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IndyCar Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 26: Ryan Hunter-Reay of the United States, driver of the #28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda leads a pack of cars during the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 26: Ryan Hunter-Reay of the United States, driver of the #28 DHL Andretti Autosport Honda leads a pack of cars during the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 26, 2019 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MAY 24: Josef Newgarden of USA, driver of the #2 Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – MAY 24: Josef Newgarden of USA, driver of the #2 Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images) /

After the 2019 IndyCar season’s seventh race, Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1, at the Raceway on Belle Isle, how do the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings look?

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden became the second driver to win two races in the 17-race 2019 IndyCar season by winning the season’s seventh race, Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Race 1, at the Raceway on Belle Isle.

Newgarden’s victory in this 43-lap race, which was originally scheduled to be a 70-lap race but became a 75-minute race as a result of rain, around the 14-turn, 2.35-mile (3.782-kilometer) Raceway on Belle Isle temporary street circuit on the streets of Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan tied him with teammate Simon Pagenaud atop the wins list through seven races so far this season.

Newgarden also won the season opened on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida. Meanwhile, Pagenaud won the two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the IndyCar Grand Prix on the track’s road course and the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 on the track’s oval.

How did Newgarden’s second victory of the 2019 season affect the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power rankings following the season’s seventh race.

Non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings

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

Biggest Movers
Up: Felix Rosenqvist (+6)
Down: Santino Ferrucci, Matheus Leist (-4)

Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following the action from the Raceway on Belle Isle. To see how the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.