After a long winter break the first meaningful act of the 2016 Blancpain GT Series takes place in the South of France, which welcomes a host of new machinery, teams and drivers for the two-day test.
No less than 12 manufacturers will be represented by the teams that are competing in the Blancpain GT Series and the Blancpain GT Sports Club, the SRO series for Bronze drivers. Among the cars are plenty of machines making their first official appearance in a Blancpain GT Series event, such as the BMW M6 GT3, Mercedes AMG GT3 or Porsche 911 GT3-R.
The action starts on Wednesday morning at 09:00 local time with a four-hour session before lunch. The afternoon session then runs between 14:00 and 17:00. Thursday’s timetable follows the same format.
On Wednesday evening at 18:00, Stephane Ratel, Founder and CEO of SRO Motorsports Group, will unveil the starting grids for this year’s Blancpain GT Series - Sprint and Endurance Cups - and Blancpain GT Sports Club during an exclusive 2016 presentation held at the circuit's Pit Building Hall. The presentation will be broadcast live via the Blancpain GT Series website.
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Blancpain - Innovation is our Tradition
Founded in 1735 by Jehan-Jacques Blancpain, the watch brand bearing his name is the oldest in the world. Blancpain is currently engaged to the renewal of mechanical watchmaking and to passing on exceptional expertise from one generation to the next through constant investment in human resources, production facilities and research. This approach is its strength and the expression of our long-term vision, even though it goes against the tide of a certain tendency to seek immediate profit. From the creation of components through to watch design, Blancpain is distinguished by its ability to develop exceptional movements. Over the past ten years, the Manufacture has indeed developed no less than 35 new calibres.
Through its various models, Blancpain preserves its heritage of precision and elegance, while also displaying an innovative and occasionally provocative spirit. Its range encompasses the sportive L-evolution line, the legendary Fifty Fathoms diver’s watch, as well as the classic Villeret collection, the high complication from Le Brassus collection and the Women models.
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Pirelli – Official Tyre Supplier
Pirelli is a tyre manufacturer and world leader in the automotive industry. It has an exclusive relationship with over 50 racing series worldwide, including Formula One.
Pirelli has a long and illustrious history in endurance racing, and has also claimed a huge variety of class wins in GT racing all over the world. The design of the new Pirelli GT tyres meets the needs of GT racing while maintaining the performance characteristics that endurance drivers have appreciated in the past.The slick tyres used for GT racing are branded Zero: just like the slicks that have become a central feature of Formula One. The name P Zero is used in the highest categories of motorsport such as GT racing.
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SRO Motorsports Group - The architect of modern GT Racing
SRO Motorsports Group was founded by Stephane Ratel and has specialised in the promotion, support and organisation of many national and international motorsport series since 1995.
In 2016, SRO Motorsports Group will promote several championships and series, such as the Blancpain GT Series, including the iconic Total 24 hours of Spa, the British GT Championship, the Blancpain Sports Club with the Blancpain GT Sports Club and the Blancpain Ultracar Sports Club, the GT4 European Series and the Intercontinental GT Challenge.
SRO Motorsports Group runs also the SRO Race Centre by MMC - a high-level technical centre at the Paul Ricard Circuit in the south of France - and Curbstone, that provides ultimate track driving opportunities on world renowned race circuits in Western Europe for supercar owners, as well as test driving facilities for race car drivers.
SRO has offices in London, Paris and Liège.
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