Nick Tandy on securing 'Endurance Triple Crown' after 'Grand Slam'

Nick Tandy on securing ‘Endurance Triple Crown’ after ‘Grand Slam’

Nick Tandy became the 10th driver to have won the ‘Triple Crown of Endurance’ at the 12 Hours of Sebring following his historic ‘Grand Slam’.

“It’s incredible because I never realised how big a thing it would be winning all the four 24 Hours,” he said in the post-race press conference.

“It went global. People talking about it globally.

“The Triple Crown is probably one of the more historic kind of – what do we call them – accomplishments, groups.

“… You look at the names that you’re linked with. That is just an unbelievable thing.

“Again, on top of the unbelievable stuff that happens when you win a single race like Daytona, let alone the other bits and pieces.

“I remember when I won Sebring in 2018 the first time, I said, ‘This completed my set.’

“I was racing Le Mans-spec cars. There were four major races.

“There were four that raced Le Mans spec cars, the three IMSA endurances and Le Mans.

“I think somebody said it’s the sixth Tuplet, which is again something that nobody’s ever done.

“Hopefully it’s even harder for somebody to match that rather than just the four 24 Hours.”

The triple crown of endurance racing concerns three of the most prestigious races: The 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

At the IMSA season-opener on 25-26 January, Tandy became the first driver to win the world’s four major 24-hour races.

Tandy recently finalised the other two elements of the endurance triple crown, almost 10 years after winning Le Mans for Porsche.

He previously won Sebring thrice in the GTLM category until taking his overall win with #7 Porsche Penske 963 GTP team-mates Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor.