Genesis Adds Tarquini to Management Team as WEC Program Gears Up

Legendary touring car driver Gabriele Tarquini has been appointed as the sporting director for the new Genesis World Endurance Championship Hypercar team set to debut in 2026.

The individual, aged 63, has assumed a new position with Genesis Magma Racing, which is based at Paul Ricard, following their tenure as the team manager for the BRC Racing Team TCR outfit. As anticipated from the previous summer .

Following his stint as a driver, Tarquini transitioned into management. stepped down from piloting at the age of 59 in 2021 Following four seasons with the Italian team in the TCR World Touring Car Championship.

"When I retired from racing in 2021, the logical progression was to transition into motorsports, beginning within my area of expertise — touring cars," stated Tarquini, highlighting his victories which include winning the 1994 British Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo and securing the 2009 World Touring Car Championship with SEAT.

Read Also: Archives: How Tarquini's Love for Racing Persisted Despite His 'Humiliating' Experience in F1

I've experienced several highly successful seasons, but signing with Genesis Magma Racing presents a fresh challenge for me.

I still have much to discover about WEC, yet I'll leverage my entire background as a driver, mentor, and team manager to ensure readiness for the upcoming season.

Tarquini, who participated only once in the Le Mans 24 Hours during his extensive racing career way back in 1985, was among several new hires unveiled by Genesis—the luxury division of South Korea's major car manufacturer Hyundai—on Thursday ahead of this year’s race.

Justin Taylor, who was part of the team behind the winning Ferrari 499P at the 2023 Le Mans race in the Hypercar class and has extensive experience with Audi’s LMP1 efforts, will now serve as the chief engineer for Genesis following his recent move from Chip Ganassi Racing.

Warren Scheckter, Commercial, Marketing and Communications Manager; Justin Taylor, Chief Engineering Officer; Anouck Abadie, Team Supervisor; Cyril Abiteboul, Team Leader; François-Xavier Demaison, Technical Administrator; Gabriele Tarquini, Sports Coordinator; Mia Sharizman, Driving Program Consultant, Genesis Magma Racing

Photo by: Genesis

Anouck Abadie, who previously competed in the French Formula Academy series as a driver, transitions into a team management role following her departure from Switzerland-based Kessel Racing GT, where she has been serving as the team manager since 2022.

Team principal Cyril Abiteboul said: “Anouck, Justin and Gabriele are fantastic additions to the Genesis Magma Racing team.

“They all have great experience in motorsport, which will be complemented by additional endurance racing expertise of the other team members we will recruit in the coming months.”

Taylor and Abadie have already joined the Genesis trajectory program managed by IDEC Sport, beginning with this weekend’s Le Mans WEC event.

IDEC is partnering with Hyundai Motorsport to run an LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 as they prepare for Genesis’s Hypercar launch next year.

A 'Race Base' is being set up by GMR at Paul Ricard on an industrial site run by the parent firm of IDEC.

Warren Scheckter, the nephew of the 1979 Formula One World Champion Jody Scheckter, has been appointed as the commercial, marketing, and communications manager.

Mia Sharizman has joined GMR as an advisor for their driver program, after previously managing Renault’s young driver initiative from 2016 to 2022.

The Genesis GMR-001 hypercar, built around the ORECA chassis frame, is set to make its debut run in August, according to an announcement made recently. the launch of the LMDh program towards the end of last year .

Andre Lotterer, competing in the IDEC P2 entry alongside Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert at Le Mans, along with Pipo Derani, are the sole drivers confirmed as of now.

Read Also: How Lotterer has found the adaptation to LMP2 difficult. Genesis provides an early glimpse of its LMDh hypercar, which will compete in the 2026 Le Mans and WEC events.

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