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Marc Gené i Guerrero (born 29 March 1974) is a Spanish professional racing driver. He is best known as a tester for Williams and Ferrari in Formula One, Minardi Formula One driver and factory driver for Peugeot's Le Mans team, with which he won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. His brother Jordi is also a racing driver, competing in the WTCC for SEAT. He had 36 starts in Formula One, mostly through two seasons with the Minardi team, with which he scored a sixth-place finish at the attrition-filled 1999 European Grand Prix.

Starting from the 2010 season, Gené commented on Formula One races for Spanish television on Antena 3. In 2013 he became an expert analyst for Sky Sport F1 HD in Italy. He also remains with Ferrari as their brand ambassador.

Early years

Born in Sabadell, Gené finished runner-up in the 1987 Catalan Kart Championship (National Class) at the age of 13; In 1994, Gené was named Rookie of the Year in the British Formula 3 Championship; he placed tenth in 1995. In 1996, Gené won the FISA Superformula championship, and in 1997 he competed in six rounds of the FIA Formula 3000 series, though he failed to score a point. In 1998, he won the Open Fortuna by Nissan Championship with six wins and three poles. A limit on testing in Formula One in 2007 and 2008 had restricted his involvement.

At the end of 2010, Gené along with Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella was replaced by Jules Bianchi as Ferrari test driver ahead of the 2011 season.

Sportscar racing

thumb|right|Gené won the [[2010 12 Hours of Sebring with team-mates Alexander Wurz and Anthony Davidson.]]

Gené has also been hired by Peugeot as a factory driver for their 908 HDi FAP Le Mans Series effort, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2007. In 2008, Gené crashed his 908 heavily in practice for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, but escaped with a broken toe. A year later, however, there were no such problems, and the Peugeot he shared with David Brabham and Alex Wurz completed 382 laps on its way to victory in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. He completed the last stint for the team and brought the 908 home to a standing ovation from the avid French crowd, who saw one of their cars stop the recent domination of Audi in the prestigious event.

In both 2008 and 2009, Gené also took part in the 1000 km Spa endurance race, winning in 2008 and finishing 12th in 2009.

Career Statistics (as of 2004 British Grand Prix)

Grands Prix started: 36
Points: 5
Best Championship position: 17th (2003)
Most points in one season: 4 (2003)
Best race classification: 5th (2003 Italian Grand Prix)
Best grid position: 5th (2003 Italian Grand Prix)

Racing record

Career summary

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align:center"

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

! 1992

|align=left nowrap| Spanish Formula Ford Championship

|align=left nowrap| ?

| ?

| 1

| 2

| ?

| 6th

! 1993

|align=left nowrap| European Formula Ford Championship

|align=left nowrap| ?

| ?

| 1

| 0

| 3

| ?

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

! 1994

|align=left nowrap| British Formula Three Championship

|align=left nowrap| Alan Docking Racing

| 17

| 0

| 19

| 15th

! 1995

|align=left nowrap| British Formula Three Championship

|align=left nowrap| West Surrey Racing

| 18

| 0

| 1

| 59

| 11th

! 1996

|align=left nowrap| II Fisa Golden Cup Superformula

|align=left nowrap| ?

| ?

!style="background:#FBFFBF"| 1st

! rowspan=2| 1997

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| International Formula 3000 Championship

|align=left nowrap| Pacific Racing

| 2

| 0

|rowspan=2| 0

|rowspan=2| 25th

|align=left nowrap| Nordic Racing

| 4

| 0

! 1998

|align=left nowrap| Euro Open by Nissan

|align=left nowrap| Campos Motorsport

| 14

| 6

| 3

| 4

| 9

| 178

!style="background:#FBFFBF"| 1st

! 1999

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Fondmetal Minardi Team

| 16

| 0

| 1

| 18th

! 2000

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Telefónica Minardi Fondmetal

| 17

| 0

| 19th

! 2001

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! 2002

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! 2003

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

| 1

| 0

| 4

| 17th

! 2004

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

| 2

| 0

| 23rd

! 2005

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! rowspan=2| 2006

|align=left nowrap| American Le Mans Series

|align=left nowrap| Risi Competizione

| 2

| 0

| 18

| 22nd

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! rowspan=3| 2007

|align=left nowrap| Le Mans Series - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Team Peugeot Total

| 6

| 3

| 0

| 4

| 33

| 4th

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| N/A

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! rowspan=3| 2008

|align=left nowrap| Le Mans Series - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Team Peugeot Total

| 5

| 2

| 0

| 3

| 32

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| 1

| N/A

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! rowspan=3| 2009

|align=left nowrap| Le Mans Series - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Team Peugeot Total

| 1

| 0

| NC

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| 1

| N/A

!style="background:#FBFFBF"| 1st

|align=left nowrap| Formula One

|align=left nowrap| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

|colspan=7| Test Driver

! rowspan=2| 2010

|align=left nowrap| Le Mans Series - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Team Peugeot Total

| 1

| 0

| 15

| 22nd

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| N/A

! rowspan=2| 2011

|align=left nowrap| Le Mans Series - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Team Peugeot Total

| 1

| 0

| NC

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 4th

! rowspan=2| 2012

|align=left nowrap| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Audi Sport Team Joest

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 49

| 11th

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| N/A

| 5th

! rowspan=2| 2013

|align=left nowrap| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Audi Sport Team Joest

