Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has extended and enhanced its commitment to motor racing competition the GT Series.
Under the deal, the 2015 Sprint Series and Endurance Series will be afforded a combination of live broadcasts and highlight reports, both in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Fans will have the opportunity to follow the complete Sprint Series live on Eurosport in Europe across 54 countries. The main races of the Nogaro, Moscow, Misano and the Baku World Challenge events will be broadcast on Eurosport, while Brands Hatch, Zolder and Algarve receive a slot on Eurosport 2. Eurosport will also offer a 26-minute highlights programme on the Tuesday after every race weekend and a 52-minute season review.
Eurosport Asia-Pacific will show every 26-minute highlights program three times for the Sprint Series’ fans in 16 countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
After every Endurance Series race, a 52-minute highlights programme will be shown on both Eurosport and Eurosport 2, together with three broadcasts of the highlights programmes on Eurosport Asia-Pacific.
The 24 Hours of Spa – the Endurance Series’ showpiece race – will be offered up to three hours of live coverage by Eurosport and Eurosport 2 during the weekend of July 25-26.
Stephane Ratel, chief executive and founder of GT Series promoter SRO Motorsports Group, said: “We find it very important that our numerous fans across the globe get the opportunity to watch our races. That is why I am very happy to have concluded an agreement with the Eurosport network who reach 146 million homes across 70 countries, numbers which are very valuable to our teams and partners as well.”
The 2015 GT Series calendar gets underway with a Sprint Series event in Nogaro, France on April 4-6.