Dries Vanthoor hadn't raced around Sebring International Raceway before this week, but you wouldn't be able to tell -- not after he stepped up to win the pole for the 73rd annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on a sunny Friday afternoon of qualifying.

BMW North America is marking its 50th anniversary at the 73rd edition of the Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 15, with the BMW M Hybrid V8 set to debut a commemorative livery. This special design pays homage to five decades of BMW’s motorsport legacy in North America, tracing back to the historic 1975 Sebring victory of the BMW 3.0 CSL.

On a beautiful, sunny day at Sebring International Raceway, in front of tens of thousands of hearty spectators, the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring began with early fireworks. Dries Vanthoor

Pole-sitter Dries Vanthoor was penalized for an illegal lane change before the start of the Twelve Hours of Sebring. Vanthoor, who had qualified first for the second consecutive race to start the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season,

It's been a typically eventful first 90 minutes of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Jack Aitken was leading in the No. 31 Action Express Cadillac V-Series.R (which was unable to qualify Friday because of a software problem) after penalties and pit miscues affected Porsche Penske Motorsport and Team RLL BMW.