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Marc Gené i Guerrero (born March 29, 1974 in Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain) is a former Formula One Driver who drove for Minardi and Williams from 1999 to 2004. Gene has also tested for Ferrari. Gené's older brother Jordi Gene is also a racing driver who is currently competing in touring cars.

As of 2018, Marc Gené is an auto racing commentator for Sky Sports Italia.

Early career[]

Gené started karting at age 13 in 1987. In his first year of karts, he came runner-up in the 1987 Catalan Kart Championship and then would go on to win the Spanish Karting Championship in 1988 and in 1989, he competed in both the European and World Karting Championships.

In 1990, at age 16, he won the Senior Spanish Karting Championship, making him the youngest to ever do so, and then won it again in 1991. Gene moved to Spanish Formula Ford in 1992 at age 18 where he finished fifth in the championship with one win and two pole positions. In 1993, Gene moved to the European Formula Ford league, coming runner-up in the championship.

In 1994, he moved to the Formula 3 British Championship and was named Rookie of the Year, finishing 10th and then 10th again in 1995. In 1996, he moved to the FISA Superformula Championship where he won in his debut year. 1997 he moved to Formula 3000, where he participated in 5 rounds, but however failed to score a point, the following year was more successful in 1998 he won the Open Fortuna by Nissan Championship, which caught the eye of the Minardi Formula One team.


Formula One[]

1999-2000: Minardi[]

1999

Impressed with his performances, the Minardi F1 Team signed a two year deal for him at the team alongside Luca Badoer. However, the Minardi failed to show any strong results and was often unreliable, but he did manage to score one point by finishing 6th at the European Grand Prix. It would be the team's only points-scoring finish of the season.

2000

Staying on at Minardi for the 2000 season, he was now partnered by new teammate Gastón Mazzacane, however once again the Minardi failed to show any strong results and like 1999 was fairly unreliable and uncompetitive.

2001-2004: Williams[]

2001-2002

After 2000, Gené's contract with Minardi was not renewed and he could no longer find a decent drive due to sponsorship problems, however he signed for the Williams team for 2001 as one of their test drivers, he completed many miles while testing for Williams between 2001 and 2002.

2003

Gené continued his testing role at Williams, but in 2003 when team driver Ralf Schumacher was injured due to a concussion, Gené replaced him at the Italian Grand Prix where he finished fifth in the race in a successful return to Formula One racing. However, Schumacher was back for the next round in the United States Grand Prix.

2004

Gené would replace Ralf Schumacher again in 2004 when he suffered neck and back injuries at the United States Grand Prix. Gené was supposed to replace him for the remainder of the season until he returned, but after disappointing results at the French and British Grand Prix, finishing 10th and 12th respectively, the team dropped him in favour of the other test driver Antônio Pizzonia. He has never raced since the replacement. At the end of the year in November, Gené signed a two year deal for Ferrari as a test driver, starting in 2005.

2005-2010: Ferrari[]

2005-2008

Moving to Ferrari as one of the teams test and reserve drivers, Gené partnered old Minardi teammate Luca Badoer in the testing role. The pair covered many miles over the next couple of years in developing the Ferrari cars.

2009-2010

With an in season testing ban for 2009, Gene was unable to get much testing out of the car. However, when team driver Felipe Massa was critically injured at the Hungarian Grand Prix, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher was set to replace him. However, when he was ruled out due to a neck injury, Gené was expected to take his place. However, it was fellow tester, Badoer, that got the drive. However when he failed to perform, Gené was set to replace him, but then the seat was taken from him again, when the team announced Giancarlo Fisichella would replace him instead.

After the 2010 season, Gené, along with Badoer and Fisichella, were replaced as test drivers at Ferrari by Jules Bianchi.

Other Series[]

During his career and since leaving Formula 1, Gené has competed for Audi and Peugeot in 6 Le Mans 24 Hour events, including overall victory in the 2008 event. He is currently commentating in Formula One races for Spanish television channel Antena 3.

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year Entrant Team WDC Pts. WDC Pos. Report
1999 Italy Fondmetal Minardi Ford Minardi-Ford Cosworth 1 18th Report
2000 Italy Telefónica Minardi Fondmetal Minardi-Fondmetal 0 19th Report
2001 United Kingdom BMW Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Test Driver
2002 United Kingdom BMW Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Test Driver
2003 United Kingdom BMW Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Test Driver Report
4 17th
2004 United Kingdom BMW Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Test Driver Report
0 23rd
2005 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver
2006 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver
2007 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver
2008 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver
2009 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver
2010 Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari Test Driver

