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Filippi has pitted and rejoins the race in 19th.
Rossi is running in a best position of eighth on his IndyCar debut. His fellow debutantes Chilton and Pigot are running 12th and 15th respectively.
Daly's extra pitstop means he is running in 14th, and dashed his hopes of a podium.
Montoya is now in the lead again, with a 1.6s lead over Pagenaud. Castroneves in third makes it an all-Penske top three.
Daly has had to pit again for a new front wing.
Hunter-Reay pits for reds, followed shortly by Kimball who takes the same tyre. Kimball also has the radiator cleaned out.
Hunter-Reay takes a brief lead before he pits his Andretti entry.
Montoya and Pagenaud pit from the top two positions. Pagenaud has reds as does Montoya. Montoya maintains his position against Pagenaud.
Green flag
We are racing again and Montoya has nipped past Daly on the inside of Turn 1 to take the lead.
Kanaan has pitted under the yellow flags and is now in 10th. That means Daly now leads from Montoya, ho leapfrogged team-mate Pagenaud under the last restart.
Aleshin has gained a welcome boost from that crash, he is now running in seventh having previously been outside the top 10.
Rahal looks to have the most damage, with significant rear wing damage on his car.
Sato, Kimball, Munoz, Rossi, Rahal and servia are all now in the pits to repair the damage to their cars.
The collision looks to have started after Munoz tagged Rahal heading into the corner, spinning Rahal around. Servia is unable to avoid the pair and hits Rahal, leaving the track blocked.
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An update on Will Power, IndyCar says he has been diagnosed with a concussion, and will require medical clearance before the next race in Phoenix:

IndyCar news: Penske's Will Power to miss St Petersburg IndyCar race

Will Power will miss today's IndyCar season opener at St Petersburg due to illness, with Oriol Servia standing in at Team Penske

IndyCar news: Penske's Will Power to miss St Petersburg IndyCar race
Among those involved are Servia, Rahal, Hawksworth, Munoz.
At least eight cars have been collected in the incident.
Yellow flag
Daly held off Kanaan for the lead but a huge shunt behind has triggered a full course caution again.
Green flag
The green flag waves and we are racing again!
The debris appears to have come off the left part of Pigot's front wing. He has pitted and returned to the track in 20th.
Newgarden has retired after his engine issues couldn't be fixed.
11 - Hawksworth, 12 - Munoz, 13 - Bourdais, 14 - Chilton, 15 - Servia, 16 - Pigot, 17 - Rossi, 18 - Daly, 19 - Sato, 20 - Kanaan, 21 - Hinchcliffe.
So at lap 45 here's a recap of the top 10: 1- Pagenaud, 2 - Montoya (+0.8s), 3 - Dixon, 4 - Filippi, 5 - Hunter-Reay, 6 - Andretti, 7 - Castroneves, 8 - Rahal, 9 - Kimball, 10 - Aleshin.
Filippi is now the highest running Honda for the Dale Coyne team, but like Daly is on an alternative strategy.
Daly pits for his first stop, a fill-up of fuel and new Firestone reds moves him back out into sixteenth.
Having carved into Pagenaud's lead, Montoya's progress has stalled in the new 50th anniversary liveried car. The gap to the front remains 0.8s.

By: Matt Beer

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