South Korean junior single-seater talents Kyuho Lee and Michael Shin have joined the driver development programme of Genesis Magma Racing.
This year Genesis, the luxury brand of the Hyundai Motor Company, will enter the World Endurance Championship’s top Hypercar class with its own team and car.
As part of the South Korean brand’s expansion into motorsport, it has scouted talents to sign as junior drivers and Jamie Chadwick, Lee and Shin will be the members of the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Programme in 2026.
Chadwick was a junior driver of the Williams Formula 1 team until the end of 2024, a year in which she claimed a landmark Indy Nxt victory, then became Genesis’s first junior as she switched to sportscar racing. She came third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series, and will Genesis’s reserve driver in WEC.
Lee’s arrival into the GMRTP was accompanied by the announcement that he would be racing in GB3 this season with Elite Motorsport. The 17-year-old steps up to the third-tier championship after a single year in Formula 4.
He started off with Pinnacle Motorsport in F4 Middle East, contesting two rounds and coming 20th in the standings. Spanish F4 was Lee’s next destination, and he raced for Rodin Motorsport. In the winter championship he was a points-free 31st, and was 22nd in the main championship after missing the final round. His year concluded on the streets of Macau in the FIA F4 World Cup, which he retired from.
“My goal this year is to show steady progress, score points regularly, step on the podium and win races but also build a strong foundation that prepares me for the next stage of my career,” Lee said of his GB3 move.
“I chose GB3 because it’s one of the most competitive and well-structured junior single-seater championships in Europe. It offers a very high technical level, featuring strong teams, excellent circuits and a clear pathway towards FIA Formula 3 and beyond. For a driver aiming to build a serious long-term motorsport career in Europe, GB3 is the ideal environment to develop racecraft, technical understanding and mental strength against top-level competition.”
Shin will race for Hitech GP in the FIA F3 Championship this year. He moves across from Euroformula, which he came third in last year with four victories and eight other podiums. The 21-year-old began 2025 in Formula Regional Oceania, making the podium twice and coming eighth in the standings down under.
It closely mirrored his 2024, in which he was fourth in FRegional Oceania with one win and four other podiums then sixth in Euroformula. His half-season featured two wins, a pole and four other podiums. He has three rounds of FIA F3 experience from 2023.
“I am delighted to be joining the Genesis Magma Racing family as part of the Trajectory Programme. To be part of a Korean team as one of the only Korean drivers racing abroad brings great pride to myself, my family and team,” said Shin.