Genesis Magma Racing’s Trajectory Programme is set to continue in 2026, after a highly successful year in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 class for the initiative that was assisted by the Korean brand’s LMP2 racing partner IDEC Sport.
Mathys Jaubert, Dani Juncadella and Jamie Chadwick, who shared the #18 IDEC ORECA, finished third in the LMP2 championship after a standout season which included wins at Barcelona and Le Castellet.
The programme was put together to allow Genesis to prepare staff for its Hypercar debut in 2026 with the GMR-001 and assess young talent.
Up to 17 Genesis Magma Racing team members joined the IDEC Sport-run team in the European Le Mans Series, 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.
The success of the campaign prompted Jaubert and Juncadella to receive promotions to the Hypercar factory roster. Chadwick, meanwhile, has been retained by Genesis for 2026 and will take on more GMR-001 Hypercar development responsibility alongside a second ELMS campaign.
“Since the beginning of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme, 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.”
“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.”
Tarquini added: “A key point of the Trajectory Programme 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.”
