2026 IMSA Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring | Highlights | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

This raw, brutal nature of this racetrack is what attracts the best drivers from all over the world. This is the Mobile One 12 hours at Sebring. This is the 2026 edition. Let's get it going! This is the 2026 edition. Let's get it going! Jack Aitken sees the green first and leads this field into Turn 1, where he was so spectacular yesterday in qualifying. Wow, look at that side-by-side through Turn 1, Tom Bloom. The Acura just manages to escape the clutches there. Philippe Albuquerque in the blue car, sitting in the third spot for Cadillac. Here comes the GT start. Jack Hawksworth on the right-hand side of your screen. The bottom box leads the GTD and GTD pro-field to green. Love how Hawksworth just decisively fades over to the wall with authority and says, I had the pole by three-tenths. I am going to lead this race. And he does, opening up about three car lengths over the BMW just into the first three corners. He's almost clipping that concrete barrier on his way to that pole position here yesterday. Total commitment on that qualifying run. Tires will immediately come up to temperature. New Michelin tires for this year. They get their energy a little bit quicker, giving these drivers a lot of confidence here on this opening lap. Look at that side-by-side. Contact on lap one, and now the BMW gets pushed wide. This is fierce racing for the beginning of a 12-hour enduro. And that was Sheldon van der Linde going at it there with Renga van der Zander. Maintaining some of the tradition. Jack Aitken goes one way, and then he's going to have to duck and weave. And Kevin Estra is right there with him, and Kevin Estra is never afraid to make a move. Estra will put that car anywhere and in any kind of condition to make a move. One of the most aggressive drivers that I ever raced against in IMSA competition. But a lot of discretion there from the driver of the number six Porsche Penske. That white car, as you see, took his time to navigate through. Well, it was a very clean start. And basically, very clean opening 40 minutes of this year's Mobile One 12 Hours of Sebring. However, there is some debris out on track that race control has said, hey, we need to woe things up a little bit. We need to clean that up and go retrieve that. So first caution of the day. All right, let's get ready to go back to racing. Jack Aitken brings them through turn 17 onto the front straight. Here we go. And check it out between Estra and van der Zande. They fight for second as they go into turn one. A little bit of shadowing. And here goes Estra on the inside. Is he close enough? Ringer gives him a little room. Move not made. If you want to fight, you've got two of the best in the business in terms of going all in. And a scrap like we're going to see here today, Estra and van der Zande. That could be phenomenal. Caelan Federick doing a really nice job there. Bought the number five JDC millimotor sports Mustang sampling cat. Porsche there. X is the corner ahead of the Valkyrie. Ahead of one of the WTR Cadillacs as well. Luis de la Trans in that 40. A race winner here several years ago. He's got the inside line. Ross Gunn goes around the outside in the Valkyrie. And is out onto the dirt. Ran out of room. NASA has to take evasive action. It's a paddle shift car. So, really, you have one option. It's an electric switch. You pull the paddle and it shifts as the move happens with Barrichello to the outside in turn one. Watch this. Whoa! A lot of catch. Loses it. What a catch. You know what he was looking at? The blue dot. Too much. He missed the blue dot. The blue dot threw him off. So Barrichello gets back into the lead where he started this race. This has been a really encouraging opening stint for the 24-year-old Brazilian. After he stepped out of the race, he's like a sporting director for them. Aitken is trapped. He's pinned to the inside as Astra looks to the inside. He's going to try to sneak it outside down the front straight. What a move for the lead of the race. Kevin Astra, Porsche Penske Motorsport lead. That is the first time anybody else other than Jack Aitken has been at the head of this field. Working the GTD traffic to great effect. Astra just quietly waiting like a tiger in the weeds. And he jumped when he got his chance. Check this out. Look at Blomquist. The fight for second is intensifying. He's switching lines just trying to get Jack Aitken off his game here and put that Mayer Schenck Acura in second place overall. The Acura is so strong off the corner. It really puts it down nicely. It just seems to have that little bit of extra boost. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it does drive nicely off the corner. The Cadillac can sometimes just stretch away a little bit towards the end of the straight there, but it's super tight here. Really, really is impressive to sort of see these GTP cars going at it so early in the race. Big gaggle of traffic at Multiclass Racing. Kevin Astra getting caught up there as they come through 16. This has been a spot on the track which seems to have caught a lot of guys out. We've seen a lot of cars off the racetrack there at 16. Is that wind? Is that the direction? Is that some of the stuff? Is that bit of the racetrack just extra slick? But Tom is right on the gearbox of Jack. He's going to send it around the outside. He's going to try. Jack's just going to hold him there at this point. He just wants to hold it to his flank, but Tom's got a good run. He's going to have the outside line side by side off of 17. He's got the inside line for the upcoming corner turn one. Easing over on Aitken. This is going to be really tight. Giving him that lane on the outside. He's going to push through. Nicely done there by Tom. I think he's got it done. Jack just needs to breathe it there. Just give him some room. But it just seemed like he just rolled out of the brake there as he came into that final part of entry into 17. And Tom just had the confidence on the entry there. Trusted the rear. It was under him. And Tom's done a great job in this 60 car. But, yeah, just trying to keep yourself in the hunt with all of those different pieces. Wow, that is a monstrous hit for the 81 of Henrik Hedman. The team that switched to this Corvette chassis for this year had a solid run last year with the Ferrari. Just fell short of winning a championship. Dragon speed car. This is what happened. Two