- Genesis has launched the brand new race crew Genesis Magma Racing
- The crew will compete with an LMDh automobile within the FIA World Endurance and IMSA United SportsCar Championships
- The LMDh automobile has been revealed because the GMR-001 Hypercar
Genesis is making a significant splash on the planet of motorsports with the launch of its new racing crew, Genesis Magma Racing, whose premier program is an entry in top-level endurance racing with the brand new GMR-001 Hypercar race automobile.
Revealed on Wednesday, the race automobile is constructed to LMDh guidelines, making it eligible for the respective GTP and Hypercar lessons of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship.
Genesis acknowledged that the GMR-001 will begin racing within the World Endurance Championship as quickly as 2026 and within the SportsCar Championship the next yr. This implies the automobile will compete towards race automobiles from the likes of Acura, Cadillac, Ferrari, Porsche, and Toyota. It additionally positions Genesis to chase outright wins at prestigious occasions such because the 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Genesis Magma Racing will area two automobiles in every collection. The primary confirmed drivers are Le Mans winner and present World Endurance Drivers’ Champion André Lotterer, in addition to Pipo Derani. Each drivers will help with the automobile’s improvement via 2025 and past.
Genesis Magma Racing emblem
Genesis has not revealed many particulars in regards to the automobile however confirmed it’ll use a chassis from Oreca, one in every of 4 sanctioned chassis suppliers for LMDh. Constructors have appreciable freedom in selecting the powertrain beneath LMDh guidelines, although most output is restricted to 670 hp.
Most present LMDh automobiles use a mixture of a fuel engine and a single motor-generator. The same setup was featured within the Genesis X Gran Racer Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo race automobile idea unveiled in June and will ultimately affect new Magma fashions.
Genesis X Gran Racer Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea
Hyundai Motorsport, which manages Hyundai N’s efforts in numerous rally and touring automobile collection, will oversee the Genesis Magma Racing crew. Cyril Abiteboul, a senior supervisor previously with the Caterham and Renault Components 1 groups, heads Hyundai Motorsport and can function crew principal for Genesis Magma Racing.
French racing crew IDEC Sport may also assist Genesis Magma Racing. The partnership will start as early as subsequent yr with an LMP2 entry within the European Le Mans Sequence. America’s Logan Sargeant, who was not too long ago dropped from the Williams F1 crew, will likely be one of many drivers, alongside Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert.
Genesis Magma ideas
Genesis has beforehand stated the LMDh program will assist improvement of future expertise for highway automobiles, whereas additionally selling the model in a efficiency gentle, one thing that has change into extra important as Genesis prepares to launch automobiles beneath the brand new Magma efficiency sub-brand.
The Magma sub-brand is being developed as a rival to the likes of BMW M and Mercedes-Benz AMG, and Genesis has confirmed plans to launch a Magma model of each automobile in its lineup. Efficiency upgrades are anticipated to incorporate extra energy, track-tuned suspension, and practical aerodynamic options. Racing legend Jacky Ickx helps with the event of the automobiles.
