K. S. O. PRESS RELEASE
With regards to the 2006 season, KSO (promoter of the FIA
World Touring Car
Championship) and Eurosport (host broadcaster of the FIA World
Touring Car
Championship) requested to SRO (promoter of the FIA GT Championship),
to reduce
from three hours to two hours the length of the FIA GT Championship
races.
This request was proposed for the following reasons:
a) because KSO wished to have a better balance of track time
between the FIA
WTCC and the FIA GT during the weekend
b) because KSO wished to reduce from three days to two days
the duration of
the racing meetings
c) because Eurosport is convinced that the current three-hour
format of the FIA
GT races is too long for a good TV coverage
After a number of inconclusive meetings, yesterday evening
KSO have decided to
stop their commercial relationship with SRO from 2006.
Therefore, from the next season the FIA World Touring Car
Championship events will
not include any rounds of the FIA GT Championship, as it is
already the case this year
for the rounds in Puebla, Valencia and Macau.
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