car of Parker Thompson there. Just took the road away from Henrik. That got metal and it got the tire bundles. That was a worst-case scenario. Victory. That's all I was saying. All I was saying. My question is, in either one of those times, losing a position with nine and a half hours to go because you're trying to run a fuel strategy, does it matter? No, it does not. It really doesn't. And, again, it comes back to Cal's point of looking at the bigger picture, making sure that your engineering group are sat there and they're advising you. And as a driver, you can only see and feel what's right there in the car with you. So you have to take that instruction and recognize they have that bigger picture. So breathing it and giving up that spot to save the car. Look at that. Wow. That is damage it's getting. To me, that split is opening up bigger and bigger. And that, again, is keeping it clean at this point in the race. It's so, so important. That will have an aero effect on the car. The 6, we know, had that issue at Daytona. And it's going to be about how this much develops. And, you know, are they going to be able to get this figured out at the next stop? Or is that going to be a bigger thing that they're going to have to fix? Porsche's now run 1-2. It's the young German, Loren Heinrich, behind the wheel, 24 years old. New to this prototype category. Did a race at Bahrain late last year in the World Endurance Championship. Came out of the box and won with his teammates, Antler and Nazareth. The Rolex, of course, and talking to Jonathan Duguid, the team manager there at Porsche Penske Motorsport. He just said he is unbelievable. He had our fastest average laps at the Rolex. He is the real deal. We are leaning on him big time. We have a lot of faith in his abilities. And he's showcasing it once again, leading and out front. Yeah, he did a brilliant job last couple of seasons when he was driving for A.O. in the Rexy car. And he was just brilliant, always delivering the performance. And the team would just plug him in and he would just take it to the front. Take a look at how the 7 gets to the front. You said Porsche is running 1-2 in that 14, 15, 16 complex. Top of the screen. You see a 40 car of Delatraz getting a little bit wide through 14. And Loren just had a run on him and just pounced. Wasn't a risky move. He just got to the inside. That's where that wind is playing a factor on these race cars through that tricky section. Definitely. Uh-oh. Big crash. The Rexy 62 in one of the Mustangs. I believe the 57 windward Mercedes in there as well. That's going to hurt them. The 62 pure greedy behind the wheel has destroyed the back end of that race car. Good point, Dave. Rexy has not had a DNF at Sebring since 2014. That seems about to change. Oh, there was already... Here with the 0-2-3. So there was already two cars at least wrecked. And it was the 62. And which Mustang is that? The 57's collected it here. It's the 57. Boom, that's it. That's a big hit. That is not just body work. Russell Ward has absolutely nowhere to go. The Ferrari and the Mustang together coming off of 17. And when they went around... 65. Almost synchronized spinning. At this point in time, everybody's okay. And then it changes right there. Rio in the 65. Oh, good miss. Yeah, that was. The gearbox would be done in the 57, I'd say. Possibly even the 62. That's going to be tough. Is turned 17, so the leader can pull the pin on the throttle whenever they want to. And on the power right now, the 40. Jordan Taylor up front in the Cadillac. Warren Heinrich there looking racy behind. Looking to get some energy into those tyres. Those Michelins. As the sister Dexcar comes through on the BMW. It's always these restarts. Down into turn three. The 93's getting racy. The 24 just puts him nice and wide there. Alex Bloh taking some inspiration from his teammate, Renger van der Zander. Certainly the most aggressive GTP driver in the opening couple of stints below. Forcefully pushing that 93 forward. When you get handed this information about the rear wing angles that you have to run, and this is how tight it gets down in turn seven. When you're given that arrow and it gets taken away from you, it's difficult, is it not? Then you've got to try to find the grip in the mechanical aspects of the car. Tight running here with GTD Ferrari running one, two, three. In the GTD class. I think the 70 was there, just not quite giving that sister 296 that much room. I'll tell you what, if you're a Ferrari rider, you're like, guys, you have winning cars under you. Do not dent these things. Bend them up, twist them up. Stay calm. 8.45 to go. If you're racing competition with the 62 out, you can only watch this and think, man, we had a day going. We've got some debris on the racetrack. We've had that a couple of times throughout the day. Officials jump on that very quickly, obviously cutting a tire down here, and that is a rigid piece. You can tell that it's got dimension to it. There's a bolt sticking out of it. And these guys are all fresh in the car. So this is their first laps being turned in these GTP machines here in the Sebring 12 hours. Matty Campbell, 31-year-old Australian there in second, trying to move forward, defending champion in the GTP category. Will not see him on a full-time basis in the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship this year, but is one of their endurance drivers. And Matty Campbell knows how to go fast in a 963. He's going to try to hunt down the 7 of Julian Andlauer just up in front. There was a car exploded in front of me. On board. Looked like he was chasing the rear the whole time. Brilliant job to lock up the brakes when he did. He had to guess the right time to know when the vector of the car was still going down that short straightaway. He locked up, and it guaranteed that it would still slide that vector direction as we take another look at action over in 16. The 80 into the 70, I believe. 