After locking out t💧he second row in qualifying, Ferrari made immediate progress as the #50 went from fourth to second on the opening lap.

Nicklas Nielsen then took over the lead shortly after as he swopped𓃲 past the #6 Porsche that started on pole.

At the wheel of the #6 Porsche, Laurens Vanthoor♐ was then bumped down to second as Antonio Giovinazzi made𝕴 it a Ferrari 1-2.

Giovinazzi then started his push to catch Nielsen, which he did by lap six, how♐ever, the lead Ferrari was proving difficult to overtake.

Giovinazzi was given an opening 35 minutes into the race when Niels🐽en made a mistake on corner entry, 🐭but the #51 came back through on the run to Indianapolis.

This allowed Vanthoor and the #6 Po🥀rsche to close in as the lead trio were separated by just over a second.

When the opening pit stops took place it was the #6 Porsche who gained the lead, with the #50 Ferrari of Nielsen filtering into second but not before🌞 an 💯unsafe release into the path of Sebastien Bourdais and the #3 Cadillac.

The #51 Ferrari, second at the time of the pit stops, lost touch and droppᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe𝔍d to fifth after serving a ten second penalty in the pits.

Following a slow zone just before the end of hour one, Ferrari regained the advantage as Nielsen moved ahead of Vanthoor to regain 🍨the lead.

Giovinazzi did the same agai🍎nst Sebastien Buemi as he gained fourth spot before applying pressure to Bourdais’s #3 Cadillac.

In LMP2, it was the #9 Proton Competition which led the way at the end of the opening hour, while i♛t LMGT3 i♛t was the #70 Inception Racing McLaren on top.