The SRO Group reached an agreement with
Eurosport, the promoter and broadcaster of the
European Touring Car Championship, in which both series would share identical calendars. The events were promoted by Eurosport as the
Super Racing Weekend, giving both series equal promotion and television coverage. The
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup was also included as a support series for all events. The only exception to this format would be the
Spa 24 Hours, added to the FIA GT calendar as a stand-alone event, separate from the ETCC, after formerly holding touring car races for several decades. The addition of Spa marked the return of endurance racing to the championship for the first time since
1998 and expanded the calendar from ten to eleven events. Much of the rest of the schedule remained the same, although some races were moved to different times of the year.
Monza returned to the opening of the season, as it had been in
1999, and
Brno and
Magny-Cours moved from the end of the season to the second and third rounds respectively. This moved the Spanish and Portuguese events to the end of the year, with
Jarama replacing
Valencia for the Spanish event. The
Nürburgring also returned to the series for the first time since
1997 as the sole German event, replacing
EuroSpeedway Lausitz. All events, with the exception of Spa, retained their distance format. ==Entries==