SRO Motorsports Group continues partnership with Total

SRO Motorsports Group continues partnership with Total
The SRO Motorsports Group is pleased to announce that the partnership with fuel and lubricant specialist Total will continue in 2016. All fuels for the Blancpain GT Series and Blancpain GT Sports Club will be supplied by the Racing fuels department under the brand ELF, with Total remaining the title sponsor of the Total 24 Hours of Spa.

All drivers and teams of the 2016 Blancpain GT Series and Blancpain GT Sports Club will again reap the rewards of the continuing efforts of the people of Total in providing them with the most competitive race fuels and lubricants. Their experience – ELF Racing fuels have been developed for motorsport since 1967 - is a guarantee that all teams and cars will enjoy the same service and high quality products that they have grown accustomed to.

The ever increasing importance of the Blancpain GT Series has facilitated negotiations between all parties involved, and the fact that the 2016 calendar has focused on racing on Western European racetracks had its positive effects as well.

Bruno Pahlawan (Managing Director Total ACS) : “For the 5th year in a row, Total ACS – for Additives and Special Fuels – has been confirmed as the official racing fuel supplier for the Blancpain GT Series 2016. Beyond its affirmation of the trust in Elf Racing Fuels, this agreement, which covers the supply for 10 events on 10 circuits in 7 countries, is a further opportunity for Total to use this world reference GT championship as a showcase to demonstrate:
- our technical expertise built over the last 49 years in formulating and supplying high quality Racing Fuels, 
- our spirit of innovation in supplying racing teams with exclusive fuels. The gasoline supplied for the GT Series is 102+ octane. It does incorporate a fuel additive package with patented detergent additives to keep the engine clean and boost engine performance. On top of that, it respects very stringent specifications, thereby eliminating the need to adjust fuel related engine settings before every race,
- our customer service focus through track assistance on the different circuits in Europe,
- Our shared passion for excellence in sports, combining human and technological challenges, which is so convincingly demonstrated in the Blancpain GT Series.


Paul Mannes (CEO Total Belgium) : “We are proud to be the title sponsor of the TOTAL 24 Hours of Spa for the 10th year in a row . This great race remains the most important event of Motorsport in Belgium and, as the sole racing fuel supplier of the Blancpain GT Series, we prove there our expertise in fuels and lubricants, our continuous search for excellence, as well as our passion for competition.

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2016 Blancpain GT Series Calendar

9th-10th March Official Blancpain GT Series Test Days Paul Ricard
08th-10th April Misano (ITA) – Sprint
23rd-24th April Monza (ITA) – Endurance 3 hours
07-08th May Brands Hatch (GBR) – Sprint
14th-15th May Silverstone (GBR) – Endurance 3 hours
24th-25th June Circuit Paul Ricard (FRA) – Endurance 1000kms
01st-03th July Nürburgring (DEU) – Sprint
05th July Official Test Day Total 24 Hours of Spa (BEL) 
28th-31st July Total 24 Hours of Spa (BEL) – Endurance 24 hours
26th-28th August Budapest (HUN) - Sprint
17th-18th September Nürburgring (DEU) – Endurance 3 hours
01st-02nd October Barcelona (ESP) - Sprint

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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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Total ACS – Official Fuel Supplier

Headquartered in Givors – France, Total Additives and Special Fuels is dedicated to the development, manufacturing and sale of high added value fuel additives and special fuels. Its expertise covers all the areas from the formulation to the logistics and international trade of tailor-made, high performance additives and fuels that meet the stringent demands of the refinery industry, fuel retailers, car manufacturers and motorsport racing teams all over the world. 
Total ACS is a fully owned affiliate of Total Marketing & Services. Total Marketing & Services covers the supply and marketing of petroleum products for the Total group. Total is a major energy operator, active in every segment of the oil and gas industry. Total also produces chemicals and develops and markets solutions involving new energies.
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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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