The 2014 Preview from the weekends testing at Paul Ricard.
New cars, new teams, new drivers and a few surprises.
Jack Nicholls reports on the latest news from the 2014 Blancpain GT Series.

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The Blancpain Endurance Series and the Blancpain Sprint Series are world class 'Grand Touring' competition for homologated GT3 supercars that are organised and promoted by the SRO Motorsports Group.

For 2014 the Blancpain Sprint Series brings a fresh and exciting look with a new three-class structure guaranteed to generate spectacular action throughout the large grids. Titles will be awarded to three different class champions at the end of the season : Overall Classification, Silver Cup, reserved for Silver drivers aged 25 and under and the Pro-Am Cup classes. The Blancpain Endurance Series continues to be the world's most subscribed and best supported GT series with upwards of 45 cars racing at legendary tracks like Monza, Silverstone, Nürburgring and of course the majestic Spa-Francorchamps where the jewel in the crown of endurance GT races takes place at the end of July -- the world famous Total 24 Hours of Spa.

Some of the world's most iconic supercar brands will go wheel-to-wheel in 2014 as Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Camaro, Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, McLaren, Mercedes, Nissan and Porsche fight epic battles on some classic tracks. All the cars will be performance balanced with weight and restrictor adjustments to make different makes more equal, thus delivering monumental on-track scraps.

Add to this potent mix of top GT cars, some world class drivers like former F1 drivers Alex Zanardi and Nelson Piquet Jr, former Le Mans 24 hours-winner Guy Smith, reigning champions Maximilian Buhk, Laurens Vanthoor and Stéphane Ortelli, and a sensational year of racing lies ahead this season.

You can catch the following races here live:

2014 Blancpain Sprint Series calendar
21st April: Nogaro, France
18th May: Brands Hatch, Great Britain
6th July: Zandvoort, Netherlands
24th August: Slovakiaring, Slovakia
7th September: Algarve, Portugal
19th October: Zolder, Belgium
2nd November: Baku, Azerbaijan

2014 Blancpain Endurance Series calendar
13th April: Monza, Italy
25th May: Silverstone, Great Britain
28th June: Paul Ricard, France
27th July: Total 24 Hours of Spa, Belgium
21st September: Nürburgring 1000, Germany