16 is just one of those corners that draws you in to stick the nose in there. Wow, the 80's got a lot of power. Yeah, here comes the Aston Martin, though. Oh, that'll be an easy penalty for race control. That was ill-advised. On board with the 70. This thing's going to come out of nowhere. He just gets grenaded. That was the 19. Yeah, that's an easy one. There's a slow prototype to the left. We saw the 70 with an issue. Damage to the back of the 25. Left rear very chewed up with Whitman behind the wheel. What has happened here? This is over in turn 13. Body work from the 70. The hood is missing. You wouldn't normally associate GTD in the back of a prototype, but we talk about the corner speeds being very comparable on board with the Reeb here. You can't do that. Green flag coming out, and we're back racing at Sebring, and we talk about how fast the Porsches seem to get up to speed. See if they do it this time. Scott Dixon trying to make a move on Pino as they come down into this first corner. Goes to the outside, side-by-side apex. Pino giving Dixon a lot of respect to the outside. Dixon with a run here. Does he take a look at the 31? He thought about it for a second on Vesti. That speaks to what we heard from Ranger van de Zander hours ago, is that they have tons of performance right now. Aji Baji on cold tires. Both drivers trying to light up those Michelins right now. Vesti and Yellaly side-by-side down into the brakes. You've got to be careful you don't lock up one of these tires here without the temperature in them. Battle for third, and you've got to think the drivers are all over the settings in these complex race cars. In the last hour of the Mobile One 12 hours of Sebring, there has been a full course caution. Are you thinking, as the 23 now pushed off a pit lane behind the wall, are you thinking, as a competitor, we can't compete with them right now in the daytime hours, stay on the lead lap, be there at the end, we will get a yellow, historically speaking, and then we can show our strength? I would. I mean, that's got to be the way forward. Just to be in a position to do that is amazing. Problems, though, for the number 14 right now, Kyle Kirkwood behind the wheel. And the wheels go off. Oh, that's big. That's huge. That's going to be a big issue here. Full course yellow. That's odd. And Loren Heinrich, who has been such a revelation for Porsche over the last season, I would say, and really opened eyes in his debut in GTP, leads the field back to green, out of 17, on it, and immediately a spectacular restart. Oh, just jumps away there. He was primed, absolutely leapt off of turn 17, stretching out. Now is Earl, going to be able to get that 31 Cadillac in the groove. Gavanda's out there, right up behind him. And a penalty, a couple of penalties coming in. One for the 40 from Wayne Taylor Racing, with Jordan Taylor behind the wheel. Tire without a crew member in pit lane on those pit stops. Car 18 will have the same penalty, and that is the LMP2 entry, with Jacob Abel behind the wheel right now. You cannot leave a tire unattended in pit lane, and for those two teams, that's somewhat surprising, because they are very experienced programs. Look at some of the action back in the GT category on that restart. The 912 slides just a bit wide, and then back over in front of the Ferrari. Is he taking to the grass here? He does. Over that curb. Big time in the grass. Big. And that opens the door there for the Aston Martin. Oh, that could have been a Durante right there. A challenge in and of itself, picking up that rubber. Yeah, absolutely. But we're seeing now, coming down here into 17, a couple of cars side by side. Ferrari 296 and the Mustang there. Look at the 912. Manti car coming through as well. It's a battle for second and third in GTD. Costa aboard the 34 Ferrari. This is going to get tasty coming down here into Turn 1. Pera has gone deep. Costa is trying to come back up the inside, but that's a nice move there by Pera. Really, really excellent stuff by him. He has been world class in this car. And picking up some of that Florida sand on your windscreen, headed down into 17. It's not good. He got balked there. And Bamber's going to answer back. Oh, that was strong. He's not going to like that. He's not going to like that at all. Earl is going to be on the radio there. Renga didn't really give him the room. And you could see that playing out. Turn 7, the 77 car got deep on the brakes there. ABS. And there was Renga parked on the outside. He had to go around the outside. 77 was just taking his line. Renga had to check up. So then Earl gets the run. Look at how this track has changed from the beginning. Look at the backside of the curb and where dirt was and where dirt is no longer. Yeah, that's got a hook, isn't it? Now, go to turn 13. That's crazy. Yeah. And I guarantee you, turn 16 looks like that. Somewhat similar, yes. As well. And that, I guarantee you, is about 6 inches deep. Yeah. 5 or 6 inches deep. And you know that it's going to catch somebody out. You get out there now, the car's going to be bottoming out. And it's going to be tricky. Look at that. Very tricky. But, you know, you've got to drive within the limits. And that's certainly now drivers getting in the car, they're going to have to be working with that. That's part of the deal here. So you're using every bit of asphalt that was out there. When it gets dark, can you still see those exit curbs well enough? No. No? No. Speaking of a balancing act, Antonio Fuqua, who was the leader in GTD, now well back because of a penalty. Let's see what happens. Top of the screen. That is tight. He just pushes the Mustang off. And it was a little bit rude. He sort of came in. The 64 is giving him room. But then he didn't sort of give it back. Let's see why he could have. I think that Ferroco was so keen on fighting the 34 here. And then big off here. Oh, is that the Aston Martin? Yeah, it's the 19, I believe, being pushed to the outside by one of the Mustangs. If you want to know what it's like to turn onto the back straightaway right now, why do they call it Sunset Bend? Oh, yeah, it's tough, isn't it? 180-plus miles an hour at the end of this straightaway. Yeah, it is. And you get a little bit of a reference there from that bridge. And then it is just remembering all those times you've driven down into this corner and just trying to guide your way past that wall on the right-hand side and through and under. This low downforce aero package on the Corvette Z06 GT3-R. You've got to be able to slippery enough to get by the Mustang coming down here into Turn 7. Matt looks like he's sizing him up. Is he going to be able to make the lunge or is he going to leave it now into Turn 10? He's certainly gained on him. And it's all about the drive off of here. Is it going to be enough up through the box? Working your way here. And he's just in that slipstream. He's right on the gearbox. But is it enough? Is he going to be able to lunge up the inside? He's looking, he's looking, but it's not quite enough. Is the Mustang going to run