A “rookie” unofficially received the IndyCar iRacing Problem “championship.”
Although the NTT IndyCar Collection didn’t maintain official factors, Scott McLaughlin scored probably the most factors (213) throughout six digital races underneath the scoring system used for real-world races.
The 2-time Supercars champion, who has but to make his IndyCar debut for Staff Penske, scored victories at Barber Motorsports Park and the finale at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and high fives in three different races.
He completed 18 factors forward of teammate Will Energy, who went winless within the collection however led 103 laps.
Simon Pagenaud, who won at Michigan and Twin Motegi, made it a sweep of the highest three within the factors standings for Penske.
Pagenaud and Energy had been tied for the points lead entering Indy, however each completed outdoors the highest 10 within the finale.
INDYCAR iRACING CHALLENGE POINTS STANDINGS
Listed below are the ultimate IndyCar iRacing Problem standings after six races:
1. Scott McLaughlin (R) – 213
2. Will Energy – 195
3. Simon Pagenaud – 182
4. Felix Rosenqvist – 151
5. Santino Ferrucci – 138
6. Sage Karam – 120
7. Graham Rahal – 113
8. Conor Daly – 108
9. Marcus Ericsson – 107
10. Pato O’Ward (R) – 104
11. Alex Palou (R) – 100
12. Scott Dixon – 99
13. Oliver Askew (R) – 98
13. Josef Newgarden – 98
15. Zach Veach – 96
16. Jack Harvey – 88
17. Alexander Rossi – 86
18. Dalton Kellett (R) – 80
19. Sebastien Bourdais – 79
20. Colton Herta – 73
21. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 70
22. Robert Wickens – 66
23. Lando Norris (R) – 64
24. Scott Velocity (R) – 61
25. Ed Carpenter – 60
26. Felipe Nasr (R) – 57
27. Kyle Kaiser – 55
29. Tony Kanaan – 40
30. Rinus VeeKay (R) – 39
31. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (R) – 35
32. Kyle Kirkwood (R) – 32
32. Jimmie Johnson (R) – 32
32. James Hinchcliffe – 32
35. Takuma Sato – 28
36. James Davison – 27
37. Max Chilton – 26
38. Marco Andretti – 23
39. Helio Castroneves – 19
40. Kyle Busch (R) – 17
41. RC Enerson (R) – 10
41. Chaz Mostert – 10
43. Stefan Wilson (R) – 5
43. Spencer Pigot – 5
Factors Earned at Watkins Glen:
1. Sage Karam – 54 (+1 for profitable pole, +1 for main a lap, +2 for main probably the most laps)
2. Felix Rosenqvist – 40
3. Will Energy – 36 (+ 1 for main a lap)
4. Scott McLaughlin – 32
5. Oliver Askew – 30
6. Simon Pagenaud – 28
7. Josef Newgarden – 26
8. Santino Ferucci – 24
9. Kyle Kirkwood – 22
10. Conor Daly – 20
11. Dalton Kellett – 19
12. Kyle Kaiser – 18
13. Pato O’Ward – 17
14. Graham Rahal – 16
15. Felipe Nasr – 15
16. Jimmie Johnson – 14
17. Alexander Rossi – 13
18. Marcus Ericsson – 12
19. Zach Veach – 11
20. Alex Palou – 10
21. Scott Velocity – 9
22. Colton Herta – 8
23. Sebastien Bourdais – 7
24. Tony Kanaan – 6
25. James Hinchcliffe – 0 (Didn’t begin)
Factors earned at Barber:
1. Scott McGlaughlin – 51 (+1 for main a lap)
2. Will Energy – 40
3. Scott Velocity – 36 (+1 for main a lap)
4. Alex Palou – 32
5. Simon Pagenaud – 30
6. Felix Rosenqvist – 29 (+1 for main a lap)
7. Colton Herta – 26
8. Robert Wickens – 24
9. Josef Newgarden – 22
10. Santino Ferucci – 20
11. Dalton Kellett – 19
12. Jimmie Johnson – 18
13. Sebastien Bourdais – 17
14. Graham Rahal – 16
15. Oliver Askew – 15
16. Scott Dixon – 14
17. James Hinchcliffe – 13
18. Ed Carpenter – 12
19. Zach Veach – 11
20. Kyle Kirkwood – 10
21. Kyle Kaiser – 9
22. Alexander Rossi – 8
23. Conor Daly – 7
24. Pato O’Ward – 6
25. Marcus Ericsson – 5
26. Tony Kanaan – 5
27. Sage Karam – 9 (+1 for profitable pole, +1 for main a lap, +2 for main probably the most laps)
28. Jack Harvey – 5
29. Felipe Nasr – 5
Factors earned at Michigan:
1. Simon Pagenaud – 51 (+1 for main a lap)
2. Scott McLaughlin – 40
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr – 35
4. Will Energy – 33 (+1 for main a lap)
5. Graham Rahal – 30
6. Jack Harvey – 28
7. Alexander Rossi – 27 (+1 for main a lap)
8. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 25 (+1 for main a lap)
9. Ed Carpenter – 22
10. Alex Palou – 21 (+1 for main a lap)
11. Zach Veach – 20 (+1 for main a lap)
12. Kyle Kaiser – 18
13. Conor Daly – 17
14. Sage Karam – 19 (+1 for main a lap, +2 for main probably the most laps)
15. James Davison – 15
16. Dalton Kellett – 14
17. Felipe Nasr – 14 (+1 for main a lap)
18. Tony Kanaan – 12
