Marc Gene Biography
By Andrew Hooper
February 12 2004
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Date and place of birth: 29th March 1974/Sabadell (Barcelona, ESP) |
| Nationality: Spanish | |
| Place of residence: St Quirze del Vallés | |
| Marital status: Single | |
| Height: 1.73 m | |
| Weight: 69 kg | |
| Hobbies: Reading (esp. history and psychology), cinema, mountain-biking, diving, mountain-climbing | |
| Favourite dish: Pasta | |
| Favourite drink: Milk | |
| First drove a kart: At the age of three | |
| First drove a car: At the age of eight in a Ford Fiesta | |
| First car race: A go-kart at the age of six | |
| 1987 | Second in the Catalan Kart Championship. | |
| 1988 |
First in the Spanish Kart Championship
(national class); first in the Catalan Kart Championship (national class). |
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| 1989 |
Tenth in the European Kart Championship
(junior class); 19th in the World Kart Championship (national class). |
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| 1990 |
First in the Spanish Kart Championship (youngest winner in the senior class). |
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| 1991 |
First in the Catalan Kart
Championship (senior class); 13th in the World Kart Championship, Formula A. |
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| 1992 |
Fifth in the Spanish Formula
Ford Championship, one win, one pole position. |
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| 1993 |
Second in the Formula Ford
Festival (World Cup), Team Manor Motorsport; second in the Formula Ford European championship one win and three podium placings in four races. |
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| 1994 |
British Formula 3
Championship, Alan Docking Racing, “Rookie of the Year”; seventh in the international Formula 3 Challenge at Donington Park. |
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| 1995 |
British Formula 3
Championship, West Surrey Racing, two podium placing's; second Avon
Prize for the three fastest drivers in British Formula 3. |
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| 1996 |
First in the II Fisa Golden
Cup Superformula, one win, four podium placing's, four pole positions. |
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| 1997 |
International Formula 3000
Championship, Pacific Racing Team and Nordic Racing Team. |
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| 1998 |
First in the Formula Open
Fortuna by Nissan, Team Adrian Campos Motorsports, six wins; Formula One test with Fondmetal Minardi Ford. |
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| 1999 | 17th in the Formula One World Championship, Fondmetal Minardi Ford, ten out of 16 possible finishes, sixth 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 Motor racing World. | |
| 2000 |
19th in the Formula One World
Championship, Telefonica Minardi Team, eight out of 17 possible finishes. |
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| 2001 | Official test and reserve driver for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. | |
| 2002 | Official test and reserve driver for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. | |
| 2003 | Official test and reserve driver for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team. 17th FIA Formula One World Championship, BMW WilliamsF1 Team, one Grand Prix (finished 5th) | |
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Formula One statistics before 2004: |
| Formula One debut: Melbourne 1999 |
| Best Qualifying: 5th, Monza 2003 |
| Best Result: 5th, Monza 2003 |
| GP starts: 34 |
| Points: 5 |
| Fastest laps: 0 |
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| Click image for HP F1 Site |