oil Raceway | Clermont, Indiana |
| 8 | June 23 | Grand Prix of Road America | Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin |
| 9 | June 24 |
| 10 | July 14 | .svg.png) Grand Prix of Toronto | Exhibition Place | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 11 | July 15 |
| 12 | July 28 | Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, 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
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.
| | | 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(DNQ) | | Brown | Withdrawn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
See also
References
- ^ "Road to Indy middle step renamed Indy Pro 2000 Championship". Racer.com. Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "Mazda Road To Indy reveals all three 2018 schedules, altered points". October 17, 2017.
- ^ "Toby Sowery Joins BN Racing's Pro Mazda Program". www.promazda.com. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- ^ "My Mazda Road to Indy: BN Racing". promazda.com.
- ^ "Mazda Scholarship Drivers Select Teams For 2018 Season". promazda.com.
- ^ "Cape Motorsports Confirms Lastochkin Return". promazda.com.
- ^ Crask, Andrew. "Thompson, Exclusive Autosport moving up to Pro Mazda". www.racer.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Carlos Cunha joins Juncos Racing 2018 Pro Mazda line-up – Juncos Racing". www.juncosracing.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "VeeKay joins Juncos Racing for Pro Mazda title chase".
- ^ "Juncos adds Megennis to potent Pro Mazda lineup for 2018".
- ^ "RP Motorsport Racing lancia la sfida americana e approda nel Pro Mazda Championship - RP Motorsport Racing". RP Motorsport Racing (in Italian). December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ^ a b "Harrison Scott switches to Pro Mazda together with RP Motorsport". Formula Scout. February 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "Gutierrez Returns to Mazda Road to Indy with Team Pelfrey". mailchi.mp.
- ^ "Robb Pairs with Team Pelfrey for 2018". www.promazda.com.
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