Van der Linde Quickest in Second Detroit Practice

Photo: Brett Farmer/IMSA

Sheldon van der Linde was quickest in the second and final practice session prior to qualifying for Saturday’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic at Detroit.

The South African in the No. 25 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8, reeled off a best time of 1:06.427 in the two-hour long session on the downtown street circuit.

It was 0.293 seconds quicker than the No. 7 Penske Porsche 963 of Nick Tandy, with Dries Vanthoor third in the No. 24 BMW.

Renger van der Zande and Matt Campbell completed the top-five for Acura Meyer Shank Racing and Porsche Penske, respectively.

Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports again led the way in GTD Pro, with the No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Antonio Garcia setting a 1:10.565 benchmark.

Tommy Milner was second on the time sheets, with the No. 9 Pfaff Motorsports Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 of Andrea Caldarelli completing the top-three in class.

The session had three red flags, the first for debris between Turns 1 and 2, followed by a second stoppage for an incident by the No. 10 WTR Cadillac of Filipe Albuquerque.

Albuquerque managed to return the car to the pit lane and continue later in the session.

The third red, with 20 minutes to go, was due to debris in Turn 1 by the No. 7 Penske Porsche.

Both the No. 10 WTR Cadillac and No. 7 Penske Porsche, along with the No. 40 WTR Cadillac and No. 9 Pfaff Lamborghini that brought out a red in Practice 1, will all lose their quickest times in qualifying as a result.

Next up is qualifying, which is scheduled for a 4:50 p.m. EST start time, with live coverage on Peacock and IMSA Radio.

RESULTS: Practice 2

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