{"id":105310,"date":"2026-03-23T06:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=105310"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:03:49","slug":"imsa-completes-36-hours-of-florida-at-sebring-sets-2027-schedules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/imsa-completes-36-hours-of-florida-at-sebring-sets-2027-schedules\/","title":{"rendered":"IMSA Completes 36 Hours of Florida at Sebring, Sets 2027 schedules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The No. 7 Porsche Penske 963 earned its second straight Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring overall win, Porsche\u2019s 20th! IMSA photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IMSA\u2019s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship completed its 36 hours of Florida over the weekend, with the 74th running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on the tough, old airport circuit in the center of the state. The results weren\u2019t terribly different from those achieved during the Rolex 24 at Daytona in late January, where Porsche Penske Motorsports earned the win. For a second consecutive year, the only true question for this half-day competition was which Porsche 963 from Team Penske would be first to those checkered glass?<\/p>\n

As it turned out, the two Porsche Penske GTP cars would combine to lead all but 60 of the race\u2019s 343 laps. The No. 6 and No. 7 Porsche GTPs battled one another during the final hour, and it was the No.7 of Felipe Nasr who out battled Kevin Estre in the No. 6, taking the win by a minuscule 1.515 seconds in the dark. This was the third Sebring victory for Nasr, who co-drove with Frenchman Julien Andlauer and German Laurin Heinrich. After earning victory in the Rolex 24 nearly two months ago, the No. 7 had to fight hard for Saturday night\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first hour as rough. I just wanted a clean start but other competitors had a different idea,\u201d Nasr explained. \u201cThere were 12 hours to go and I just wanted to keep the car in one piece, because the last hour is what really matters.\u201d He credited his teammates for keeping the car together until that final hour, so that he could filet his teammate before taking the double checkered glass. Nasr led the final 22 laps in a car that was \u201cfast all day. Winning for that guy [team owner Roger Penske], that\u2019s what I\u2019m here for!\u201d This was Porsche\u2019s 20th overall win at Sebring.<\/p>\n

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United Autosports\u2019 1-2 was its first such result in the U.S. – imsa photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Porsche Penske Motorsports wasn\u2019t the only 1-2 finish after 12 hot, dusty and competitive hours: United Autosports USA took its first-ever IMSA 1-2 finish in LMP2, in the No. 2 ORECA LMP2 07 with Mikkel Jensen at the helm, completing the distance with a minuscule 0.510-second margin of victory over teammate Paul Di Resta in the team\u2019s No. 22 ORECA. Porsche led the standings in IMSA\u2019s GTD PRO class as well, with European DTM regulars Manthey Racing teaming with Porsche to bring its \u2018Grello\u2019 (green and yellow) Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) to the flags ahead of another Porsche, AO Racing\u2019s \u2018Roxy\u2019 911. In the large GTD class, the No. 21 Af Corse USA Ferrari 296 GT3 EVO put three drive-through penalties in the rearview mirror to steal a last-lap victory.<\/p>\n