The auto racing series held from 2014 to 2012 was followed on by the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.
The 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup was the fourth season following on from the demise of the SRO Group's FIA GT1 World Championship (an auto racing series for grand tourer cars), the third with the designation of Blancpain Sprint Series or Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup. 
The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series developed by the SRO Group and regulated by the Fdration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), held from 2010 to 2012. 
