- 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 earth 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 said 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 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 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 automotive’s improvement via 2025 and past.
Genesis Magma Racing emblem
Genesis has not revealed many particulars in regards to the automotive however confirmed it would 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 current LMDh automobiles use a mix 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 automotive 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 varied rally and touring automotive collection, will oversee the Genesis Magma Racing group. Cyril Abiteboul, a senior supervisor previously with the Caterham and Renault Components 1 groups, heads Hyundai Motorsport and can function group principal for Genesis Magma Racing.
French racing group IDEC Sport may even assist Genesis Magma Racing. The partnership will start as early as subsequent yr 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 group, can 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 know-how for street automobiles, whereas additionally selling the model in a efficiency mild, 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 useful aerodynamic options. Racing legend Jacky Ickx helps with the event of the automobiles.
