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Indianapolis 500 2019

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James Davison is hit into a spin on the pit lane by Helio Castroneves.
Carpenter pits one lap later.
The green flag pit stop cycle is in full swing. Power is in Carpenter cycles to the lead.
Josef Newgarden pits too. A big front wing change for the 2017 series champion.
That's the first lead change of the day.
Lap 33 - Race leader Simon Pagenaud pits, handing the lead to team mate Will Power.
30 laps in, more than 100 passes already completed!
More than a tenth of the race is already in the books, polesitter Simon Pagenaud continues to lead.
Simon Pagenaud is pulling away from Ed Carpenter. It looks as if Carpenter is saving fuel and playing the long game.
The race is settling into a briefly calm pattern now. We're on lap 18 of the 200.

Herta is officially the first retirement.
It's a Penske 1-2 and ECR 3-4 now, with Carpenter and Pigot hanging in behind Pagenaud and Power, then there's a gap to Newgarden in fifth. He has Rossi and Bourdais battling behind him.
Power attacked Pagenaud to the outside immediately after passing Carpenter, but Pagenaud managed to stay just ahead. His lead is now 0.3s.
Power, last year's winner, started back in sixth but he's already up to second after just 11 laps.
Green flag
Back to green, and Power jumps Carpenter for second immediately.
Pit stop
A handful of drivers are taking the chance to roll the dice with an early pitstop under this yellow, Marco Andretti and Felix Rosenqvist among them.
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Order under this early yellow: 1 Pagenaud; 2 Carpenter; 3 Power; 4 Pigot; 5 Newgarden; 6 Jones; 7 Bourdais; 8 Rossi; 9 Daly; 10 Castroneves; 11 Davison; 12 Sato; 13 Ericsson; 14 Kanaan; 15 Dixon; 16 Hildebrand; 17 Rahal; 18 Servia; 19 Ferrucci; 20 Kimball
Yellow flag
Herta's car is going to need a tow, and that brings out the race's first full course yellow.
Reports from the pitlane suggest Herta has a gearbox problem.
Pagenaud and Carpenter have made a slight break in first and second from Power and Pigot's big battle behind.
Crash
Early drama for the young sensation Colton Herta - his car slows and he pits already!
The biggest wheel to wheel dice of the opening laps was around the teens, with Marco Andretti dropping back to 19th and Scott Dixon up to 15th.
Carpenter now pressuring Pagenaud for the lead, as Pigot attacks Power for third.
Mostly single file in the early laps, with Pagenaud holding a 0.1526s lead over Carpenter.
It's Pagenaud leading from Carpenter, Power, Pigot, Newgarden, Herta and Rossi at the end of lap one.
Ed Carpenter holds second, as Power makes an excellent launch and moves up to third immediately.
Green flag
The green flag flies and Pagenaud holds his lead!
50 Years on from his sole Indy 500 win, Mario Andretti heads the field in the IndyCar two-seater. Can his grandson Marco break the family curse and triumph in a car adorned with the same livery as Andretti's winner?
Start your engines! 33 Indy cars have roared into life.
One driver who won't be making the start will be two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso, after McLaren's well-publicised struggles this month.
Joining him on the front row will be the Ed Carpenter Racing pairing of Ed Carpenter and Spencer Pigot.
Simon Pagenaud will roll off the 33-car grid from pole. The Frenchman has had a stellar month of May so far, which began with him winning the Indianapolis Grand Prix
Pre-race festivities are already well underway, and we're not long away from the green flag.
Hello and welcome to Autosport's live coverage of the 103rd Indianapolis 500.

By: Matt Beer

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