Team Joest Announces 2018 Lineup: Mazda Motorsports

Mazda Motorsports Update

Do you follow Mazda Motorsports? Well, they just announced the drivers that will control the two Mazda RT24-P race cars in the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the Mazda Team Joest. They are racing under the Daytona Prototype international rules package. This is also the first season for a Joest Racing and Mazda combo. As a matter of fact, keep reading for the details!

 

Team Joest Announcement

It’s a 10-race season. Long-time Mazda drivers Tristan Nunez and Jonathan Bomarito, both American, are joined by two British racers. Harry Tincknell and Oliver Jarvis will be racing for Mazda for the first time. For the four longest endurance races, the quartet of drivers are supplemented. Those drivers will be by IndyCar racer Spencer Pigot and 2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car champion René Rast.

“Mazda has had a driver development program since 2007,” explained John Doonan, director of Mazda Motorsports in North America. “So, it’s a big part of our Mazda Prototype program to feature drivers that have come up through the Mazda ranks, whether that’s in sports cars like Tristan Nuñez, or the open-wheel side of things with Bomarito and Pigot. We’re thrilled that those superb young men are back with us again in 2018.

“Working with Joest, we were also able to secure fast, winning drivers from their recent history, which makes Jarvis and Rast a good fit, as is Tincknell, who has been successful in both GT and Prototype cars,” said Doonan. “We ask a lot of our drivers outside the car as well, so it’s great to add drivers who will fit the chemistry of what we hope to achieve as a team.”

Promising Year Ahead

It looks like Mazda Motorsports and Team Joest has a promising year ahead of them. We sure hope they have an awesome season. Interested in getting behind the wheel of your own Mazda? By all means, give Beach Mazda a call today!

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