FIA World Endurance Championship drivers factor at the front in Sebring

SEBRING, FL (18 March 2025) – The FIA World Endurance Championship saw several of its regular drivers and teams dominate the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring this weekend, round two of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

The WEC returns to Texas for the 2025 Lone Star Le Mans, September 7-9 at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, in its lone race in North America.

Porsche Team Penske backed up its victory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona with a dominant 1-2 finish in Sebring’s 12-hour classic. Laurens Vanthoor doubled up in winning both Florida races in Porsche Penske Motorsports No. 7 Porsche 963. He pilots the similar No. 6 Penske Porsche 963 in the WEC, joined by Matt Campbell – who finished second at Sebring in Penske’s No. 6 Porsche.

Campbell co-drive with Kevin Estre, who also pilots Penske’s No. 6 in the WEC, and Mathieu Jaminet, who drives the No. 5 Porsche in the WEC.

Nick Tandy joined the overall winning team at both Sebring and Daytona, giving him overall victory in the major 24-hour endurance classics at LeMans, Spa and Nurenburgring, along with IMSA’s Petit Le Mans. Tandy won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans with Porsche, and is entered with the team for the 2025 edition of the race.

Earl Bamber, who co-drive with Tandy to the 2015 Le Mans victory,  finished fourth at Sebring in the Whelen Cadillac, similar to the No. 38 Jota Hertz Cadillac he drives in WEC. Sebastien Bourdais – his WEC co-driver – finished second at Sebring in the LMP2 category.

The Sebring event saw the North American debut of the Aston Martin Valkrie, the first true Hypercar to compete in IMSA. Ross Gunn, who drives the No. 007 Valkrie in the WEC, joined No. 009 Valkrie drivers Alex Riberas and Roman De Angelis in placing ninth overall at Sebring.

Tom Gamble, who also drives the No. 007 in WEC competition, placed on the Sebring podium, taking third in GTD driving Heart of Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo.

BMW Team RLL took fifth at Sebring with a lineup including Robin Frijins and Sheldon van der Linde, drivers of the No. 20 BMW in WEC. Dries Vanthoor, Raffaele Marciello and Kevin Magnussen, who share the No. 15 BMW, failed to finish in the sister BMW M Hybrid V8.

For Cadillac, Will Stevens – driver of the No. 12 Team Jota Cadillac V-Series R,  took seventh overall in Wayne Taylor Racing’s No. 40 entry, while Brendon Hartley, WEC driver of the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo, placed 11th in GTP in WTR’s No. 40 Cadillac.

Mikkel Jensen, driver of the No. 93 Peugeot, finished second in LMP2 for TDS Racing. His WEC teammate Paul Di Resta placed eighth in LMP2 for United Autosports USA. Malthe Jakobsen, pilot of the No. 94 Peugeot, took sixth in LMP2 for Crowdstrike Racing by APR.

AF Corse Ferrari factory drivers Antonio Fuoco – winner of the WEC season-opening Qatar 1812 Km in the No. 50 Ferrari 499P– and third-place finisher Pier Guidi (No. 51 Ferrari) failed to finish in GTD competition, although Pier Guidi captured the GTD pole.

The FIA WEC will be back in action at Imola on April 20, and will return to  Texas for the 2025 Lone Star Le Mans, September 7-9 at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.