wide? Matt's going to take that tight to line. But it's all about that run through 12. Is he going to be able to place it up the inside into 13? Matt thinks he's got the room and he's got the deal done. Nicely done. He worked that all the way from Turn 7. I think the faster of the three cars right now is Hessa aboard the BMW. He's been able to run them down. And you look at energy. He's right there with the 77 and the 911. Two Porsches and then the BMW. Yeah, look at the BMW coming now. He's got Piccarello. Sorry, backlash. Sorry. All lined up. Is he going to have just enough? Seems that the efficiency aero-wise is right there for the Porsche. Maybe the BMW's got a little bit more poke off the corner. It's going to be, has he got enough here? That looks like Hessa has got the run on him here. Side by side, side drop is over the line just in front. But Porsche comes back. Backless got him up the inside. It's just fascinating. The torque of the BMW seemed to really pay down low, able to drive off the corner. He had to pull out or he was going to have to lift to keep from hitting Bockler in front of him. But then at the end of the straightaway, just that last little bit of the straightaway, it was a half a car length that the Porsche gets back and it keeps Bockler from being able to, or Hessa, to make the move down towards the apex of one. The seven and the six are in their box. Driver changes for both. Felipe Nasr, a very light-tinted shield, is going to get in the seven to finish it off. And Kevin Estra is going to get in the six. Great job by both Zach Greggs and Charles Burrows, the two fuelers on the seven and the six. Quick and clean connects. Looking at the watch now, they're going to be about two hours to go. So this will work out perfectly for one more stop. But they are going to pack it full of energy. The cars are down just waiting. You can see Zach Greggs, he can see. Oh, the six is going to beat the seven car off pit lane. Wow, look at that. Is that the race win right there? With two hours and one minute to go, is that going to be the move that wins the six? I want to watch this out lap, these two going at it. This is going to be pretty special. Trying to switch everything on, get everything going here. Watch this, the GTD car, that's the 77 right there. Look at how quick the GTD pro car is for these GTP cars on those fresh Michelin tires. Estra is absolutely primed. He's just taken off like a scalded cat. Look at that. Amazing. Were they able to get all the fuel in? Lock up going in to turn seven, goes wide. He has got everything on the line right there. He went so deep at seven. Did they short fill it just a tiny bit in order to get the six out in front of the seven? How did they do it? Look at the inside. Look, these two are going to go at it all the way through the rest of this out lap. Nasser can smell it. He's like, I've got to pounce now. Estra is unhooked. He got it deep and wide at seven. He's got stuff on the tires. It's not very clean. But, I mean, somehow Estra has survived there just about. Pit stop time on the six. One second shorter than that of the seven. That is what gave them that launch out into pit lane and is what has given them the lead. In the last 35. Tire on. That could be a caution for sure. That should be a caution. The 52 machine. Harry Tinknell. Whoa. Got to throw yellow right now. Absolutely. Full course immediately. Here we go. This is what the competition needed. This is what they needed. A reset. It's going to allow them a top up. Well, here is the show right here. They changed their mind. They sure did. Here come. This is the focal point. Porsche. Penske motorsport. The six versus the seven. So first we're going to see the leader now in L.M.P. 200 McElroy come in. And superstar Mickel Jensen is going to get in the box to finish with off. They're the effective leader now because of the emergency service for the 99, Marty. Yes, the Penske guys did change their minds, but they are going to bury strategy. The seven is going BP fuel only. The six taking on new Michelin. Felipe Nasr said coming down pit road, I don't want to change tires. Get me to the lead. The 31 is going to change tires as well behind these guys, and they are going to change the driver as well. Jack Aiken going in the 31 to finish this race. But the seven with fuel only to get the lead back. That was just great coordination, great communication between the two cars for Penske to allow the seven car to get around the 16 before they got to their pit box. We had a clean lane in knowing that he was going to be stopped momentarily. The benefit of the energy level data stream is you know exactly what your competitors have. So in essence, it's a free pit stop for Porsche Penske because they only had to take 20% energy. They knew everybody was going to be in their box for way longer, and then they did that switcheroo. They've got some code words that we weren't hearing. You were absolutely right, Calvin. After the Rolex 24, he said, I've been part of this program since the beginning. This is the stuff of dreams. I love nothing better than winning for Roger Penske. Is he going to ignore Roger Penske? He'd love Vestia to get around him. In fact, we believe it's Jack Aiken behind the wheel. There may be a driver ID issue on the 31. Let's go back to racing. The 31 diff is all over the back. It pops to the inside. Oh, that was close. Ready to go on the attack big time. That Cadillac Racing Action Express wheel and machine is on the attack. They knew they had to go for it and go for it then. This is their chance right now on cold tires. Figure out a way to get to the back end of the number six. Meanwhile, Nasr has certainly not pulled over yet, but he might wait a couple laps to see if things string out. Yeah, he's got to let it settle in a little bit. He can't risk suddenly having the 31 car right there getting into that fight as well. So right now he's probably going to wait. But remember, he's got used tires that do still have some temperature in them. He'd have to clean them off a little bit more than the runners that have fresh Michelin rubber on that wouldn't get the same amount of pickup. But even so, he's got to be really be scratching his head. There's got to be a lot of consternation inside the Brazilian's head right now. I'll tell you what. If you're Nasr, the best way to get your boss to reconsider is to flat gap your teammate and put several seconds on and give him a chance to think about it. Maybe consider the tire point that we made here in the booth, Calvin. But right now, that one chance that the 31 had is disappearing into the darkness as Porsche Penske is putting on the monster flex right now. One one thousand two went two seconds gap on the opening lap. Penalties are being handed out. The 52 working on the car from behind the pit wall. And both Meijer Schenck Acuras are being penalized. The 93 of Nick Yellaly ran over the hose or a tool or a part of a person in their own box. The 60 not centered in the pit box. That is gutting for the Meijer Schenck Acura team. I wonder if one created the other. Do you know what I mean? With the 60 being out of position where the Yellaly had to go around him. It's Yellaly on the attack, but it's all for naught because that 93 Acura has got to come to pit lane. See the gaps there. I think if Nazar is going to give up that lead, we've got a car off there. Martin is a Mustang. It looks like a Mustang. That's a big off. Kind of tell by the way the rear wing is hanging there. Caution is out. Oh, that's the Myers-Riley car. Altman behind the wheel. Huge damage. That is a massive off. Front end. Rear end. Oh, boy. Wow. This car and team. It's a new team in IMSA. The veteran Bill Riley. Man, where is that? Part of this. Leaving turn one, we believe. Oh, boy. Jensen Altman. Remember during the daytime hours, Diff, we talked about how dug out the dirt was past the exit curb in one and how Ollie Gavin pointed out, you know, how you really can't see that at night. And I just wonder if that might have played into this, dropping the right sides at the exit of the fastest and most daunting corner on this track, if not this entire IMSA schedule. It's good to see the door is open and the driver climbing out under his own power. But look at the whole back end of that thing, Cal, is MIA. Yeah. Jensen Altman standing there with the AMR track services team. Watch this. Drop that right rear and around he goes. Did you see how far it dropped down when it went off? Jensen's had a lot of track time here, but not in the 12 hours. We wouldn't have raced in the dark before. Totally different beast. Look at these teammates right on each other. Kevin Estra trying to force Felipe Nasr into a mistake. Nasr doesn't want to relinquish this position. Away we go. Back to racing. An hour and 19 minutes left. And the Penske teammates at the front. Here comes Estra. Nasr says, nope. Not there. Not now. Estra was certainly thinking about it. And the front end washes out a little bit on him as he goes through the apex of turn one. Akin is close, but not close enough to really make a move. Doesn't quite look like team orders are eminent at this point on the manner in which Estra took a peak there in turn one. Nasr doing everything he can to show I'm the fastest. I'm the best. As car six just got a warning for blocking. Presumably that's blocking the 31. Yep. Bobby, what you got? Townsend before the green. Travis law told Felipe Nasr, same program as before. Once we gap the field, get the lead back to the six. Team order still in place here. But I think an important point, there's still another stop left in this race. A long time to go. I know you don't like it, T. Bell, but I think that's what's in their minds. There's a long way to go in this race still. Yeah, and I think the key is, Marty, they're not going to be so locked in having to hit pit lane at the same time potentially on that last stop. So that's going to free up some strategy options for the six squad as well and the seven, obviously. Well, the last lap, Nasr is three tenths quicker. He just came on the radio and said, this is not how this is supposed to work, guys. But he's going to give up the lead right here, Lee. There it is. Okay. So the lead's given up. But now can he just stay right there? Is he allowed to pass? I don't see why not. He gave the lead back. Now he should be allowed to race for the lead. Meanwhile, while we are glued to this, Thomas Pryning has taken off in GTD Pro. He's more than two seconds ahead of Harry King, who has got Conor D. Felipe all over him. And then the two Pratt Miller Corvettes. Tom Gamble leads the way. He's just got that lead in GTD away from Shuring. And Matt Bell is in third in his Corvette for 13 Autosport. I think we just got our answer on Nasr just listening to the fuel save here. I think Nasr's plan now is hang here, save crazy fuel without losing too much of the gap, and then get him back on the pit stop. The problem is he can't pit on the same lap, though, Tanza, because if he comes in right behind him, he's got to get around the car. He does. So I think they've got to go a little bit out of sequence on which lap they pit on. It could be driven their way by yellow, where they have to take it. But if it's under a green stop, you've either got to go with the undercut or the overcut and try and make it work that way. The fact that you're stationary less time by having more energy saved right now could come into play. I think if I'm Nasr, maybe I'm starting a campaign to pit, you know, at about 58 minutes left on the early side for the undercut. And then if a caution comes out, you're covered. Sweet. The 21 has had a dramatic day. We know the car is fast. They could be able to jump easily in this last round of stops. Look at this traffic coming into play. Houdini is in that line. Nasr's got a run. Here's the answer. We were posing the question. This might be the answer as they go almost side-by-side into turn 17. He took it to the inside. Now, Esther's rolling too much speed to even think about that move. Remember, Nasr is not pleased with what has transpired. He did not want to give up the lead to his teammate. Understandably so. How hard will he push this? How far will he push it, Marty? And, Lee, I think he's confused about what's going on as well. He's asked Travis several times who just keeps telling him, save fuel, build as much energy as you can. And Nasr at one point said, what do you want me to do? Am I racing him? Am I not racing him? You guys need to be clear and tell me what I need to be doing. But so far being a good shoulder soldier sitting in second. And he just said on the radio just right now, said, I will sit here in second, but I'm not happy about it. Yeah, I think he's got to go for it. I mean, the only reason to energy save right now is if there's a caution and everyone comes in together, if you're burning energy trying to get around your teammate, you could get leapfrogged by some of the cars behind you on the racetrack. But