Genesis Unveils Hypercar Racer for Imola Debut

0:00On April 1st, Genesis just unveiled their slick GMR001 prototype racer, decked out in gray black with orange pops ahead of its 20, 26 FIA World Endurance Championship debut. This LMDH machine aims to snag the Hyundai Group's first win at the Le Mans 24 hours down the line, but first up is a 6 hour showdown at, Imola, to shake off the nerves. The car rode out at Circuit Paul Ricard in late August 2025, and the teams crammed in seven test sessions over seven straight months, dialing everything in from scratch. Drivers like Andre Lotterer, who jumped on board in December 2024, call it a career highlight, building the whole operation from zero. Not just hopping into a ready-made squad, teammate Danny Junkadela echoes that, praising the early reliability after grueling runs. They went with an Aurecachassi, like Acura and Alpine, but cooked of their own 3.2 liter twin turbo V8 engine and tricky software, in-house.

1:03Test hit spots like Algar for 30 plus hours of endurance, magma cores in the rain for tire smarts, Aragon, Qatar's desert heat for Michelin, warm-ups, and a final preseason lap at Imola. Software is the real chess game here, no balance of performance tweaks, so mastering torque sensors to cap at 520 kilowatts is key. With that prepped locked-in, Imola's baptism will reveal if Genesis is primed to shake up the hypercar grid. Stay locked-in with F1 News today, AI-powered updates.