Nick Tandy completes feat with victory at 12 Hours of Sebring

Nick Tandy now joins the select group of ten drivers who have won the three major endurance races worldwide after his victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring 2025.

Porsche Penske team sets the pace in the 73rd edition of the race

The 73rd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring concluded with a dominant victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport, securing the top two positions in the GTP category. The No. 7 car, driven by Nick Tandy, Felipe Nasr, and Laurens Vanthoor, finished with a 2.239-second lead over the No. 6 Porsche 963, driven by Mathieu Jaminet, Matt Campbell, and Kevin Estre.

This result allows Nick Tandy to achieve a feat that only nine drivers had accomplished before: winning the unofficial "Triple Crown of Endurance", adding Sebring to his previous victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2015) and the 24 Hours of Daytona (2025).

The other nine drivers who have achieved this feat are A.J. Foyt, Hans Herrmann, Jackie Oliver, Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood, Mauro Baldi, Andy Wallace, Marco Werner, and Timo Bernhard.

A race marked by strategy and changing conditions

The race saw few yellow flags after the first two hours. During the first third, there were four caution periods, but from the third to the eighth hour, the action continued almost uninterrupted, with only one neutralization when Brendon Hartley in the No. 40 Cadillac from Wayne Taylor Racing hit the tire barriers at Sunset Turn (Turn 17).

The No. 31 Whelen Cadillac, which had started from the back of the GTP grid due to a technical issue in qualifying, showed strong pace during daylight hours. However, with just under four hours to go, Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 Porsche took advantage of traffic to pass the Cadillac at Turn 2, establishing a gap that would hold until the end.

The Porsches found their best performance in the cooler nighttime conditions, allowing them to pull away from the rest of the competitors. The Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian ARX-06 No. 93 completed the overall podium, 5.017 seconds behind the winners.

Intense battle in LMP2 with a dramatic finish

In the LMP2 category, the No. 04 ORECA from CrowdStrike Racing by APR took the lead towards the end of the fifth hour and maintained a solid advantage even after receiving a penalty for not meeting tire operational requirements. However, an incident with a GTD car in the final 20 minutes completely changed the landscape.

Inter Europol Competition, which had executed a good strategy to stay in podium position, capitalized on the leader's issue to take first place. Tom Dillmann, Bijoy Garg, and Jeremy Clarke drove the No. 43 ORECA LMP2 07 to victory, ahead of Tower Motorsports and TDS Racing.

GTD PRO and GTD with thrilling finishes

The battle in GTD PRO was dominated by the duo of BMW M4 GT3 EVO from Paul Miller Racing until the latter part of the race, when the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R from AO Racing, driven by Laurin Heinrich, Klaus Bachler, and Alessio Picariello, executed a comeback to overtake both BMWs.

In the GTD category, the fight took an unexpected turn when the No. 32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 from Korthoff Competition Motors, which was leading with Kenton Koch at the wheel, stopped on track during the seventh hour. This sparked an intense battle between the No. 27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo from Heart of Racing Team and the No. 21 Ferrari 296 GT3 from Af Corse.

Alessandro Pier Guidi in the Ferrari took the lead after a spectacular pass on Zacharie Robichon in the Aston Martin, holding the position until, in the final hours, the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 from Winward Racing with Philip Ellis made a decisive move to take first place. This allowed Winward Racing to repeat last year's victory with the same crew: Russell Ward, Philip Ellis, and Indy Dontje.

Back-to-back victories for Porsche in major races

The No. 7 Porsche 963 becomes the first car to win both Daytona and Sebring in the same season of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since Wayne Taylor Racing achieved it in 2017 with a Cadillac DPi-V.R, albeit with different lineups.

As for the Michelin Endurance Cup, unofficial scores after eight hours showed the No. 31 Whelen Cadillac leading in GTP (first and second in both segments), the No. 11 ORECA from TDS in LMP2 (first and third), the No. 1 BMW from Paul Miller Racing in GTD PRO (first and second), and the No. 21 Ferrari from Af Corse in GTD (first in both segments).

Full results of the 73rd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring