Genesis reveals livery and targets for 2026 WEC season
- Owen Bradley
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Written by Owen Bradley
Genesis Magma Racing have revealed the livery that their No.17 GMR-001 will sport throughout their debut season in the World Endurance Championship.
Genesis will enter into the WEC for the first time this season, with a thoroughly experienced driver line-up consisting of: André Lotterer, Luis Felipe Derani and Mathys Jaubert, racing the No.17 GMR-001.
The No.19 GMR-001, which will be driven by Paul-Loup Chatin, Mathieu Jaminet and Daniel Juncadella, is expected to have a different colour scheme.
The black and orange colour scheme appears to be paying homage to their Korean heritage. Luc Donckerwolke, Hyundai Motor Group President, stated: “As a Korean manufacturer, we also wanted to honour our roots and heritage by utilising the word 'magma' written in Hangeul, the Korean alphabet. Throughout the design evolution, this element became a strong graphic identifier that we decided to use not only for GMR-001 Hypercar but also for our garage, structures and team uniforms.”
Donckerwolke continued: “While applying our design philosophy principle, ‘athletic elegance’, to the livery, we focused on respecting the shapes of GMR-001 Hypercar and its details, such as the Two-Line headlights and the parabolic line in the body."
Some manufacturers that have recently joined the WEC have struggled to adapt to the championship, and have faced a plethora of problems. Alpine announced earlier this year that they will be departing the sport at the end of 2026, whilst Aston Martin faced a somewhat tumultuous debut season in the sport.
Ahead of their debut, Genesis Magma Racing Chief Engineer, Justin Taylor, laid out their goals: "Our first target this season is to finish races. No problems. No penalties. Then we can start to look to move forward in the Hypercar class, step-by-step, Hyperpole appearances, achieving finishes on the lead lap, challenging for top fives on pace.”
The GMR-001 will be making its' first appearance at the first round of the WEC championship, that will take place from the 17th - 19th April.