right now he's pushing hard. I think he's got to go for it. Forget about energy save right now. They're way within the window to do it on one more stop with a big wide window to make that final stop as well. We have been commentating on Felipe Nasr from when he first came to the United States to race sports cars as a guest in a guest ride. I commentated on him in Formula one when he raced for Sauber sitting around in second and not attacking is not in his DNA. Now, I think he needs a Kimi Räikkönen. Leave me alone. I know what I'm doing. He's going to go for a race win. He just got every bit of that turn 14 apex curb and now crazy traffic. This is an opportunity for Nasr. Marty, what do you hear on the radio? He said, Do you want to lose this race? That's what he just questioned the timing stand with. So not happy with sitting in second. He wants to go for it to your point and tired of sitting behind his teammates. Here it is. Teammate on teammate. Now back to the lead. And I think Felipe Nasr delivered that message because of the pace of Jack Aiken. That 31 Cadillac had been closing on these two Porsche Penske's. He's right there. I think that's the same great call. That was great. That was great for Nasr by Aiken. Putting the pressure on that forced his hand, forced Penske's hand. Because Kevin Esther was trying to make a pass to the outside and gets into the grass on the approach of 14. And is now in the marbles and then off track again, almost into the wall. And Aiken right there, ready to pounce. That was a good save. The way it worked out. He just keeps it together here. Look how close Aiken's going to get to him. Luckily. But then the 80s kind of the buffer there. Look at this. Esther right on the back of the 7 again. Traffic playing a hand. Traffic coming into play. Still five more GT pro cars for Felipe Nasr to clear. Look at Esther just dive bombing it there to the apex. This is 10 tenths kind of stuff right now. Yeah, this is where it's going to get feisty. We talk about spectacular finishes here at Sebring. I expect the same tonight. Nasr just got packed up by the McLaren. There's Jack Aiken in the 31. There's Sheldon Vandal into the BMW to the right of the 912. There's Dallatraz not too far behind as well. It's packing up beautifully into this heading into, we're almost crossing the mark of the final hour of the Mobile One 12 hours of Sebring. Ricky Taylor in the 10 machine is within a second of his teammate as well. WTR having a much better day here than they had at Daytona. Oh my goodness. Shortcut. A penalty's just been handed down of sorts or a rearrangement so to speak. The six has to go behind the 31 of Jack Aiken for short cutting the track. We just showed you the replay. I get it. Makes sense to me. Just got out wide. Elected just shortcut through. Go behind one of the apexes. And with that, I believe he gained an advantage on the 31 car. So this is helping out Felipe Nasr. And adding huge gravity to his argument from earlier. I am the guy. Let's take a look at this incident once again. The 80 Mercedes GTE car kind of moving over there, surprising Kevin Estra. He has to avoid, gets off into the grass to avoid the contact. And this considered short cutting the course. And thus an advantage. And that's what led race control to mandating the six fall behind the 31. Other than short cutting, he also passed a race car. That's right. Because he was behind. Yeah, he basically put the 80 car as the buffer to him and Aiken at the same time. So it wasn't just short cutting, cutting your lap time. He also gained advantage by passing a race car. As the 24 BMW is right there. And for the first time in a long time, Kevin Estra has to go racing. Yeah. And we know what he likes to do. He'll get his elbows out. Put it all on the line. Opportunistic move down to the inside. There's contact. Elbows are out. Here comes Sheldon van der Linde with a big head of steam in the BMW. Can he get by both of them down the almond straightaway? This is crazy. Almost three wide. Funnels down right there. And Jack Aiken is unwilling to relent. He may not have a choice. Van der Linde is trying to go on. And then Estra moves through back into second place. A game of chicken. And Kevin Estra showing that he was the brave one. Last on the brake pedal. Wow. He told us earlier in the day after his opening stint, patience isn't one of my stronger character points. And you just saw it there. Meanwhile, Nasr skipped away by five and a half seconds. Just like that. That gives him all sorts of options. For the GTD win here. And guess what? That opens up the opportunities. We've got a car off track. This will help out. That's a Porsche. That's the other Manti car. In the space of five minutes, those two Manti cars have had drama. Oh, now he's going. It's overheating. Oh, it's the same car. Yeah, there was an issue. That thing's on fire underneath the rear engine cover. Excuse me. I thought they'd retired that car because that was puking water out of the bottom of it like it was having a bath. Riccardo Pera just limping trying to get that car home and keep it in a safe area. He might be trying to get it to a safe area where the fire extinguishers are available. It's awfully hot and glowy up under there. Potion's out though, so. Yeah, I just want to kind of relay what has been said to Felipe Nasr on the radio several times. Travis Law has said, we need to pull a gap and then I need you to listen to me and do what I tell you to do. Townsend, surely they would not tell Felipe Nasr to pull over and let the six win the race, correct? I mean, that wouldn't happen, right? But several times, Travis Law has said, get us a gap and then listen to me and do what I say. That doesn't sound like they're just going to let Nasr go racing. I don't know why or how or what, but I don't think Travis Law is making that decision. I think he's delivering a message. The question is, from whom and for what? Makes zero sense to me because there's no energy save required. It's full board of the finish. You've got no GT traffic in front of you. Go for it. Go for it. Go for the win. And you know who is going to go for it? Jack Aitken. All right, green flag flies here at Sebring. Let's go. Let's get back to racing and let's finish off this 74th running of one of the world's greatest endurance races. See the cars weaving around, trying to clean off these tyres. They really demand a lot from those Michelins through that high-speed first corner. Felipe Nasr, Kevin Estre, Jack Aitken, Ricky