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 dominating weekend for Palo🌄u, who won the race from pole position.

Will Power: 9

A sensational drive from the 7th starting posit🔯ion, 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 of some contact with his teamma🍷te.

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 battle with Rosꦛeꦇnqvist left him on the short end of the stick.

Alexander Rossi
Alexander Rossi

Kyle Kirkwood: 9

A spe𒁏ctacular recovery for Kirkwood, after crashing in qualifying, getting run over on the🔯 opening-lap, restarting 27th and finishing in 6th position.

Scott McLaughlin: 7

Not the result he expected after starting on the front row, and there was another run-in w𒅌ith Romain Grosjean today...

Marcus Armstrong: 8

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

Marcus Ericsson: 7

A steady race for Ericsson, who typically thrives on street 🍬courses.

Josef Newgarden: 7

The Indy 500 champ got beat up in the later stages of this race, but still managed a top-ten fi✤nish to help him keep pace in the championship.

Colton Herta: 6

A rough day for Herta still ended with an 11th place finish. Considering all that happened on the track, it was an impressive perf𒁏ormance.

Devlin DeFrancesco: 6

A solid 12th place finish for DeFrancesco.

Simon Pagenaud: 5

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

Agustin Canapino: 5

Not a horrible day for the IndyCar rookie, but he was penalized for blockiওng.

Conor Daly: 5

The struggles for Ed Carpenter♈ Racing continue, as neither drivꦿer had a good day.

Christian Lundgaard: 5

The RLL Racing team🌞 was out to lunch once again, as Lundgaard was their highest fin🗹isher in 16th.

Jack Harvey: 4

See above.

Rinus VeeKay: 4

The mise🦹rable season continues for VeeKay and company.

Helio Castroneves: 3

Expectations were low, but even a 19th place finish could be considered progress aꦓt thisꦚ point.

Benjamin Pedersen: 3

The rookie was i꧅nvolved in an incident halfway through the race.

Santino Ferrucci: 3

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

Sting Ray Robb: 3

The rookie didn't ha🃏ve a good debut in Detroit, and neither did his teammate.

David Malukas: 2

The organization struggled this weekend, and Malukas ultimately found the wal♍l 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 24th pꦍlace finish.

Romain Grosjean
Romain Grosjean

Graham Rahal: 1

This team is near rock bottom, and Graham is 🧔at a loss for words as to wh🌟y.

Pato O'Ward: 2

Another instance of Pato just not showing the patience needed🐭 to score solid r🗹esults.

Callum Ilott: 1

Not much to digest as he crashed on☂ the opening lap.

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