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SRO Motorsports Group has welcomed Paul Hembery as its first global Chief Marketing Officer, marking a major step in the company’s continued international expansion.

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20 years young! On 2 December 2005 the FIA, SRO and nine manufacturers assembled in Monte-Carlo for the official launch of GT3. Sportscar racing would never be the same again.

That day, and the test that followed at Circuit Paul Ricard, is recounted in a new, deep dive feature on sro-motorsports.com. It’s well worth 10 minutes of your time.

But in case you’re wondering: the launch featured Ascari, Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Dodge, Lamborghini, Lotus, Maserati, Porsche and Venturi. Seven of those plus Ferrari contested the inaugural FIA GT3 European Championship campaign in 2006 before the series ultimately morphed into GT World Challenge Europe.

SRO GT Academy is going global! 🌍 And there’s an amazing prize up for grabs: four emerging talents will win a fully funded seat at 2027’s 24 Hours of Spa

The top performing young Silver from each of GT World Challenge America, Asia, Australia and British GT throughout 2026 will compete together in the same car at the world’s biggest GT race.

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The stars of international GT racing gathered in Venice on Saturday evening to mark the end of the 2025 season at the annual SRO Awards.

This year's celebration was staged at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a striking example of Renaissance architecture located in the north of the historic Italian city. Inspired by Roman classicism, the building has been developed into a modern events space that fuses the past and present of Venetian style.

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🏆🇮🇹 Champions from around the world are gathering in Venice for the annual SRO Awards

One of motorsport’s most liked and respected figures, as well as a cornerstone of customer GT racing’s success, Peter Wright, has died at the age of 79.

Principally an aerodynamicist and engineer, he was responsible for developing active suspension and the first ground effect Formula 1 car, the Lotus 79, during his career with Team Lotus.

But his significant contribution to motor racing stetches far wider thanks to another of his concepts, Balance of Performance, which now underpins all GT, sportscar and touring car racing around the world.

“I sometimes wonder how on earth I got involved in GT racing because it wasn’t my field at all, but recently I found an email that I had sent to Max Mosley a year or two before (2004), saying that the only way to run GT racing is to do Balance of Performance based on simulation,” Wright recalled in 2017.

SRO’s founder and CEO, Stephane Ratel, paid tribute to Wright: “It’s very sad. He was a great man both on a personal and professional level who achieved so much throughout his career. The Formula 1 achievements will naturally take centre stage but his legacy as the father of BoP along with Max Mosley has likely had a much wider impact on motor racing globally. Without it there would be no GT3, GT4, Hypercars or TCR. The sport owes him a debt of gratitude.”

You can discover more about Peter’s vital contribution to GT racing at sro-motorsports.com/news/173.

Seventh heaven! 👑 Mercedes-AMG overturned a 20-point deficit in 's finale to maintain its unbeaten manufacturers' championship streak. BMW and Porsche pushed Affalterbach all the way across 30 events but ultimately came up just short.

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Scoreboard pressure vs skin in the game! BMW tops the GT World Challenge global standings by 20 points after the latest round of events but doesn’t have a car on Australia's grid for the season finale in New Zealand this weekend. Mercedes-AMG, on the other hand, will be hoping its five entries can help seal a seventh successive crown.

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Back-to-back chaMpions! 👑 BMW M Motorsport has retained its GT4 Manufacturer Ranking crown with three races to spare thanks to its performances across four continents and nine series throughout 2025.

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Ginetta has become the third manufacturer to commit to the SRO GT Academy’s expanded GT2 European Series powered by Pirelli initiative for the 2026 season. It comes on the eve of the British brand’s series debut this weekend at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which will be followed by a full-scale assault next year.

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BMW’s edging closer to the GT4 👑 M4s continue to dominate this season’s GT4 Manufacturer Ranking, while Porsche appears to be on course for runner-up spot after putting significant distance between itself and the chasing pack. With nine rounds left, the key battle is for the final place on the podium between Toyota, Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin.

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Calendar 🔒 Classes ✅ Discover more about GT3 Revival Series - the new category managed by SRO and Peter Auto for GT3s spanning 2006-2013 - at sro-motorsports.com/news/163.