Taylor, Louis Delatraz, the top five. Do they all keep it clean? This is typically when we see the sparks fly. The elbows will be out here. Everyone recognising time is running out if you're going to have success here tonight. We don't have enough eyes and enough cameras to look everywhere at once because it's on in LMP2 as well between the two teammates. Mikkel Jensen, Paul DiResta, also in GTD Pro between Thomas Preining and Harry King. And Nicky Katzberg is now up to third. This is my favourite part of the 12 hours at Sebring. It goes from a car race to Grand Theft Auto. It looks like these guys have stolen them and are running from the cops at night. Look at this. Look at this. Inside move. Nice work there. That was from the Meyer Schenck machine of Tom Blomquist. That was awesome. What a bold move down at the inside. Decisive. Don't think they even touch paint there. He continues on the march trying to get up into the top five and maybe on the podium. Coming back from a penalty. Remember, both cars from Meyer Schenck were penalised at the same time for different incidents. Nasr is taking off here on Estre. I mean, how could you possibly deliver any other message? But good job. Keep going. The only message I want is where do I take the car after the finish? Maybe 65 car off and on. Vavish right behind his teammate, Olsen. I was bulldozing someone out of the way there. I don't know, but did he get loose? Did he get loose in front of it? Looked to me like the Ferrari was already moving around. And this is the 65. Ready Vavish. And who was off behind him? I think it was one of the Triassi Ferraris. Yeah, it was the Triassi car that got bundled out of the way by the 64 car, the other Ford. But they complete that long run down the Almond Strait. And Felipe Nasr exits to see the front stretch and he will see the white flag. That is good news for Gamble because that means he's got one last lap to do. He's just got one lap to go because the overall leader is by him and they're right behind him. So Gamble's just got to hang on now for 16 more corners. Pretty special time for those two Porsche 963s in the throwback scheme. The dedication to a 30-year relationship between Porsche and Mobil 1. And they're less than one lap away from victory and a 1-2 result. I don't think Fuoco there in that GTD battle has any interest in second place. But I just wonder, has he chewed up his tires too much with all those lunges in the brake zone? Gamble critically opening up a big gap as they go to the hairpin. Yeah, Fuoco's lost a lot of ground now. He's got a bundle of prototypes in between he and the Aston Martin. Unless they leave the Aston Martin out to dry in one of these corners. But they've cleared him right now. Fuoco can now see the tail of the Aston Martin as the car immediately in front of him one more time. Watch this brake zone though. You know Fuoco's going to give it everything. Wow. Oh, he's wide. He slips. Fuoco's got alongside. He's got the lead. Unbelievable. Coming back from three penalties. Two of them being drive-throughs. Antonio Fuoco has got himself in the lead. He restarted seventh and leads on this final lap. Can you believe it? The slightest of slips there by Gamble into the brake zone for turn 10. Just lost the Aston Martin momentarily and Fuoco pounced. He was close enough to make it happen. Top box. Top box is Felipe Nasr. The multi-time IMSA champion. The man who drove to three consecutive Rolex 24 wins is going to defend his win here and give Porsche its 20th overall victory. Felipe Nasr. Porsche Penske Motorsport. Back-to-back wins. And they get the Florida 36. The Rolex 24 and Mobile One 12 hours of Sebring. An unbelievable one-two. And how about the scrap in GTD? Antonio Fuoco and AF Corsa have done it in LMP2. It's a full team press with United Autosports. They get the one-two. It's Mikkel Jensen that gets the chequered flag first. Half a second separating the teammates. Incredible performance. That is comprehensive. And then the 9.11 for Mantai will win with Thomas Preining behind the wheel over Harry King. What a day for Porsche. One-two in GTD Pro and overall. Incredible stuff. The celebration with the Ferrari team. You went running for your teammates. You saw them running towards you. Can you describe just the excitement behind the wheel but keeping that composure? You tried at 17 and then on the last lap. Unbelievable. How did you set them up when you saw them babble? I think it was a really chaotic race with some small mistakes around. At the end we managed to put everything together and I want to thank the team for the hard work because we really pushed and we really believed in these results. On the last lap they asked for a small mistake in turn 10. I saw the opportunity and I tried to go on the outside. It was a really tough and fun race. Lelou and Simon just wandered off. How would you describe their performance over the 12 hours? Their first-time wins here. As I said, the team did an amazing job. They really pushed since the beginning. Lelou and Simon did really good. We won the four hours, eight hours and then also the race. I think it's a really good result for us. Now we need to keep pushing. A great example. Never ever give up. It looked like they were down for the count. Battled back. Winners again here at Sebring. You know, Matt, Calvin said that it was an emotional day for Felipe Nasr. Well, when you celebrate an emotional day you got to get out of the car and have a little fun and throw your fist up in the air. Then you got to find your team and celebrate with them what Felipe Nasr did. You can tell the emotion that went into winning this. Team Penske an absolutely dominant day. Leading all but 70 laps. And the 7 team becomes the first ever team in IMSA history to win the Rolex 24 and Sebring 12 hours overall in back-to-back years. Boy, Felipe, have you ever been around two cars that dominant in your career? It's pretty unique, I have to say. I lost my voice there in the A lap. It's just incredible to represent Porsche and Penske to win for those guys. I love winning for them. It took a big team effort. Both cars were strong all day. And I just want to say my teammates, man. Those guys are phenomenal. The job they did. The whole crew all day long. There was no mistakes. Just a clean race. Here we are. It's another dream start to the season. I can tell your emotion. But I've got to ask you about the tense moments of the race. Because you were not happy when team orders were given for you to give