INDYCAR: Driver Ratings for 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Crash INDYCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis.
Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing at Indianapolis
Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing at Indianapolis

Scott Dixon: 10

In ty♍pical Scott Dixon fashion, he recovered from a spin and won theꦍ race.

Graham Rahal: 10

The pole sitter nearly capped off a flawless week꧅end with his first win in six ye𝔍ars.

Pato O'Ward: 9

The Arrow McLaren cars finally had race speed and🍸 were able to get two cars inside the top-five.

Christian Lundgaard: 9

Another strong run for the talented 𝓀young driver as RLL Racing flexed its muscle.

Alexander Rossi: 9

Rossi badly needed a good fi🐟nish and he got itꦓ today at a track that he is very familiar with.

Alexander Rossi, Arrow McLaren
Alexander Rossi, Arrow McLaren

Will Power: 8

It wasn't a bad day for Powe🏅r, 🎶but none of the Team Penske cars were able to contend for the win today.

Alex Palou: 7

On the track, Palou was executing like he has 𒁃all season and still has not finished worse than 8th 🅺this year.

Scott McLaughlin: 7

Just an average race for McLaughlin as Penske just didn't have it today𒆙.

Kyle Kirkwood: 7

Another top-ꦏten to lead the way for Andretti has Kirkwood looking more and more like the alpha dog.

Marcus Ericsson: 6

Top-ten finis♕hes are nice, but Ericsson was definitely expecting more from this one.

Rinus VeeKay: 6

Arguably the best race of 🍌the season for VeeKay, who has not h🥃ad many bright spots over the last few years.

Linus Lundqvist: 8

The Indy Lights champ continues to show promise with a great 12th place result in his second career ♎race.

Colton Herta: 6

Herta's miserable ಌseason continues, as he had trouble early in the racಌe yet again.

Jack Harvey: 4

Not what Harvey was looking for, a🦋s this has easily been his bes꧃t track over the years.

Helio Castroneves: 4

The veteran didn't have any speed toda🙈y, and finished behind his teammate whoಞ was making his second start in the series.

David Malukas: 4

Malukas w𒆙as 𒁏caught up in the first-lap incident and had another rough week.

Callum Ilott: 4

The Juncos Hollinger 𝓀Racing team is struggling more than we realize.

Romain Grosjean: 3

So much fo💮r𓄧 building on the momentum he had from the last race...

Devlin DeFrancesco: 4

He surprised in qualifying and made a dazℱzling move at the start of the race to take the lead, but he quickly faded.

Ryan Hunter-Reay: 3

Anothe🐎r poor result coupled with the fact that he likely prevented Rಌahal from getting to Dixon.

Agustin Canapino: 2

See Ilott, Callum.

Sting Ray Robb: 3

It's never good when a 22nd place finish 💦is a positive step forward.

Santino Ferrucci: 3

Another embarrassing day for AJ Foyt Racing, who had issues with bꦫoth c📖ars.

Marcus Armstrong: 3

It was a punch in the gut for Armstrong, who was taken oܫut by his teammate on the first lap of the race and had such a great livery on display this weekend.

Josef Newgarden: 1

Goodbye championship hope.

Benjamin Pedersen: 1

The tea🐼m couldn't even get the engi🥀ne started in time for the race...

Felix Rosenqvist: 4

Feli🍨x had a good day going until h൩is engine let go.

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