It was a first pole for the WEC's newest hypercar team
For the first time in its short history, Genesis Magma Racing is on pole position.
Mathys Jaubert's No. 17 car was consistently on the pace from the start of qualifying and comfortably outperformed the likes of Alpine and Toyota.
Two strong laps at the very end of Hyperpole allowed Jaubert to claim Genesis’ maiden pole position by 0.170s. Jaubert later praised his team’s efforts, saying “the car was just amazing”, while Andre Lotterer lauded Jaubert’s performance and maturity, calling the 21-year-old a “little star”.
Mathieu Jaminet's No. 19 car suffered an early scare when it stopped at the end of the pit lane in the first part of qualifying.
Jaminet was able to get going and underlined the GMR-001’s one-lap pace throughout, and briefly looked set to make it an all-Genesis front-row lockout; however, a last-ditch attempt by the No.8 Toyota sealed second on the grid.
Charles Milesi took fourth for Alpine ahead of the No.12 Cadillac of Will Stevens, who had initial pace, but fell out of contention as the session wore on.
Robert Kubica in the No.83 AF Corse Ferrari narrowly avoided elimination in the first part of qualifying and went on to take sixth ahead of the second Alpine driven by Victor Martins, the No.50 Ferrari driven by Antonio Fuoco and Nyck de Vries in the No.7 Toyota. Jack Aitken in the No.38 Cadillac rounded off the top 10.
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Both Aston Martins failed to progress. The No. 007 and No. 009 cars missed out by less than a tenth of a second.
Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 51 Ferrari was unexpectedly knocked out in the first part of qualifying after losing a lap for track limits and will start 13th.
Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 20 BMW took 14th, ahead of the No. 94 Peugeot. Although upbeat about the BMW M Hybrid V8’s race pace, van der Linde couldn't explain the qualifying result. Dries Vanthoor in the No.15 BMW capped off a disappointing day for the team in 16th—a poor result, given BMW’s 23-point championship deficit.
Vanthor will share the final row of the grid with the No.93 Peugeot.
The 2026 6 Hours of Barcelona will begin at 11 am (GMT) on 18 October.
For the first time in its short history, Genesis Magma Racing is on pole position.
Mathys Jaubert's No. 17 car was consistently on the pace from the start of qualifying and comfortably outperformed the likes of Alpine and Toyota.
Two strong laps at the very end of Hyperpole allowed Jaubert to claim Genesis’ maiden pole position by 0.170s. Jaubert later praised his team’s efforts, saying “the car was just amazing”, while Andre Lotterer lauded Jaubert’s performance and maturity, calling the 21-year-old a “little star”.
Mathieu Jaminet's No. 19 car suffered an early scare when it stopped at the end of the pit lane in the first part of qualifying.
Jaminet was able to get going and underlined the GMR-001’s one-lap pace throughout, and briefly looked set to make it an all-Genesis front-row lockout; however, a last-ditch attempt by the No.8 Toyota sealed second on the grid.
Charles Milesi took fourth for Alpine ahead of the No.12 Cadillac of Will Stevens, who had initial pace, but fell out of contention as the session wore on.
Robert Kubica in the No.83 AF Corse Ferrari narrowly avoided elimination in the first part of qualifying and went on to take sixth ahead of the second Alpine driven by Victor Martins, the No.50 Ferrari driven by Antonio Fuoco and Nyck de Vries in the No.7 Toyota. Jack Aitken in the No.38 Cadillac rounded off the top 10.
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Both Aston Martins failed to progress. The No. 007 and No. 009 cars missed out by less than a tenth of a second.
Antonio Giovinazzi in the No. 51 Ferrari was unexpectedly knocked out in the first part of qualifying after losing a lap for track limits and will start 13th.
Sheldon van der Linde in the No. 20 BMW took 14th, ahead of the No. 94 Peugeot. Although upbeat about the BMW M Hybrid V8’s race pace, van der Linde couldn't explain the qualifying result. Dries Vanthoor in the No.15 BMW capped off a disappointing day for the team in 16th—a poor result, given BMW’s 23-point championship deficit.
Vanthor will share the final row of the grid with the No.93 Peugeot.
The 2026 6 Hours of Barcelona will begin at 11 am (GMT) on 18 October.
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