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Miami Herald
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Stay at this $75,000-a-night private island comes with this rare Ferrari
The scaled-down electric icon Ferrari will be there for a year. It was developed from the original drawings of the original, which conquered the 1000km in Buenos Aires and the 12 Hours of Sebring with the driving duo Phil Hill and Peter Collins. On top of the car, guests can also enjoy bespoke menus and up-close-and-personal encounters with wild turtles and whale sharks. The cost of staying on the island varies, but reports suggest it is around $75,000 a night. The post Stay at this $75,000-a-night private island comes with this rare Ferrari appeared first on Talker. Copyright Talker News. All Rights Reserved.
Belfast Telegraph
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Dan Harper pledges to ‘give it everything' to get GTD Pro title bid back on track
Part of the Paul Miller Racing Team, the Hillsborough driver has impressed at the controls of BMW Motorsport's M4 GT3 Evo in the opening salvos of the stateside competition. He clinched a first-ever podium result at March's 12 Hours of Sebring with Max Hesse and Jesse Krohn along with a full quota of IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup points. That went some way to make up for the disappointment the trio had to endure at January's curtain-raising Rolex 24 at Daytona where damage sustained during a multi-car incident that was not of their own making meant their push for a podium result ended in the pits. 'I am really looking forward to getting back to IMSA racing this weekend,' said Harper, who arrives at the venue fresh from winning April's Silverstone 500 with Darren Leung and Paradine Competition. 'We had a couple of days testing at the track recently, and I have to say it is a pretty cool place. Historically, it has not been the strongest one for the BMW, but we have worked hard throughout the test, and by the end of it, we feel like we got the car in a good window. 'We know we need to regain the points we lost at the first race at Daytona, so we will carry the momentum from Sebring and give it absolutely everything over the weekend. It is a shorter race this time and sure to be full of action, so we'll get stuck in for a good result.' At only two hours, 40 minutes long, Krohn is sitting this round out, leaving Harper and Hesse to contest Sunday's meeting which gets under way at 8pm BST. On top of an impressive Silverstone 500 display, Harper has been in red-hot form so far in 2025, triumphing at the Dubai 24 Hours and coming runner-up at the opening round of the GT World Challenge series at Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France in April. Fellow Ulsterman Charlie Eastwood won't be making the trip to Laguna Seca with DXDT Racing, however, due to it clashing with the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. He is being reunited with TF Sport for the third World Endurance Championship fixture, which takes place on Saturday afternoon from 1pm BST and once again will host a capacity grid. Meanwhile, Jon Armstrong continues his FIA European Rally Championship campaign in Hungary, with the Kesh native expecting the durability of his Ford Fiesta Rally2 to be thoroughly examined. The M-Sport Ford driver has compared the stages of the gravel fixture to those 3,500 miles away in Kenya. 'It is going to be massively tough,' admitted Armstrong, who is the No.9 seed with co-driving team-mate Shane Byrne. 'The only real way to describe it is like a mini-Safari. 'Okay, you don't have the soft sand called fesh-fesh, but there is a lot of undulation in terms of jumps into crests and dips and you have bedrock in sections which hurts tyres.' Among the ERC1 (Rally2) line-up are six winners of European Rally Championship events, including three that have conquered Rally Hungary in the past – Mads Ostberg (Citroen C3 Rally2) and Skoda Fabis RS Rally2 exponents Simone Tempestini and Frigyes Turan.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Porsche Penske No. 7 Wins at Long Beach to Extend Season Opening Streak to Three in a Row
Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr are officially tied for the longest opening streak to a season in IMSA's modern prototype era, as the two full-time drivers of the No. 7 Porsche 963 have won the opening three rounds of the 2025 season. Their sprint win in the 100-minute Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach joins their second consecutive 24 Hours of Daytona, followed by the 12 Hours of Sebring last month. Their Porsche teammates in the No. 6 finished in second for the second Porsche Penske 1-2 of the season. Nasr was the closing driver and, after some earlier battling with his teammate in the No. 6, was able to pull away to a 3.058-second victory at Long Beach. After winning the 24 Hours of Daytona last year, Porsche Penske went on to win the championship, but their start was still not nearly as hot as it is in 2025. The No. 7 team dominated what Tandy calls a flawless race. The British-born driver, while Facetiming his kids after the race, shared that his young son Felix credited the win to Nasr's energy management. "He said, 'Awesome job of energy management for Felipe,'" Tandy joked. "Honestly, that's what won the race. Short stop and awesome management. Flawless, again. I love it." While the drive wasn't flawless, with Tandy and Nasr admitting to making major saves to stay out of the barriers, the start of the season is. "Incredible," Nasr told NBC Sports on his teammate's save. "I had one as well right after the pit stop when we went green. I had a moment in I think [turn] 8 where I lost the rear and saved it. It was tricky out there, it's difficult to keep the car in one line, once I found my pace I just kinda stayed there." On the flip side, the first sprint race of the 2025 season for Team RLL's duo of BMW M Hybrid V8s followed the same script as the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring this year, where high expectations and pole positions ended with the No. 24 and No. 25 entires finishing behind the Porsche Penskes. The No. 24 piloted by Dries Vanthoor led the opening part of the race before the only pit stop taken by leaders, a slow pit stop during a caution, only 30 minutes in was enough to send BMW back to third. Philip Eng was the closing driver for the No. 24 and completed the podium after the lead was lost on the pit stop. The BMW team was followed by Earl Bamber and Jack Aitken in the No. 21 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series and then their teammates Marco Wittman and van der Linde in the No. 25 to complete the overall top five. In its 100-minute North American debut, the Aston Martin Valkyrie had its season-best finish of eighth behind the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillacs in sixth and seventh. You Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
16-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Porsche Penske Motorsport scores one-two victory at 12 Hours of Sebring
Race, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Round 2, Sebring (USA) Porsche Penske Motorsport scores one-two victory at 12 Hours of Sebring Porsche Penske Motorsport scores one-two victory at 12 Hours of Sebring Atlanta., March 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Porsche has clinched first and second place at round two of this year's IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Brazilian Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy from Great Britain, and Laurens Vanthoor from Belgium swept to victory at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the wheel of their No. 7 Porsche 963. This victory comes after the trio's triumph at the 24 Hours of Daytona in January. Matt Campbell from Australia and the two Frenchmen Mathieu Jaminet and Kévin Estre rounded off the stellar performance of the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team with second place. In the GTD Pro class, the AO Racing customer team notched up its first victory at an endurance race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series with the Porsche 911 GT3 R dubbed 'Rexy'. Daytona winners Nasr/Tandy/Vanthoor triumph again at second IMSA round Campbell/Jaminet/Estre finish second in the Porsche 963 Record Sebring winner Porsche extends record to 19 outright wins AO Racing's 'Rexy' Porsche 911 GT3 R victorious in the GTD Pro class Atlanta. In summer temperatures reaching 88 degrees Fahrenheit, a fierce battle among the top GTP contenders unfolded as soon as the green flag waved at 10:10 a.m. Eastern Time. Felipe Nasr swept to the front at the wheel of the No. 7 Porsche 963 just 15 minutes into the race after starting third. While the Brazilian and his teammates Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor relinquished