IndyCar: Post-Season Driver Grades

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SONOMA, CA – SEPTEMBER 17: Drivers race on the first lap of the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway on September 17, 2017 in Sonoma, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

With the 2017 IndyCar season now complete, which drivers looked good, and which drivers didn’t? Here are the post-season driver grades.

With 17 races complete and none remaining on IndyCar‘s 2017 schedule, the season is now over, and drivers and teams are looking ahead to the 2018 season.

While drivers and teams are looking ahead to the 2018 season now that the 2017 season is complete, there are still nearly six months to go until the 2018 season begins.

Therefore, it’s time to grade the performances of each of IndyCar’s 19 full-time drivers, who represented a total of eight different teams, in the 2017 season.

Here is an alphabetical list of the 19 full-time drivers before we get started.

Marco Andretti, No. 27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
Sebastien Bourdais, No. 18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
Helio Castroneves, No. 3, Team Penske, Chevrolet
Max Chilton, No. 8, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
Conor Daly, No. 4, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
Scott Dixon, No. 9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
JR Hildebrand, No. 21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
James Hinchcliffe, No. 5, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
Ed Jones, No. 19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
Tony Kanaan, No. 10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
Charlie Kimball, No. 83, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
Carlos Munoz, No. 14, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
Josef Newgarden, No. 2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
Simon Pagenaud, No. 1, Team Penske, Chevrolet
Will Power, No. 12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
Graham Rahal, No. 15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
Alexander Rossi, No. 98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
Takuma Sato, No. 26, Andretti Autosport, Honda