Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the lead, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi demoted him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped the lead twice before Newgarden moved to the head of the field and eked out a small gap.
O’Ward took second from Dixon on lap 9, while Palou passed the battling Rossi and Rosenqvist to grab fourth and then moved past team-mate Dixon for third.
