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.

2016 Pro Mazda Championship

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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[1] All 3 Jake Eidson[2] 1–7 4 Jorge Cevallos 10–11 DEForce Racing 11 Kory Enders (N) 14–16 12 Moisés de la Vara (N) 14–16 JDC MotorSports 13 Bobby Eberle[3] (N) 5–6, 8–16 21 Jorge Cevallos[4] 1–4 44 Kevin Davis[3] (N) 5–6, 8–9 Juncos Racing 00 Jake Parsons[5] All 5 Garett Grist[6] 1–7 23 Will Owen[7] All 31 Nicolás Dapero[8] All Kaminsky Racing 57 Bob Kaminsky (N) 5–6, 8–9, 12–13 M1 Racing 37 Jay Horak[3] (N) 1–2, 5–6 Team Pelfrey 80 Patricio O'Ward[9] All 81 Weiron Tan[10] 1–4 TJ Fischer[11] 8–16 82 Aaron Telitz[12] All World Speed Motorsports 7 Dan Swanbeck (N) 14–16 13 Bobby Eberle[3] 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

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  Temporary Street Circuit

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 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 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 not participate (DNP) 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

See also

2016 IndyCar Series season
2016 Indy Lights season