Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer, and Laurin Heinrich won the 74th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring in the Porsche 963 No. 7 of Porsche Penske Motorsport, ahead of the sister car No. 6 of Kévin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor, and Matt Campbell. It is Porsche's 20th overall victory in the event's history and the team's second consecutive 1-2 finish to open the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, a level of dominance not seen in the GTP category since Audi led the prototype endurance class.

Nasr now has three overall victories at Sebring, a mark only a handful of drivers have reached in the event's modern history. For Heinrich, the result adds to his GTD PRO win in 2025, while Andlauer wins at Sebring for the first time. The two Porsche 963s controlled the majority of the laps and, combined with their performance at Daytona, the Penske platform has been out front for more than 75 percent of the competition this season in the top class.

Internal battle among the Porsches

That control fractured in the final hour and a half due to a battle between the Porsche drivers themselves. With a little over an hour remaining, the team ordered Nasr to cede the lead to Estre, who was running on fresher Michelin tires in the No. 6. Nasr complied, but six minutes later he attacked down the inside at turn 17 and retook a position he would not relinquish again, a move reminiscent of how Estre himself had passed pole-sitter Jack Aitken mid-race at that same corner.

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Estre's situation became even more complicated when race officials forced him to give second place back to Aitken in the Cadillac V-Series.R No. 31 for a track limits violation, a position he regained wheel-to-wheel before making his final stop with 51 minutes remaining. Nasr pitted one lap later, maintained the gap, and managed it until the ninth and final caution, caused by the Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 912 of Riccardo Pera stopped on track with temperature issues. The restart with 16 minutes to go changed nothing, and Nasr crossed the line 1.515 seconds ahead of Estre.

Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque, and Will Stevens capitalized on Aitken's late issues to bring the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac No. 10 onto the podium in third, and Sheldon van der Linde was involved in one of the costliest incidents of the night with a spin 36 minutes from the finish in the BMW M Hybrid V8 No. 24 that cost him fourth place and allowed Tom Blomqvist to pass him in the final two laps in the Acura ARX-06 No. 60 of Meyer Shank Racing. Further back, the Aston Martin Valkyrie No. 23 of Heart of Racing lost any competitive chance when the V12 engine failed to restart during a routine pit stop with Alex Riberas at the wheel, leaving the car 12 laps down.

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Manthey wins for the first time in IMSA with the Grello

Porsche also led GTD PRO, where Manthey Racing scored its first championship victory with the 911 GT3 R No. 911 in its iconic "Grello" livery. Thomas Preining found a gap to pass Harry King on the outside with just over an hour remaining, delivering the class win to himself, Klaus Bachler, and Ricardo Feller. Bachler has become something of a Sebring specialist in the GT category, now accumulating victories with three different Porsche teams over the last four editions.

AO Racing, which won the class in 2025, finished second with the No. 77 of Alessio Picariello, Nick Tandy, and King. The Corvette Z06 GT3.R No. 4 of Tommy Milner, Nicky Catsburg, and Nico Varrone closed out third. The Lexus RC F GT3 No. 14 of Vasser Sullivan, which had started from pole with Jack Hawksworth, suffered a lost left-front wheel with Kyle Kirkwood at the wheel and dropped to eleventh in class.

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United Autosports wins at Sebring for the first time with a 1-2 in LMP2

United Autosports placed its two ORECA LMP2 07 cars in the top class positions, though the result did not come without internal tension as the two cars made contact while battling for the win, an incident that forced the No. 22 of Paul Di Resta, Daniel Goldburg, and Rasmus Lindh to change its rear wing on its final stop. Those lost seconds established the final order, with the No. 2 of Mikkel Jensen, Hunter McElrea, and Philip Fayer crossing the line just 0.510 seconds ahead.

Tristan Vautier, John Farano, and Sebastian Alvarez rounded out the top three with the No. 8 of Tower Motorsports.

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AO Racing had controlled the class for much of the second half of the race with Jonny Edgar at the front, but an emergency stop under yellow with just under two hours remaining ruined that advantage. Dane Cameron got in the car and could only salvage sixth place.

Fuoco climbed six positions in 15 minutes to win GTD

Antonio Fuoco staged the most aggressive comeback of the race in GTD. The No. 21 of AF Corse USA, which Fuoco shared with Lilou Wadoux and Simon Mann, received two penalties in the final hour (one for contact with another car and another for a technical issue with the powertrain) and still climbed from seventh to first in the final minutes. The move that sealed the victory over Tom Gamble in the Aston Martin No. 27 of Heart of Racing came in one of the most difficult areas of the circuit to pass, the sequence of high-speed corners at the top of the layout, on the final lap.

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Gamble, Dudu Barrichello, and Zacharie Robichon had started from pole and controlled a good portion of the race in the Aston Martin, but mechanical issues that forced a long stop and a pit procedure penalty eroded the advantage they had built. Second place, 0.746 seconds behind, left a bitter taste. Callum Ilott, in the Porsche 911 GT3 R No. 120 of Wright Motorsports, finished third.

The next round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will be the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on April 17-18, featuring the GTP and GTD classes in action.

