SRO and Japanese Super GT join forces for 10 Hours of Suzuka

Global GT racing promoter SRO Motorsports Group has joined forces with SuperGT Series organizer GTA and Mobilityland to stage the first joint GT3/GT300 race. The 10-hour endurance event will take place at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan on August 23-26, 2018.

The event’s roots lie in SuperGT's successful Suzuka 1000km race, which will be staged for the final time later this season. SRO already oversees SuperGT's GT300 Balance of Performance regulations, but this is the first time both the Japanese championship class and GT3 – the backbone of worldwide customer GT racing – have had the chance to compete against one another.

That raises the prospect of manufacturers, teams and drivers currently contesting SRO promoted and partner GT3 series – such as the Pirelli World Challenge in North America, Blancpain GT Series in Europe and Asia, British GT Championship and endurance races forming the Intercontinental GT Challenge (Bathurst 12 Hours, Total 24 Hours of Spa, California 8 Hours and Motul Sepang 12 Hours) – taking on the best Japan has to offer on equal terms. 

"I am very excited to be here at Suzuka Circuit today to officially unveil the 47th Summer Endurance Suzuka 10 Hours," said Stephane Ratel, SRO Motorsports Group founder and CEO. "SRO fully supports this new project undertaken by Mobilityland. We are at a legendary circuit that is highly valued both in Europe and Asia. It is therefore a most appropriate platform to host a global GT race and write another chapter in the Suzuka circuit’s long and valuable history.

"SRO will fully embrace the event by supporting champions from our numerous affiliated global categories and those teams currently competing in the European and Asian Blancpain GT Series to ensure that it flourishes and becomes a success."