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Genesis takes its first WEC pole at Barcelona
Genesis newcomer Mathys Jaubert took pole for the World Endurance Championship’s Barcelona 6 Hours.
He set the fastest time in the 10-minute Hyperpole session in the No.
17 Genesis GMR-001.
His 1m30.166s lap beat Toyota’s Ryo Hirakawa by nearly two tenths of a second.
The result gives Genesis its first WEC pole position in the Hypercar class during its debut season.
Pole means Jaubert’s car will start the race from the front, but it does not decide the final result.
The six-hour race starts Sunday at noon local time and is the penultimate round of the 2026 season.
Genesis claimed its first World Endurance Championship Hypercar pole position at Barcelona.
Mathys Jaubert set a fastest lap of 1m30.166s in the No. 17 Genesis GMR-001 LMDh.
He beat Toyota’s Ryo Hirakawa by nearly two tenths of a second.
The pole was secured in a 10-minute Hyperpole session ahead of Sunday’s Barcelona 6 Hours.
Tom Fleming took LMGT3 pole for McLaren and Garage 59.
- Who
- Genesis driver Mathys Jaubert took pole.
- What
- Genesis secured its first WEC Hypercar pole position.
- When
- October 17, 2026, during qualifying for Sunday’s race.
- Where
- Barcelona.
- Why
- Not stated
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Mathys Jaubert set a 1m30.166s lap in Hyperpole to secure Genesis’s first WEC pole.
The Barcelona 6 Hours is scheduled to start at 12:00 local time.
- Genesis pole lap
- 1m30.166s
- Pole-winning driver
- Mathys Jaubert
- Car
- No. 17 Genesis GMR-001 LMDh
- Second place
- Ryo Hirakawa in the No. 8 Toyota, 1m30.336s
- LMGT3 pole
- Tom Fleming, Garage 59 McLaren, 1m40.993s