IndyCar Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Indianapolis 500

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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MAY 26: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet races Alexander Rossi of the United States, driver of the #27 NAPA Auto Parts Andretti Autosport Honda (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

Following Simon Pagenaud’s victory and the rest of the action during the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, how do the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings look?

After becoming the fifth different driver to win a race through the first five races of the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season, Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud entered the season’s crown jewel race, the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500, at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the most recent winner.

Pagenaud proceeded to become the first driver to win two races this season by winning this year’s running of the 200-lap “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” around the four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.023-kilometer) Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in Speedway, Indiana in his #22 Chevrolet.

Pagenaud also became the second driver in a row and of all-time to sweep the month of May at the Brickyard, as he also won the IndyCar Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course just over two weeks ago. Teammate Will Power pulled off this feat last year, and he, too, entered the month of May without winning any races earlier in the season before he pulled it off.

How did this year’s running of the Indianapolis 500 affect the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following this thrilling race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings

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

Biggest Movers
Up: Santino Ferrucci (+7)
Down: Felix Rosenqvist (-7)

Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following Pagenaud’s first Indianapolis 500 victory. To see how the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.