Genesis is making a serious splash on the planet of motorsports with the launch of its new racing staff, 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 courses of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship.
Genesis said 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 automobile will compete towards race vehicles 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 vehicles 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 by way of 2025 and past.
Genesis Magma Racing emblem
Genesis has not revealed many particulars concerning the automobile however confirmed it’s going to use a chassis from Oreca, one in all 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 current LMDh vehicles 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 automobile 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 automobile collection, will oversee the Genesis Magma Racing staff. Cyril Abiteboul, a senior supervisor previously with the Caterham and Renault Method 1 groups, heads Hyundai Motorsport and can function staff principal for Genesis Magma Racing.
French racing staff IDEC Sport may even assist Genesis Magma Racing. The partnership will start as early as subsequent 12 months with an LMP2 entry within the European Le Mans Collection. America’s Logan Sargeant, who was not too long ago dropped from the Williams F1 staff, shall 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 street vehicles, whereas additionally selling the model in a efficiency gentle, one thing that has turn into extra very important as Genesis prepares to launch vehicles 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 extra energy, track-tuned suspension, and useful aerodynamic options. Racing legend Jacky Ickx helps with the event of the vehicles.
