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Verizon IndyCar Series standings after IndyCar Grand Prix

By Brittany Frederick

May 13, 2017; Speedway, IN, USA; Verizon Indycar Series driver Simon Pagenaud (1) drives through turn 7 during the warm up session before the Indycar Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports
May 13, 2017; Speedway, IN, USA; Verizon Indycar Series driver Simon Pagenaud (1) drives through turn 7 during the warm up session before the Indycar Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports /
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Simon Pagenaud retains his title lead, but Scott Dixon is closing the gap. Here are the Verizon IndyCar Series standings after the IndyCar Grand Prix.

Simon Pagenaud’s fifth-place finish in the IndyCar Grand Prix was good enough for him to hold onto the IndyCar championship lead, but four-time champion Scott Dixon has narrowed his deficit to just 10 points after Saturday’s race.

Pagenaud and Dixon have now separated themselves from the rest of the league as they’re the only two drivers with more than 160 points earned thus far in the 2017 season. While the three names at the top of the standings remain the same, the rest of the Top 5 has changed entirely in the wake of Indianapolis.

Helio Castroneves has moved from sixth to fourth and Will Power’s well-deserved victory in the Grand Prix punts him from seventh to fifth. James Hinchcliffe drops one spot to sixth while Sebastien Bourdais, the former points leader through the first two races, falls two spots to seventh place overall.

Tony Kanaan and Ed Jones also lost their places in the Top 10, which is now rounded out by Ryan Hunter-Reay and his Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi and Takuma Sato.

But it’s worth noting that only eight drivers have reached 100 points yet. Everyone else is very closely matched going into the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500, which will offer double points as usual.

Below are the updated Verizon IndyCar Series standings after the IndyCar Grand Prix:

1 – Simon Pagenaud – 191 pts
2 – Scott Dixon – 181 pts
3 – Josef Newgarden – 152 pts
4 – Helio Castroneves – 149 pts
5 – Will Power – 145 pts
6 – James Hinchcliffe – 137 pts
7 – Sebastien Bourdais – 136 pts
8 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – 117 pts
9 – Alexander Rossi – 99 pts
10 – Takuma Sato – 97 pts
11 – Tony Kanaan – 97 pts
12 – Ed Jones – 92 pts
13 – Graham Rahal – 87 pts
14 – JR Hildebrand – 87 pts
15 – Max Chilton – 84 pts
16 – Carlos Munoz – 83 pts
17 – Mikhail Aleshin – 79 pts
18 – Marco Andretti – 71 pts
19 – Conor Daly – 70 pts
20 – Charlie Kimball – 70 pts
21 – Spencer Pigot – 66 pts
22 – Ed Carpenter – 26 pts
23 – Juan Pablo Montoya – 20 pts
24 – Zach Veach – 11 pts

Next: Complete IndyCar Grand Prix results

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