the lead around an hour later, they ultimately fought their way up the order to regain the lead in the evening after overcoming difficult conditions on the extremely hot track at the Sebring International Raceway. The decisive moment came after the ninth and final full course caution when the field went head-to-head in a thrilling sprint during the final 31 minutes of the race. Nasr fought off his attacking rivals to bring home Porsche Penske Motorsport's second victory of the young season. The win marked Porsche's 19th overall victory at the endurance classic in Florida, and the first since 2008. For Nick Tandy, who earned himself the nickname 'Mister 24 Hours' after his victory in Daytona, this latest triumph was another dream come true: The UK ace is just the tenth racing driver in the world to achieve the so-called Triple Crown of endurance racing after scoring overall victories at Sebring and the 24-hour races in Le Mans and Daytona. The No. 6 sister car also ran among the frontrunners for much of the 12-hour race. Matt Campbell, Mathieu Jaminet, and Kévin Estre ultimately crossed the finish line just 2.239 seconds behind their victorious teammates. Thanks to the one-two finish at Sebring, Porsche has extended its lead in the manufacturers' championship while the two driver crews now hold the top two positions in the drivers' championship. 'Congratulations to the whole team for a flawless performance,' Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President of Porsche Motorsport, said. 'As expected, the 12 Hours of Sebring delivered some fierce competition. Drivers, mechanics, and engineers – everyone did an absolutely perfect job today. It couldn't have gone better. The Porsche 963 has again upheld its reputation as the most successful LMDh car since the regulations were introduced. This is something we can all be very proud of. Thanks to everyone who contributed to these successes. I'd also like to congratulate our customer team AO Racing. They scored a well-deserved class victory with the Porsche 911 GT3 R.' 'Victory at Daytona, and now Sebring: We've won the 36 Hours of Florida,' said a delighted Urs Kuratle, Director Factory Racing LMDh. 'That was one of our most outstanding races, absolutely flawless. I'm ecstatic. All the drivers and the entire team put in an incredibly strong effort: pit stops, strategy, car – everything went perfectly.''A superb performance from all six drivers and the whole team,' declared Jonathan Diuguid, Managing Director of Porsche Penske Motorsport. 'Just two seconds separated our two cars after twelve hours. This underlines just how perfectly and smoothly everything went for us. We were able to set a strong pace, especially in the dark when temperatures got cooler. Several other team members and I witnessed the last overall victory for Porsche at Sebring in 2008, so it's simply wonderful to be at the front together again now.' The customer teams in the top GTP class also showcased the prowess of the Porsche 963 at times. Proton Competition finished the race in sixth overall, with JDC-Miller MotorSports's identical hybrid prototype crossing the finish line in eighth place. In the No. 85 car, Porsche works driver Nico Müller celebrated his debut in the Porsche 963. The Swiss driver, who also contests Formula E for the Andretti customer team, put in some strong stints. GT classes: AO Racing's Porsche 911 GT3 R triumphs after fierce battleIn the GTD Pro class, customer racing team AO Racing celebrated its first-ever victory in one of the major endurance races of the IMSA series with the Porsche 911 GT3 R. At the wheel of the fan favourite 'Rexy', two former Porsche Juniors in Laurin Heinrich from Germany and Klaus Bachler from Austria joined forces with Belgian Alessio Picariello to drive a flawless race. After an intense fight for the lead, the trio ultimately won by a margin of 4.371 seconds. Proton Competition's No. 20 Porsche 911 GT3 R finished eighth. In the GTD class, the Wright Motorsports customer team was plagued by a raft of setbacks despite the pace to contest for the win. The Ohio-based team was at times in contention for the lead with the 911 GT3 R, only to have two penalties during pit stops cost them crucial ground. The No. 120 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by full-season American drivers Adam Adelson and Eliott Skeer, along with Austrialian Tom Sargent, took the flag fifth in its class. The Iron Dames team, complete