When the sun went down on March 15 on Sebring International Raceway, Felipe Nasr led the Porsche 963 No. 7 to victory in the 73. Run of the mobile 1 12 hours of SebringSecuring Porsche Penske Motorsport’s second win of the season in a row in a row. After their performance at Rolex 24 in Daytona, NASR, together with teammates Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoorwas intensive pressure to win the victory.
The NASR took control of the race when the darkness approached and relentless challenges were carried out by the sister No. 6 Porsche 963 piloted by Matt Campbell, Kevin Estre and Mathieu Jaminet. The struggle between the two Penske-Run-Porsche-Lmdh prototypes lasted deep in the last hour, but in the end NASR managed to create a gap on the restart after a late caution on the full corridor.
With this victory, Nick Tandy consolidated his heir in the history of endurance racesNow that he had now secured overall wins in five of the most renowned long -distance races: Daytona, Le Mans, Nürburgring, Spa and now Sebring.
BMW’s anniversary weekend: a mixture of celebration and misfortune
For BMW M Team RLLSebring marked a special occasion: the 50th anniversary of BMW from North AmericaA significant milestone that brought legendary numbers Jochen Neerpasch (Co -founder of BMW Motorsport) and Brian Redman (Winner of the Sebring from 1975 12 hours in the BMW 3.0 CSL) Back to the paddock. However, the celebration quickly became a weekend full of frustration for the GTP efforts by BMW.
After the fuse Pol position in No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8Present Dry vanthoor was within minutes after the green flag towards adversity. Vanthoor was punished for the change of driving and had to fulfill a passage sentence, but a Beware of full garden delayed his chance of recoveringPut the car no. 24 onto the back of the pack.
Despite a determined comeback of Philipp Eng and Kevin MagnussenBMW’s hopes made great success than the Car No. 24 suffered right-wing damage after the contact in the box. There was a long repair that forced the team to expose more than an hour before the return of the race – finally finished Twelfth in the GTP class.
Meanwhile the No. 25 BMW M Hybrid V8piloted by Sheldon van der Linde, Marco Wittmann and Robin Frijnsclimb out P10 on the net for a respectable fifth place After a spirited last stay of Frijns.
A podium for BMWS GT efforts
While the prototype program was opposed to BMW setbacks, The new BMW M4 GT3 Evo was promising in GTD Pro. with Paul Miller Racing safe A Double podium– place Second and third in class. Additionally the new one BMW M4 GT4 Evo achieved his First victory at SebringBMW gives a reason to celebrate on its milestone weekend.
