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🇬🇧 Alexander Rossi

#53
Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar.
Driver facts
Full name
Alexander Rossi
Born
25 September 1991(b. 1991)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Career wins
17
Career podiums
59
Career starts
285
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
5,775
Alexander Rossi
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,775
Rank 395 of 38,983 indexed, -512 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Alexander Rossi is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in IndyCar. Rossi has recorded 17 wins and 59 podiums from 285 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,775 ranks Rossi 395th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP19−62
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP23−119
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP20−87
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP6+94
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP18−60
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+140HONDA INDY TORONTO 2017IndyCarP2
+138Grand Prix of Indianapolis (Road Course) Race 2 2022IndyCarP1
+134INDYCAR Grand Prix at the Glen 2017IndyCarP1
+133INDIANAPOLIS 500 2016IndyCarP1
+131Yas Marina 2013GP2 SeriesP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Red Bull Ring4 starts+34
CHEVROLET DUAL IN DETROIT - RACE 14 starts+28
INDIANAPOLIS 5005 starts+25
Silverstone10 starts+25
Struggles
Paul Ricard4 starts-29
Grand Prix of Iowa Race 24 starts-26
Bahrain8 starts-24
Grand Prix of Illinois5 starts-20
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1300000P15−5125,775
2025▸IndyCar1700000P17−2646,287
2024▸IndyCar1701000P9+1766,551
▸IMSA WeatherTechPfaff Motorsports100000P31−148
2023▸IndyCar1701000P9+1756,523
2022▸IndyCar1713000P8−706,348
▸IMSA WeatherTechKonica Minolta Acura ARX-05101000P17+62
2021▸IndyCar1601000P9−746,356
▸IMSA WeatherTechKonica Minolta Acura ARX-05413000P10+120
2020▸IndyCar1405000P6−2976,288
▸IMSA WeatherTechACURA TEAM PENSKE301000P17−372
2019▸IndyCar1727000P3+1646,527
▸IMSA WeatherTechAcura Team Penske201000P15−25
▸Supercars ChampionshipWalkinshaw Andretti United100000P37−169
2018▸IndyCar1738000P2+6897,313
2017▸IndyCar1713000P7+4596,716
2016▸IndyCar1611000P13−1936,102
▸SKUSA SuperNationals100100—−272
2015▸GP2 SeriesRacing Engineering2037010P2+1,0696,142
▸Formula 1Manor Marussia500000P18↑92−145
2014▸GP2 SeriesCampos Racing1000010P21−2506,008
▸IMSA WeatherTechDeltaWing Racing Cars100000P36−171
2013▸GP2 SeriesEQ8 Caterham Racing1714020P9↑511−1045,730
▸WECGreaves Motorsport100000P27−66
2012▸Formula V8 3.5Arden Caterham1401000P10−3205,389
2011▸Formula V8 3.5Fortec Motorsports1326000P3+2575,709
2010▸GP3 SeriesART Grand Prix1225020P4+4,1025,452
▸Formula V8 3.5ISR100000P25−192
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Rossi finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,4781878110643%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,3771856512035%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,7271791017856%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,2771767610043%
🇸🇪 Marcus EricssonFIA Platinum5,967146757151%
🇺🇸 Conor DalyFIA Gold5,445137884964%
🇬🇧 Simon PagenaudFIA Platinum5,588133646948%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,541126685854%
🇯🇵 Takuma Sato5,737122804266%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,024118407834%
🇬🇧 Lewis HamiltonFIA Platinum, 9× champion8,63851420%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,659112288425%
🇫🇷 Pierre GaslyFIA Platinum, 1× champion7,018179853%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
385🇯🇵 Kazuki NakajimaNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,793
386🇧🇷 Pedro DinizFormula 15,791
387🇨🇭 Franco ForiniFormula 15,785
388🇹🇭 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakFormula 25,783
389🇩🇪 Edgar BarthFormula 15,781
390🇧🇪 Jerome d'AmbrosioFormula E5,781
391🇫🇷 Jules BianchiFormula 15,781
392🇫🇷 Norman NatoFormula E5,781
393🇺🇸 Austin DillonNASCAR Cup Series5,780
394🇳🇱 Renger van der ZandeIMSA WeatherTech5,776
395🇬🇧 Alexander RossiIndyCar5,775
396🇳🇱 Nigel MelkerFormula V8 3.55,774
397🇨🇿 Roman StanekSuper Formula5,774
398🇨🇦 Gabriel CasagrandeStock Car Pro Series5,771
399🇮🇹 Giancarlo BaghettiFormula 15,770
400🇺🇸 Masten GregoryFormula 15,770
401🇩🇪 Daniel AbtFormula E5,769
402🇺🇸 Ronnie BucknumFormula 15,769
403🇳🇿 Chris AmonFormula 15,768
404🇫🇷 André SimonFormula 15,767
405🇩🇪 Volker WeidlerFormula 15,767
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Alexander Rossi is an established professional racing driver with a Racer Rating of 6,174, placing him among the sharp end of full-time competitors at the top level of North American motorsport. His FIA Platinum categorisation denotes full professional status in endurance racing. Across 17 seasons and 282 starts from 2010 to 2026, Rossi has won 17 races and taken 59 podiums, averaging a finishing position of tenth across all classified results. His primary platform has been IndyCar, where he has started 176 races and scored 8 wins and 30 podiums over eleven seasons from 2016 onwards. Early in his career he progressed through European single-seater formulae including Formula 1, where five starts for Manor Marussia in 2015 yielded no points, and established himself in GP2 and Formula V8 3.5 with Racing Engineering and Arden Caterham respectively.[1]

Rossi's head-to-head record against the strongest drivers on the grid reveals a driver competitive but not dominant among elite peers. Against four-time champion Scott Dixon he has finished ahead 65 times but behind 117 times across 182 shared races; against three-time champion Josef Newgarden the gap is closer, with 81 wins to 104 losses over 185 races. Against Graham Rahal and Will Power, both considerably stronger drivers, Rossi has achieved notably better results, finishing ahead of Rahal 100 times versus 76 behind and ahead of Power 76 times versus 98 behind. His record against much stronger drivers, including IndyCar entries by Formula 1 champions Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, and Alex Palou, shows isolated wins rather than sustained competition, with single victories over Alonso and Ricciardo and 28 wins against Palou across their shared races. In IMSA WeatherTech endurance racing, Rossi has made 11 starts for Pfaff Motorsports, earning 1 win and 6 podiums.[2]

Rossi's Indianapolis 500 victory as a rookie in 2016 and his 24 Hours of Daytona win in 2021 remain his most significant achievements. He continues to compete in IndyCar, remaining active through 2026 despite recent injury sustained prior to the May Indianapolis 500.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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