Sheldon van der Linde quickest in FP2 at COTA for BMW

Sheldon van der Linde quickest in FP2 at COTA for BMW

Sheldon van der Linde set the pace in the second free practice at the Circuit of the Americas for Lone Star Le Mans, the sixth round of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship. The BMW driver, in the #20 BMW, set a 1:51.946 to quickest, almost half a second ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi in the #51 Ferrari. Third fastest was the #009 Aston Martin Valkyrie, with Alex Riberas at the wheel, 0.050 off Giovinazzi. In LMGT3, Sean Galael set the pace…

#20 WRT BMW Fastest In FP2

#20 WRT BMW Fastest In FP2

BMW’s Van der Linde Tops COTA FP2

Photo: Julian Kroehl/BMW BMW driver Sheldon van der Linde set the pace in the second Free Practice session ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Lone Star Le Mans event at Circuit of the Americas. The South African laid down an early benchmark of 1:51.946 aboard the No. 20 BMW M Hybrid V8, outpacing the No. 51 Ferrari 499P of James Calado by 0.461 seconds. Van der Linde’s effort was also quicker than the 1:53.584 that Cadillac Hertz Te…

WRT BMW cranks up speed in second WEC practice at COTA

As the temperatures continued to climb in Austin, BMW M Team WRT turned up the pace during the second free practice for the WEC Lone Star Le Mans at COTA.Both WRT BMW M Hybrid V8s had a claim to the fastest time, but it officially belongs in the ledger of...