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IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings after Toronto

IndyCar Series 2025 drivers championship, Rookie of the Year, Leaders Circle standings after Toronto

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The 2025 IndyCar Series season is busy and Alex Palou has won seven races, most notably the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Kirkwood has won three, Pato O'Ward two and Scott Dixon one.
Here's where the drivers and teams stand in the season-long points, Rookie of the Year and Leaders Circle races.
Report from Toronto: IndyCar Ontario Honda Dealers Indy complete results
IndyCar Series championship points 2025
(Through 13 of 17 races)
Alex Palou, 536 points
Pato O'Ward, 437
Kyle Kirkwood, 363
Scott Dixon, 362
Christian Lundgaard, 317
Felix Rosenqvist, 309
Marcus Armstrong, 283
Colton Herta, 278
Will Power, 263
David Malukas, 259
Rinus Veekay, 252
Santino Ferrucci, 240
Scott McLaughlin, 239
Kyffin Simpson, 226
Christian Rasmussen, 217
Josef Newgarden, 213
Conor Daly, 199
Alexander Rossi, 199
Marcus Ericsson, 195
Graham Rahal, 195
Nolan Siegel, 168
Robert Shwartzman, 159
Louis Foster, 159
Callum Ilott, 135
Sting Ray Robb, 133
Devlin DeFrancesco, 123
Jacob Abel, 95
Takuma Sato, 36
Helio Castroneves, 20
Ed Carpenter, 16
Jack Harvey, 12
Ryan Hunter-Reay, 10
Kyle Larson, 6
Marco Andretti, 5
IndyCar Series rookie points
With four races to go, Prema Racing's Robert Shwartzman erased a five-point deficit to Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing's Louis Foster on Sunday by virtue of his 16th-place finish, tied for the Prema driver's third-best finish of his young IndyCar career. Foster finished 21st, 23 laps down after a lengthy stop for repairs. Dale Coyne Racing's Jacob Abel finished 23rd after sliding into the outside wall on Turn 1 exit and sparking a multi-car crash.
Robert Shwartzman, 159 points
Louis Foster, 159 points
Jacob Abel, 95 points
IndyCar Series Leaders Circle standings 2025
IndyCar's Leaders Circle program pays eligible teams just over $1 million the following season in guarantees. To qualify for one of the 22 spots, the entry must be associated with one of IndyCar's 25 charters — teams are allowed to have a maximum of three. Only Prema Racing's two cars remain unchartered. The 25 chartered cars are then ranked by entrant points and, at the end of this season, the top 22 eligible entries will be paid $1.2 million or more by Penske Entertainment throughout the 2026 season.
Here are the cars around the bubble after IndyCar's Toronto race:
21. Arrow McLaren No. 6, 168 points points
22. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 45, 159 points
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23. Juncos Hollinger Racing No. 77, 133 points
24. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing No. 30, 123 points
25. Dale Coyne Racing No. 51, 95 points
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Who won the IndyCar race today? Toronto results, driver rankings
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