Marc Gene | Birthdate: | March 29th 1974 | | | | Country: | Spain  | | | | Gender: | M |
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| History: | | 1987 - | Second in the Catalan Kart Championship. | | 1988 - | First in the Spanish Kart Championship (national class)First in the Catalan Kart Championship (national class). | | 1989 - | 10th in the European Kart Championship (junior class)19th in the World Kart Championship (national class). | | 1990 - | First in the Spanish Kart Championship (youngest winner in the senior class). | | 1991 - | First in the Catalan Kart Championship (senior class)13th in the World Kart Championship, Formula A. | | 1992 - | 5th in the Spanish Formula Ford Championship, one win, one pole position. | | 1993 - | 2nd in the Formula Ford Festival (World Cup), Team Manor Motorsport2nd in the Formula Ford European Championship, one win and three podium placings in four races. | | 1994 - | British Formula 3 Championship, Alan Docking Racing, "Rookie of the Year"; 7th in the international Formula 3 Challenge at Donington Park. | | 1995 - | British Formula 3 Championship, West Surrey Racing, two podium placings2nd Avon Prize for the three fastest drivers in British Formula 3. | | 1996 - | 1st in the II Fisa Golden Cup Superformula, one win, four podium placings, four pole positions. | | 1997 - | International Formula 3000 Championship, Pacific Racing Team and Nordic Racing Team. | | 1998 - | 1st in the Formula Open Fortuna by Nissan, Team Adrian Campos Motorsports, six winsFormula One test with Fondmetal Minardi Ford. | | 1999 - | 17th in the Formula One World Championship; Fondmetal Minardi Ford, 10 out of 16 possible finishes, 6th in the Nürburgring Grand Prix; nominated "Best Rookie of the Year" by the Spanish Car and Driver magazine and as Driver of the Year by Spanish Motorracing World. | | 2000 - | 19th in the Formula One World Championship Telefonica Minardi Team, 8 out of 17 possible finishes. | | 2001 - | Test Driver for BMW Williams. | | 2003 - | Formula 1: BMW Williams Test Driver | | 2004 - | Formula 1: BMW Williams Test Driver |
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Marc Gene made his first F1 appearance for Minardi in 1999, and his last for Williams in 2004. A big difference.
Gene's first full season yielded an unlikely point, but one which was definetely deserved. As all the championship contenders fell by the wayside, Gene found himself sixth, on course for a point. Having had to let Hakkinen past earlier the Spaniard held off Eddie Irvine to clinch the final point.
Minardi retained Gene for 2000, but they couldn't repeat their points score. Gene had a much less impressive team mate, Gaston Mazzacane, and blitzed the Argentine rookie. However his Formula 1 career looked over.
For 2001 he took a Williams test role, and remained there until the end of 2004. He has started races for the team, on both occasions replacing the injured Ralf Schumacher. In Monza 2003 he took home fifth place, however a year later he struggled and lost the replacement driver tag to Antonio Pizzonia.
Gene left at the end of the season to become Ferrari's test driver alongside ex-Minardi team-mate Luca Badoer. However as yet Gene has failed to receive the chance he got at Williams, and has yet to race for the Scuderia.
Statistics
| Statistic | # | Percentage | First | Last |
| Number of Grand Prix | 36 | 100% |  1999 |  2004 |
| Number of starts | 36 | 100.00% | 1999 | 2004 |
| Number of finishes | 22 | 61.11% |  1999 | 2004 |
| Number of finishes in points | 2 | 5.56% |  1999 |  2003 |
| Number of retirements | 14 | 38.89% | 1999 |  2000 |
| Seasons: | 4 (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004) |
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| Points: | 5 (Average per start: 0.14) |
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| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | |
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| Team: | Minardi Team SpA (1999), Telefonica Minardi Fondmetal (2000), BMW WilliamsF1 Team (2003), BMW WilliamsF1 Team (2004) |
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| Chassis: | Minardi M01 (1999), Minardi M02 (2000), Williams FW25 (2003), Williams FW26 (2004) |
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| Engine: | Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V10 (1999), Fondmetal 3.0 V10 (2000), BMW P83 (2003), BMW P84 (2004) |
