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DIVEBOMB Motorsports presents LIVE coverage of the 2025 12 Hours of Sebring, the highly anticipated second round of the IMSA WeatherTech sportscar championship.
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Round two of the IMSA WeatherTech sportscar championship takes place in Sebring for the 73rd running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. On a track notorious for its physical nature and its violent bumps each of the drivers will be tested to the limit, both physically and mentally.
With names such as Kevin Magnussen, Jack Aitken, Scott Dixon, Alex Palou, Danil Kvyat, Romain Grosjean and many more on the stacked 59-car grid, there will be plenty of action to follow along with.
Starting Grid
GTP - Top 10
1st No.24 BMW M Team RLL - Magnussen, D Vanthoor, Eng
2nd No.60 Acura MSR - Blomqvist, Braun, Dixon
3rd No.7 Porsche Penske - Nasr, Tandy, L Vanthoor
4th No.6 Porsche Penske - Estre, Campbell, Jaminet
5th No.5 Porsche Proton Competition - Jani, Vautier, Pino
6th No.93 Acura MSR - Van Der Zande, Yelloly, Palou
7th No.40 Cadillac WTR - J Taylor, Deletraz, Hartley
8th No.10 Cadillac WTR - R Taylor, Albuquerque, Stevens
9th No.85 Porsche JDC Miller - Van Der Helm, Bruni
10th No.25 BMW M Team RLL - Wittmann, S Van Der Linde, Frijns
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LIVE: 12 Hours of Sebring Updates
18:45 Green flag! No40 Caddy recieves a penalty because of the emergy condition and damaged bodywork. It is in the pits now.
18:36 Kevin Magnussen is in! The No24 BMW M is P7 overall and in GTP. FCY right now.
18:32 No40 Caddy is into the wall! FCY. The Caddy is into the pits with damage.
18:10 8 Hours to go! Bamber leads in 31 Cadillac. Snow leads the No1 BMW and Wadoux leads for No21 Ferrari.
18:04 Alex Palou brings the 93 Acura into the pits with Yelloly back in the car. 25 BMW leads in GTP.
17:58 Lamborghini SC63 driven by Kvyat pits and goes to Bortolotti. 23 Aston Martin GTP into the pits and out in P8 overall. Caddy still P1 with Vesti, 5.4 secodns in front.
17:47 Featured names update: Vesti leads for Cadilac overall. Alex Palou P2 for Acura GTP. Vanthoor P3 for Porsche. Ølsen P8 for Ford in GTD PRO. GTP battle between two Porsches for P5. Pino overtakes Campbell.
17:37 LMP2 Battle is on between Jensen and Lindh for the lead. Snow and Bachler close for the lead in GTD PRO (BMW and Porsche). Ford Mustang of Ølsen into the pits. Waddux leads in Ferrari No21 for GTD.
17:19 Vesti continues to lead in GTP for Cadillac,14 second lead. Calm times here at Sebring as the drivers are perserving fuel and tires. GTD Pro battle might happen between the 77 Porsche Bachler and 1 BMW Snow for P1 in class.
THREE HOUR UPDATE:
GTP:
1st No.31 Cadillac - Vesti
2nd No.93 Acura - Palou
3rd No.7 Porsche - Vanthoor
4th No.24 BMW - Frijins
5th No.40 Cadillac - Taylor
LMP2:
1st No.11 - McLeria
2nd No.2 - Hanley
3rd No.22 - Lindh
4th No.43 - Clarke
5th No.4 - Kurtz
GTD Pro:
1st No.77 Porsche- Picariello
2nd No.1 BMW - Snow
3rd No.4 Chevrolet - Varrone
4th No.1 BMW - Snow
5th No.64 Mustang - Barker
GTD:
1st No.21 Ferrari - Pier Guidi
2nd No.57 Mercedes - Ward
3rd No.27 Aston Martin - Stevenson
4th No.12 Lexus - Montecalvo
5th No.78 Lamborghini - Goikhberg
16:53 - side by side BY SIDE - for No.74, No.73 and No.88 - luckily the No.88 and No.74 don't collide for a second time in this race.
16:51 - Quite a few LMP2 class cars are coming for more fuel now, it doesn't look like there are any driver changes for now.
16:50 - No.1 has a small collision when trying to lap the No.20 in the GTD class. It allows for class leader No.21 Ferrari Pier Guidi to gain a few important car lengths
16:42 - Vesti continues to lead by a second to Palou in his Cadillac. McElrea is easily leading LMP2 class by over 12s and 22s to 3rd.
16:27 - No.17 Lexus seems to have a problem with its radiator as it is lopsided - it makes it back to the pitlane safely.
16:18 - The No.47 Ferrari, who was 4th in GTD class, comes to a halt on the backstraight. Not sure if a yellow will be called, but the Ferrari is outside of track limits and near a barrier opening for the marshalls to rescue it.
16:17 - The GTP class have already caught up to the GTD stragglers. Let's see how much time is lost or gained in the traffic.
