Van der Linde Leads BMW 1-2 in Roar Session Four

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA

Sheldon van der Linde led a BMW M Team RLL 1-2 as the German brand maintained its position atop the timesheets during the fourth Roar Before the Rolex 24 test session.

The South African posted a best lap of 1:36.196 behind the wheel of the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8, 0.404 seconds quicker than teammate Dries Vanthoor in the No. 24 sister car.

Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy went third and fourth aboard the pair of Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s, with the overall top five completed by the Jordan Taylor-driven No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.

Nick Yelloly was the quickest of the two Acura drivers in sixth place, ahead of stablemate Colin Braun and the No. 63 Lamborghini SC63 piloted by Daniil Kvyat.

In LMP2, less than a tenth of second separated the top three runners, as Tom Dillmann set a 1:40.272 in the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 Gibson.

Dane Cameron slotted in just 0.007 seconds back for AO Racing, while Ben Hanley was a further 0.090 down in third place.

In GTD Pro, Pfaff Motorsports continued its tenure at the top of the leaderboards, courtesy of a 1:48.049 set by Andrea Caldarelli at the wheel of the No. 9 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2.

Caldarelli went 0.124 seconds faster than Michelle Gatting, whose No. 83 Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R went fastest in GTD.

Saturday running at Daytona will conclude with a night session, set to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET (0:30 a.m. CET).