Felipe Nasr maintained his perfect start to the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, winning the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring for Porsche Penske Motorsport’s No. 7 963.
Nasr, who co-drives with Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor, won by 2.239 seconds over Porsche Penske No. 6 963 teammate Mathieu Jaminet, who co-drives with Matt Campbell and Kevin Estre.
Just as flawlessly as he handed the closing stint of his second consecutive Rolex 24 at Daytona victory in January, Nasr was in complete control over the last 31 minutes after a final restart.
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“It’s just incredible,” Nasr told NBC Sports’ Kevin Lee. “I’m speechless. What a job the whole team did it today. What a start to the year. We love winning.”
It’s the second overall victory at Sebring for team owner Roger Penske and his first since 2008. His Porsche No. 7 963 now has amassed back to back Rolex 24 at Daytona victories, the 2024 Grand Touring Prototype championship and is unbeaten through the first two races this season in the two biggest races on the IMSA calendar.
“It was a team effort, and all the drivers were on their game today,” Roger Penske said. “The Porsche 963 was outstanding. You could see it just got better and better as the weather got cooler. Smart work in the pits, good job, no issues there. Coming in 1-2 here after it’s been a long time since we won this race. Just an amazing day.”
#7: Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963, GTP: Felipe Nasr celebrates in victory lane with team owner Roger Penske
Roger Penske celebrates with Felipe Nasr (IMSA/Michael L. Levitt/LAT Images).
Since May 2023, Penske’s racing teams have won consecutive Indy 500s, consecutive NASCAR Cup Series championships, consecutive Rolex 24 at Daytona wins, the WEC driver’s championship and the 2025 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
In June, Penske’s sports car teams will try to fill one of the only voids in “The Captain’s” iconic career: A win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Nick Yelloly finished third in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 93 Acura ARX-06 that he shares with Renger van der Zande and three-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou. The No. 31 Whelen Action Express Cadillac finished fourth, and the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8 rounded out the top five.
The No. 7 took the lead for the final time with just over two hours remaining when Tandy made a sublime pass of Frederik Vesti on the back straightaway.
#7: Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963, GTP: Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, Laurens Vanthoor celebrate in victory lane
Laurens Vanthoor (left), Felipe Nasr (center) and Nick Tandy celebrate their victory in the Twelve Hours of Sebring (IMSA/Michael L. Levitt/LAT Images).
“Nick did a great pass on the 31 and then it was just about getting ourselves to the front, looking after the tires, the fuel,” Nasr said. “Very challenging race. Sebring delivers it all. It’s challenging, it’s physical. But incredible for Porsche, for Penske. It’s been a while.”
Porsche Penske Motorsport became the first team in the GTP era (dating to 2023) to win consecutive endurance races. The No. 7 963 also became the first lineup to win the “36 Hours of Florida” since Wayne Taylor Racing won the Rolex 24 at Daytona and Twelve Hours of Sebring in 2017.
“This is just awesome,” Tandy said. “We love winning races.”
#7: Porsche Penske Motorsports, Porsche 963, GTP: Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, Laurens Vanthoor celebrate in victory lane with the traditional orange juice
Nick Tandy (center) and Porsche Penske Motorsport teammates Laurens Vanthoor (left) and Feilpe Nasr celebrate with the traditional orange juice toast at Sebring (IMSA/Michael L. Levitt/LAT Images).
At Daytona, Tandy became the first sports car driver in history with overall victories in the four major 24-hour races (Daytona, Le Mans, Spa, Nurburgring). With his first overall win at Sebring, the dream season continued for Tandy, who also has won the overall in the Petit Le Mans.
According to IMSA, Tandy is the 10th driver with overall victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (2015), Rolex 24 at Daytona (2025) and Twelve Hours of Sebring, joining A.J. Foyt, Hans Herrmann, Jackie Oliver, Al Holbert, Hurley Haywood, Mauro Baldi, Andy Wallace, Marco Werner and Timo Bernhard.
Winners in other categories Saturday at Sebring:
—LMP2: The No. 43 Inter Europol Competition ORECA LMP2 07 earned its first IMSA class victory as a standalone team. Last year, it earned a victory in a partnership with PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports. The previous best finish for Inter Europol Competition as a standalone team was third in 2020 at Petit Le Mans.
“IMSA is very, very intense, and you can really go from hero to zero in an instant,” Tom Dillmann, who co-drove with Bijoy Garg and Jeremy Clarke, told NBC Sports’ Chris Wilner. “It’s very intense. My teammate did a great job keeping the car neat for me to push at the end with a really quick car at the night, which is what we planned. And we executed very well. I’m so happy. A loss for words. Team did a great job, and we deserve this.”
—GTD Pro: Porsche earned another victory as the defending series champion No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) held off Paul Miller Racing and its two BMW M4 GT3 EVOs. It’s the fourth IMSA class victory for AO Racing and first in a major endurance race.
“It means so much to me,” Laurin Heinrich, who co-drives with Klaus Bachler and Alessio Picariello, told NBC Sports’ Matt Yocum. “Last year, we won the championship and also three races, but we didn’t win any of the big endurance classics like Daytona, Sebring or Petit. So now ticking that off the list, it was one of the big goals coming into the season for me. Incredible.”
—GTD: The No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 captured its ninth IMSA class win and second consecutive at Sebring as Philip Ellis pushed past Jack Hawksworth for the lead with 15 minutes remaining.
“Had to use everything we had — elbows, shoulders, knees — everything,” Ellis, who co-drove with Russell Ward and Indy Dontje, told Wilner. “It was a good battle with Jack. It was very enjoyable. Just super proud of the team after the late penalty and super stoked we did it back to back.”
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