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Indianapolis 500 race day

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This is a disaster for Rossi, he's back out in 21st place. He was stopped for around 14 seconds.
Chilton, Kimball, Hildebrand and Davison have all stayed out and run in the top four.
That was a slow stop for Rossi, so that's a second blow for Andretti Autosport. He's lost ground.
Rossi has a very flamboyant exit into pit road and collects the rear-end moment.
Chilton is back in the lead.
A big chunk of the field pits.
"You're going to have to come around Oriol's guys," Alonso is warned of his impending stop.
Radio Comms
"Pits are open, pits are open, so pit now," Michael Andretti tells Alonso. The pits really are open this time.
Radio Comms
"Stay out now, stay out now," Alonso is told.
Radio Comms
Alonso is told he is going to pit.
Crash
It looks like Hunter-Reay has had an engine failure. That's the first Honda we've seen go.
Yellow flag
The caution is out.
Crash
Hunter-Reay slows and heads to pit road.
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Alonso has now led 25 laps of this race.
Radio Comms
"Half tanks, half tanks," Alonso is told.
The Andretti cars are continuing to work together in the top three positions.
Alonso retakes the lead.
Mann has been given a drive-through penalty for a pit equipment infringement.
Hunter-Reay goes inside Alonso to take the lead into Turn 3 on lap 135.
Alonso holds the lead but Hunter-Reay is lining up a pass.
Green flag
Restart at the beginning of lap 135. Alonso leads from Hunter-Reay.
Radio Comms
"Going green next time by," Alonso is told.
The order under caution is: Alonso, Hunter-Reay, Rossi, Castroneves, Kanaan, Sato, Newgarden, Servia, Power, Montoya.
Pagenaud and Rahal head into the pits.
Saavedra is the only driver to pit that time round. He's down in 24th place.
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Yellow flags are out for debris, a good time to check in on our field.

Running order

1. Alonso
2. Hunter-Reay
3. Rossi
4. Castroneves
5. Kanaan
6. Sato
7. Newgarden
8. Servia
9. Power
10. Montoya
Davison has served a drive-through penalty for not stopping quickly enough when he was flagged for that flapping front wing.
Yellow flag
Caution thrown for debris on the main straight.
Alonso takes the lead from Hunter-Reay on the main straight at the start of lap 131.
Alonso clears the lapped cars and is now directly behind Hunter-Reay.
Green flag
The race is back underway at the start of lap 130. Hunter-Reay leads from Alonso, Rossi, Castroneves, Kanaan, Sato, Power, Montoya and Newgarden.
Radio Comms
"OK, so we're going to be going green next time by," Alonso is told. "Copy," he replies.
Most have stayed out under this caution.
Radio Comms
Alonso is warned there is a safety truck and crew low at the exit of Turn 1.
Crash
Karam has stopped on track in the #24 Dreyer & Reinbold car.
That's 125 laps in the books. The order is: Hunter-Reay, Alonso, Rossi, Castroneves, Kanaan, Sato, Power, Montoya, Newgarden, Aleshin, Carpenter, Rahal, Servia, Hinchcliffe, Karam.

By: Matt Beer

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