INDYCAR: Driver Ratings for the 2023 Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg

Marcus Ericsson: 9
Ericsson may not have had the♚ best 🌠car this weekend, but he was able to capitalize on the misfortunes of so many other drivers.
Pato O'Ward: 9
This was a brutal runner-upꦅ finish for O’Ward, who had the lead in the closing laps before an electrical gremlin caused him to slow.
Scott Dixon: 9
Dixon collected 𒉰his seventh podium at St Petersburg, but he has never w🐠on here.
Alexander Rossi: 9
A ter𓆉rific debut for Rossi with his new Arrow McLaren team. There were no mistakes and he made solid gains throughout the weekend.

Callum Ilott: 10
After starting in 22nd place, the 🍎Juncos Hollinger Racing driver carved his way through the field to score his first career top-five finish.
Graham Rahal: 10
Friday and Saturday were a real 🦂struggl💫e for RLL Racing, across the board. Rahal was another driver that started at the back but stayed out of trouble and managed a great finish.
Will Power: 8
This wasn’t the dominant performance that Power has shown here in the past, but after a penalty and off-the-track issues on his mind, he rebounded 🦋for a 🍷decent result.
Alex Palou: 7
Palou was strong ear𒈔ly in the race but fad🧸ed as the day played out.
Christian Lundgaard: 8
Much like his teammate Rahal, Lundgaard was able to pounce at the right moment𒈔s and avoided all of the carnage on Sunday.
David Malukas: 7
Aside from his penalty for running into the back of Marcus Armstrong early in the race🏅, it was a quiet afternoon for the second-year driver.
Marcus Armstrong: 8
It was a solid series debut for ꧃the rookie, and a glimpse into his promising future.
Agustin Canapino: 8
Not man💖y people saw this performance coming from Canapino, who capped a solid weekend for Juncos Hollinger Racing.
Scott McLaughlin: 6
The defending race winner looked as though he might repeat but his crash 𝕴with Romain Grosjean late in the race was a costly mistake.
Conor Daly: 6
It was a rough we꧋ekend for E🍨d Carpenter Racing, and Daly, who was spun by Kyle Kirkwood halfway through the race.
Kyle Kirkwood: 5
A promising qualifying effort went down the drain when he crashed♌ in the final round. Despite a solid 5th place starting spot, Kirkwood took out Daly and crashed again, going airborne over two other cars in the race.
Sting Ray Robb: 4
The only positive for the rookie today was that he wasꦜ able to get back on track after the first-lap incident to gain some experience.
Josef Newgarden: 4
This was a disastrous day for Team Penske, and Newgarden was part of 🌳it. A poor qualifying performance was almost negated before a fire on the rear of his Chevrolet in the closing laps ruin🥂ed his race.

Romain Grosjean: 8
Things looked great for the pole sitter for most of the race before he was taken out by McLaughlin in the final sti🐷nt of the race. He was beyond frustrated but his first win is coming very soon.
Felix Rosenqvist: 4
Friday and Saturday were good, as Rosenqvist was arguably the fastest of the Arrow McLaren trio. His race ended as soo🍷n as it began, whe𒁃n the contact with Dixon put him in the wall.
Colton Herta: 8
Early on, this race was a two-man duel between he and his teammate. A c🦄ostly move on the outside of Power brought an end to his race, and was another brutal blow to the Andretti team🐽.

Rinus VeeKay: 5
VeeKay was a victim multi💙ple times this weekend, but he will try to turn h♎is frustration into motivation heading into Texas.
Jack Harvey: 3
Things 𒁏haven’t improved for Harvey, after a brutal 2022 campaign. Harvey was involved in one of the big incidents today, and was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.
Helio Castroneves: 2
Castroneves really di꧙dn’t get to race today, as he was collected in the first-lap accident. He was a little banged up, but was cleared by the medical team.
Santino Ferrucci: 2
Ferrucci was another driver caught up in the f🐈irst-lap inci🔯dent.
Devlin DeFrancesco: 1
The hit that DeFrancesco had was one of the worst in series history. Thankfully, all 🔯of the safety enhancements allowed him to escape without injury.
Simon Pagenaud: 2
This was a ra🦂ce to forget for Meyer Shank Racing, who lost both cars in theꦜ first-lap accident.
Benjamin Pedersen: 1
Pedersen’s debut went a꧋bout as bad as it could go.