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2025 12 Hours Of Sebring
The 2025 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring) is an endurance sports car race which was held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida, from 12 to 15 March 2025. It was the second round of both the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the Michelin Endurance Cup. Background Preview International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship (IMSA SCC) in March 2024. It was the twelfth consecutive year it will be a part of the IMSA SCC, and the 73rd 12 Hours of Sebring. The 12 Hours of Sebring was the second of eleven scheduled sports car endurance races by IMSA, and the second of five races on the Michelin Endurance Cup (MEC). The race would take place at the 17-turn Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida on March 15, 2024. Before the race, Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy, and Laurens Vanthoor lead the GTP Drivers' Championship with 380 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebring International Raceway
Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility in the Southeastern United States, southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida. Sebring Raceway is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the U.S., its first race being run in 1950. Sebring is one of the classic race tracks in North American sports car racing, and plays host to the 12 Hours of Sebring. The raceway occupies a portion of Sebring Regional Airport (an active airport for private and commercial traffic that was originally built as Hendricks Army Airfield, which was a World War II training base for the United States Army Air Forces). History Sebring Raceway occupies the site of Hendricks Army Airfield (a training base for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, B-17 pilots in operation from 1941 to 1946), in the middle of southern Florida, south and southeast respectively of Orlando, Florida, Orlando and Tampa, and northwest of Miami. After the war, Russian-American aeronautical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Christensen (racing Driver)
Michael Klitgaard Christensen (born 28 August 1990) is a Danish racing driver. He is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche in the Hypercar class in the #5 Porsche 963. Early career Karting Born in Karlslunde, Christensen had a very successful karting career, winning the 2004 Nordic ICA Junior Championship. The following year he gathered both Nordic and European titles in ICA Junior class. For 2006 Christensen graduated to Formula A and he achieved a second place in the Formula A World Championship and was twice champion in the German Kart Championship Winner of the Macau Int. Kart Grand prix Formula A. In 2007 Michael repeated as German Kart Champion and also won the KF1 South Garda Winter Cup. Formula BMW Europe Christensen made his open-wheel racing debut in the 2008 Formula BMW Europe season at Barcelona which supported the 2008 Spanish Grand Prix, where he was involved in a potentially serious incident, flipping his car. He finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche V8 Engine
Porsche has made a number of V8 engine, V8 gasoline engines over the last 40 years; ever since their first V8 engine debuted in the Porsche 928, in 1977. Background Porsche's V8 engine is currently in its fourth consecutive generation. July 8, 2016, marked the 40-year anniversary since their first engine rolled off the production line, in the 928. Under the hood was an engine that had never been used before; an eight-cylinder engine with a 90° V-angle, and water-cooling. 1977: First Generation Porsche began a fresh chapter in engine building with the V-engine: The eight-cylinder engine was made up of essentially all lightweight alloys. As is characteristic with Porsche, it started a new era of engine construction. This was the first time in Europe that an engine was leaving the assembly line whose cylinder linings were engraved from cast aluminum. The 4.5-liter engine had a noticeably low compression ratio of 8.5:1. This meant it would be able to use normal 91-octane gasoline wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche 963
The Porsche 963 (Type 9R0) is an LMDh sports prototype racing car designed by Porsche and built by Multimatic, to compete in the Hypercar and GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) classes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, respectively. The 963 name draws inspiration from the Porsche 956 and Porsche 962 that raced in the 1980s, which also competed in American and European racing series. The car was revealed at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a traditional red, white, and black livery. The official race debut of the 963 was at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, the season-opening round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship. The car was originally slated for a non-competitive dress rehearsal at the 2022 8 Hours of Bahrain, however, Porsche decided later that they would not race at Bahrain in favour of more private testing time. Porsche later announced that the first customer 963s would not be delivered until April 2023 due to delays caused by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Wojteczko Autosport
Andrew Wojteczko Autosport (AWA), is a Canadian sports car racing team that currently competes in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The team was founded in 2017 by former race car driver and race engineer Andrew Wojteczko. History AWA was founded at the end of 2017 by race engineer and former race car driver Andrew Wojteczko. From 2014 through 2017, Wojteczko was the team manager at Mantella Autosport. After team owner Anthony Mantella withdrew from racing, resulting in the closure of Mantella Autosport, Wojteczko formed his own racing team, Andrew Wojteczko Autosport. The team made their competitive debut in the 2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge. Michelin Pilot Challenge 2018 AWA made its debut in the 2018 Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge fielding a Ford Mustang GT4. The team signed Martin Barkey and Brett Sandberg to drive the car for the full season. Barkey and Sandberg would finish a best result of second in the team's home race at Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multimatic Motorsports
