Genesis Magma Racing confirmed that the Magma livery unveiled at Le Mans will remain unchanged for the rest of the 2026 WEC season. The two GMR-001s will retain the transition from deep red to the characteristic orange of Genesis's performance division in all remaining races, starting with the 6 Hours of São Paulo on the weekend of July 10‑12. Cyril Abiteboul, team principal, said the response the livery generated at La Sarthe was so positive that presenting that image in South America, before an audience that had not yet seen the car in person, helps consolidate the project's visual identity.

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The fourth round of the calendar marks the first event outside Europe for a team that made its debut this year and now faces the logistical challenge of moving both cars and all equipment to Brazil. Justin Taylor, chief engineer, said the transport required far more planning than the European rounds and that the department had to make sure every last detail was loaded, because any part left behind at the factory on an intercontinental trip costs track time. For a team that started in 2026 and is building its protocols on the fly, completing the journey with everything in order serves as a verification that processes are beginning to settle.

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Interlagos is the shortest circuit on the calendar, at 4.309 kilometres with 15 turns, and concentrates its difficulty in the second sector, where the slow, twisting corners equalise the pace of Hypercars and GT3s. Abiteboul explained that the on‑track operation must adapt to that demand because traffic management in that zone can compromise any strategy. Qualifying will be another thermometer for a car that put both its entries in the Le Mans Hyperpole but now faces a lap built on braking and traction, the opposite scenario to the fast corners where the GMR-001 showed its best form in France. The heat adds another variable that the team believes it can partially anticipate with the temperature and tyre data gathered at La Sarthe, although Dani Juncadella warned that the Brazilian asphalt punishes compounds very aggressively. The big unknown is how the Hypercar will respond on a different tyre compound, and that question will not be answered until the car hits the track on Friday.

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The team retains for Brazil the same three‑driver‑per‑car lineup it used at Le Mans. Pipo Derani, André Lotterer and Mathys Jaubert will share the number 17, and Paul‑Loup Chatin, Dani Juncadella and Mathieu Jaminet will do the same in the 19. Gabriele Tarquini, sporting director, justified keeping all six drivers in the need to preserve collective experience in a project that is still accumulating mileage, and the decision goes against what Aston Martin and Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA did, as they cut their lineups to two drivers for this round. Derani was born in São Paulo, is the only driver in Hypercar with that background, and has hardly competed at Interlagos because his career developed in Europe and North America. The car he shares with Lotterer and Jaubert retired from Le Mans with a suspension failure while running in the points, so the first objective at home is to finish the race and open the 2026 scoreboard. The 19 did finish at La Sarthe, and Jaminet considered that finishing in the top ten should be a realistic target if the team maintains the upward trend it has shown since Imola. Friday's practice session will be the first real opportunity to see if the GMR-001 can sustain that projection on a track that no one on the team has driven with this car.