with a full female driver line-up of Michelle Gatting, Rahel Frye and Sarah Bovy, wrapped up their second IMSA outing of 2025 with the in 11th place. The famed Long Beach street race hosts round three of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season April 11-12. The spectacular Southern California street race is a 100-minute long sprint, a stark contrast to the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring to open the season. Drivers' comments after the raceNick Tandy (Porsche 963 #7): 'It feels amazing to win two races in a row. But winning the 36 Hours of Florida in Daytona and Sebring is hard to believe. And to top it off, both Porsche 963 finished both races on the podium. Given the fierce competition, that's incredible. No mistakes, no penalties, no damage – today was simply a dream in endurance racing.' Matt Campbell (Porsche 963 #6): 'The one-two finish is obviously a banner result for Porsche Penske Motorsport. Congratulations to our victorious sister car. Today was incredibly long and tough for us; the race went back and forth. We experienced some difficulties in the intense heat of the early afternoon, but our Porsche was incredibly strong in the cooler evening. It's terrific to score the maximum number of points together.' Nico Müller (Porsche 963 #85): 'What a fantastic weekend! I had great fun with the team, my teammates, and in the paddock – especially in my first race laps in the Porsche 963. I quickly adapted to the prototype; there was great synergy. At times the performance was super strong. But at the end of the day, the race could have gone a bit better for us. We had to change a brake disc, and we lost a lap in the process. It's a great honour to get the chance to drive the car over the finish line during the Sebring night.' Tristan Vautier (Porsche 963 #5): 'We're a little disappointed. After some initial setbacks, we managed to fight our way up the field only to have a puncture throw us out of the fight for the top five. Still, in the end, we made it back into a promising position, and we performed particularly well in the dark. However, with just two laps left, we had to refuel again – what a shame, because it prevented us from bringing home the result was wanted.' Klaus Bachler (Porsche 911 GT3 R #77): 'I'm so proud of the team! Laurin did an exceptional job in the last two hours of the race, and Alessio was also incredibly strong. It's simply cool to share the car with two great guys. We've finally won one of the biggest races with 'Rexy'. Now it's time to celebrate. I'm already looking forward to all the remaining races this season – I hope it continues like this.'Adam Adelson (Porsche 911 GT3 R #120): 'We're championship oriented, so we wanted to do anything we could to maximize that. As a team, we persevered and put our best foot forward. Unforunately it wasn't enough. But as a team, with all of the adversity we faced today, we can be really proud of our result and we're going to be shooting for higher than that in every race from here on out.' Race resultGTP class:1. Nasr/Tandy/L. Vanthoor (BRA/GBR/BEL), Porsche 963 #7, 353 laps2. Jaminet/Campbell/Estre (FRA/AUS/FRA), Porsche 963 #6, + 2.239 laps3. Van der Zande/Yelloly/Palou (NLD/GBR/ESP), Acura #93, + 5.017 laps6. Jani/Pino/Vautier (SUI/CHL/FRA), Porsche 963 #5, + 1:02.670 minutes8. Van der Helm/Bruni/Müller (NLD/ITA/SUI), Porsche 963 #85, + 1 lap GTD Pro class:1. Heinrich/Bachler/Picariello (DEU/AUT/BEL), Porsche 911 GT3 R #77, 329 laps2. Hesse/Harper/Krohn (DEU/GBR/FIN), BMW #48, + 4.371 seconds3. Snow/Verhagen/De Phillippi (USA/USA/USA), BMW #1, + 5.027 seconds8. Schiavoni/Cressoni/Lietz (ITA/ITA/AUT), Porsche 911 GT3 R #20, + 1 lap GTD class:1. Ward/Ellis/Dontje (USA/GBR/NLD), Mercedes-AMG #57, 327 laps2. Hawksworth/Thompson/Montecalvo (GBR/CAN/USA), Lexus #12, + 3.265 seconds3. Gamble/Stevenson/Robichon (GBR/GBR/CAN), Aston Martin #27, + 6.720 seconds5. Adelson/Skeer/Sargent (USA/USA/AUS), Porsche 911 GT3 R #120, 1:43.593 minutes11. Bovy/Frey/Gatting (BEL/SUI/DNK), Porsche 911 GT3 R #83, + 1 lap Full results and championship standings: Attachments Porsche Penske Motorsport scores one-two victory at 12 Hours of Sebring Porsche Penske Motorsport scores one-two victory at 12 Hours of Sebring CONTACT: Luke Vandezande Porsche Cars North America, Inc. 470.363.5001 Reece White Porsche Cars North America, Inc. 831.383.9426 reece@ in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
