F1 Legend Jacky Ickx Samples Genesis Hypercar in Paul Ricard Test

F1 legend Jacky Ickx samples Genesis Hypercar in Paul Ricard test

Last week, one of endurance racing’s greatest legends climbed into the cockpit of the GMR-001 Hypercar. Jacky Ickx, six-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and former F1 driver, and current Genesis Magma Racing Advisor, took to Circuit Paul Ricard for a landmark test, bringing decades of racing excellence to the team’s bold vision for the future. At 81, the Belgian racing legend sampled a current-generation Hypercar for the first time, giving him hi…

Ickx Drives Genesis Hypercar at Paul Ricard

Photo: Genesis Magma Racing Six-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Genesis Magma Racing advisor Jacky Ickx has recently sampled the team’s GMR-001 Hypercar for the first time. The 81-year-old endurance racing legend completed laps of the Paul Ricard circuit in a specially liveried Genesis, giving him a first-hand insight into the world of modern prototypes. Ickx first became an ambassador to Genesis back in February 2024, before its entry to th…

Ickx Samples Genesis Hypercar

Six-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Jacky Ickx was granted a special opportunity last week by Genesis Magma Racing at Circuit Paul Ricard. The 81-year-old racing legend from Belgium, who serves as a racing advisor for the Korean brand in its first venture into motorsport, got behind the wheel of the brand’s GMR-001 Hypercar in a special livery based on his helmet design. It was his first on-track experience of a top-class prototype from the current…

A clash of eras: Jacky Ickx gets behind the wheel of the Genesis Hypercar

Jacky Ickx took to the wheel of the Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar for a symbolic test at Paul Ricard. At 81 years old, the six-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner discovered a machine unlike anything he had experienced before, caught between modern technological complexity and memories of another era