Along with a lineup of production performance cars that is beginning to unfurl, Genesis’ Magma division is also a racing team that is about to take on the top class of this year’s FIA WEC. That season is starting in April with the 6 Hours of Imola, and Genesis has announced that the team has been assembled within the short 499-day window between the announcement of Genesis Magma Racing and the start of the 2026 season of the FIA WEC.
Now, the team’s driver lineup has also been announced for the debut season of Genesis Magma Racing, and it consists of drivers who represent championship winning talent, development expertise, years of racing experience, and youthful ambition alike. Team Principal Gabriele Tarquini says, “We have focused on the things we can control. In engineering, that’s the reliability and performance of the car, in team management, it’s the processes and for me, it’s the driver lineups.”
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Between the two GMR-001 hypercars that will take part in the upcoming racing season, six drivers will take part in the top class of this year’s FIA WEC with Genesis Magma Racing: André Lotterer, Pipo Derani, and Mathys Jaubert in the #17 car, and Daniel Juncadella, Mathieu Jaminet, and Paul-Loup Chatin in the #19 sister car.
Jaminet brings expertise and success from IMSA to the new team, as Juncadella does from GT racing, and Chatin won an FIA WEC race, the 2025 6 Hours of Fuji, behind the wheel of a hypercar with the same Oreca chassis as the GMR-001. With a diverse cast of driving talent, Genesis Magma Racing’s top-class endurance racing ambitions are set up for success as the 2026 FIA WEC season draws nearer.
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