- Genesis develops an LMDH racing car
- Genesis will exercise the LMDH with a V-8, which was formed from two four-cylinder engines of the Hyundai World Rally Championship
- Genesis plans an attack on both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA Sportscar Championship
Last December, Genesis announced that it would get into the top endurance racing with a new factory team and a racing car.
The car manufacturer provided an update on Friday and confirmed that the racing car. Called the GMR-001is unveiled in April before the tests started in August.
The car is exposed to Genesis magma racingLed by Team Director Cyril Abiteboul, the former managing director of the Renault Formula 1 team. It is expected to compete at the FIA World Endurance Championship as early as 2026, with plans, the following year to take part in the IMSA Sportscar Championship. Participation in the FIA series means that it will fight for the overall victory in the overall victory 24 hours Le Mans.
Participation in the respective hypercar and GTP courses requires participation in the top level of these series, which means that a racing car is built up either for LMDH or LMH regulations. Genesis has chosen the LMDH regulation set, which simplifies the development by using chassis and hybrid systems from sanctioned suppliers. For the GMR-001, Genesis has a chassis from Oreca selected-the same supplier of Acura and alpine.
Cyril Abiteboul
Manufacturers have to deliver their own engines and Genesis develops a new V-8 for the GMR-001. To speed up the process, the car manufacturer uses a Demonstrably 1.6-liter turbo-4 Successful by Sister Brand Hyundai World Rally Championship cars And combine two of them to create the V-8. Abiteboul, who has also managed Hyundai’s motorsport department since 2023, monitors the project.
The first confirmed drivers for Genesis Magma Racing are the winner of the Le Mans and the incumbent world endurance driver champion André Lotterer next to Pipo Derani. Both will help until 2025 and beyond the development of the GMR-001 and work in doing so Six times Le Mans winner Jacky Ickxwho came to Genesis as a brand ambassador in February.
For additional drivers, Genesis has teamed up with the French racing team IDEC Sport to build a driver development program. The program begins this year with an LMP2 entry in the European Le Mans series. Initially, America’s Logan SargeantThe one of Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jbaubert was one of the first drivers of the program alongside Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jbaubert last year. However, Sargeant retired from the program last month.
