- Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory drivers Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert, along with Dani Juncadella, scored a third win of the European Le Mans Series season at Silverstone
- Juncadella managed the life of his wet tyres through a double stint to end the race, negotiating the worst of the conditions before a red flag signalled the end
- The race had been halted twice during Chadwick’s stint, before the rain started to fall with Jaubert at the wheel of the IDEC Sport #18 LMP2 car
- The Frenchman made the perfect call to change onto wet weather tyres, helping lift the team into the lead, where Juncadella kept them for the remaining 90 minutes
- The victory leaves the trio of drivers second in the ELMS standings, just 6 points behind with only the season finale in Portugal left to run
Le Castellet, France, 14 September 2025: Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory drivers Jamie Chadwick and Mathys Jaubert, along with Dani Juncadella, scored a third win of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS), taking their IDEC Sport-run #18 LMP2 car to the overall victory at Silverstone. The victory also reinvigorated their championship challenge, leaving them second in the points’ standings with one round remaining.
Return to the Podium Proves Lessons Learned
The victory was the team’s first visit to the podium since their win at Le Castellet in early May. Since then, the drivers have been frustrated by mistakes and strategy miscues, often in changeable weather similar to the second half of the race at Silverstone.
Taking the lessons learned from the events at Imola and Spa-Francorchamps, the team executed an intelligent strategy. From the start, as her opening stint was interrupted twice by red flags following accidents, Jamie Chadwick showed great awareness, recognising the opportunity to use strategy to move up from the bottom of the top ten, where she handed the car over to teammate Jaubert.
Similarly, as conditions worsened during the closing stages of Jaubert’s time in the car – taking the middle stint for the team for the first time this season – the 20-year-old Frenchman began thinking about strategy choices to improve the team’s positions. As he moved through the order, including watching a rival spin out on the greasy track ahead, he made the decisive call from sixth place to pit for full wet-weather tyres.
Perfectly Timed Pit Stop Opens Way to Important Victory
The stop, where Dani Juncadella took over driving duties for the final portion of the race, made the IDEC Sport squad among the first to change to treaded tyres. However, as other teams made their own stops after extra laps searching for absent grip from slick tyres, Juncadella took the lead with a margin of nearly 20 seconds.
The gap allowed the Spaniard to save both fuel and tyres during a brief respite from the rain. This proved critical. Despite losing time on track, he was able to hold onto the lead after a final pit stop and then had more life in his tyres remaining for the final laps as heavy rain soaked the circuit before the final red flag ended the race with nine minutes remaining.
The result completed a remarkable trifecta for the team. Having won the LMP2 class in Juncadella’s home city of Barcelona, and overall at Jaubert’s home track at Le Castellet, success at the Northamptonshire track gave Chadwick victory in her first professional race on home soil since 2022.
The victory lifted the three drivers and team in second place in the ELMS standings. They are just six points in arrears with only the season finale at the 4 Hours of Portimão remaining on the calendar.
Post Race Quotes – #18 IDEC Sport ORECA 07
Jamie Chadwick said: “My stint was not the smoothest since we had the early Virtual Safety Car, where we tried to get a pit stop out of the way early, which I think was good but left me a bit out of position, so I had to make some moves, which was fun. I knew that we were off-strategy, so I was also thinking if we could save some fuel to try to get into a window. It was a great opportunity to capitalise on, so I was wondering what we want to do, but also because it’s cold, you also want to warm brakes and tyres and those two things don’t really go hand in hand. We made the right call to manage the race and get Mathys in the car for when the race really kicked off. It’s very special to win at home. I love this track. I feel like it’s a place that I have a lot of happy memories of and I added to those memories this weekend. Now we’re looking forward to the last race.”
Mathys Jaubert said: “Since I was racing in karting, I have always liked the kind of conditions with a bit of rain, but staying on slick tyres. The conditions were stable – it was raining slightly the whole stint, it was only in the last three or four laps where it was a bit tricky. I saw a car in front spin and I said ‘OK, maybe calm the driving a bit’. I talked to the team, saying that they needed to prepare wet tyres and then we stopped at the perfect timing. I’ve learned it is very important to be decisive at these moments. I knew that we had to take the risk. I think were a bit off in terms of pace this weekend, and we were in all the traffic with the other LMP2 cars. So, we took the risk and it paid off to give Dani the lead and to take the win.”
Daniel Juncadella said: “I obviously had a very tricky stint. The track was very slippery, especially at the very end when it was really undrivable. But until that point I had a lot of fun. I think the car was incredibly good in these conditions. The team did a great job to put ourselves in position to win again. It was an amazing call by our Race Engineer and an amazing job by my teammates. Who could ever think that they are two rookies to endurance racing and they’ve not done a single mistake all year. It was great to be in the position today to show my ability in the wet, which are conditions I really enjoy and great to win another race. I knew I had a 15 second gap in the beginning when the track was drying out, so I was hoping I could keep the lead between 10 and 5 seconds at least for the last pit, and I think that paid off because towards the end when it started raining I had a bit better grip than my rival when the conditions were the most difficult.”
Genesis Magma Racing Team Principal Cyril Abiteboul said: “The victory of Jamie, Mathys and Dani at Silverstone, and all the decisions and strategy shows how much they have progressed from the start of the season. The race was very difficult – from the start with the Virtual Safety Car and red flags when Jamie was driving, and then the changing conditions for Mathys and Dani later in the race. It was a whole team effort. Jamie managed her stint well, then Mathys made the decisive call to be one of the first to change to wets, which set up Dani perfectly to show his additional endurance racing experience to manage the lead, his fuel and tyres and stay calm when the heavy rains came to hold on to the end. When we started this season with the Genesis Magma Racing Trajectory Program, we never aimed, we never expected to be challenging for the ELMS title. However, now that has to be our target for the final round. It would be the perfect way to end the season and for us to be ready to take the next step with the GMR-001 into the FIA World Endurance Championship.”
2025 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Drivers’ Championship
After Round 5:
| 1 | O. Gray E. Masson C. Milesi | 81 |
| 2 | J. Chadwick M. Jaubert D. Juncadella | 75 75 75 |
| 3 | T. Dillmann J. Smiechowski N. Yelloly | 74 74 74 |
2025 European Le Mans Series LMP2 Teams’ Championship
After Round 5:
| 1 | VDS Panis Racing | 81 |
| 2 | IDEC Sport | 75 |
| 3 | Inter Europol Competition | 74 |
| 4 | Vector Sport | 48 |
| 5 | Nielsen Racing | 46 |
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