INDYCAR: 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Driver Rankings

Kyle Kirkwood: 10
Nearly a𝄹 perfect weekend with pole position, winning the race, and leading the most laps. This young, tal𒈔ented driver is the real deal.
Romain Grosjean: 9
Grosjean earned his fourth runner-up🐠 finish, as he continues t🐎o knock on the door for his first IndyCar win.
Marcus Ericsson: 9
After qualifyinꦑg on the front row, Ericsson was the only driver that could keep up with the Andretti cars, and takes over the championship lead.
Colton Herta: 8
He was right there along with his teammates, but just didn’t h♕ave enough to challenge for the lead.
Alex Palou: 7
Another strong result for Palou, who is quietly off to a fantas𒐪tic ☂start this season.

Will Power: 8
A much-needed﷽ result for the reigning series champion, after a no-show in Texas and a shaky qualifying performance this weekend.
Felix Rosenqvist: 8
His two teammates 🀅may have been faster, but Felix was the only Arrow McLaren driver to earn a solid ไfinish today.
Marcus Armstrong: 8
He wasn’t discusse🏅d much during the race, but this was a fantastic drive by the rookie.
Josef Newgarden: 7
Early on it looked as🌳 though Newgarden would score back-to-back wins, but strategy did not go their ♓way and he got eaten up late in the race.
Scott McLaughlin: 6
It was a decent result for McLaughlin, but he was never able to ch♐allenge at the front of the field.
Santino Ferrucci: 8
Clearly one of the best results for the AJ Foyt 🥂Racing te🌟am in quite some time.
Graham Rahal: 8
After starting in the back of the pack, Graham did what Graham always does, and drove his way through a c🍸hunk of the field.
Jack Harvey: 7
He was right there with his teammates, which is something he wasn’t able to say 🍷at all last year.
Christian Lundgaard: 7
His race started out well but he a🐼nd the RLL team were just lacking somethꦏing all weekend.

Simon Pagenaud: 5
Another poor pꦅerformance by Pagenaud and the Meyer Shank Racing team, who are really struggꦍling right now.
Pato O'Ward: 4
He made 🏅two questionable decisions in this race, in the same turn. Neither of them worked out well and his day was ruined even without being penalized.
Callum Ilott: 4
A forgettable weekend for Ilott and the Juncos Hollinger Racing ꦚteam.
Helio Castroneves: 3
Crashing on the o🦩pening lap of the race is never good, especially when there is no one else to blame.
Alexander Rossi: 7
R♔ossi had a top-ten run nearওly in the bank, but it all went away on the final lap when he crashed into the tier barriers.
Conor Daly: 4
His 100th start did not go as well as he or the Ed Carpenter Racing tea🎃m had hoped.
Rinus VeeKay: 4
See above, the ECR organization desper💜ately🦋 needs to get to Indy.
Scott Dixon: 2
His day was ruined when O’Ward put him into the tires. Outside🌌 of the Indianapolis 500 in 2014 an𒐪d 2017, his 27th place finish today was the worst of his career, which spans 371 races.