Genesis Magma Racing has taken its first FIA World Endurance Championship pole position, with Mathys Jaubert putting the #17 GMR-001 at the front of the grid for the 6 Hours of Barcelona.\n\nJaubert set a 1:30.166 in Hyperpole, beating Ryō Hirakawa in the #8 Toyota by 0.170 seconds. The lap delivered a major milestone for Genesis in only its seventh WEC race weekend.\n\n## Genesis locks out two of the top three\n\nThe pace was already clear in the first part of qualifying. Mathieu Jaminet topped the session in the sister #19 Genesis with a 1:30.479, while Jaubert progressed in third. In Hyperpole the order switched: Jaubert went fastest, while Jaminet recovered from two brief stoppages across qualifying and Hyperpole to secure third on the grid.\n\nThat leaves the two GMR-001 Hypercars first and third, split only by Hirakawa’s Toyota. Charles Milesi qualified the #35 Alpine fourth, ahead of Will Stevens in the #12 Cadillac and Robert Kubica in the #83 AF Corse Ferrari.\n\n## A record for Jaubert\n\nAt 21, Jaubert also became the youngest outright polesitter in FIA WEC history. The result adds another marker to a rapid first season for Genesis, which has moved from simply finishing races to regularly challenging established Hypercar manufacturers near the front.\n\nThe bigger question now is whether Genesis can convert qualifying speed into its strongest race result yet. The 6 Hours of Barcelona starts on Sunday, 18 October, with the #17 GMR-001 leading the field away from pole.