the lead back to the 6. What was your reaction when you first heard that command? Well, I have the right to say I wasn't happy. And I did everything they said to do. And we had people coming. And I don't want to lose the race. I want to win for the team. And that's what I did today. Is that what went into your decision to say, Hey, I'm going to do what I want to do here? Well, they were ahead, right? The 6 car. I gave them the position. And the next thing I see, I see the cars chasing us. We had to make a decision. So anyway, it's done. Let's celebrate the win. I want to talk about the emotion of this one. Because it was not easy for you today. The run-in with Ringer van de Zander early in the race. And then all the things that happened at the end of the race. I don't know what was going on in Ranga's mind. You know, that's a 12-hour race. You've got to look after the car, first of all. But anyway, I'm just so proud of the team, our sponsors. You know, conquering Florida once again. I'm just so happy for these people, you know. Like, they put so much effort. And I just want to take it all in. And how about the emotion of being the first driver ever to win back-to-back Rolex 24s and Sebring 12-hours in back-to-back years? It's incredible. That's exactly what I signed up for. And I knew we could build something magical. So, I couldn't be prouder. You can tell the emotion in the interview. You can tell the emotion in the celebration with the team. Felipe Nasr, Porsche Penske in victory lane. The overall win, Kevin Lee. There are big emotions for United Autosports as well. They're all good, though, because they are 1-2. And these are the winners from the two-car. Mickel Jensen finished it off. And he had to hold off Paul DiResta. Pretty special to win this race. Yeah, it's always special here in Sebring. Actually, it's my seventh podium out of seven races, seven appearances. So, it's pretty, pretty good. It's Phil's first race. So, it's just amazing to finish on the top after a tough day at Tona. I mean, now our season has started for real. And we just need some more wins now. Hunter, you and Mickel are new to this program. But you've won three of the last four races, I think. Seems like a good pairing. Pretty dynamic duo, eh? Yeah. No, it's awesome. This win I've been chasing for three years now. I've had three podiums and three starts. But, yeah, always left a little disappointed. So, to come back here, it's, you know, one of the biggest endurance races in North America and the world. And to win it, especially with this guy's first time, is pretty special. And, Phil, you raced in Atlantics right around in college. Went off, went to business. Now, in your first full season, your second race this year, you're a winner of the Sebring 12 Hours. What are your emotions? I can't believe it. But you know what? Coming back to Sebring, super special. I did an SCCA race here many, many years ago. And it's just, when I was in the car, I loved every minute of it. It was sad when my driving time was over. I was happy when these boys took over and started going to the front. But it was just such a great weekend. I'm thankful to the team. I'm thankful that these guys learned a lot. And really looking forward to the rest of the season. Congratulations. Today burns. Well, Kevin, the good news is that the rest of the team just got here. Because Thomas Priding has been waiting here for his teammates to show up. Let me talk to Thomas first here. Fantastic restart. It seemed like that last stint, you were just really in the zone. How did that happen? Yeah, it was really enjoyable. So, the second-to-last safety car surely helped us a little bit to get close to the 77. And then I managed to make a move at the restart in Turn 1, which was quite fun. And then afterwards, it was sprint racing like I'm used to from DTM. So, nothing new for me, just a new track. And really, really enjoyable. Honestly, big thanks to the team and my super quick teammates. It's been a true team effort and a really big piece of work to get all of the systems running. And, yeah, obviously, it's a lot of different topics and new things that we had to learn coming here. But I'm just really glad it worked. Super quick teammates, including defending winner Klaus Beckler. So, another win for you this week, this year. But for Mantai Racing, the first win for them in IMSA. How special? I mean, it's really a great day to win this race. It's very special. It's a really hard race to win. I think it's one of the biggest endurance races in the world. And to be here with Mantai Racing and to win it for the first time for the Grelo, it's special. It's very amazing in general also for me because to defend the victory from last year. And now, I mean, I cannot believe it. I'm very happy about this. And thanks to the whole team. Thanks to my teammates, to Thomas and Ricky. They did a great job. It was not easy. It was tight, the whole race, especially the Roxy. They were really strong. It was always close with them. But luckily for us, in the end, we were a little bit quicker and we won this race. Nice one, too, for Porsche today in GTD Pro. That car was strong the whole way along. Thanks, Dave. So, that brings us up to two races to the updated points. Let's kick it off with GTP. Well, similar start to what the seven cars last year went in the first two races. They then went on to Long Beach, which we'll see in four weeks. Totally different race. 100-minute sprint race around the streets there. Can they go three for three like they did in 2025? I mean, 60th year celebration for Team Penske. Daytona. I go to Phoenix. They win NASCAR IndyCar on the same weekend. I mean, you talk about Steamroll and that organization celebrating 60 years in fine style. How about LMP2, Dave? Super tight. Really tight. And it is United Autosports that leads the way over CrowdStrike with APR just by three points to GTD Pro. Have a look at this. We've got a tie at the top. Tie at the top. Yeah, this is going to be a fight all season long. Manti getting that first victory here on U.S. soil. That's a big day for them. They're going to be strong all season long. Great driver lineup. Dudu Barrichello, he gets that win. Hard of racing. Excuse me. Oh, this is the points. Yeah, they got the lead. Excuse me. They lead the way. Hey, the captain's done it again. Well done, Roger. The grand marshal to start the day off. And he sees yet another historic victory. He's got his calculator out. He's adding up how many more wins he can find.