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts Pos
1999 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Monaco Flag of Spain Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Austria Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Europe Flag of Malaysia Flag of Japan 1 18th
Ret 9th 9th Ret Ret 8th Ret 15th 11th 9th 17th 16th Ret 6th 9th Ret
2000 Flag of Australia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Great Britain Flag of Spain Flag of Europe Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Austria Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan Flag of Malaysia 0 19th
8th Ret Ret 14th 14th Ret Ret 16th 15th 8th Ret 15th 14th 9th 12th Ret Ret
2001-2002: Did not compete
2003 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Brazil Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Austria Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Italy Flag of the United States Flag of Japan 4 17th
5th
2004 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of San Marino Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Europe Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of China Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil 0 23rd
10th 12th
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

Notes[]

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V T E Teams and Drivers
2008 Teams and Drivers
Teams FerrariBMW SauberRenaultWilliamsRed BullToyotaToro RossoHondaSuper AguriForce IndiaMcLaren
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariBMWToyotaHonda
Race Drivers Räikkönen • 2 Massa • 3 Heidfeld • 4 Kubica • 5 Alonso • 6 Piquet, Jr • 7 Rosberg • 8 Nakajima • 9 Coulthard • 10 Webber • 11 Trulli • 12 Glock • 14 Bourdais • 15 Vettel • 16 Button • 17 Barrichello • 18 Sato • 19 Davidson • 20 Sutil • 21 Fisichella • 22 Hamilton • 23 Kovalainen
Other Drivers Badoer • Gené • Schumacher • Klien • Asmer • di Grassi • Grosjean • Yamamoto • Hülkenberg • Buemi • Kobayashi • Hartley • Wurz • Conway • Filippi • Liuzzi • Paffett • de la Rosa
2009 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenFerrariBMW SauberRenaultToyotaToro RossoRed BullWilliamsForce IndiaBrawn
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariBMWToyota
Race Drivers Hamilton • 2 Kovalainen • 3 Massa • Badoer • 4 Räikkönen • 5 Kubica • 6 Heidfeld • 7 Alonso • 8 Piquet, Jr • 8 Grosjean • 9 Trulli • 10 Glock • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Bourdais • 11 Alguersuari • 12 Buemi • 14 Webber • 15 Vettel • 16 Rosberg • 17 Nakajima • 20 Sutil • 21/3 Fisichella • 21 Liuzzi • 22 Button • 23 Barrichello
Other Drivers Paffett • de la Rosa • Gené • Klien • di Grassi • Hartley • Coulthard • Hülkenberg • Davidson • Wurz
2010 Teams and Drivers
Teams McLarenMercedesRed BullFerrariWilliamsRenaultForce IndiaToro RossoLotusHRTBMW SauberVirgin
Engines MercedesRenaultFerrariCosworth
Race Drivers Button • 2 Hamilton • 3 Schumacher • 4 Rosberg • 5 Vettel • 6 Webber • 7 Massa • 8 Alonso • 9 Barrichello • 10 Hülkenberg • 11 Kubica • 12 Petrov • 14 Sutil • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Buemi • 17 Alguersuari • 18 Trulli • 19 Kovalainen • 20 Chandhok • 20/21 Yamamoto • 20 Klien • 21 Senna • 22 De la Rosa • 22 Heidfeld • 23 Kobayashi • 24 Glock • 25 Di Grassi
Other Drivers Paffett • Hartley • Ricciardo • Coulthard • Fisichella • Badoer • Gené • Bottas • Tung • D'Ambrosio • Charouz • Di Resta • Fauzy • Soucek • Razia
2011 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin
Engines Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio
Other Drivers Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs
2012 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia
Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic
Other Drivers Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota
2013 Teams and Drivers
Teams Red Bull • Ferrari • McLaren • Lotus • Mercedes • Sauber • Force India • Williams • Toro Rosso • Caterham • Marussia
Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Alonso • 4 Massa • 5 Button • 6 Pérez • 7 Räikkönen • 7 Kovalainen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Rosberg • 10 Hamilton • 11 Hülkenberg • 12 Gutiérrez • 14 Di Resta • 15 Sutil • 16 Maldonado • 17 Bottas • 18 Vergne • 19 Ricciardo • 20 Pic • 21 Van der Garde • 22 Bianchi • 23 Chilton
Other Drivers Buemi • Félix da Costa • Sainz Jr. • Gené • De la Rosa • Rigon • Paffett • Turvey • Magnussen • d'Ambrosio • Prost • Valsecchi • Hartley • Bird • Frijns • Sato • Sirotkin • Rossiter • Calado • Wolff • Juncadella • Kyvat • Rossi • Ma • Stevens • Razia • González • Ellinas
2014 Teams and Drivers
Teams Caterham • Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers Vettel • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Chilton • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Pérez • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 17 Bianchi • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 25 Vergne • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 42 Rossi • 44 Hamilton • 45 Lotterer • 46 Stevens • 77 Bottas • 99 Sutil
Other Drivers Buemi • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Frijns • Gené • Juncadella • Paffett • Rigon • Sirotkin • Sørensen • Turvey • Van der Garde • Vandoorne • Wolff
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