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Delegation originally meant to visit the capital will now have a trip only to the island’s US military base

With chilly conditions to start the day, cars didn’t begin taking to the track until 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. local time). There was no group running, which allowed each driver to maximize track time get approved to take part in the Indianapolis 500 Open Test in two weeks.

The 23-year-old Dane is fresh off a banner season in Indy NXT, where he claimed five wins, eight podiums and sat on the pole five times en route to winning the championship. He won’t be alone for next Monday’s on-track trial, sharing the seat with 2019 Indy NXT title winner…

The 23-year-old Dane picked up five wins - including both oval races at Iowa and Illinois - and three further podiums, plus five pole positions from his second season in the championship previously known as Indy Lights. He only finished outside the top 10 once in 14 starts, after a…

And he then proved untouchable, leading all 35 laps en route to winning by a staggering 17.8813s.

McElrea jumped out to the early lead and began gapping the field to a 2.7s lead around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course after the opening two of 35 laps.  

After being delayed from its afternoon start time to 9:50pm under the floodlights in the evening due to rain, Rasmussen led the 15-car field to green in the 75-lap race as the field was set by points order for the final oval race of the season.

But his victory was tinged by controversy when he collided with Andretti Autosport team-mate Louis Foster as they duelled for the lead with eight laps to go, which forced the British driver out.

After qualifying was rained out at the 2.1-mile temporary street course, the field was set by championship order, but it was dry and sunny in time for Sunday morning’s race.