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 [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] 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 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 [ edit ] Championship standings [ edit ] Drivers' Championship [ edit ] 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Light Blue 6th–10th place Dark Blue Finished (Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Brown Withdrawn (Wth) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]