Porsche claims incredible victory at an iconic endurance racing challenge.
Each year, the 12 Hours of Sebring brings the world’s premier endurance racing teams, cars, and drivers together to compete in one of the world’s most daunting endurance racing challenges. This year, an incredible group of teams, brands, and cars took to the grid at Sebring this past weekend, but the victor was a specifically iconic and historic one, with Porsche Penske Motorsport scoring an amazing one-two finish at the race.
The Number 7 Porsche 963 racing hypercar driven by Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor won the 12 Hours of Sebring after winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in January, while right behind them was the Number 6 car, driven by Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet, and Kévin Estre. The victory came after an epic showdown in the final 31 minutes of the race, and it marked Porsche’s 19th overall victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring, its first since 2008.
After earning the “Mr. 24 Hours title by winning the 24-hour races at Spa, Nürburgring, Le Mans, and Daytona, Nick Tandy also becomes one of the few winners of the endurance racing “Triple Crown,” having won the 12 Hours of Sebring, and the 24-hour races at Le Mans and Daytona, making him one of the world’s most decorated endurance racing drivers.
Customer teams with the Porsche 963 also finished sixth and eighth at the race, while the “Rexy” Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Laurin Heinrich, Klaus Bachler, and Alessio Picariello finished on top of the GTD Pro class, marking the first victory in one of the major endurance races of the IMSA series for the AO Racing team. As the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship continues, Porsche’s victories at Daytona and Sebring, especially with Porsche Penske Motorsport finishing with both cars in the podium at both races, puts wind in the team’s sails as it prepares for the 100-minute sprint in Long Beach in April.
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