Fresh from a strong showing at this year’s Daytona 24 Hours, the opening round of the 2020 IMSA Sportscar Series, Mazda North America’s British racing drivers Oliver Jarvis and Harry Tincknell returned to the UK to spend a day with the innovative Skyactiv-X powered Mazda3, to explore how, whether on road or track, Mazda’s focus on the connection between car and driver is at the forefront of development.
Living in the UK but competing on the other side of the Atlantic, both drivers race for Mazda Team Joest in North America’s leading sportscar series: the IMSA Sportscar Championship.
A multi-class series contested across 10 rounds with race distances varying from 24 hours to just one hour and forty minutes, the Mazda RT24-P race cars compete in the fastest Daytona Prototype Class for overall victories.
In 2018, Mazda Team Joest secured three victories with Harry Tincknell in the winning car at Watkins Glen and Road America, while after securing pole position earlier in the season at the Daytona 24 Hours, Oliver Jarvis was in the winning car at Mosport in Canada.