Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme exceeds targets during first year on track

Third place at the 4 Hours of Portimão ended a highly successful first season of racing for the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme. The result for drivers Jamie Chadwick, Mathys Jaubert and Dani Juncadella secured third in the LMP2 championship, capping a year which has exceeded expectations.

Trajectory Programme success proves wisdom of disruptive decisions

The Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme was created with the aim of readying the team to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2026. Alongside the trio of drivers, up to 17 Genesis Magma Racing team members have joined the IDEC Sport-run team in the European Le Mans Series, rising 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 ELMS season gave them an opportunity to work together, gaining the experience needed to succeed in endurance racing. Mechanics, many of whom joined the Trajectory Programme from Hyundai Motorsport’s FIA World Rally Championship team, joined the pitcrew for the ELMS season, while support staff were able to experience the unique requirements and atmosphere of endurance racing.

On track, the Trajectory Programme gained immediate results with class victory at the ELMS season opener in Barcelona and overall success at Le Castellet. Though never the explicit aim, or expectation, the wins were evidence of the programme’s true goals being achieved.

“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.”

The results justified the brave decision made by Genesis Magma Racing to look outside of Prototype and endurance racing when building its Trajectory Programme. “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.”

After a successful 2025, Trajectory Programme members step forward in 2026

The promotion of Jaubert and Juncadella to Genesis Magma Racing’s driver line-up for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) underlined the success of the first year of the Trajectory Programme when they were announced as part of team in September.

“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,” explained Tarquini. “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.”

They will be joined in the WEC paddock by many of the Genesis Magma Racing staff members who joined them on the Trajectory Programme with the team spirit built during 2025 set to be the foundation of the 2026 squad.

The Trajectory Programme is set to continue in 2026, with Jamie Chadwick remaining part of the team. Full details of her racing plans for 2026 will be announced at a later date.