Alex Palou maintains his top spot in the Power Rankings following a 5.4840-second romp in Saturday’s Sonsio Grand Prix. Palou has four wins in five NTT INDYCAR SERIES races this season, with his worst finish a second to Kyle Kirkwood in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 13.
The best driver not named Palou changed hands again while several other drivers rose in the rankings leading into the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 25 (10 a.m. ET, FOX, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports app and INDYCAR Radio Network).
↓10. Felix Rosenqvist (No. 60 SiriusXM Honda; Last Rank: 7)
Rosenqvist scored his fourth top-10 finish of the season, placing 10th on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. That finish was a nice rebound after enduring his worst weekend of the season at Barber Motorsports Park, qualifying 14th and finishing 13th. The Barber finish ended a streak of three consecutive top-10 starting spots and race finishes.
↑9. Rinus VeeKay (No. 18 askROI Honda; Last Rank NR)
VeeKay earned his third top-10 finish of the season for Dale Coyne Racing by climbing from 24th at the start to finish ninth in the Sonsio Grand Prix. He finished fourth the previous week at Barber Motorsports Park.
↓8. Colton Herta (No. 26 Gainbridge Honda; Last Rank: 6)
Herta had a dismal Sonsio Grand Prix weekend, finishing 25th after qualifying 13th. He’s also not turned his qualifying pace into strong race days this season after starting second, fourth, second and third, and finishing 16th, fourth, seventh and seventh, respectively. That’s what’s holding back the Andretti Global driver and leaving him ninth in the standings, 144 points behind Palou.
↑7. Scott Dixon (No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda; Last Rank: 10)
Dixon gained 14 spots at Barber Motorsports Park and 11 more in the Sonsio Grand Prix, climbing from 16th to fifth to merit a climb in Power Rankings. Dixon’s best finish this season is a runner-up in the March 2 season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg presented by RP Funding.
↓6. Christian Lundgaard (No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet; Last Rank: 2)
Lundgaard’s streak of three straight podium finishes came to a dramatic halt with a 16th-place finish on the IMS road course, his worst result at arguably his best track. Being two points ahead of Pato O’Ward in points could be a reason to put him ahead of his Arrow McLaren teammate in Power Rankings, but his worst day is lower than O’Ward’s 13th-place effort in Long Beach.
↔5. Kyle Kirkwood (No. 27 PreFab Honda; Last Rank: 5)
Kirkwood remains in fifth because he charged from 21st to finish eighth Saturday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This comes after his first finish outside the top 10, at Barber, when he rallied from 18th to finish 11th. He’s still in the top five because he’s second in points and dominated Long Beach, where he earned NTT P1 Award honors and led 46 of 90 laps en route to victory.
↑4. Pato O’Ward (No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet; Last Rank: 8)
O’Ward’s natural road course pace continued with a second-place finish in the Sonsio Grand Prix, his second runner-up in three natural road course starts this season. He also finished sixth at Barber Motorsports Park. In The Thermal Club INDYCAR Grand Prix, O’Ward started on pole and led 51 of 65 laps in a second-place effort. However, he has struggled some on the street circuits, finishing 11th at St. Petersburg and was 13th at Long Beach.
↑3. Scott McLaughlin (No. 3 Good Ranchers Team Penske Chevrolet; Last Rank: 4)
McLaughlin earned his best career Sonsio Grand Prix finish, coming home fourth last Saturday. He qualified second and finished third at Barber Motorsports Park on the previous weekend and has four top-six finishes in five races this season. The outlier is when he qualified 25th and finished 27th in a tough day at The Thermal Club. He began 2025 with an NTT P1 Award and fourth-place finish after leading a race-high 40 of 100 laps in St. Petersburg. He also started and finished sixth April 13 at Long Beach. McLaughlin is fifth in points, trailing Palou by 111.
↑2. Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet; Last Rank: 3)
Power finished third Saturday for his fourth consecutive top-six finish. He came home fifth a week prior at Barber Motorsports Park. Previously, he climbed from 13th to finish fifth at Long Beach and charged from 21st to finish sixth at The Thermal Club. He has been the top-finishing Team Penske driver in three of the last four races.
↔1. Alex Palou (No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda; Last Rank: 1)
What more is there to say about the two-time defending series champion who leads Kirkwood by 97 points and Lundgaard by 98 entering the “500.” An average finish of 1.2 with four wins puts him on a throne that can’t be toppled for a while.