Alex Palou maintains the top spot in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Power Rankings following his masterclass victory in Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Palou led a race-high 48 of 95 laps in the No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to score his second NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory of the season and 11th of his career.
Immediately behind him are surging Andretti Global teammates who have flashed the speed it takes to reach victory lane, soon.
↔10. Marcus Ericsson (No. 28 Delaware Life Honda; Last Rank: 10)
Ericsson gained six spots in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES points standings following three consecutive top-10 finishes during June. Ericsson finished second, ninth and 10th, respectively, catapulting him from 19th in points leaving the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge to 13th heading to the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio presented by the 2025 Civic Hybrid on July 7.
↑9. Romain Grosjean (No. 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet; Last Rank: NR)
Grosjean earned the best Juncos Hollinger Racing finish ever with a fourth-place result at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He has two consecutive top-seven finishes this season.
↓8. Scott McLaughlin (No. 3 Good Ranchers Team Penske Chevrolet; Last Rank: 3)
McLaughlin has produced an up-and-down season. He had results of 26th or worse in the first two points-paying races and then won at Barber Motorsports Park. But that victory and a third-place finish at Road America are his only top-five finishes all season. In two of the last three races, McLaughlin has finished 20th at Detroit and 21st Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
↓7. Pato O’Ward (No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet; Last Rank: 5)
O’Ward drops a couple spots but is still on the verge of a breakout. O’Ward finished eighth Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for his fourth consecutive top-10 finish this season. Following a runner-up finish in the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, O’Ward climbed from 12th to seventh in the final results at Detroit and 11th to eighth at Road America leading to last weekend’s race.
↑6. Alexander Rossi (No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: Last Rank: NR)
Rossi scored his first top-three finish in the last 21 NTT INDYCAR SERIES events with a third-place finish at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. That propels the Arrow McLaren driver to a return in the rankings. Rossi has three top-five finishes in his last four starts on the season, inching closer to ending his 30-race winless streak.
↑5. Scott Dixon (No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda; Last Rank: 6)
Dixon gains a spot following a quiet sixth-place finish Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He was 18th and sixth, respectively, in practice and qualified 10th. But scoring his sixth top-seven finish in eight starts this season, including a pair of victories at Long Beach and Detroit, has Dixon in the top five of the Power Rankings.
↓4. Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Business Team Penske Chevrolet; Last Rank: 2)
Power drops two spots in the Power Rankings and one in the championship standings, going from first to second in points, following a seventh-place finish Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He was 10th and second, respectively, in practice but qualified 15th. After an opening-lap mistake dropped him to 25th, Power charged through the field for his seventh top-seven finish in eight races this season.
↑3. Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda; Last Rank: 8)
Herta surges from unranked entering Road America to third leaving Sunday’s Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey. He had a car capable of a victory in the last four NTT INDYCAR SERIES races. However, the results show a crash and 23rd-place finish in the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, a 19th-place result after driving into the Turn 5 runoff area at Detroit, an event where he earned NTT P1 Award honors, then a hard-fought sixth-place finish at Road America and runner-up at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Herta qualified second at Road America but was spun on the opening lap in the first corner. His race Sunday was less chaotic, running in the top three on track for most of the 95-lap race. The 38-race winless skid should end soon.
↑2. Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 AutoNation Honda; Last Rank: 4)
Kirkwood has climbed from seventh to second in the Power Rankings over the last four races with finishes of seventh, fourth, fifth and fifth, respectively, since the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge. He is fifth in the championship standings, trailing Palou by 75 points.
↔1. Alex Palou (No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda; Last Rank: 1)
Over his the last 27 starts, including The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge, Palou has 26 top-eight results. The only exception was 16th at the beginning of this month at Detroit. Palou has been atop these Power Rankings for the last eight races, since he won The Thermal Club $1 Million Challenge in late March. He was off the No. 1 spot only after the season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding.