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PRESENTATION – MONZA APRIL 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS

2014 TOTAL 24HOURS OF SPATEAM PRESENTATION

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014

HISTORY

2014 BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

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1993 : Reintroduction at Le Mans – the very first step

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20 YEARS OF GT RACING

1994 – 1996 The BPR series – the revival yearsLong distance and gentlemen drivers

1997 – 1998 : FIA GT – direct manufacturer competition

1999 – 2001 : FIA GT – the slow reconstruction around key iconic brands

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2006 – 2009 : GT3 – a new category for global expansion

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20 YEARS OF GT RACING

2010 – 2012 : FIA GT1 World Championship – Sprint racing and the BRICs

2011 – 2014 : Blancpain Endurance Series and 24 Hours of Spa - a return to long-distance racing

2014 : Blancpain GT Series – combining the best of sprint and long distance

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

ACHIEVEMENTS

FOUNDER

FRENCH GT FFSA ADAC GT BRAZIL GT

PROMOTER

BRITISH GT

RIGHTS HOLDER

LE MANS SERIES

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / BLANCPAIN GT SERIES

THE COMBINATION OF SPRINT AND ENDURANCE FORMATS UNDER ONE ENTITY HAS HELPED BOOST PROMOTION AND TV COVERAGE

MATURE GRIDS IN BOTH SERIES:20 IN SPRINT PROGRESSING TO 24‐26 TOWARDS THE END OF THE SEASON42 IN ENDURANCE61 AT SPA

INTRODUCTION OF A LARGE PRIZE FUND IN SPRINT: €1.115 million in Total100,000€ PER EVENT + 175,000 € at Baku100,000€ GT SERIES TITLE100,000€ SEASON OVERALL + 84 SETS OF TIRES WORTH 140,000€

• Cost per tire €420.00

INTRODUCTION OF DIFFERENCIATED BOP FOR 3 DIFFERENTS TYPES OF CIRCUITS

THE ENTRY OF NEW PRESTIGIOUS BRANDS CONTRIBUTED TO THE SERIES’ INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

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2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / CONTINUOUS GROWTH OF GT3

VANTAGE GT3 R8 LMS ULTRA CONTINENTAL GT3 Z4 SARENI CAMARO GT3

CORVETTE C6 458 ITALIA GT EMIL FREY G3

LP600 & GALLARDO GT3 FLII

MP4‐12C SLS AMG GT3 GT‐R NISMO GT3 997 GT3 R

SRT VIPER GT3‐R 

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / TV DISTRIBUTION

THE STRONGEST COVERAGE EVER ACHIEVED BY GT RACING WORLDWIDE

TV COVERAGE

ASIA• ARMENIA• AZERBAIJAN• BRUNEI• CAMBODIA• CHINA• HONG KONG• INDONESIA• JAPAN• KAZAKHSTAN• MACAU• MALAYSIA• MONGOLIA• PAKISTAN• PAPUA NEW 

GUINEA• PHILIPPINES• SINGAPORE• SOUTH KOREA• SRI LANKA• TAIWAN• THAILAND• TURKMENISTAN• UZBEKISTAN• VIETNAM

AUSTRALIA• AUSTRALIA• NEW ZEALAND

EUROPE• ALBANIA• ANDORRA• AUSTRIA• BELARUS• BELGIUM• BOSNIA• BULGARIA• CROATIA• CYPRUS• CZECH REPUBLIC• DENMARK• ESTONIA• FINLAND• FRANCE• GEORGIA• GERMANY • GREECE• HUNGARY• ICELAND• IRELAND• ITALY• LATVIA• LICHTENSTEIN• LITHUANIA• LUXEMBOURG• MACEDONIA• MALTA• MOLDOVA• MONACO• MONTENEGRO• NETHERLANDS

• NORWAY• POLAND• PORTUGAL• ROMANIA• RUSSIA• SERBIA• SLOVAKIA• SLOVENIA• SPAIN• SWEDEN• SWITZERLAND• TURKEY• UK• UKRAINE 

MIDDLE EAST• BAHRAIN• IRAQ• ISRAEL• JORDAN• KUWAIT• LEBANON• MIDDLE 

EAST/GULF  DTH• OMAN• QATAR• SAUDI ARABIA• SYRIA• UNITED ARAB 

EMIRATESBROADCASTSPRINT & ENDURANCE• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS • TIME: FOLLOWING WEEKEND

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EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, ASIA

TERRITORY• ALBANIA• ALGERIA• ANDORRA• ARMENIA• AUSTRIA• AZERBAIJAN• BELARUS• BELGIUM• BOSNIA• BULGARIA• CROATIA• CYPRUS• CZECH REPUBLIC• DENMARK• ESTONIA• FINLAND• FRANCE• GEORGIA• GERMANY • GREECE• HUNGARY• ICELAND• IRELAND• ISRAEL

• ITALY• LICHTENSTEIN• LITHUANIA• LUXEMBOURG• MACEDONIA• MALTA• MOLDOVA• MONACO• MONTENEGRO• NETHERLANDS• NORWAY• POLAND• PORTUGAL• ROMANIA• RUSSIA• SAN MARINO• SERBIA• SLOVENIA• SPAIN• SWEDEN• SWITZERLAND• TURKEY• UK• UKRAINE • UZBEKISTAN• VATICAN

BROADCAST SPRINT• HIGHLIGHT• TIME: TUESDAY, , 23:30• DURATION: 30’• THREE RACES LIVE: • BRANDS HATCH• SLOVAKIA• BAKU

BROADCAST ENDURANCE• HIGHLIGHT• TIME: TUESDAY, 23:30• DURATION: 60’• TOTAL 24H SPA• 4 HOURS LIVE 

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE PROVIDED ON EUROSPORT 2 

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

EUROPE

TERRITORY• AUSTRIA• BELGIUM• BOSNIA• BULGARIA• CROATIA• CYPRUS• DENMARK• ESTONIA• FINLAND• FRANCE• GERMANY • GREECE• HUNGARY• IRELAND• ISLAND• LATVIA• LITHUANIA• LUXEMBOURG

• MACEDONIA• MALTA• MOLDOVA• MONACO• MONTENEGRO• NETHERLANDS• NORWAY• POLAND• PORTUGAL• ROMANIA• RUSSIA• SERBIA• SLOVENIA• SPAIN• SWITZERLAND• TURKEY• UK• UKRAINE

BROADCASTENDURANCE ONLY• LIVE OR SAME DAY 

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EUROPE

TERRITORY• SWEDEN• NORWAY

BROADCASTSPRINT & TOTAL 24H SPA• HIGHLIGHT• TIME: FOLLOWING WEEKEND• DURATION: 23 MIN.

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SCANDINAVIA

BROADCASTSPRINT & TOTAL 24H SPA• HIGHLIGHTS• TIME: SATURDAY, 13:15 (F1 QUALIFYING)• DURATION: 10 MIN.

TERRITORY• AUSTRIA• GERMANY• LUXEMBOURG• SWITZERLAND• SOUTH TYROL

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GERMANY

RTL NL

TERRITORY• NETHERLANDS

BROADCAST:SPRINT & ENDURANCE• HIGHLIGHT• TIME: FOLLOWING WEEKEND• DURATION: 23 MIN.

TERRITORY• BELGIUM

BROADCASTSPRINT & ENDURANCE• 15’ HIGHLIGHTS• TOTAL 24H SPA LIVE

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

BENELUX

TERRITORY• UNITED KINGDOM

BROADCASTSPRINT • LIVE• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS 

ENDURANCE:• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS

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UNITED KINGDOM

TERRITORY• ANDORRA• FRANCE• MONACO• MADAGASCAR• MAURITIUS

BROADCASTSPRINT & ENDURANCE• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

FRANCE , PORTUGAL

TERRITORY• PORTUGAL

BROADCASTSPRINT & ENDURANCE• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS• SPRINT LIVE

TERRITORY• ITALY

BROADCASTSPRINT & ENDURANCE• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS• TIME: FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY 22:30

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ITALY , GREECE

• SPRINT & ENDURANCE• THAILAND• LIVE & HIGHLIGHTS

• SPRINT & ENDURANCE• INDONESIA• LIVE & HIGHLIGHTS

• SPRINT & ENDURANCE• MALAYSIA• BRUNEI• LIVE & HIGHLIGHTS

• SPRINT & ENDURANCE • AUSTRALIA• 60’ HIGHLIGHTS

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

ASIA , AUSTRALIA

SPRINT & ENDURANCE• SPRINT LIVE & 60’ HIGHLIGHTS• ENDURANCE 60’ HIGHLIGHTS

SETANTA• ANGOLA• BENIN• BOTSWANA• BURKINA FASO• CAMEROON• CAPE VERDE• CENTRAL AFRICAN 

REPUBLIC• COMOROS• CONGO 

(BRAZZAVILLE)• DEMOCRATIC 

REPUBLIC OF CONGO

• EQUATORIAL GUINEA

• ERITREA• ETHIOPIA• GABON• GAMBIA• GHANA• GUINEA• GUINEA‐BISSAAU• IVORY COAST

• KENYA• LESOTHO• LIBERIA• MADAGASCAR• MALAWI• MALI• MAURITIUS• MAYOTTE• MOZAMBIQUE• NAMIBIA• NIGER• NIGERIA• RWANDA• SENEGAL• SEYCHELLES• SIERRA LEONE• SOUTH AFRICA• SUDAN• SWAZILAND• TANZANIA• TOGO• UGANDA• ZAMBIA• ZIMBABWE• MAURETANIA

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AFRICA

AL JAZEERA SPORT• ALGERIA• BAHRAIN• CHAD• DJIBOUTI• EGYPT• IRAN• IRAQ• JORDAN• KUWAIT• LEBANON• LIBYA• MOROCCO• OMAN• PALESTINE• QATAR• SAUDI ARABIA• SOMALIA• SUDAN• SYRIA• TUNISIA• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES• YEMEN• MAURETANIA

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

MIDDLE EAST

SPRINT & ENDURANCE• SPRINT LIVE & 60’ HIGHLIGHTS• ENDURANCE 60’ HIGHLIGHTS

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

NORTH AMERICA

CBS SPORTS• SPRINT & ENDURANCE• USA & CANADA• LIVE / SAME DAY• ENDURANCE HIGHLIGHTS

BEIN SPORT • SPRINT & ENDURANCE (SPANISH)• USA & CANADA• SPRINT LIVE & HIGHLIGHTS• ENDURANCE HIGHLIGHTS

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

SOUTH AMERICA

SPORTV • SPRINT SERIES ONLY

BRAZIL• LIVE

REDE TV!• SPRINT SERIES ONLY• BRAZIL• LIVE

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / VALORISATION

MEDIA VALUATION 

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / VALORISATION

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / VALORISATION

AUDIENCE [mill.]*

2.75Mio

AVERAGE VIEWERSHIP PER EVENT

1.8MioSPRINT

2013 2014

52% INCREASE

2.23Mio1.2MioENDURANCE

2013 2014

85% INCREASE

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2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / VALORISATION

AUDIENCE [mill.]*

MEDIA VALUE PER EVENT

12.50Mio2.49Mio

2013 2014

501% INCREASE

SPRINT

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2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / 24HOURS OF SPA

90TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE FIRST 24 HOURS OF SPA IN 1924

50TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE POST WAR REBIRTH IN 1964

INTRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL ART DECO ALL‐TIME WINNERS TROPHY

RECORD NUMBER OF NATIONALITIES26 IN 201331 IN 2014

RECORD 520 MEDIA ACCREDITATIONS

EUROSPORT  “FIL ROUGE” – 4 HOURS LIVE

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2014 ACHIEVEMENTS / BAKU

Entry fees Sprint: 6,200€

Tires: 6 sets if first Blancpain Sprint event entered and 4 sets on the following events @ 420€ per Tyre

Fuel: 3.40€ litre x 700km in average per event

Support Baku (per car): Airfreight transportation car and equipment FOCFive eco plane tickets FOC5 double rooms FOCOn site team catering FOCStart money: 20,000€Prize money, 100,000€ (first), 50,000€ (second), 25,000€ (third)

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2015

2015 EVOLUTIONS

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2015 ENTRY FEES FOR REFERENCE

• Full season entries:– Full-season entries in the Blancpain Endurance Series (5 events including the Spa 24h) :

• 39,000€ per car before March 11th– Full-season entries in the Blancpain Sprint Series (6 or 7 events) :

• 42,000€ per car before March 11th – Full-season entries in the combined Blancpain GT Series (12 events including the Spa 24h):

• 75,000€ per car before 11th March

• Race by race entries:– Race-by-race entries for three-hour races :

• 6,900€ per car – to be confirmed at the latest two weeks before the event – Race-by-race entries in the 24 Hours of Spa :

• 16,900€ per car for entrants taking part in at least one event before Spa • 19,900€ per car for all others

– Race-by-race entries in the 1000 km race: • 7,900€ per car – to be confirmed at the latest two weeks before the event

– Race-by-race entries in sprint races : • 6,900€ per car – to be confirmed at the latest two weeks before the event

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2015 EVOLUTIONS / 1.3 – 1.5 MILLION € PRIZE FUND

FURTHER INTEGRATION OF THE BLANCPAIN GT SERIES, ENCOURAGING TEAMS TO RUN OVER THE 12 RACES, JOINING SPRINT AND ENDURANCE:

Increase and review of the prize fund distribution > raise to 1.3 – 1.5 Million (100,000€ per round of the Sprint and Endurance) for teams entered full season, 50% being paid to teams entered only in Sprint or Endurance.

DISCOUNTED ENTRY FEES FOR TEAMS COMPETING IN BOTH SERIES:

Event overall Classification

Event overall Classification

Silver Cup

Pro-Am

Pro-Am

Gentlemen Trophy

SPRINT

ENDURANCE

30,000€

20,000€

10,000€

20,000€

10,000€

10,000€

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2015 EVOLUTIONS

FURTHER GROWTH IN THE GT3 CATEGORY :• Convergence out of the way• Interest from  a new major manufacturer to be confirmed• Three new models to replace existing ones• SRO interest in helping the launch of an FIA GT3 World Cup

STRENGTHEN THE MARKETING VALUE OF THE SERIES FOR CAR MANUFACTURERS AND TEAMS

• A calendar to cover more countries• TV support agreements with manufacturers and sponsors• Integrate our events with manufacturers, sponsors, commercial activities, dedicated areas, 

VIP laps, parade, exhibitions…

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

2015 DRAFT CALENDAR

• CALENDAR TO REMAIN AT 12 EVENTS• 5 ENDURANCE / 7 SPRINT• NO CHANGE TO THE ENDURANCE EVENTS OR DATES• 1000KM TO BE MOVED TO THE PAUL RICARD EVENT

Round 1 MONZA, ITA10th ‐ 12th April 2015Round 2SILVERSTONE, UK23rd ‐ 24th May 2015Round 3 PAUL RICARD 1000, FRA26th ‐ 28th June 2015Round 4 TOTAL 24 HOURS OF SPA, BEL22rd ‐ 26th July 2015Round 5NÜRBURGRING,DEU19th – 20th September 2015

NEW OPPORTUNITIES: ITALY

GERMANY

CALENDAR PRESENTED END SEPTEMBER

RUSSIA

BRAZIL

COMPETING WITH EXISTING EVENTS FOR DATES

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

SRO NEXT PROJECT / CONCEPT

• SRO Motorsports Group proposes the first and only: 

ULTRACAR SPORTS CLUB

• Two highly exclusive events in the context of some of our most successful race meetings.

• ULTRACAR owners at the wheel only

• Club regulations around free practices and two regularity runs: low level and high level, two podiums

• Two classes to start : standard cars on sport prepared cars

• Condensed program over 24 hours maximum lunchtime to lunchtime

• Specific ULTRACAR village and VVIP hospitality service

PRESENTATION – SPA‐FRANCORCHAMPS 2014

SRO NEXT PROJECT / ELIGIBLE CARS

LA FERRARI

MCLAREN P1 PORSCHE 918 SPYDERLAMBORGHINI VENENO

PAGANI HUAYRA

KOENIGSEGG AGERA & ONEBUGATTI SUPER SPORT

PREVIOUS ULTRACARS SUCH AS MASERATI MC12, FERRARI ENZO FXX AND OTHER VERY EXCLUSIVE MODELS WILL BE ELIGIBLE ON REQUEST. 

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