INDYCAR: Driver Ratings for 2023 Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Won by Alex Palou

Alex Palou: 10
The season Palou i🥃s having is nearing Max Verstappen levels.
Scott Dixon: 9
Another rꦡunner-up finish f🥃or Dixon, who has won six times at this track.
Will Power: 9
Considering Power still has not started inside the 🦩top-six this season, a podium result was about as good 🧸as it could get.
Christian Lundgaard: 9
A strong qualifying effort and solid r🃏ace pace has Lundgaard looking like the future for RLL Racing.
Scott McLaughlin: 8
A sol🤡id top-five finish for the driver who won here a year ago.
David Malukas: 8
After finishing 💜19th or worse in the last six races, it was a much-needed result for Malukas.
Graham Rahal: 6
Still a good ꦯfinish, but the mi🏅stake during a pit stop might have taken away a monster win.
Pato O'Ward: 9
Using strateg🥀y, O'Ward and the team were able to gain 17 positions in the race.
Marcus Armstrong: 7
Another impressive drﷺive by the rookie, who is the real deal.
Alexander Rossi: 6
Considering his past performances at Mid-Ohio, expectations were 𒉰much higher for Rossi this weekend.
Colton Herta: 4
For the second week in a row, Herta started on pole, dominated the first h༒alf of the race, only to see it f🦩ly away with a late-race mistake.
Josef Newgarden: 5
It was a strange weekendℱ for Nꦉewgarden, who was invisible for nearly all of it.
Romain Grosjean: 6
The good news was he was abᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚle to finish a race, but it was another one outside of the top-12.
Devlin DeFrancesco: 6
He continues to show improvement but he remains 🍸the weakest link in the four-driver lineup at Andretti.
Rinus VeeKay: 4
Another so-so drive from VeeKay, who des✤perately n🎶eeds to show something before the end of the season.
Callum Ilott: 5
The sour season continues for Ilott and the Juncos Hollinger Ra๊cing team.
Kyle Kirkwood: 8
The Andretti ace was ready to pounce at the front of the field but spun after co꧂ntact with Palou♓.
Jack Harvey: 3
Anoth🐷er poor showing for Harvey, who could be out of a ride before the end of the season.
Ryan Hunter-Reay: 4
Hunter-Reay was back in the car. That's about it.
Conor Daly: 4
Once again Conor found himself in a situation where he could show his value. Unfortunately, a 20th place finish wasn't w🧸hat he was looking for but given how bad this team has struggled, and the fact that he started last, Daly should feel good about his performance.
Helio Castroneves: 3
The final full-time season for Castroneves is winding 🅷down, without anything to smile about.
Sting Ray Robb: 3
The rookie kept it cleജan today,🌄 which is an improvement.
Agustin Canapino: 2
Not his best showing, but the team is clearly a step𓆉 (or two) beౠhind right now.
Santino Ferrucci: 2
A rough day for AJ Foyt Racing.
Felix Rosenqvist: 4
A solid qualifying effort went down the drain on the opening lap when he was t𓆉aken out by fellow Swede Marcus Ericsson.
Benjamin Pedersen: 1
His poor performance was overshadowed by his ruth✱less blocking on track, with several angry drivers ready to have a 💎discussion with him.
Marcus Ericsson: 2
His mistake was a costly one, likely taking h﷽im out of the championship picture.