RO MOTORSPORTS GROUP EXTENDS ITS ACTIVITIES
NEW SERIES IN BELGIUM, BRAZIL, GERMANY AND EUROPE
The SRO Motorsports Group will be extending its activities in 2007, with the creation of four new series as well as taking over the running of a fifth. This expansion will involve setting up three new offices, as well as those established in London and Paris.
SRO Motorsports Group is already responsible for the promotion and day-to-day running of a number of major Championships, including the FIA GT Championship, now entering its 11th season and the extremely successful FIA GT3 European Championship, as well as the FFSA Super Série in France, including its highlight event, the FFSA GT Championship, and two major British series, the Avon Tyres British GT Championship and the Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 International Series.
In 2007, SRO will take over the running of the extremely successful Belcar series, the premier GT championship in Belgium. The series will remain the property of the Zolder circuit, but it will henceforth be run from newly-created SRO Belgium offices, headed by Pascal Witmeur and Patricia Indekeu. The GT3 category will become the main focus of the Belcar.


SRO Belgium will also be in charge of a brand-new series, the GT4 European Cup. This SRO-run series, designed as a true entry-level GT series for non-professional drivers, will run alongside the FIA GT Championship at five meetings. It is reserved for less powerful cars than those running in GT3, with even less adaptations allowed to the production mode.
The ADAC GT Masters were launched at the Essen Motorshow at the end of 2006, and look like being a great success. This GT3 Championship will be run by SRO Germany, headed by Jürgen Barth. The series has a 2007 calendar of six events, including the Oschersleben round of the FIA GT Championship.
The first GT3 championship to run outside Europe will be run by SRO Brazil, a company set up in collaboration with Antonio Hermann, the man behind the Mil Milhas of Interlagos.
Last but definitely not least, SRO will be taking a look back into its own history with the GT 90’s Revival Series. This two-event series, running at Silverstone and Nogaro with the FIA GT Championship, will be open to all cars which competed in GT events in the 1990’s, including the glorious GT1 cars of that era. This will be run by Olivier Lyonnet, previously responsible for the Lamborghini GTR Supertrophy, from the SRO London offices.
“I am delighted with the expansion of the activities of the SRO Motorsports Group, made possible partly thanks to the undeniable success of the innovative new GT3 format,” Stephane Ratel commented. “I am sure that 2007 will be a successful season for all our Championships.”