INDYCAR: 2023 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Driver Rankings

Crash INDYCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
Will Power, Team Penske at Detroit Grand Prix
Will Power, Team Penske at Detroit Grand Prix

Alex Palou: 10

Another domi🍌nating weekend for Palou, who won the race from pole position.

Will Power: 9

A sensational drive from the 7th ꦿstarting position, which could have been a victory without the contact with Scott Dixon.

Felix Rosenqvist: 9

A much-needed podium result for🐎 Felix, although it came at the expense oꦛf some contact with his teammate.

Scott Dixon: 8

He finished where he started but another solid top-five result for Dixon, 🅺who is chasing his seventh title.

Alexander Rossi: 8

A great drive until the b🐽attle with Rosenqvist left him on the short end of the stick.

Alexander Rossi
Alexander Rossi

Kyle Kirkwood: 9

A spectacular recovery for Kirkwood, after crashing in qualifying, getting run over on the opening-lap, restarting 27th and finish🦩ing in 6th position.

Scott McLaughlin: 7

Not the result he ♛exp🃏ected after starting on the front row, and there was another run-in with Romain Grosjean today...

Marcus Armstrong: 8

The rookie just continues to impress as he notched another top-ten r𓄧esult after not being in the car for nearly a month.

Marcus Ericsson: 7

A steady race for ༒Ericsson, who typically thrives o🍰n street courses.

Josef Newgarden: 7

The Indy 500 champ got beat up in the later stages of🧔 th🍌is race, but still managed a top-ten finish to help him keep pace in the championship.

Colton Herta: 6

A rough day for Herta still en♍ded with an 11th place f💙inish. Considering all that happened on the track, it was an impressive performance.

Devlin DeFrancesco: 6

A solid 12th place finish for DeFrancesco.

Simon Pagenaud: 5

His dreadful season continues, even after a solid qualifying perfoꦅrmance on Saturday.

Agustin Canapino: 5

Not a horrible꧙ day for the IndyCar rookie🅠, but he was penalized for blocking.

Conor Daly: 5

The struggles for Ed Carpenter Racing continue, as n𝔍either driver had a good day.

Christian Lundgaard: 5

♑The RLL Racing team was out to lunch once again, as Lundgaard was their highest finisher in 16th.

Jack Harvey: 4

See above.

Rinus VeeKay: 4

The miserable season continues for VeeKay🐠 and ♚company.

Helio Castroneves: 3

Expectations were low, but even a 19th place finish could ไbe considered progress at this point.

Benjamin Pedersen: 3

The rookie was involved in an incident halfꦉway through the race.

Santino Ferrucci: 3

After a memorable🔥 month of May for the AJ Foyt Racing team, it was back to normal this weekend.

Sting Ray Robb: 3

Th𓆉e rookie didn't have a good debut in Detroit, and neit♏her did his teammate.

David Malukas: 2

The organization struggled this weekend, and Malukas ulౠtimately fo♌und the wall late in the race.

Romain Grosjean: 8

Grosjean had the speed once again, but contact with McLaughlin and suspension damage eventually led him into the wall with a frustrating 24💮th place finish.

Romain Grosjean
Romain Grosjean

Graham Rahal: 1

This team is near rock bottom, and Graham is at 🔯a loss for words as to why.

Pato O'Ward: 2

Another instance of Pato just not showing the patience needed to score solid﷽ results.

Callum Ilott: 1

Notꦬ much to di꧑gest as he crashed on the opening lap.

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