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 45

| 9th

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| 1

| N/A

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

! rowspan=2| 2014

|align=left nowrap| FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP1

|align=left nowrap rowspan=2| Audi Sport Team Joest

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 36

| 12th

|align=left nowrap| 24 Hours of Le Mans

| 1

| 0

| 1

| N/A

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

Complete British Formula Three Championship results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! DC

! Points

| 1994

! nowrap| Alan Docking Racing

! nowrap| Dallara F394

! nowrap| Mugen-Honda

! A

|SIL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| DON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| BRH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align="center"| BRH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| THR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| OUL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| DON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SNE

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| PEM

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| THR

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SIL

! 15th

! 19

| 1995

! nowrap| West Surrey Racing

! nowrap| Dallara F395

! nowrap| Mugen-Honda

! A

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| THR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| DON

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" align="center"| DON

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| DON

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| OUL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| BRH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| SNE

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| PEM

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| PEM

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" align="center"| SIL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" align="center"| THR

! 11th

! 59

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! DC

! Points

|rowspan=2| 1997

! nowrap| Pacific Racing

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| PAU

| HEL

|colspan=7|

!rowspan=2| 25th

!rowspan=2| 0

! nowrap| Nordic Racing

|colspan=3|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC

| A1R

| SPA

| MUG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER

!colspan=14"|

Complete Euro Open by Nissan results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! DC

! Points

| 1998

! nowrap| Campos Racing

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ALB 1

|style="background:#efcfff;"| ALB 2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| CAT 1

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| CAT 2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| JER 1

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| JER 2

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| DON 1

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| DON 2

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAT 1

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| CAT 2

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ALB 1

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ALB 2

|style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL 1

|style="background:#efcfff;"| VAL 2

!style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

!style="background:#ffffbf;"| 178

Complete Formula One results

(key)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! WDC

! Points

! nowrap| Fondmetal Minardi Ford

! nowrap| Minardi M01

! nowrap| Ford V10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SMR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EUR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN

|colspan=2|

! 17th

! 1

! nowrap| Telefónica Minardi Fondmetal

! nowrap| Minardi M02

! nowrap| Fondmetal V10

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SMR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EUR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAL

! 19th

! 0

! nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

! nowrap| Williams FW25

! nowrap| BMW V10

| AUS

| MAL

| BRA

| SMR

| ESP

| AUT

| MON

| CAN

| EUR

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

| HUN

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA

| USA

| JPN

|colspan=2|

! 17th

! 4

! nowrap| BMW WilliamsF1 Team

! nowrap| Williams FW26

! nowrap| BMW V10

| AUS

| MAL

| BHR

| SMR

| ESP

| MON

| EUR

| CAN

| USA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR

| GER

| HUN

| BEL

| ITA

| CHN

| JPN

| BRA

! 23rd

! 0

!colspan=24"|

Complete World Series by Nissan results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! DC

! Points

| 2003

! nowrap| Campos Motorsport

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| JAR 1

|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| JAR 2

|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| ZOL 1

|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| ZOL 2

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| MAG 1

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| MAG 2

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| MNZ 1

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| MNZ 2

|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| LAU 1

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| LAU 2

|A1R 1

|A1R 2

|CAT 1

|CAT 2

|VAL 1

|VAL 2

|JAR 1

|JAR 2

! 12th

! 54

24 Hours of Le Mans results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

|align="left" nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

|align="left" nowrap| Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

| LMP1

| 338

| DNF

|align="left" nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

|align="left" nowrap| Nicolas Minassian Jacques Villeneuve

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

| LMP1

| 381

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|align="left" nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

|align="left" nowrap| David Brabham Alexander Wurz

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

| LMP1

| 382

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

|align="left" nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

|align="left" nowrap| Anthony Davidson Alexander Wurz

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

| LMP1

| 360

| DNF

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot Sport Total

|align="left" nowrap| Anthony Davidson Alexander Wurz

|align="left" nowrap| Peugeot 908

| LMP1

| 351

| 4th

|align="left" nowrap| Audi Sport Team Joest

|align="left" nowrap| Romain Dumas Loïc Duval

|align="left" nowrap| Audi R18 ultra

| LMP1

| 366

| 5th

|align="left" nowrap| Audi Sport Team Joest

|align="left" nowrap| Oliver Jarvis Lucas di Grassi

|align="left" nowrap| Audi R18 e-tron quattro

| LMP1

| 347

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

|align="left" nowrap| Audi Sport Team Joest

|align="left" nowrap| Tom Kristensen Lucas di Grassi

|align="left" nowrap| Audi R18 e-tron quattro

| LMP1-H

| 376

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

!colspan="8"|

Complete Le Mans Series results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Class

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! Rank

! Points

| 2007

! nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

! LMP1

! nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

! nowrap| Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL

! 4th

! 33

| 2008

! nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

! LMP1

! nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

! nowrap| Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAT

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SPA

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 32

| 2010

! nowrap| Team Peugeot Total

! LMP1

! nowrap| Peugeot 908 HDi FAP

! nowrap| Peugeot 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)

| CAS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA

| ALG

| HUN

| SIL

! 22nd

! 15

| 2011

! nowrap| Peugeot Sport Total

! LMP1

! nowrap| Peugeot 908

! nowrap| Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)

| CAS

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SPA

| IMO

| SIL

| EST

! NC

! 0

!colspan="13"|