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BMW’s Sheldon van der Linde was fastest in the second session for the Roar Before the 24, the traditional pre-race weekend of the Daytona 24 Hours, the IMSA Sportscar Championship season opener. This marks the first official IMSA session that Team WRT, BMW’s factory partner and new IMSA partner team, have headed. The South African […]
Sheldon van der Linde from BMW was the fastest in the second session of the Roar Before the 24 event, which is the pre-race weekend for the Daytona 24 Hours and marks the opening of the IMSA Sportscar Championship season. This was the first official IMSA session led by Team WRT, BMW’s factory partner and new IMSA partner team. The South African driver set a time of 1:36.742 in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, completing 51 laps in the session. Tijmen van der Helm in the #85 JDC Miller Porsche 963 was the second fastest, just 0.138 seconds behind van der Linde, with 53 laps covered. The #7 Porsche, which topped the first session, came in third, driven by Lauren Heinrich instead of Felipe Nasr, finishing 0.166 off the pace set by van der Linde.