19. Marcus Ericsson – 13 (+1 for main a lap, +1 for profitable pole)
20. Sebastien Bourdais – 10
21. Felix Rosenqvist – 9
22. James Hinchcliffe – 8
23. Santino Ferucci – 7
24. Josef Newgarden – 6
25. Pato O’Ward – 5
26. Robert Wickens – 5
27. Max Chilton – 5
28. Colton Herta – 5
29. Marco Andretti – 5
30. Scott Dixon – 5
31. Oliver Askew – 5
Factors earned at Motegi:
1. Simon Pagenuad – 51 (+1 for main a lap)
2. Scott Dixon – 41 (+1 for main a lap)
3. Will Energy – 38 (+1 for main a lap, +2 for main probably the most laps)
4. Marcus Ericsson – 33 (+1 for main a lap)
5. Robert Wickens – 32 (+1 for main a lap, +1 for profitable pole)
6. Jack Harvey – 29 (+1 for main a lap)
7. Sage Karam – 27 (+1 for main a lap)
8. Zach Veach – 25 (+1 for main a lap)
9. Santino Ferrucci – 22
10. Graham Rahal – 20
11. Conor Daly – 19
12. Takuma Sato – 18
13. Kyle Busch – 17
14. Felix Rosenqvist – 16
15. Josef Newgarden – 16 (+1 for main a lap)
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 14
17. Ed Carpenter – 13
18. Colton Herta – 12
19. Dalton Kellett – 11
20. Sebastien Bourdais – 10
21. Oliver Askew – 10 (+1 for main a lap)
22. Alex Palou – 8
23. Rinus VeeKay – 7
24. Scott McLaughlin – 6
25. Marco Andretti – 5
26. Pato O’Ward – 5
27. Kyle Kaiser – 5
28. Alexander Rossi – 5
29. Helio Castroneves – 5
30. Tony Kanaan – 5
31. Felipe Nasr – 5
32. Max Chilton – 5
33. James Hinchcliffe – 0 (Didn’t begin)
Factors earned at COTA:
1. Lando Norris – 54 (50 +Four for pole, lap led, most laps led)
2. Pato O’Ward – 41 (+1 for lap led)
3. Felix Rosenqvist – 35
4. Scott McLaughlin – 32
5. Santino Ferrucci – 30
6. Will Energy – 29 (+1 lap led)
7. Rinus VeeKay – 26
8. Marcus Ericsson – 24
9. Alex Palou – 23 (+1 lap led)
10. Josef Newgarden – 20
11. Scott Dixon – 19
12. Felipe Nasr – 18
13. Colton Herta – 17
14. Simon Pagenuad – 16
15. Alexander Rossi – 15
16. Jack Harvey – 14
17. Graham Rahal – 13
18. Dalton Kellett – 12
19. James Hinchcliffe – 11
20. Chaz Mostert – 10
21. Max Chilton – 9
22. Ed Carpenter – 8
23. Tony Kanaan – 7
24. Sebastien Bourdais – 6
25. Spencer Pigot – 5
26. Zach Veach – 5
27. Kyle Kaiser – 5
28. Oliver Askew – 5
29. Conor Daly – 5
30. Takuma Sato – 5
31. Ryan Hunter-Reay – 5
32. Robert Wickens – 5
33. Sage Karam – 5
Factors earned at Indianapolis:
1. Scott McLaughlin – 52 (+2 for pole, lap led)
2. Conor Daly – 40
3. Santino Ferrucci – 35
4. Oliver Askew – 33 (+1 for lap led)
5. Pato O’Ward – 30
6. Sebastien Bourdais– 29 (+1 lap led)
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay– 26
8. Zach Veach– 24
9. Felix Rosenqvist – 22
10. Scott Dixon– 20
11. Marcus Ericsson– 20 (+1 lap led)
12. Alexander Rossi– 18
13. Graham Rahal– 18 (+1 lap led)
14. Will Energy– 19 (+Three lap led, most laps led)
15. Scott Velocity – 16 (+1 lap led)
16. Helio Castroneves– 14
17. Marco Andretti – 13
18. Jack Harvey– 12
19. James Davison – 12 (+1 lap led)
20. RC Enerson – 10
21. Lando Norris– 10 (+1 lap led)
22. Josef Newgarden– 8
23. Max Chilton– 7
24. Rinus VeeKay – 6
25. Simon Pagenaud – 6 (+1 lap led)
26. Alex Palou – 6 (+1 lap led)
27. Sage Karam – 6 (+1 lap led)
28. Ed Carpenter – 5
29. Stefan Wilson — 5
30. Takuma Sato – 5
31. Dalton Kellett – 5
32. Colton Herta – 5
33. Tony Kanaan – 5
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS
IndyCar’s Rookie of the 12 months Award is offered to the highest ending rookie within the collection standings. Listed below are what the present standings can be for iRacing Problem :
1. Scott McLaughlin – 213
2. Pato O’Ward – 107
3. Alex Palou – 100
4. Oliver Askew – 98
5. Dalton Kellett – 80
6. Lando Norris – 64
7. Scott Velocity – 61
8. Felipe Nasr – 57
9. Rinus VeeKay – 39
10. Dale Earnhardt Jr – 35
11. Kyle Kirkwood – 32
11. Jimmie Johnson – 32
13. Kyle Busch – 17
14. R.C. Enerson – 10
14. Chaz Mostert – 10
15. Stefan Wilson – 5
For the motive force’s championship, IndyCar tallies factors based mostly on every driver’s ending place, with probably the most factors being awarded for ending first. Extra factors may be earned for profitable the pole place (one further level), main at the least one lap (just one bonus level will probably be rewarded no matter what number of laps a driver leads), and main probably the most laps (two further factors).
Right here’s a breakdown of how factors are earned based mostly on ending place:
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