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Pigot is just 0.2s behind Rossi now in the battle for seventeenth. Pigot is already up four places from where he started, while Rossi is two places up on his starting position.
Castroneves in eighth, Rahal in ninth and Kimball in 10th are all running very close - less than a second separates the trio.
Daly and Filiipi in fourth and fifth are the highest of the Dallara-Honda cars, but both are yet to pit.
Montoya has been carving his way into Pagenaud's lead, having reduced the lead from 5s before the pitstops to 0.7s.
Yet more problems for Newgarden as he is in the pits again and now eight laps down on the lead.
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Munoz sweeps up the inside of Bourdais in Turn 1 having closed the gap. The four-time CART champion cannot find a way back past.
From that order, the Dale Coyne Racing pair, Daly and Filippi in fourth and fifth, are yet to pit.
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Here’s the order after 30 laps: Pagenaud, Montoya, Dixon, Daly, Filippi, Hunter-Reay, Castroneves, Rahal, Kimball (10th), Aleshin, Hawksworth, Bourdais, Munoz, Chilton (15th), Servia, Kanaan, Rossi, Pigot, Sato (20th), Hunchcliffe, Newgarden
The Australian reported suffering from nausea and a stomach virus.
The 2014 IndyCar champion topped the second and third practice sessions, and qualified on pole, but was unable to compete in warm up earlier today.
The big news heading into today's race is that polesitter Will Power will not race today.
The first race of the season takes place around the streets of St Petersburg, where Will Power has won five of the last six races
How the start of last year's season looked. Pic: LAT
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Hello and welcome to Autosport's live coverage of the first round of the 2016 IndyCar Series, around the streets of St Petersburg.
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