Multimatic Motorsports is the competition arm of Multimatic's Special Vehicle Operations division. Founded in 1992, the team has competed in numerous sports car racing series, including the Michelin Pilot Challenge, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most notably winning in 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, 2016 with Ford Motor Company, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the Ford GT, Ford GT LM GTE. In late 2015, the organization set up Multimatic Motorsports Europe in Greatworth Park, United Kingdom, as a stand-alone base for its FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro effort, campaigning Ford GTs on behalf of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. Car development Having developed the Ford Mustang (sixth generation), Ford Mustang GT4 with support from its parent division Multimatic Engineering, Multimatic Motorsports currently constructs, sells and provides support for the globally homologated Mustang GT4 for Ford Performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Autosports
United Autosports is a sports car racing team based in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, founded by businessman Zak Brown and former driver Richard Dean (racing driver), Richard Dean. United Autosports has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Class) twice - in 2020 and 2024. In 2020, United Autosports became the first ever team to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans (LMP2 Class) and two other endurance sports car championships in the same year – the FIA World Endurance Championship (LMP2) and the European Le Mans Series. In 2023, the team contested the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship, 2022 European Le Mans Series, European Le Mans Series and 2020 Michelin Le Mans Cup, Michelin Le Mans Cup. United Autosports also prepares and races a range of historic race cars in events across the world, such as the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the Le Mans and Silverstone Classics. Since the team's founding in 2009, United Autosports has competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Penske
Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One, Can-Am, Trans-Am Series, Trans Am, and Australia's Supercars Championship. Altogether, Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. IndyCar Series Team Penske currently fields three cars: the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden, the No. 3 Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Scott McLaughlin (racing driver), Scott McLaughlin, and the No. 12 Verizon Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Will Power. Notable past drivers include 4-time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Helio Castroneves. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ) is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM). In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the prominence and name recognition of Chevrolet as one of General Motors' global marques, "Chevrolet" or its affectionate nickname 'Chevy' or is used at times as a synonym for General Motors or its products, one example being the GM LS1 engine, commonly known by the name or a variant thereof of its progenitor, the Chevrolet small-block engine. Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918, and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational corporation, multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the List of Ford vehicles, Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln Motor Company, Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the single-letter ticker symbol F and is controlled by the Ford family (Michigan), Ford family. They have minority ownership but a plurality of the voting power. Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. By 1914, these methods were known around the world as Fordism. Ford's former British subsidiaries Jaguar Cars, Jaguar and Land Rover, acquired in 1989 and 2000, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company is owned by Volkswagen AG, a controlling stake of which is owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the 718, 911, Panamera, Macan, Cayenne and Taycan. The origins of the company date to the 1930s when German Bohemian automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche founded Porsche with Adolf Rosenberger, a keystone figure in the creation of German automotive manufacturer and Audi precursor Auto Union, and Austrian businessman Anton Piëch, who was, at the time, also Ferdinand Porsche's son in law. In its early days, it was contracted by the German government to create a vehicle for the masses, which later became the Volkswagen Beetle. After World War II, when Ferd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Kirchhöfer
Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 GT World Challenge Europe, GT World Challenge Europe for Garage 59. He is a McLaren factory driver. Kirchhöfer achieved successes on the Junior formulae, junior formula ladder, winning the 2012 ADAC Formel Masters and 2013 German Formula Three Championship, 2013 German Formula Three titles, before entering GT racing in 2017. He is the winner of the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona with Andrew Wojteczko Autosport, AWA. Career Karting Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began Kart racing, karting in 1999 and mainly raced in Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to the KF2 category by 2010. In 2011, he won the German Kart Championship (KF1), winning all five final races. ADAC Formel Masters - 2012 2012 ADAC Formel Masters season, 2012 saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Motopark Academy, Lotus. He was able to win the first race in Motorspor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
