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IndyCar Driver Power Rankings after 2019 Honda Indy Toronto

By Asher Fair

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 08: Takuma Sato of Japan, driver of the #30 ABeam Consulting Honda, races Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, at the start of the NTT IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 08, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS - JUNE 08: Takuma Sato of Japan, driver of the #30 ABeam Consulting Honda, races Scott Dixon of New Zealand, driver of the #9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, at the start of the NTT IndyCar Series DXC Technology 600 at Texas Motor Speedway on June 08, 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS – JUNE 06: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS – JUNE 06: Simon Pagenaud of France, driver of the #22 DXC Technology Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images) /

Following Simon Pagenaud’s third victory of the 2019 IndyCar season, which drivers rank where in the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings?

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud earned his third victory of the 2019 IndyCar season to continue his bounce-back season following a year during which he failed to win a single race, and he did so by dominating the 17-race season’s 11th race, the Honda Indy Toronto, at Exhibition Place.

Pagenaud’s victory in this 85-lap race around the 11-turn, 1.786-mile (2.874-kilometer) temporary street circuit on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada tied him atop the wins list with teammate Josef Newgarden this season.

Pagenaud also won both races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, including the IndyCar Grand Prix at the track’s road course and the 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the track’s oval.

Only Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi has won multiple races this season aside of Pagenaud Newgarden. He won the race on the streets of Long Beach, California as well as the race at Road America.

The other three drivers who have won one race so far this season are Harding Steinbrenner Racing rookie Colton Herta, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon.

How did the action from Exhibition Place affect the IndyCar Driver Power Rankings? Here are the non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following the Honda Indy Toronto.

Non-formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings

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

Biggest Movers
Up: Simon Pagenaud, Takuma Sato, Colton Herta, Spencer Pigot, Marco Andretti (+1)
Down: Marcus Ericsson (-2)

Here are the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings following Pagenaud’s series-high third victory of the season. To see how the formulated IndyCar Driver Power Rankings are calculated, click here.