After locking out the second ro♛w in qualifying, Ferrari made immediate progress as the #50 went from four𒊎th to second on the opening lap.

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

At the wheel of the #6 Porsche, Laurens Vanthoor was then bumped down to second as Antoni♛o Giovinazzi made it a Ferrari 1-2.

Giovinazzi then started 𓂃his push to catch Nielsen, which he 🎃did by lap six, however, the lead Ferrari was proving difficult to overtake.

Giovinazzi was given an opening 35 minutes into the race when Nielsen made a mistake on corner entry, but the #51 came back through on the run to ܫIndianapolis.

This allowed Vanthoor and the #6 Porsche to close in as the lead trio were separated by just over a seco༺nd.

When th🍌e 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 dropped♈ 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 t🎃o regain the lead.

Giovinazzi did the same against Sebastien Buemi as he gained fourth spot befo𝄹re 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 it LMGT3 it was the #70 Inception Racing McꦜLa✨ren on top.