Azura "Mazzy" Mazda

Stupid Mazda (by angry spectators)

MazdaTiger (by Maru Myrvez)

Azura Mazda nicknamed "Mazzy" is a female Philippine DWEC Racer that debuted in 2009 and is respected by many racers and her fans, She dislikes Edwards Rich mainly because he dislikes the RX-8 model and because of his attempts to wreck her, She races for Benetton-Mazda (until 2023) and Azura GP (until 2029) in the number 94, She is also the youngest racer aging 21 in her debut in 2009, She then retired in 2030 after 20 years of racing

## Bio

*Azura Mazda nicknamed "Mazzy" has been a tough racer in her home race track every Saturday where her friends do a race having won some races and later entered a racing contest where she won against a Toyota Supra, Later in 2007 She got drafted into an upcoming racing series chosen by Benetton-Mazda, giving her a racing look but still retaining her tiger-like paint scheme and set a fastest lap on Laguna Seca and Nürburgring on the same year, She has been a respected racer for years and still wins races.*

## History

### Early Days

She began as a tuner car in 2004, and raced with her Matsuda clan members in her local race track, She was then drafted to a racing tournament competition when the racers bet on each other, She won against a difficult opponent which is a Toyota Supra, One of the RSN Officials saw her racing style and drafted her into an upcoming racing series, Maru Myrvez then trained her to get prepared for a real racing competition with 62 racecars which is gonna be difficult for her because, most of the cars in the competition are way faster, They decided to improvise the training by using Tengai as a placeholder for a racecar, She then travelled to USA and Germany to get a fast lap time on two racetracks, Laguna Seca and Nürburgring, Afterwards Maru Myrvez signed up to become her crew chief and in 2009, she was all ready and prepared and remembered what Maru told her during her training.

### Racing Career

In the 2009 season, She was doing ok with only 8 wins but didn't get a championship, In the 2010 season, she was getting pushed back by her rival Edwards Rich, she was getting a little frustrated by her rival, but then she began to act up and get a total of 9 wins almost beating her rival, She also won her first championship with Edwards Rich and Norris Best close behind, in the 2011 Season her team realized that she was getting slower with no explanation of why, Maru believed that it was the Toyota team but she realized that they weren't doing anything, So they have no choice but to add a turbocharger even if it's banned in the championship, In the American Grand Prix she was exposed by cheating leading to a bunch of angry fans protesting on the winner's podium, As they headed to San Marino for the next race, Azura declined to race there and signed Mark Webber to take her place instead, Azura then returned in 2012 in the Argentine Grand Prix, She did well on the 2012 season getting 10 wins and completely left her rival in the dust, In 2013 she got her best year winning 11 races but she was close on getting another championship, In 2014 her rival started to beat her by getting 9 wins whilst her getting 7, In 2015 Mazda started to develop a new engine and it was chosen to be the official engine for touring cars like her in the team, With the engine she became faster and got another championship, but Edwards is not cooling down yet, In 2016 - 2019 she was doing ok with the new faster and bigger racecars entering the grid, and with more retirements gained her a big advantage of winning against faster racecars, She got 8 wins throughout the years which is not bad for her, In 2020 she suffered a near-fatal crash in the final race of the season, Leading many of the spectators, racers and crew members shocked by her crash with coolant leaking and possible fire near the wreck, She was lucky that she didn't pass away during that time, and made her return in 2021 in the final race and won a championship, In the current season she was doing well and still managed to get some wins.

## General Information

### Physical Information

Azura is a Mazda RX-8 modified for racing, hence the racing spoiler and diffuser, She is painted white with a green tiger-like pattern along with a Mazda logo and her racing number on her sides, She also has some contingency sponsors around her body and a "SEE YA" on her rear bumper, She has black rims and Lightyear tires, In the 2014 season, her green tiger-like pattern ranged from blue along with green highlights on it, Her exhausts are instead placed on her license plate, After her recovery from her 2020 crash, her tiger-like pattern turned green again and some good luck writings by the Matsuda clan on her side skirts.

## Quotes

* "*I was really nervous but thankfully i got my first win, "Speed isn't what matters as long as you race fairly" A Lada told me that when i took part in a speed festival in here" - Interviewing after winning the 2009 Autopolis Grand Prix*

## Trivia

* She is based off of the DeviantArt member "MazdaTiger" which has the same name of the racer
* Her racing number 94 is the year (1994) in which the real MazdaTiger was born
* Sometimes her tiger-like pattern on her sides is strikingly similar to a lightning bolt, It could be representing that she was a fan of Lightning McQueen
* Her contingency sponsors contain: Axalta, Dinoco, Gastow's, Mood Springs, Vitoline, RPM, JLP, Benetton, Lightyear, Allianz, TAG Heuer, Siemens and Mazda
* She lives in Kingdomeah, even though she was born/made in the Philippines
* Despite her being called Mazzy by everyone, The commentators never call her first name as her nickname