Van Der Linde leads the way in wet second qualifying

Kelvin Van Der Linde leads the way for BMW in a wet second qualifying session for the Nurburgring 24 Hours. The three and a half hour session for qualifying 2 began with a wet track in the daylight after heavy rain and hail shortly before the session got underway. The circuit did gradually dry out and Va Der Linde layed down a 9:19.884 for the Rowe Racing team. However another heavy rain shower prevented any further improvements on Van Der Linde’s time. Van Der Linde’s time was nearly 4 seconds faster than the 24 LionSpeed Porsche of Laurin Heinrich. Porsche were also third and fourth with the Manthey Racinf entry going 8 seconds quicker then the Falken Motorsports entry. There were two notable penalties assessed in this session for the SP9 cars. The 18 LionSpeed Porsche of Jake Hill will need to serve a 45 second time penalty in the race for not respecting a code-60. 55 Dinamic GT Porsche will also need to serve a 30 second penalty on the first lap for not respecting speed limits during q2. Max Verstappen did make his out briefly after the rain shower to complete a slow lap of the Nordschleife at night. Teams now look ahead to Top Qualifying with the first session due at 10:15 CEST with the top 12 shootout scheduled for 1:35 CEST.