INDYCAR: Driver Ratings for 2023 Big Machine Music City GP at Nashville

Kyle Kirkwood: 10
The sophomore driver is cementing himself as theไ alpha dog in his first season with Andretti Autosport.
Scott McLaughlin: 9
Another Nashville pole, another N♔ashville runne🐓r-up for the Team Penske driver.
Alex Palou: 9
Yet another podium finish for Pal𒈔ou, who extended his championship lead with just four races remaining.
Josef Newgarden: 9
It was a great day for the hometown rac꧃er, who climbed his way ♐to the front, but he still finished behind Palou.
Scott Dixon: 8
Although he was never in position to win the 💧race, it was a third consecutive top-five finish for Dixon at Nashville🍸.
Romain Grosjean: 8
A 6th place finish almost felt like a podium for Grosjean, who kept it clean, led some laps,ﷺ and brought the car home in one piece.

Marcus Ericsson: 6
It was an odd weekend for Ericsson, who was at both ends of the spectrum at time⛎sꩵ but still earned a solid 7th place finish.
Pato O'Ward: 7
Arrow McLaren didn'🦹t have race-winning cars this weekend, but Pato made the most of the situation and earned another top-ten result.
Christian Lundgaard: 7
Lundgaard once again led the way for an RLL Racing team that is 𒊎still trying to figure things o🍷ut.
Will Power: 7
Power was frustrated by his mistake in qual🎀ifying, and was never able to find his way t💫o the front on Sunday.
Helio Castroneves: 8
This was the b꧒est race of the season for Castroneves, and a solid weekend overall for Meyer Shank Racing.
Callum Ilott: 7
Ilott didn't have any highlights ꦉthis weekend but still a decent ✱day for the Juncos Hollinger Racing driver.
Marcus Armstrong: 7
Given his performances already this season, this weekend seemed like somewhat of a disappo🧸intment for the talented rookie.
Rinus VeeKay: 5
A decent run was thrown away yet again as VeeKay was penalized for ཧmaking side contact with Alexander Rossi in a high-speed section of the track.
Graham Rahal: 6
This wꦗas another mediocre run for Rahal, finishing in the middle of the pꦏack once again.
Ryan Hunter-Reay: 6
Not a bad d🐎ay for the veteran, as he continues to make slow and steady progress wiܫth Ed Carpenter Racing.
Sting Ray Robb: 6
There were no issues for the rookie or his team this weekend, which is a positive takeaway❀.
Santino Ferrucci: 5
The AJ Foyt Racing cars are not ﷺknown for their strength on street courses, so this result was not much of a sur🤡prise.
Alexander Rossi: 3
He was nearly taken out by VeeKay, but even before that, Rossi struggled to keep pace with the front oꦐf the field.
Agustin Canapino: 5
Before he got into the run-off area on the♛ final restart, Canapino was having a decent day making clean passes on t♏rack.
Colton Herta: 2
A♚ great qualifying Saturday and a terrible race o♑n Sunday. Rinse and repeat for Herta, who continues to have issues when the green flag waves.
Felix Rosenqvist: 5
Felix had a mostly positive day until the i▨ncident in the closing laps when he got into the tire barriers.
Benjamin Pedersen: 3
The rookie w𒈔as𝓡 involved in the three-car pileup, but was also a non-factor today.
Jack Harvey: 4
Harvꦕey showed some im🐼provement early on in the race, but that ended when he slid head-first into the wall later in the day.
Linus Lundqvist: 8
A sensational debut for the rookie, who was runnin♓g inside the top-five without his hood scoop for much of the day. The end result was just ꧑a tiny mistake, that could have happened to anyone.
Devlin DeFrancesco: 5
Nothing positive came from Devlin's weekend, other than the fꦕact that he had an amazing livery.
David Malukas: 7
Malukas had a great run going inside the top-five when a mechanical failure on his Da🅰le Coyne Racing Hond🐎a ended his day early.