After locking out th🀅e second row in qualifying, Ferrari made immediate progress as the #50 went from fourth to s♒econd on the opening lap.

Nicklas Nielsen thꦚen took over the l🌱ead 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 Antonio Giovinazzi made it a Ferrari 1🧔-2.

Giovinazzi then star🌺ted his push to catch Nielsen, which he did by lap six, however, the lead Ferrari was proving difficult tඣo overtake.

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

This allowed Vanthoor and the #6 Porsche to close in as the lead trio were separate𓆏d෴ 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 Cadi𝓰ll💞ac.

The #51 Ferrari, second at the timꦡe of the pit stops, lost touch and dropped to fifth after serving a ten second penalty ღin the pits.

Following a slow zone just before the end of hour one, Ferrari regained the advantage as Nielsen moved ahead o🥃f Vanthoor tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo regain the lead.

Giovinazzi did the same against Sebastien Buemi as h𒁏e 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 it LMGT3 it was the #70 Inception🍨 Racing McLaren on top.