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The first concerns amateur and rookie drivers. As previously announced as part of SRO’s collaboration with the Sean Edwards Foundation, all Bronze and young Silver drivers will need to take and pass a computer-based test which will gauge their knowledge of basic motorsport rules and regulations.

The usual Bronze test session has been extended and made mandatory for all Bronze and Silver drivers intending to take part in the Total 24 Hours of Spa, as well as for any Gold or Platinum drivers with no experience of the Circuit. This three-hour session, taking place on the Tuesday afternoon of the race week, will include a mandatory briefing and track walk. During the session, driver performance will be examined and supervised. SRO is delighted to announce that former Spa-winner Vincent Vosse and experienced GT-racer Bas Leinders will be joining the team to oversee this innovative training session. It should also be mentioned that the night qualifying session on the Thursday evening will be extended by 30 minutes to allow drivers more time to get used to the conditions.

In collaboration with RACB, the sporting environment will be strongly reinforced in terms of both technical facilities and the personnel in charge of them. This includes race control, the stewards of the meeting, the pit lane officials and all those concerned with the sporting framework for the meeting. Improvements to timekeeping, internal messaging, additional radios and video camera supervision of the pit lane will all help to increase sporting equity and the smooth running of the event. A new team of safety car drivers, with suitable high-speed experience, will allow the field to be brought up to speed after yellow flag periods. Also, safety car exercises will take place during free practice to allow for proper training for both the safety car and the teams. A new control system for the pit exit lights will give greater control to the Race Director, while the Driver Advisor, former F1 and long-term GT3 Balance of Performance test driver Jean-Marc Gounon, will be working in close collaboration with the Officials of the meeting.

a new Full Course Yellow procedure, bringing all cars down to 80 km/h with no overtaking. Revised procedures for eventual red flag situations during the 24-hour race have also been added. Telemetry is now authorized from car to pits, giving teams the possibility for additional information on the state of their car. Last but not least, the Blancpain GT Series will be adopting Accident Data Recorder units in all full-season cars, as part of the FIA Institute programme, to allow data from any incidents to be fully examined and help to prevent accidents and increase safety in the future.

Blancpain Sprint:
#1 Laurens Vanthoor / Robin Frijns
#2 Enzo Ide / Christopher Mies
#3 Stéphane Ortelli / Stéphane Richelmi
#4 Frank Stippler / James Nash

Blancpain Endurance:
#1 Laurens Vanthoor / Robin Frijns / Jean-Karl Vernay
#2 Stéphane Ortelli / Stéphane Richelmi / Frank Stippler
#4 Laurent Pasquali / Sacha Bottemanne / Max Koebolt (Pro-Am)

Extra Audi R8 LMS GT3 (2015):
Monza: Nico Müller / Stéphane Ortelli / Frank Stippler
Paul Ricard (1000km): Laurens Vanthoor / Markus Winkelhock / René Rast

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24H Nürburgring (2015-spec):
Christopher Mies/Nico Müller/Edward Sandström/Laurens Vanthoor
Christer Jöns/Pierre Kaffer/Nicki Thiim/Laurens Vanthoor

24 HSpa (2015-spec):
René Rast/Laurens Vanthoor/Markus Winkelhock
Nico Müller/Stéphane Ortelli/Frank Stippler

Qualifying race in about an hour, main race tomorrow.