Genesis has signed Jamie Chadwick as its reserve driver for the 2026 World Endurance Championship after she accomplished her first take a look at within the GMR-001 Hypercar.
Chadwick, who was already part of Genesis’s Trajectory Programme this 12 months, will step as much as the position after ending third within the 2025 European Le Mans Collection in an IDEC Sport Oreca 07.
Because the workforce’s official reserve, Chadwick will probably be chargeable for the event work of the GMR-001 and can full a number of classes on observe and within the simulator.
She is going to mix the position with a yet-to-be-announced racing programme.
Chadwick turns into simply the fifth driver to affix the Hyundai model’s roster forward of its maiden marketing campaign within the WEC’s Hypercar class in 2026 with its Oreca LMP2-based contender.
Genesis had beforehand named Andre Lotterer, Pipo Derani, Daniel Juncadella and Mathys Jaubert as a part of its race line-up, with the remaining two drivers set to be introduced at a later date.
“It is massively particular to be concerned within the improvement of the GMR-001 Hypercar,” mentioned Chadwick. “It is one other development in my profession and one I am actually pleased with.
“Turning into a Reserve Driver in Hypercar is one step nearer to my final purpose. The chance to check and drive extra is one thing that I am actually trying ahead to and a job that I will attempt to relish and profit from.”
She added: “The event position may also be an enormous assist to my racing. Clearly, Hypercar is a step up when it comes to every part that you simply’re studying, however you’ll be able to nonetheless take that again to different classes and collection simply from the fixed testing and dealing with the engineers.”
Jamie Chadwick, Genesis
Photograph by: Genesis
Chadwick joined Genesis quartet Lotterer, Derani, Juncadella and Jaubert final week for a three-day take a look at at Magny-Cours, driving the Genesis LMDh in each dry and moist circumstances.
Genesis claims she is just the second girl to drive a WEC hypercar, after Lilou Wadoux’s debut outing in a Toyota GR010 Hybrid in 2022 and two current appearances in a Ferrari 499P.
“My first laps within the GMR-001 Hypercar had been wonderful,” she mentioned. “It’s a very spectacular automobile and so quick in a straight line. There’s plenty of totally different methods out there to you as a driver, instruments that you need to use to make a distinction.
“Clearly, a lot is altering and evolving with each take a look at that the workforce does, but it surely’s only a tremendous automobile to drive, but in addition only a nice workforce to be a part of.”
Genesis sporting director and 2009 World Touring Automobile champion Gabriel Tarquini described Chadwick as a significant a part of the workforce.
“It is all the time excellent to have suggestions from a brand new driver who doesn’t know the automobile in any respect,” he mentioned. “Jamie has had a improbable season with our Trajectory Programme within the European Le Mans Collection.
“As a improvement driver for the GMR-001 Hypercar, she will probably be a significant a part of our workforce for the long run in serving to us put together for occasions and make the development we are going to want throughout our first season.”
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