At the checkered flag, Genesis Magma Racing did not manage to convert their stellar Hyperpole starting positions into a points haul. Because the World Endurance Championship only awards championship points to the top 10 finishers in the race, Genesis netted 0 points from Le Mans.
Prologue
Imola, Italy
April 13th – 14th 2026
Photo: Javier Jimenez / Drew Gibson Photography
While qualifying 6th and 9th proved the raw pace of the GMR-001 Hypercar, a grueling 24 hours at the Circuit de la Sarthe exposed the harsh realities of endurance racing for the rookie squad.
The Final Race Classification
The double-points bounty at Le Mans vanished over the course of a punishing 24 hours, leaving the team with a solitary finishing car:
- #19 Genesis Magma — P13 (0 Points): The trio of Mathieu Jaminet, Paul-Loup Chatin, and Dani Juncadella fought valiantly to complete 372 laps (9 laps down from the winning Toyota). However, their race was severely compromised by an electrical system malfunction that left the car stranded on track for 8 minutes, followed by a frantic 70-second garage repair that permanently dropped them out of the top 10.
- #17 Genesis Magma — DNF (0 Points): The sister car’s race came to a violent end roughly 16 hours in. André Lotterer, Luis Felipe Derani, and Matt Campbell were running cleanly in the pack when the car struck a track curb aggressively, shattering the front suspension and forcing an immediate retirement.
Imola, Italy
April 17th – 20th 2025
Photo: Nick Dungan / Drew Gibson Photography
WEC Hypercar Championship Standings (Post-Le Mans)
Because Le Mans offers double points (50 points for a win, scaling down through the top 10), the teams that survived the war made massive structural gains. Since Genesis failed to score, they remain anchored to the 6 points they scored during their historic 8th-place finish at the 6 Hours of Spa.
FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Points | Status After Le Mans |
| 1 | BMW | 59 | Holding the lead after a strong podium presence |
| 2 | Toyota | 52 | Clapping back with their 6th historic Le Mans win |
| 3 | Ferrari | 42 | Hanging onto the title fight despite a brutal weekend |
| 4 | Aston Martin | 14 | Leading the privateer/midfield charge |
| 5 | Alpine | 14 | Tied with Aston Martin |
| 6 | Peugeot | 9 | Sluggish but consistently capitalizing |
| 7 | Cadillac | 8 | Chasing down the mid-field pack |
| 8 | Genesis | 6 | Stuck on 6; missed opportunity to leapfrog Cadillac |
The Silver Lining
While walking away empty-handed hurts Cyril Abiteboul’s squad, completing 24 full hours of racing with the #19 chassis provides the engineers with an astronomical amount of real-world endurance data. The pace is clearly locked into the Oreca-built chassis; the focus must now completely pivot to structural durability as the championship heads to the 6 Hours of São Paulo in July.