16:13 - Green Green Green! Vesti jumps to a 1.3s lead in his Cadillac ahead of Palou's Acura.
ONE HOUR UPDATE:
GTP:
1st No.31 Cadillac - Vesti
2nd No.93 Acura - Palou
3rd No.7 Porsche - Vanthoor
4th No.24 BMW - Frijins
5th No.40 Cadillac - Taylor
LMP2:
1st No.22 - Goldburg
2nd No.43 - Clarke
3rd No.2 - Boulle
4th No.8 - Farano
5th No.4 - Kurtz
GTD Pro:
1st No.65 Mustang - Mies
2nd No.77 Porsche - Picariello
3rd No.3 Chevrolet - Sims
4th No.1 BMW - Snow
5th No.64 Mustang - Barker
GTD:
1st No.32 Mercedes- Lucas
2nd No.57 Mercedes - Ward
3rd No.78 Lambo - Goikhberg
4th No.47 Ferrari - Sernagiotto
5th No.27 Aston Martin - Stevenson
16:03 - Looks like there will be a few driver changes in this full course yellow period, Energy levels are around 20%.
15:58 - No.88 hits the No.74 a few moments later and the No.74 is stationary for a few moments. Crazy scenes in the LMP2 class! Full Course Yellow is out!
15:57 - No.99 Oreca and No.52 Oreca collide at T1 and hit the barriers heavily! The No.99 has no rear wing.
15:50 - Aiken in then No.31 Cadillac leads the field by 1.3s to No.93 Van Der Zande in the Acura.
15:47 - Green Green Green!
15:36 - BIG CRASH for the No.18 LMP2, Lutke is okay, but has broken the steering and has no left front suspension. The Full Course Yellow is out again! The Tyre Barrier at the final corner has flipped around on itself.
15:31 - Side by side for No.77 Porsche and No.1 BMW for the GTD Pro Leaders! close racing for multiple corners!
15:25 - No.10 Cadillac GTP received Stop-Go+60s for its collision with No.23 which led to the FCY period.
15:23 - Grosjean takes the Green flag for the No.63 Lambo... but fails to accelerate and drops to the back of the GTP field before reaching the start line... must have left the car in FCY mode.
15:20 - No.63 Grosjean Lamboghini leads No.31 Aiken Cadillac! The go-around has happened, we're waiting to go green!
15:15 - A lot of pit-stops for fuel, quite a bit of confusion on why some cars couldn't come into the pitlane as the entry light wasn't on. Seems like this is a problem caused by race control. Looks like some teams are frustrated by this!
ONE HOUR UPDATE:
GTP:
1st No.7 Porsche - Nasr
2nd No.6 Porsche - Jaminet
3rd No.60 Acura - Blomqvist
4th No.93 Acura - Van De Zande
5th No.40 Cadillac - Deletraz
LMP2:
1st No.11 - Thomas
2nd No.22 - Goldburg
3rd No.52 - Sales
4th No.99 - Hyett
5th No.74 - Robinson
GTD Pro:
1st No.81 Ferrari - Costa
2nd No.77 Porsche - Heinrich
3rd No.4 Chevrolet - Milner
4th No.1 BMW - Verhagen
5th No.3 Chevrolet - Garcia
GTD:
1st No.12 Lexus - Montecalvo
2nd No.83 Porsche - Frey
3rd No.27 Aston Martin - Robichon
4th No.36 Chevrolet - Yoluc
5th No.78 Lamboghini - Goikhberg
15:05 - No.023 Triarsi Competizione Ferrari has crashed into the wall, Safety Car out. It has reportedly been tapped by one of the Cadillacs from GTP
14:37 - Collision between the No.32 Mercedes in GTD, hits the No.20 Porsche GTD Pro, the No.20 spins off the track
14:33 - GTD Leader (No.21 Ferrari) spins off the track and just misses the tyre barrier! Pier Guidi comes into the pits immediately as it looks like there is an issue with the left front brake, the crew are replacing it.
14:28 - Vanthoor comes in and returns to the track in the middle of the GTD class.
14:27 - No.88 receives a stop-go 10s Penalty for causing a collision.
14:25 - We're back under Green conditions, No.24 BMW Vanthoor will have to come into the pits in the next 3 laps to serve his penalty.
14:19 - No.18 Oreca makes a return to the track following a helpful hand by the marshalls.
14:17 - PENALTY for No.24 BMW, Vanthoor - Changing lanes at the race start! He will not be able to serve this under the Full Course Yellow and will lose a lot of time on the field.
14:16 No.70 Ferrari is given a Drive-Thru for causing a collision.
14:15 - CRASH! No.88 and No.18 in LMP2 are in the wall! The No.88 rejoined, but the Full Course Yellow is out!
14:13 - Leader Vanthoor in the No.24 BMW puts 1.5s on the field in the first lap alone!
14:12 - Spin for the No.13 GTD Corvette following a bump from the No.70 Ferrari, which is now being looked at by race control.
14:10 - We're GREEN for the 73rd running of the 12 Hours of Sebring! 50 Cars set off for what should be a great race!
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