Josef Newgarden got his 2024 IndyCar campaign off to the perfect start with victory in the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. The perennial front-runner had a relatively poor season in 2023 by his incredibly high standards, but he won the inaugrual race of the season for the first time since 2019, the year of his second and last IndyCar championship to date.
Team Penske looks to have the early edge in terms of performance, with Scott McLaughlin and Will Power coming home third and fourth, only Pato O’Ward in his McLaren had an answer. Chip Ganassi Racing struggled for pace, Alex Palou in sixth was the team’s highest scorer, while Scott Dixon ended up a disappointing ninth.
Colton Herta put in an outstanding drive to finish fifth for Andretti Global, Felix Rosenqvist bagged a good haul of points for Meyer Shank Racing in seventh ahead of Alexander Rossi’s McLaren. Rinus Veekay rounded out the top ten for Ed Carpenter Racing.
Position |
Driver |
Team |
Points |
1 |
Alex Palou |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
411 |
2 |
Will Power |
Team Penske |
362 |
3 |
Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi |
358 |
4 |
Colton Herta |
Andretti Global |
354 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
McLaren |
340 |
6 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Team Penske |
328 |
7 |
Kyle Kirkwood |
Andretti Global |
314 |
8 |
Josef Newgarden |
Team Penske |
266 |
9 |
Alexander Rossi |
McLaren |
265 |
10 |
Santino Ferrucci |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
231 |
11 |
Christian Lundgaard |
Dale Coyne Racing |
229 |
12 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Andretti Global |
222 |
13 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
221 |
14 |
Marcus Armstrong |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
203 |
15 |
Rinus VeeKay |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
201 |
16 |
Romain Grosjean |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
199 |
17 |
Graham Rahal |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
197 |
18 |
Linus Lundqvist |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
173 |
19 |
Pietro Fittipaldi |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
135 |
20 |
Kyffin Simpson |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
133 |
21 |
Sting Ray Robb |
AJ Foyt Enterprises |
121 |
22 |
Christian Rasmussen |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
109 |
=22 |
Agustin Canapino |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
109 |
24 |
Theo Pourchaire |
McLaren |
91 |
25 |
Nolan Siegel |
Dale Coyne Racing |
88 |
26 |
David Malukas |
Meyer Shank Racing |
82 |
27 |
Jack Harvey |
Dale Coyne Racing |
80 |
28 |
Tom Blomqvist |
Meyer Shank Racing |
46 |
29 |
Calum Ilott |
McLaren |
39 |
30 |
Ed Carpenter |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
32 |
=30 |
Toby Sowery |
Dale Coyne Racing |
32 |
32 |
Luca Ghiotto |
Dale Coyne Racing |
27 |
33 |
Conor Daly |
Dale Coyne Racing |
26 |
=33 |
Helio Castroneves |
Meyer Shank Racing |
26 |
35 |
Katherine Legge |
Dale Coyne Racing |
24 |
36 |
Kyle Larson |
McLaren |
21 |
37 |
Takuma Sato |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
19 |
38 |
Tristan Vautier |
Dale Coyne Racing |
12 |
39 |
Colin Braun |
Dale Coyne Racing |
10 |
40 |
Hunter McElrea |
Dale Coyne Racing |
6 |
41 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay |
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing |
6 |
42 |
Marco Andretti |
Andretti Herta |
5 |
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