2016 Pro Mazda Championship
# 2016 Pro Mazda Championship

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 | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing | 2 | Nico Jamin | All |
| Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing | 3 | Jake Eidson | 1–7 |
| Cape Motorsports Wayne Taylor Racing | 4 | Jorge Cevallos | 10–11 |
| DE Force Racing | 11 | Kory Enders (N) | 14–16 |
| DE Force Racing | 12 | Moisés de la Vara (N) | 14–16 |
| JDC MotorSports | 13 | Bobby Eberle (N) | 5–6, 8–16 |
| JDC MotorSports | 21 | Jorge Cevallos | 1–4 |
| JDC MotorSports | 44 | Kevin Davis (N) | 5–6, 8–9 |
| Juncos Racing | 00 | Jake Parsons | All |
| Juncos Racing | 5 | Garett Grist | 1–7 |
| Juncos Racing | 23 | Will Owen | All |
| Juncos Racing | 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 | All |
| Team Pelfrey | 81 | Weiron Tan | 1–4 |
| Team Pelfrey | 81 | TJ Fischer | 8–16 |
| Team Pelfrey | 82 | Aaron Telitz | All |
| World Speed Motorsports | 7 | Dan Swanbeck (N) | 14–16 |
| World Speed Motorsports | 13 | Bobby Eberle | 1–2 |
| World Speed Motorsports | 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 | Streets of St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Florida | 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 | Indy Grand Prix of Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | 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 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course | Speedway, Indiana | 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 | Grand Prix of Road America | Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin | June 25 | 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 | Grand Prix of Toronto | Toronto | 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 | Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course | Lexington, Ohio | July 30 | 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 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Salinas, California | September 11 | Aaron Telitz | Nicolás Dapero | Nicolás Dapero | Nicolás Dapero | Juncos Racing |
| 16 | Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca | Salinas, California | September 11 | Aaron Telitz | Nicolás Dapero | Aaron Telitz | Aaron Telitz | Team Pelfrey |

## Championship standings

### Drivers' championship

| Pos | Driver | STP | STP | ALA | ALA | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | LAG | LAG | 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 | 6 | 393 |
| 3 | Nico Jamin | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 1* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 331 |
| 4 | Will Owen | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 317 |
| 5 | Nicolas Dapero | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1* | 3 | 278 |
| 6 | Jake Parsons | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 258 |
| 7 | TJ Fischer | | | | | | | | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 137 |
| 8 | Garett Grist | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 133 |
| 9 | Jake Eidson | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 106 |
| 10 | Jorge Cevallos | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | | | | | | 8 | 7 | | | | | | 79 |
| 11 | Weiron Tan | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 69 |
| 12 | Joseph Burton-Harris | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 4 | 8 | 46 |
| 13 | Bobby Eberle | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 |
| National class |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bobby Eberle | | | | | 9 | 9 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 225 |
| 2 | Bob Kaminsky | | | | | 10 | 11 | | 8 | 10 | | | 9 | 9 | | | | 102 |
| 3 | Jay Horak | 12 | 12 | | | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | 71 |
| 4 | Kevin Davis | | | | | 12 | 10 | | 9 | 8 | | | | | | | | 63 |
| 5 | Moisés de la Vara | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 6 | 12 | 52 |
| 6 | Dan Swanbeck | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 10 | 51 |
| 7 | Kory Enders | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 8 | 9 | 49 |
| Pos | Driver | STP | STP | ALA | ALA | IMS | IMS | LOR | ROA | ROA | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | LAG | LAG | 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 not participate (DNP) |
| Blank | Not competing |

In-line notation :

| Bold | Pole position (1 point) |
| - | - |
| Italics | Ran fastest race lap (1 point) |
| * | Led most race laps (1 point) |
| $^1$ | Qualifying cancelled no bonus point awarded |
| Rookie ||

* Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.

### Teams' championship

| Pos | Team | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Team Pelfrey | 553 |
| 2 | Juncos Racing | 445 |
| 3 | Cape Motorsports w/ Wayne Taylor Racing | 327 |
