IRVINE, Calif. – Mazda Team Joest will feature a familiar lineup of drivers who will drive the pair of Mazda RT24-Ps during the upcoming IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season.

Partnering for the third straight season in the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P will be Jonathan Bomarito and Harry Tincknell.

Bomarito, Tincknell and Olivier Pla delivered Mazda’s first victory in the Daytona Prototype international class last June at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen, while Bomarito and Tincknell scored another victory at Road America.

For Bomarito, this will be his ninth season racing with Mazda.

They will be joined in the Michelin Endurance Cup by NTT IndyCar veteran Ryan Hunter-Reay. Hunter-Reay, the 2012 NTT Indycar Series champion and the winner of the 2014 Indianapolis 500, drove the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P at Mid-Ohio alongside Bomarito.

Hunter-Reay has competed extensively in sports cars, with an overall victory at Petit Le Mans and a class victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring on his resume.

Olivier Jarvis and Tristan Nunez will partner for a third season in the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P. Jarvis and Nunez scored their first victory in July at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and finished on the podium three additional times, while Jarvis qualified on pole three times last year.

This will be Nunez’ eighth season racing for Mazda.

The two will be joined in the Michelin Endurance Cup rounds by Olivier Pla, who moves over from the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P for the upcoming season.

A sports car racing standout who also has an overall victory at Petit Le Mans on his resume, Pla was part of the Mazda driver lineup that took victory at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of the Glen in June.

“It’s a great honor to lead this program into its fourth season, and this is the season that I think will be pivotal for Mazda Team Joest,” said Nelson Cosgrove, director of Mazda Motorsports. “The program’s first season was clearly a learning year, while last year the program learned how to become a race winner. 2020 is the year that Mazda Team Joest contends for an IMSA championship.

“The pieces are already in place with one of the strongest driver lineups in the championship and a car, engine and technical package that has a lot of potential left in it after winning three times last season.”