Herta led 97 of the 100 laps. Alex Palou, who won the season opener, led two while Herta was taking on fuel and Simon Pagenaud, who finished third, led a lap at the leader’s second pit stop. Josef Newgarden was second. Doesn’t sound all that exciting but there was some pretty good racing along the way. Our two Canadians didn’t fare particularly well. James Hinchcliffe of Oakville must have felt like he had a target on his car. Takuma Sato ran into him early in the race and he had to stop to change a tire and then late in the race