* Live and highlights broadcasts of the Blancpain GT Series across all continents
* Ever-increasing interest amongst pan-continental networks
* Live stream of all events on official website and YouTube channel
Judging by the quality and quantity of this year's drivers and teams, 2016’s Blancpain GT Series campaign promises to be epic. So to give motorsport fans around the globe an opportunity to fully enjoy the world’s fastest and most spectacular GT championship, SRO Motorsports Group has again secured extensive worldwide television coverage.
The most important expansion in this year's TV deal will be a round-the-clock broadcast of the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the blue-riband event of the Blancpain GT Series. Fans won’t miss a single moment of the event, held at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, thanks to start-to-finish coverage. Qualifying and Superpole sessions will also be live.
It is the same story for other Blancpain GT Series events. In Europe, Motors TV will cover every round of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup live, while Eurosport will do likewise (or have 'as live' broadcasts) of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. On top of that it will show highlights of the endurance races, which are also being covered by BT Sport in the UK. Bloomberg has highlights of sprint and endurance events, along with the several other national networks showing extensive highlight programmes. Meanwhile, RTL7 in the Netherlands adds live coverage of some sprint races to its portfolio. And of course Belgian broadcaster RTBF will have extensive live coverage of the Total 24 Hours of Spa.
On the Asian continent Fox Japan has been added to the already long list of broadcasters. It will show as live-coverage of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup and highlights of the endurance races. Other Asian networks continuing to cover the Blancpain GT Series through highlight programmes are Eurosport Asia, Star Sports, Bloomberg, Fox Sports and Fox Sports 3 Asia.
On the American continent CBS Sports continues its combination of live coverage and highlights in the United States and Canada, with the endurance races streamed live on Motor Trend. South American race fans are again served by Fox Latin America, which is showing highlights of all races.
In the Middle East BeIn Sport will mix live coverage (sprint) with highlights (endurance), and Turkish network NTV features highlights, too. Bloomberg covers the African continent along with Fox Africa Sports 2.
Some global motorsport magazine programmes carry the Blancpain GT Series, such as Mobil 1 The Grid, Sports Unlimited, Pure Outdoor, Only Live Once and Action Sport World.
And, on top of this extensive television coverage, all qualifying sessions and races will continue to be streamed live on the series’ official website, www.blancpain-gt-series.com, with a new and improved live timing system as well and the GT World YouTube channel. Commentary in both French (Endurance) and English (Sprint and Endurance) will be available, with multiple Grand Prix-winner John Watson giving his expert insights on the Blancpain GT Series. Watson will be joined by either David Addison, Bruce Jones or Jack Nicholls. French commentary for the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup races will be provided by motorsports expert Laurent Mercier joined by experienced journalist Thomas Bastin.
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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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