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BMW moves ahead with van der Linde in second Detroit GP practice

Ahead of a pivotal qualifying session for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit, the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 went fastest in second practice this afternoon. 15 minutes into the two-hour practice, Sheldon van der Linde turned in a 1m07.137s with the No. 25 to take the top spot. The South […]

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Ahead of a pivotal qualifying session for the Chevrolet Sports Car Classic in Detroit, the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 went fastest in second practice this afternoon.

15 minutes into the two-hour practice, Sheldon van der Linde turned in a 1m07.137s with the No. 25 to take the top spot. The South African made further improvements and finished with a 1m06.427s, just half a second away from Nick Tandy’s course record set in qualifying last year.

The No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Nick Tandy went second fastest with a 1m06.720s, but shortly after setting his personal best, the IMSA GTP championship co-leader slid coming through Turn 1 and hit the protective tire barrier, knocking the engine cover loose and onto the track. The debris caused a red flag, and the No. 7 Porsche will lose its fastest lap in qualifying as a consequence.

That same penalty will also be applied to the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R, which brought out a red flag after Filipe Albuqerque hit the concrete barrier at the same intersection of Franklin & Rivard Street, and rolled slowly back to the pits.

Dries Vanthoor – the polesitter in every IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race so far – was third quickest in the No. 24 RLL BMW, followed by Renger van der Zande in the No. 93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing ARX-06 in fourth, then Matt Campbell in the No. 6 Penske Porsche, Earl Bamber in the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac, and the aforementioned Albuqerque in seventh.

As in the first practice session, it was the two Pratt Miller Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3s who finished first and second in GTD PRO. And just like first practice, the No. 3 factory Corvette set the fastest time – this time, it was set by Antonio Garcia, at 1m10.565. Tommy Milner’s best time in the No. 4 Corvette was only one-hundredth of a second slower.

But the No. 3 Corvette will also stand to lose its fastest lap in qualifying. A red flag for debris at the halfway mark of the session was ruled to be the Corvette’s responsibility.

The No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan GT3 was third fastest in GTD PRO, followed by the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3, and the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 rounding out the top five.

UP NEXT: Qualifying begins at 4:50pm ET and will be streaming live on Peacock in the U.S., and in most other countries on the official IMSA YouTube channel and IMSA.TV.

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