The Team Penske driver used a two-stop technique to carry off a charging Rossi (Andretti Autosport), who was on a three-stop technique, and take the chequered flag by simply over a second.
Having moved into the High 10 by Lap 5, forward of fellow primary-tyre runner Scott Dixon, Energy continued his cost, passing Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward for fourth on Lap 10 earlier than getting previous Meyer Shank Racing team-mates Helio Castroneves and Simon Pagenaud for second on successive laps.
Energy took the lead on Lap 14, with Dixon in second, earlier than Rossi, due to his early first cease had charged by way of to sixth and went previous Josef Newgarden to say fifth on Lap 16.
Energy had pulled a 5 second lead on Dixon earlier than pitting on Lap 25, and he emerged with one other set of primaries, whereas Dixon and Alex Palou, operating in fourth, went yet another lap and each grabbed a set of the delicate alternates.
Energy’s lead over Dixon was out to eight.5 seconds on Lap 35, as he was frequently in a position to flip in 1min16.9sec laps.
Rossi hadn’t closed the hole on Energy as soon as previous Dixon and so as soon as he obtained embroiled in site visitors, he pitted for the third and last time, and his pitcrew out comfortably forward of Dixon.
Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport Honda
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Energy’s lead over Rossi on Lap 50 was 44s when he stopped for his reds, closing to 16s after his outlap. By Lap 58, he was nonetheless 11.7s to the nice, and managed to squeeze 12 extra laps out of his reds to win by 1.0027sec.
Dixon was six seconds additional behind Rossi, forward of Newgarden, O’Ward and Palou.
A really unusual begin the place solely the highest eight or 9 vehicles have been in formation noticed Workforce Penske-Chevrolet’s Newgarden simply convert his pole into the lead, whereas Pagenaud and Castroneves handed Sato to say second and third.
Behind ran O’Ward and Colton Herta, whereas Rossi instantly began slicing by way of the sector, and by Lap three he was into sixth.
He then pitted the next lap to get off the alternate tyres and sort out the race on a three-stop technique.
Energy and Dixon outbraked Marcus Ericsson on Lap 7 to say seventh and eighth respectively. The alternate-tyred vehicles have been now struggling, and the pair handed Herta to say sixth and seventh which grew to become fourth and fifth and sixth when Sato pitted.
Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
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Energy, Dixon and Palou handed Newgarden to imagine the highest three spots on Lap 14, and on Lap 16 Kirkwood handed Newgarden, too. Rossi, due to his early first cease had charged by way of to sixth and he went previous Newgarden to say fifth on Lap 16.
Pagenaud managed to make it to Lap 17 on his reds, pulling out of seventh place to seize a set of blacks, and Newgarden and O’Ward stopped a lap later.
On Lap 37, Rossi was inside hanging distance of Palou and dived down the within of him at Flip three on Lap 39. Dixon proved a harder nut to crack, lastly getting it carried out on Lap 43, once more at Flip three.
Palou pitted on Lap 43, which allowed Kirkwood, Newgarden, O’Ward and Ericsson forward. However the next lap, Dixon, Newgarden and O’Ward have been in and so they emerged nonetheless forward of Palou.
Kirkwood pitted on Lap 48 and emerged in ninth, however he tagged the wall on his out lap and bent his suspension.
Rinus VeeKay crashed out of seventh place on the final lap, selling Ericsson and Herta into seventh and eighth.
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