Genesis Magma Racing

Genesis Magma Racing
Founded	2024
Founder(s)	Genesis Motor
Base	Le Castellet, Var, France
Team principal(s)	Cyril Abiteboul (president) ; Anouck Abadie (team manager) ; Gabriele Tarquini (sporting director) ; François-Xavier Demaison (technical director) ; Justin Taylor (chief engineer)
Current series	European Le Mans Series
Current drivers	Development Drivers:; André Lotterer; Pipo Derani; European Le Mans Series:; 18.; Jamie Chadwick; Mathys Jaubert; Daniel Juncadella
Website	Genesis Magma Racing

Genesis Magma Racing (Korean: 제네시스 마그마 레이싱) is the motorsports team of Genesis, the luxury brand of Hyundai Motor Company. It is part of Genesis' high-performance Magma program.

History

In April 2024, Genesis unveiled the brand's high-performance lineup, the Magma, in New York. On December 4, 2024, at the Genesis Motorsports Premiere event held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Genesis announced its plans to participate in endurance motorsports and unveiled its racing team, Genesis Magma Racing.^[2] The team logo is inspired by the initials (ㅁㄱㅁ) of the Hangul Magma (마그마).

In December 2024, the team announced plans to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2026 and the IMSA SportsCar Championship from 2027.^[3] The team has recruited André Lotterer and Pipo Derani as its drivers.^[4] Genesis also announced a partnership with IDEC Sport to develop its team for 2026 and run two Oreca 07 in the LMP2 class in the 2025 European Le Mans Series.^[5]

Racing

GMR-001

Genesis unveiled the GMR-001 hypercar in December 2024, which was inspired by the Magma program. An arch-shaped parabolic line extending from the front to the rear was applied, and an active spoiler was installed at the rear.^[6]