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Rossi and Team WRT Win Weather-Hit Indianapolis 8 Hours

A perfectly timed pit stop during lightning stoppages decided the race, sealing both championships.

Overview

  • Team WRT’s BMW M4 #46 driven by Valentino Rossi, Kelvin van der Linde and Charles Weerts won at Indianapolis, marking the team’s third straight 8 Hours triumph there.
  • Kelvin van der Linde secured the Intercontinental GT Challenge drivers’ title with the victory.
  • BMW clinched the constructors’ championship at the season finale.
  • Heavy rain and repeated lightning produced red flags and long neutralizations, leaving only two green-flag laps in the final four hours.
  • A stop taken by van der Linde after a restart moved the #46 into the lead, with Mercedes-GruppeM’s #88 finishing second and WRT’s BMW #777 third.