15-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Here's How A Sebring Win 50 Years Ago Set BMW And Bob Lutz Up For Success In America
In 1975 BMW was in an interesting position in the United States as it began launching BMW North America branded dealerships across the country for the first time. The vast majority of Americans still thought BMW stood for British Motor Works, the brand had been distributed through Max Hoffman for decades by this point, and the brand needed a revamp. Enter Maximum Bob Lutz, who had come onboard at BMW as executive vice president of sales, and was a strong advocate for BMW going all-in on racing. Instead of continuing to support privateers Schnitzer and Alpina, BMW would start its own motorsport division and bring its touring car-winning 3.0 CSL to the top of IMSA competition. An unwelcome engine issue ended the car's Daytona debut prematurely, but the second round of the championship at Sebring went very different for the BMW team with Alan Moffat, Brian Redman, Hans-Joachim Stuck, and Sam Posey taking the victory. That single event set the whole company off in the right direction in the U.S. "We knew how racing is for marketing the brand, and in Sebring we knew that we were competitive and able to do a good job... I think for us it was, let's say, a big moment to be sure. That we could successfully continue," BMW Motorsport head Jochen Neerpasch told Motorsport. "We did not win all the races, we did lose races, but we were competitive, and that was very important." Read more: IndyCar's $1 Million Exhibition Race At A Club Track Was A Ridiculous Attempt To Recreate The Worst Parts Of Formula 1 Bob Lutz only spent three years at BMW, but he had already earned a reputation for being the brash go-getter kind of executive who gets things done, and set the company on the path that would take it to where it is today. When Alpina developed a lightweight version of the company's large coupe, Lutz pushed the company to build the 1,000 homologation units needed to be eligible for Group 2 racing so that it could fight against the Ford Capri and Porsche 911 RSR on even ground, and later build a Group 4 racer with the silhouette "Batmobile" CSL. He made sure BMW picked up Neerpasch as competition director for the brand, stolen from Ford. It was also Lutz who was in charge of pushing BMW to develop its own distribution in North America. Lutz himself left for Ford in the middle of 1974, but the die was already cast and the chips were down. Within a week of each other, BMW concluded its legal dealings with Hoffman officially kicking off BMWNA, and won the 12 Hours of Sebring, both huge wins for the brand. The 1975 12 Hours of Sebring was a straight fight between Porsche and BMW for the win. With two cars from the factory M team in the race, BMW set the #24 car of Hans Stuck and Sam Posey out as a hare to run as fast as possible in order to push the leading Brumos Porsche to its breaking point, a strategy which worked, but also caused that BMW to fail in the process. The #25 car of Brian Redman and Alan Moffat, meanwhile, was intended to run a more steady pace to bring the car home and ideally take the win. Brian Redman apparently committed the largest share of the driving, putting in seven hours behind the wheel during the twelve-hour race. The remaining five hours were given to Moffat and, once their car exploded, Stuck and Posey sat in for stints as well. While the #25 struggled with alternator issues late in the race, the team of four ultimately went on to take the win by over three laps, with the rest of the podium made up of privateer Porsches. That feat was made all the more monumental by the fact that a full 16 Porsche 911 RSRs had entered the race that year. With the 2025 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring kicking off today, BMW is looking back on 50 years of success in North America under its own terms. BMW M is the foundation of BMW in the U.S. market, and this weekend the team is going for another overall victory. Bavarian Motor Works has just two overall victories at the long-running endurance event, taking its second in 1999 with the legendary BMW V12 LMR prototype. If the brand can find success this weekend, it would be a stellar cap on this 50th anniversary celebration, and a win in three completely different eras of international motorsport. Good luck specifically to the #25 car. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
