
Team Penske driver Power got a clean start from pole but both Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport and Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren SP machine – up from sixth – squeezed front-row starter Callum Ilott’s Juncos Hollinger Racing car to the outside at Turn 2 to claim second and third respectively.
Further back, Palou had already climbed to eighth, while Josef Newgarden was up to 20th from 25th.