The hybrid racecar will compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2026, and tackle the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2027

The Oreca-based prototype will run in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2026, and join IMSA GTP in 2027.

Genesis has taken the wraps off its GMR-001 Hypercar that will make its debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2026. The luxury Korean automaker, which revealed the Oreca-chassied LMDh prototype on Wednesday in a launch event in Dubai, will also compete in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship but instead beginning in 2027.

Genesis has announced the launch of the Genesis Magma Racing team. The outfits first prototype racer, the GMR-001, will race at Le Mans in 2026.

French racing team IDEC Sport will also support Genesis Magma Racing. The partnership will begin as early as next year with an LMP2 entry in the European Le Mans Series. America's Logan Sargeant, who was recently dropped from the Williams F1 team, will be one of the drivers, alongside Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert.

Genesis unveils the GMR-001 Hypercar as part of its Magma Racing initiative, aiming for success in WEC and IMSA endurance racing.

Genesis has revealed the GMR-001 Hypercar, the top-class racer with which it will compete for glory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The first car that will race under the Genesis Magma Racing name, it will compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA Sportscar Championship from 2026 under the LMDh ruleset.

Genesis is going racing. Proper racing. Because the Genesis GMR-001 is, as you can probably guess, a Le Mans hypercar. From 2026 Genesis Magma Racing (remember those hot orange Magma concepts?) will field two cars in WEC,