74th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring 2026

Pos	Class	#	drivers	team	brand	car	Gap
1	GTP	#7	Felipe Nasr Julien Andlauer Laurin Heinrich	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche	Porsche 963	-
2	GTP	#6	Laurens Vanthoor Kevin Estre Matt Campbell	Porsche Penske Motorsport	Porsche	Porsche 963	+1.515
3	GTP	#10	Ricky Taylor Filipe Albuquerque Will Stevens	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac	Cadillac V-Series.R	+9.402
4	GTP	#31	Jack Aitken Earl Bamber Frederik Vesti	Cadillac Whelen	Cadillac	Cadillac V-Series.R	+10.377
5	GTP	#60	Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Scott Dixon	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	Acura	Acura ARX-06	+11.104
6	GTP	#24	Dries Vanthoor Sheldon van der Linde Robin Frijns	BMW M Team WRT	BMW	BMW M Hybrid V8	+13.723
7	GTP	#93	Renger van der Zande Nick Yelloly Alex Palou	Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian	Acura	Acura ARX-06	+14.819
8	GTP	#40	Jordan Taylor Louis Deletraz Colton Herta	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing	Cadillac	Cadillac V-Series.R	+16.642
9	GTP	#5	Tijmen van der Helm Nico Pino Kaylen Frederick	JDC-Miller MotorSports	Porsche	Porsche 963	+24.739
10	LMP2	#2	Phil Fayer Hunter McElrea Mikkel Jensen	United Autosports USA	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
11	LMP2	#22	Daniel Goldburg Paul Di Resta Rasmus Lindh	United Autosports USA	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
12	LMP2	#8	John Farano Tristan Vautier Sebastian Alvarez	Tower Motorsports	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
13	LMP2	#18	Naveen Rao Ferdinand Habsburg Jacob Abel	Era Motorsport	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
14	LMP2	#04	George Kurtz Alex Quinn Toby Sowery	Crowdstrike Racing by APR	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
15	LMP2	#99	PJ Hyett Dane Cameron Jonny Edgar	AO Racing	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
16	LMP2	#11	Tobi Lutke Charles Milesi David Heinemeier Hansson	TDS Racing	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	5 Laps
17	LMP2	#52	Misha Goikhberg Parker Thompson Harry Tincknell	Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	7 Laps
18	LMP2	#73	Pietro Fittipaldi Manuel Espirito Santo Chris Cumming	Pratt Miller Motorsports	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	7 Laps
19	LMP2	#37	Oliver Jarvis Seth Lucas Jon Field	Intersport Racing	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	9 Laps
20	GTP	#23	Ross Gunn Roman De Angelis Alex Riberas	ASTON MARTIN THOR Team	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Valkyrie	12 Laps
21	GTP	#25	Philipp Eng Marco Wittmann Kevin Magnussen	BMW M Team WRT	BMW	BMW M Hybrid V8	14 Laps
22	GTDPRO	#911	Thomas Preining Klaus Bachler Ricardo Feller	Manthey	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	22 Laps
23	GTDPRO	#77	Nick Tandy Harry King Alessio Picariello	AO Racing	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	22 Laps
24	GTDPRO	#4	Tommy Milner Nicky Catsburg Nico Varrone	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	22 Laps
25	GTDPRO	#3	Antonio Garcia Alexander Sims Marvin Kirchhöfer	Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	22 Laps
26	GTDPRO	#1	Neil Verhagen Connor De Phillippi Max Hesse	Paul Miller Racing	BMW	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	22 Laps
27	GTDPRO	#64	Ben Barker Dennis Olsen Mike Rockenfeller	Ford Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	22 Laps
28	GTDPRO	#033	James Calado Riccardo Agostini Miguel Molina	Triarsi Competizione	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	22 Laps
29	GTDPRO	#65	Christopher Mies Frederic Vervisch Sebastian Priaulx	Ford Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	22 Laps
30	GTDPRO	#59	Max Esterson Nikita Johnson Dean MacDonald	RLL Team McLaren	McLaren	McLaren 720S GT3 EVO	23 Laps
31	GTDPRO	#9	Andrea Caldarelli Sandy Mitchell Franck Perera	Pfaff Motorsports	Lamborghini	Lamborghini Temerario GT3	23 Laps
32	GTD	#21	Simon Mann Lilou Wadoux Ducellier Antonio Fuoco	Af Corse Usa	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	25 Laps
33	GTD	#27	Tom Gamble Dudu Barrichello Zacharie Robichon	Heart of Racing Team	Aston Martin	Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo	25 Laps
34	GTD	#120	Adam Adelson Tom Sargent Callum Ilott	Wright Motorsports	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	25 Laps
35	GTD	#80	Scott Andrews Lin Hodenius James Roe	Lone Star Racing	Mercedes-AMG	Mercedes-AMG GT3	25 Laps
36	GTD	#96	Patrick Gallagher Robby Foley Francis Selldorff	Turner Motorsport	BMW	BMW M4 GT3 EVO	25 Laps
37	GTD	#13	Orey Fidani Matthew Bell Lars Kern	13 Autosport	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	25 Laps
38	GTD	#34	Manny Franco Albert Costa Lorenzo Patrese	Conquest Racing	Ferrari	Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO	25 Laps
39	GTD	#66	Jake Walker Till Bechtolsheimer Joey Hand	Gradient Racing	Ford	Ford Mustang GT3	25 Laps
40	GTD	#36	Mason Filippi Charlie Eastwood Salih Yoluc	DXDT Racing	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R	26 Laps
41	GTDPRO	#14	Jack Hawksworth Ben Barnicoat Kyle Kirkwood	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	27 Laps
42	GTD	#28	Jan Heylen Dillon Machavern Spencer Pumpelly	Rs1	Porsche	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	31 Laps
43	LMP2	#43	Tom Dillmann Bijoy Garg Jeremy Clarke	Inter Europol Competition	Gibson	ORECA LMP2 07	40 Laps
46	GTD	#12	Aaron Telitz Benjamin Pedersen Frankie Montecalvo	Vasser Sullivan Racing	Lexus	Lexus RC F GT3	75 Laps