Sebring belongs to Penske, Porsche, Nasr but there's team friction
Team Penske has swept the "36 Hours of Florida" again, winning Saturday's Twelve Hours of Sebring on the heels of its Rolex 24 win at Daytona.
Just a month after his 89th birthday, Roger Penske’s partnership with Father Time continues to produce lessons in clock management. Another endurance race , another victory for The Captain’s well-decorated racing organization. Porsche Penske Motorsports, coming off its third straight Rolex 24 win at Daytona, not only won its second straight Twelve Hours of Sebring, but did so Saturday night by sweeping the top two spots.
Yet again, it was the No. 7 prototype, with Brazilian road-racing ace Felipe Nasr anchoring the closing leg, claiming victory in the 74th edition of the endurance classic on Sebring’s old rough-and-tumble airport-turned-racetrack. Nasr led the final 22 laps on the 17-turn, 3.
7-mile course. Nasr finished 1. 5 seconds ahead of Penske teammate Kevin Estre in the team’s No.
6 Porsche 963. Nasr shared the No. 7 ride with Frenchman Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich of Germany.