Indy Toronto: New 2025 IndyCar World Championship standings

Here is the brand new championship factors after the 2025 indyCar Indy Toronto race:

Pato O’Ward’s win in Toronto has moved him nearer to championship chief, Alex Palou, on the the highest of the desk.

Taking on second within the championship in Iowa after his win final weekend, Pato has accomplished a robust job to remain in touching distance of the Spaniard with the hole now 99 factors in comparison with the 129 that it was leaving Iowa.

O’Ward was helped by technique errors by Palou who, regardless of main a big section on the race, left it too lengthy for his first pit cease after which made the unsuitable option to go onto to the smooth compound.

After the race, Palou admitted it was his personal fault as he had referred to as the technique.

He mentioned: “I selected the technique. There’s what we did unsuitable right this moment. I assumed it was going to present us the most suitable choice to win. I needed to be upfront attempting to keep away from being trapped in visitors.

“We knew it was gonna be a dangerous technique in comparison with beginning on alternates. We have been in a position to open a giant hole after that first yellow nevertheless it was not sufficient right this moment.”

It may have been a stronger weekend for Kyle Kirkwood who seemed like he may’ve received earlier than he spun within the pitlane after Marcus Armstrong gave him a nudge. Regardless of this, the Andretti driver took third from Scott Dixon within the standings.

Dixon suffered from the identical strategic issues as Palou and completed tenth whereas Kirkwood recovered to complete sixth.

Kirkwood fell from second within the standings to fourth after the Iowa double-header which included a retirement for him within the Synk 275. Whereas he may have received right this moment, he can take comfort that he rose again up within the championship.

One level separates the drivers with Kirkwood on 363 factors in comparison with Dixon’s 362.

Taking a 3rd place end in Toronto, Simpson jumped up three locations from seventeenth to 14th within the championship, leapfrogging Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, and Josef Newgarden.

Considerably coincidentally, all three have been concerned in numerous incidents within the race with Newgarden caught out by Jacob Abel after he hit the wall, Rossi colliding with the wall, and Rasmussen strong-armed by Will Energy which gave him a puncture.

Regardless of Newgarden’s good work to spice up him up the championship in Iowa, Toronto has slipped him again down the order.

The American driver had been 18th heading in Iowa and jumped as much as 14th after.

He has by no means completed decrease than seventh within the standings by the tip of the season.

Second place finisher, Rinus VeeKay, has additionally been promoted up the order from twelfth to tenth however nonetheless chases David Malukas who moved from eleventh to ninth.

Each drivers overtook Santino Ferrucci who did not compete following a crash within the Heat Up meant his automotive would not be mounted in time.

Scott McLaughlin fell to 14th after he has retired from two races in a row with wheel nut coming unfastened following an early pit cease in Toronto.