Sheldon van der Linde pulled off a late dramatic pass on Earl Bamber to win the Battle on the Bricks.
Driving the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8, van der Linde made the winning move on Bamber’s #31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R into Turn 12 as the pair navigated traffic with 5m30s to go in the final sprint round - and penultimate race - of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The South African, who shares the car with Dries Vanthoor, went on to win by 2.926s over Bamber on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course layout. It marked BMW M Team WRT’s first IMSA victory since WRT joined BMW’s programme.
