Genesis Magma Racing's Trajectory Program set to continue in 2026
Genesis Magma Racing's Trajectory Program is set to continue for a second year in 2026, after a highly successful campaign in the European Le Mans Series' LMP2 class for the initiative, assisted by the Korean brand's LMP2 racing partner IDEC Sport.
The Trajectory Program was put together to allow Genesis to prepare staff for its FIA WEC Hypercar debut in 2026 with the GMR-001 by competing in high-level LMP2 competition. It also provided a platform for the management team to assess driving talent.
Up to 17 Genesis Magma Racing team members joined the IDEC Sport-run team in the European Le Mans Series across the season, a number that rose to 30 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Among that number were engineers, including race engineers and strategists, who will work together on the WEC pitwall in 2026.
Mathys Jaubert, Dani Juncadella and Jamie Chadwick, who shared the No. 18 IDEC-entered ORECA 07 Gibson, finished third in the LMP2 championship after a head-turning effort which included wins at Barcelona and Le Castellet and exceeded all internal targets set by GMR.
The success of the campaign prompted Genesis to promote Jaubert and Juncadella to the Hypercar factory roster, joining Pipo Derani and Andre Lotterer.
Chadwick enjoyed a strong season, improving consistently across the six-race calendar. She has been retained by Genesis for 2026, and will take on GMR-001 Hypercar development duties alongside a second ELMS campaign.
“Since the beginning of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Program, we targeted top five results, and challenging for podiums,” said Genesis Magma Racing sporting director Gabriele Tarquini. “We have far exceeded that with three race wins from six races, and some other great individual and team performances.
“A key point of the Trajectory Program for our drivers was to assess them and see whether they were at the level to step up to WEC. We immediately saw the potential from the first tests.
"The results on track and, more importantly the progress they made every round was great to see and made it an easy decision to welcome Mathys and Dani to our WEC team for 2026.”
“To be as successful as we want,” said Genesis Magma Racing team principal Cyril Abiteboul, "We need to be disruptive in our decisions. That is exactly how we went into selecting our Trajectory drivers. Their success has shown that this approach can deliver results and surprise the established teams and drivers.”
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