- Genesis has launched the brand new race group Genesis Magma Racing
- The group will compete with an LMDh automotive within the FIA World Endurance and IMSA United SportsCar Championships
- The LMDh automotive has been revealed because the GMR-001 Hypercar
Genesis is making a serious splash on the planet of motorsports with the launch of its new racing group, Genesis Magma Racing, whose premier program is an entry in top-level endurance racing with the brand new GMR-001 Hypercar race automotive.
Revealed on Wednesday, the race automotive 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 12 months. This implies the automotive will compete in opposition to 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 discipline two automobiles in every sequence. 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 automotive’s improvement by way of 2025 and past.
Genesis Magma Racing brand
Genesis has not revealed many particulars concerning the automotive however confirmed it should 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. An analogous setup was featured within the Genesis X Gran Racer Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo race automotive idea unveiled in June and will finally affect new Magma fashions.
Genesis X Gran Racer Imaginative and prescient Gran Turismo idea
Hyundai Motorsport, which manages Hyundai N’s efforts in varied rally and touring automotive sequence, will oversee the Genesis Magma Racing group. Cyril Abiteboul, a senior supervisor previously with the Caterham and Renault Method 1 groups, heads Hyundai Motorsport and can function group principal for Genesis Magma Racing.
French racing group IDEC Sport may also assist Genesis Magma Racing. The partnership will start as early as subsequent 12 months with an LMP2 entry within the European Le Mans Sequence. America’s Logan Sargeant, who was just lately dropped from the Williams F1 group, might be one of many drivers, alongside Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert.
Genesis Magma ideas
Genesis has beforehand mentioned the LMDh program will assist improvement of future expertise for highway automobiles, whereas additionally selling the model in a efficiency mild, one thing that has turn 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 car in its lineup. Efficiency upgrades are anticipated to incorporate further energy, track-tuned suspension, and purposeful aerodynamic options. Racing legend Jacky Ickx helps with the event of the automobiles.
