Alexander Rossi's car catches fire as he makes his pitstop. The crew have extinguished the fire, but the 2016 winner is out of the race.
Here is the top five after 75 laps of racing
- Takuma Sato
- David Malukas
- Alex Palou
- Conor Daly
- Jack Harvey
Colton Herta is hit with a drive through penalty for pitlane speed violation.
Daly pitted on lap 61 and triggered the second round of pitstops. But that strategy has backfired as he has lost places to both Malukas and Palou.
All frontrunners head into the pits on lap 62.
Top 10 after 50 laps: Sato, Daly, Malukas, Palou, Ferrucci, O'Ward, Ericsson, Ilott, Herta and Rosenqvist
Jack Harvey makes his second pitstop (his first stop was on lap 7) and releases Takuma Sato into the lead ahead of Conor Daly.
The three Ed Carpenter drivers who led the race have finally hit the pit road. This has promoted Jack Harvey into the lead ahead of Takuma Sato.
- Alexander Rossi (yet to stop)
- Christian Rasmussen (yet to stop)
- Ed Carpenter (yet to stop)
- Devlin de Francesco (yet to stop)
- Jack Harvey (stopped on lap 7)
- Takuma Sato
- Rinus Veekay
- Conor Daly
- David Malukas
- Alex Palou
Conor Daly has climbed to eighth place, just two stops behind Takuma Sato. Both drivers have pitted once.
A disastrous restart for Pato O'Ward who is down to P13.
By comparison, early race leader Takuma Sato, who pitted the same time as him, is running sixth.
Tha race is back underway after a lengthy caution. Christian Rasmussen takes the lead from Alexander Rossi, but both are yet to pit.
A slow service from the Prema crew has dropped polesitter Robert Shwartzman to 21st place
Most of the field has pitted under caution. Alexander Rossi is the lead driver not to make a stop.
Here's how the top 10 looks like under caution (lap 22/200)
- Takuma Sato
- Pato O'Ward
- Felix Rosenqvist
- Robert Shwartzman
- Marcus Ericsson
- Alex Palou
- Scott Dixon
- Alexander Rossi
- David Malukas
- Conor Daly
The race is back under caution due to weather.
Josef Newgarden and Will Power have climbed to 25th and 26th respectively after starting from the back of the grid.
With Scott McLaughlin out of the race, Penske's hopes are pinned on those two.
Another pass for the lead. Takuma Sato hits the front for the first time after overtaking Pato O'Ward.
The race resumes after a lengthy caution and Pato O'Ward goes around the outside of Robert Shwartzman to take the lead.
Takuma Sato also passes Shwartzman to demote the Prema rookie to third.
That's Scott McLaughlin's description of the error that forced him out of the Indy 500 before the race even began.
Order under caution
- Robert Shwartzman
- Pato O'Ward
- Takuma Sato
- Scott Dixon
- Felix Rosenqvist
Marco Andretti's race is over on lap 1 after contact with Jack Harvey. The 'Andretti curse' continues.
Go go go! The Indy 500 is finally underway!
Although the race hasn't officially begun, these pace laps are now being counted towards the race total.