IndyCar Driver Power Rankings after 2019 IndyCar Grand Prix

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SONOMA, CA – SEPTEMBER 16: Simon Pagenaud, driver of the #22 Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /

Following Simon Pagenaud’s first victory since the 2017 IndyCar season in the IndyCar Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, how do the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings look?

By winning the fifth race on the 17-race 2019 IndyCar schedule, the IndyCar Grand Prix, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud earned his first victory since he won the 2017 season finale at Sonoma Raceway.

Additionally, by winning 85-lap race around the 13-turn, 2.439-mile (3.925-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course in Speedway, Indiana, the 34-year-old Frenchman became the fifth different driver to win a race this season.

His victory made the 2019 season the second season in the last three seasons to feature five different winners in the first five races, as seven different drivers won the first seven races of the 2017 season.

So far this season, Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato and Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi have also each won one race.

How do the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings look following the IndyCar Grand Prix? Here are the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following Pagenaud’s first victory of the 2019 season.

Non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings

Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine – [Last Rank (Trend)]
1st – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – [3rd (+2)]
2nd – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet – [1st (-1)]
3rd – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet – [7th (+4)]
4th – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda – [2nd (-2)]
5th – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – [4th (-1)]
6th – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet – [8th (+2)]
7th – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda – [6th (-1)]
8th – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda – [11th (+3)]
9th – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, DCR with Vasser-Sullivan, Honda – [10th (+1)]
10th – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow SPM, Honda – [9th (-1)]
11th – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda – [5th (-6)]
12th – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet – [14th (+2)]
13th – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda – [13th (0)]
14th – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda – [12th (-2)]
15th – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – [20th (+5)]
16th – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda – [17th (+1)]
17th – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda – [18th (+1)]
18th – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet – [19th (+1)]
19th – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet – [16th (-3)]
20th – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow SPM, Honda – [15th (-5)]

Biggest Movers
Up: Matheus Leist (+5)
Down: Ryan Hunter-Reay (-6)

Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following the action from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. To see how the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.