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🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlin

Racing driver from New Zealand. IndyCar. Two-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Scott McLaughlin
Born
10 June 1993(b. 1993)
Nationality
New Zealand
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Championships
22019, 2020
Career wins
39
Career podiums
69
Career starts
163
Career DNFs
2
Racer Rating
6,604
Scott McLaughlin
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,604
Rank 43 of 38,983 indexed, +48 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Scott McLaughlin is a racing driver from New Zealand who competes in IndyCar. McLaughlin is a two-time champion (2019, 2020), with 39 wins and 69 podiums from 163 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,604 ranks McLaughlin 43th 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 PortlandIndyCarP7+42
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP4+85
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP16−69
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP7+46
2026-06-08Grand Prix of IllinoisIndyCarP5+76
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+135Adelaide 500 2019Supercars ChampionshipP1
+127Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2022IndyCarP1
+126Adelaide 500 2019Supercars ChampionshipP1
+125Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio 2022IndyCarP1
+118Melbourne 400 2019Supercars ChampionshipP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Grand Prix of Nashville6 starts+30
Grand Prix of Portland6 starts+29
Grand Prix of Alabama5 starts+29
Grand Prix of Road America6 starts+16
Struggles
Daytona International Speedway4 starts-57
Indianapolis 5006 starts-31
Grand Prix of Detroit4 starts-26
Grand Prix of Toronto4 starts-23
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IndyCar1302000P7+2436,604
▸IMSA WeatherTechDXDT Racing100000P32−195
2025▸IndyCar1703000P7−4576,556
▸IMSA WeatherTechTrackhouse by TF Sport100000P29−127
2024▸IndyCar1838000P2+1727,140
▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports100000P27−60
2023▸IndyCar1714000P5+4607,028
▸IMSA WeatherTechTower Motorsports311000P12−272
2022▸IndyCar1737000P3+5126,841
2021▸IndyCar1601000P14−4116,329
2020▸Supercars ChampionshipShell V-Power Racing Team2713210150P1+4556,281
▸IndyCar100000P25−175
2019▸Supercars ChampionshipShell V-Power Racing Team3118222160P1+5,3036,653
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times McLaughlin finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum7,65999297029%
🇲🇽 Pato O'WardFIA Gold7,02499504951%
🇺🇸 Josef NewgardenFIA Platinum6,47899445544%
🇸🇪 Marcus EricssonFIA Platinum5,96799594060%
🇬🇧 Alexander RossiFIA Platinum5,77599564357%
🇺🇸 Graham RahalFIA Gold5,72799663367%
🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistFIA Gold6,54198643465%
🇳🇿 Scott DixonFIA Platinum6,37798425643%
🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKayFIA Gold6,32998673168%
🇺🇸 Will PowerFIA Platinum6,27798485049%
🇩🇰 Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,85383463755%
🇺🇸 Kyle KirkwoodFIA Gold, 3× champion6,77182532965%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
33🇦🇺 Daniel RicciardoFormula 16,735
34🇺🇸 David MalukasIndyCar6,715
35🇧🇷 Nelson PiquetFormula 16,711
36🇺🇸 Christopher BellNASCAR Cup Series6,685
37🇬🇧 Jackie StewartFormula 16,669
38🇩🇪 Nico HülkenbergFormula 16,667
39🇪🇸 Fernando AlonsoFormula 16,648
40🇯🇵 Tadasuke MakinoSuper GT6,639
41🇦🇷 Franco ColapintoFormula 16,628
42🇮🇹 Leonardo FornaroliFormula 26,605
43🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlinIndyCar6,604
44🇺🇸 Chris BuescherNASCAR Cup Series6,602
45🇦🇺 Broc FeeneySupercars Championship6,597
46🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiSuper GT6,576
47🇦🇷 Carlos ReutemannFormula 16,552
48🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFormula E6,552
49🇯🇵 Felix RosenqvistIndyCar6,541
50🇦🇺 Mark WebberWEC6,537
51🇺🇸 Chase ElliottNASCAR Cup Series6,532
52🇫🇮 Mika HäkkinenFormula 16,529
53🇮🇹 Gabriele MiniFormula 26,526
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Scott McLaughlin is an elite professional rated 6,616, competing in IndyCar for Team Penske in the No. 3 Chevrolet. He holds FIA Platinum grading. McLaughlin races a national single-class championship on road courses and ovals, and competes in IMSA WeatherTech's multiclass endurance format in shared GT3 and prototype machinery for DXDT Racing.[1]

McLaughlin won the Supercars Championship in 2019 and 2020 with Shell V-Power Racing Team, taking 31 wins and 43 podiums across 58 starts in the series. He moved to IndyCar in 2020 and has since taken seven wins and 25 podiums from 99 starts, with 40 of those starts coming on oval tracks. His IMSA record spans six starts from 2023 to 2026, yielding one win and one additional podium. Across all series he has recorded 39 wins and 69 podiums from 163 starts.[2]

In IndyCar, McLaughlin runs regularly against multiple IndyCar champions. He finishes behind Álex Palou, the four-time series champion, more often than ahead of him, but has beaten Palou 29 times across their meetings. Against Pato O'Ward, a Gold-graded professional and former Indy NXT champion, McLaughlin's record reads closely matched; he has finished ahead of O'Ward 50 times. The field he competes in daily includes established professionals and former champions, with McLaughlin placing himself as a consistent front-runner against them.

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