Dries Vanthoor secured pole position for the 73rd Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in the No. 24 Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8, setting a impressive time of 1m47.091s in his first-ever race at Sebring International Raceway.

The qualifying session saw multiple dramatic moments, including a red flag caused by Jack Aitken's No. 31 Cadillac Whelen experiencing technical issues at pit exit. Tom Blomqvist finished second, just 25 milliseconds behind Vanthoor in the No. 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing ARX-06.

Key qualifying results by class:

GTP Class:

• 1st: Dries Vanthoor (BMW M Hybrid V8) - 1m47.091s
• 2nd: Tom Blomqvist (Acura ARX-06) - 1m47.116s
• 3rd: Felipe Nasr (Porsche 963) - 1m47.522s

LMP2 Class:

• 1st: Steven Thomas (TDS Racing ORECA 07) - 1m51.804s
• 2nd: PJ Hyett (AO Racing ORECA) - 1m51.919s
• 3rd: Nick Boulle (United Autosports USA)

GTD PRO Class:

• 1st: Albert Costa (DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3) - 1m59.225s
• 2nd: Laurin Heinrich (AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R) - 1m59.397s
• 3rd: Neil Verhagen (Paul Miller Racing BMW M4 GT3 EVO)

GTD Class:

• 1st: Alessandro Pier Guidi (AF Corse Ferrari) - 1m59.131s
• 2nd: Kenton Koch (Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3) - 1m59.513s
• 3rd: Jack Hawksworth - 1m59.521s

The 73rd Sebring 12 Hours begins tomorrow at 10:10am ET, with live streaming available on Peacock in the U.S. and the IMSA YouTube Channel internationally.

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