Marc Gené
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| First start: | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 2004 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1999-2000 Minardi • 2003-2004 Williams | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-17. ( 1999 , 2003 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 5 | ||||||||
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Marc Gené i Guerrero (born March 29, 1974 in Sabadell ) is a Spanish automobile racing driver . He launched between 1999 and 2004 in the Formula 1 and won in 2009, with David Brabham and Alexander Wurz , the 24-hour race at Le Mans . From 2004 to 2018 he was a test driver at the Ferrari Formula 1 racing team .
Gené's older brother Jordi is also a racing driver.
Career
Beginnings in motorsport
Gené began his motorsport career in 1987 in karting , which he practiced until 1991. Among other things, at the age of 13 he became the Catalan Vice Karting Champion of the national class in 1987 and won this and the Spanish Kart Championship a year later. In 1989 he drove in both the European and World Championships. In 1990 Gené won the Spanish Kart Championship as the youngest driver in its history. He was also 13th in the world championship.
In 1992 he switched to the single-seater racing and was fifth with a win the Spanish Formula Ford . In 1993 he was runner-up in the European Formula Ford. He was also runner-up at the Formula Ford Festival and finished eighth overall in the British Formula Ford. In 1994 he switched to the British Formula 3 championship . After he was 15th overall as the best newcomer in his first season, he finished eleventh overall in 1995 with a podium finish. In 1996 he became the master of the Italian SuperFormula .
In 1997 Gené competed in four Formula 3000 races and finished 25th overall at the end of the season without any points. In 1998 he switched to the Euro Open by Nissan . Starting for Campos Motorsport , the Spaniard won six races and won the championship title.
formula 1
After winning the championship, Gené moved to Minardi in Formula 1 in 1999 . After achieving a few placings among the top ten drivers, he scored his first Formula 1 point in sixth at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring . He benefited from the failure of his team-mate Luca Badoer , who had finished fourth. At the end of the season, Gené finished 17th overall. In 2000 he stayed with Minardi and got a new teammate in Gastón Mazzacane . Gené remained without points, but was faster than Mazzacane. In the overall standings, he finished 19th overall.
After 2001 had no cockpit found he became a test driver for Williams , where he was employed as a test driver for four years. In 2003, in addition to his test driver engagement, he took part in ten races of the World Series by Nissan , the previous series of which he won in 1998, and won one race for himself. He finished twelfth in the overall standings. Gené's personal highlight of the season was his performance at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix , where he started as a replacement for the injured Ralf Schumacher for Williams. He finished fifth and finished 17th in the drivers' world championship. A season later , the Spaniard came again for Williams. After a serious accident by Ralf Schumacher, Gené was allowed to start in two races. Since he could not meet the expectations of the team, he was then replaced by Antonio Pizzonia . In the overall ranking he finished 23rd this season.
At the end of 2004, Gené switched to Ferrari , where he was also given the task of test driver. At Ferrari he met his former Minardi team-mate Badoer, who had been a test driver for Scuderia for a long time. Despite the test restrictions passed in 2007 and the test ban that came into force in 2009, Gené was hired by Ferrari as a test driver and in 2010 was also under contract with Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella as a test driver for the Italians. Gené was a test driver at Ferrari until the end of the 2018 season .
GT and sports car racing
Parallel to his involvement as a Formula 1 test driver at Ferrari, in 2006 he was given the opportunity to take part in two races in the American Le Mans Series in a Ferrari F430 GT . He finished both races in the points, but missed the podium in his class with both Toni Vilander and Mario Domínguez . In 2007 he was hired by the Peugeot Total team for the Le Mans prototype project. He now started with Nicolas Minassian in the Le Mans Series . In the 2007 season he finished three of the six championship races as the winner, but he and Minassian were only third in the overall standings at the end of the year. In the non-championship 24-hour race of Le Mans 2007 , he and Minassian were supported by Jacques Villeneuve . However, the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP failed with engine failure. The driver duo stayed with Peugeot in 2008 and ended the Le Mans Series season as runner-up with two overall victories and another podium finish . On the official test day for the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2008 , Gené had an accident with the diesel prototype and destroyed his vehicle so badly that a new chassis had to be manufactured for Le Mans. Gené was unharmed, started the race a few days later and crossed the finish line with Villeneuve and Minassian behind main competitor Audi Sport North America in second place overall.
In 2009, Peugeot focused completely on Le Mans and only competed in the 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps in the Le Mans Series. In addition, the vehicle line-ups at Peugeot rotated, and he got two new team-mates in Alexander Wurz and David Brabham . In Spa the driver trio was able to finish after technical problems, but did not make it into the points with 12th place. At the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2009 , he, Wurz and Brabham won the endurance classic by one lap ahead of the works team's second Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and thus ended Audi's five-year winning streak. In 2010 Gené was then used in another long-distance race. He, Wurz and Anthony Davidson finished the Sebring 12-hour race as overall winners on their first start. His team retired at the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year.
statistics
Career stations
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Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 1999 | Fund metal Minardi Ford | Minardi M01 | Ford 3.0 V10 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17th |
| 2000 | Fund metal Minardi | Minardi M02 | Fondmetal 3.0 V10 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19th |
| 2003 | BMW.WilliamsF1 team | Williams FW25 | BMW P83 3.0 V10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 17th |
| 2004 | BMW.WilliamsF1 team | Williams FW26 | BMW P84 3.0 V10 90º | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23. |
| total | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th |
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2007 |
Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908 HDi FAP |
Nicolas Minassian
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Jacques Villeneuve
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failure | Engine failure |
| 2008 |
Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908 HDi FAP |
Nicolas Minassian
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Jacques Villeneuve
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Rank 2 | |
| 2009 |
Peugeot Sport Total
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Peugeot 908 HDi FAP |
Alexander Wurz
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David Brabham
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Overall victory | |
| 2010 |
Peugeot Sport Total
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Peugeot 908 HDi FAP |
Alexander Wurz
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Anthony Davidson
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failure | Engine failure |
| 2011 |
Peugeot Sport Total
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Peugeot 908 |
Alexander Wurz
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Anthony Davidson
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Rank 4 | |
| 2012 |
Audi Sport Team Joest
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Audi R18 ultra |
Romain Dumas
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Loïc Duval
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Rank 5 | |
| 2013 |
Audi Sport Team Joest
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Audi R18 e-tron quattro |
Oliver Jarvis
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Lucas di Grassi
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Rank 3 | |
| 2014 |
Audi Sport Team Joest
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Audi R18 e-tron quattro |
 Tom Kristensen
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Lucas di Grassi
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Rank 2 |
Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908 HDi FAP |
Alexander Wurz
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Anthony Davidson
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| 2011 |
Team Peugeot Total
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Peugeot 908 |
Alexander Wurz
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Anthony Davidson
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Rank 8 |
Web links
Single results
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2013/01/Ferrari_wagt_keine_Experimente_Neuer_Vertrag_fuer_Gene_13011003.html
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-187662-ferrari-benennt-drei-testfahrer/
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/formel1/news-205675-ferrari-engagiert-vergne-als-testfahrer/
- ^ Career. In: Marc gene. Retrieved August 3, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ "Marc Gene" (www.gt-eins.de; accessed on 24 March 2010)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gené, Marc |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gené i Guerrero, Marc (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish car racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sabadell , Spain |