The 2015 Pro Mazda Championship Winterfest was the second winter championship promoted by the series, the first being in 2014. It served as a prelude to the 2015 Pro Mazda Championship season. It consisted of five races held during two race meets, alongside the 2015 U.S. F2000 Winterfest. The previous edition included only four races, with two at each track.

Team Pelfrey's Jack Aitken and Andretti Autosport driver Weiron Tan were the main title protagonists, sharing all five victories between them. Tan amassed the most points with race results – two wins and three second places – but a five-point penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct on the podium at NOLA Motorsports Park allowed Aitken to take the championship title by one point ahead of Tan. Third place went to Tan's team-mate Dalton Kellett, who took his only podium finish in the final race at Barber Motorsports Park, which awarded double points after one of the track's scheduled three races was canceled due to bad weather.

Drivers and teams

All teams are American-registered.

Team No. Drivers Notes
Andretti Autosport 22 Malaysia Weiron Tan[1]
28 Canada Dalton Kellett[2]
Cape Motorsports
Wayne Taylor Racing		 2 Canada Daniel Burkett[3]
10 France Florian Latorre
JDC Motorsports 19 United Kingdom Raoul Owens
54 United States Michael Johnson
Juncos Racing 5 Canada Garett Grist[4]
6 France Timothé Buret[5]
7 Mexico Jose Gutierrez
23 United States Will Owen[6]
M1 Racing 18 Canada Nicholas Latifi
24 United States Tristan DeGrand Barber only
33 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde Expert class; NOLA only
Team Pelfrey 82 United Kingdom Jack Aitken
World Speed Motorsports 13 United States Bobby Eberle Expert class
14 United Kingdom Alessandro Latif[7]

Race calendar and results

The series schedule, along with the other Road to Indy series schedules, was announced on November 3, 2014.[8]

Rnd Circuit Location Date Pole position Fastest lap Most laps led Winning driver Winning team
1 NOLA Motorsports Park Avondale, Louisiana February 19 United Kingdom Jack Aitken Malaysia Weiron Tan United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken Team Pelfrey
2 February 20 Malaysia Weiron Tan Malaysia Weiron Tan Malaysia Weiron Tan Andretti Autosport
3 United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken Team Pelfrey
4 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama February 25 Canceled due to weather
5 February 26 United States Will Owen United Kingdom Jack Aitken United Kingdom Jack Aitken Team Pelfrey
6 United Kingdom Jack Aitken Malaysia Weiron Tan Malaysia Weiron Tan Andretti Autosport

Championship standings

Drivers' championship

  • Due to the cancelation of the first race at Barber Motorsports Park, double points were awarded in the final race of the championship.
Pos Driver NOL BAR Points
1 United Kingdom Jack Aitken 1* 4 1* C 1* 2 167
2 Malaysia Weiron Tan 2 1* 2 C 2 1* 166
3 Canada Dalton Kellett 6 13 7 C 5 3 98
4 France Florian Latorre 7 5 8 C 3 6 96
5 Canada Garett Grist 5 14 4 C 7 5 91
6 United States Will Owen 3 3 6 C 14 14 83
7 United Kingdom Raoul Owens 4 6 12 C 4 12 80
8 Mexico José Gutiérrez 15 8 5 C 8 7 77
9 France Timothé Buret 9 7 9 C 6 9 77
10 United Kingdom Alessandro Latif 11 11 11 C 10 8 67
11 United States Michael Johnson 10 9 10 C 11 10 66
12 Canada Nicholas Latifi 14 2 3 C 15 DNS 60
13 United States Bobby Eberle 12 10 13 C 12 13 53
14 United States Tristan DeGrand C 9 4 50
15 Canada Daniel Burkett 8 15 DNS C 13 11 47
16 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde 13 12 14 24
Expert class
1 United States Bobby Eberle 12 10 13 C 12 13 110
2 Puerto Rico Carlos Conde 13 12 14 54
Pos Driver NOL BAR 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)
Race canceled
(C)
Blank Did not
participate
In-line notation
Championship Class only
Bold Pole position
(1 point)
Italics Ran fastest race lap
(1 point)
* Led most race laps
(1 point)

Teams' championship

Pos Team Points
1 United States Andretti Autosport 177
2 United States Team Pelfrey 132
3 United States Juncos Racing 66
4 United States M1 Racing 61
5 United States Cape Motorsports w/ WTR 22
6 United States JDC Motorsports 50
7 United States World Speed Motorsports 21

References

  1. ↑ DeHarde, Christopher (December 10, 2014). "Weiron Tan to drive for Andretti Autosport in Pro Mazda". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Andretti Autosport signs Kellett to Pro Mazda squad". Pro Mazda Championship. Andersen Promotions. November 18, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Burkett Joins Cape Motorsports Pro Mazda Team". Pro Mazda Championship. Andersen Promotions. December 16, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Grist signs with Juncos Racing for 2015". Motorsport.com. Motorsport.com, Inc. December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Timothé Buret Commits to Juncos Racing for 2015 Pro Mazda Championship". Pro Mazda Championship. Andersen Promotions. December 3, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ Bonkowski, Jerry (November 22, 2014). "Indy USF2000 winner Will Owen moves to Juncos Racing, Pro Mazda Series in 2015". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Latif joins WSM team". Racer. Haymarket Publications. February 16, 2015. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ DiZinno, Tony (November 3, 2014). "Mazda Road to Indy 2015 schedules released". MotorSportsTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
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