Marc Gene Biography

By Andrew Hooper
February 12 2004





		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).
	1989	Tenth 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	Fifth in the Spanish Formula Ford Championship, one win, one pole position.
	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.
	1994	British Formula 3 Championship, Alan Docking Racing, “Rookie of the Year”; seventh in the international Formula 3 Challenge at Donington Park.
	1995	British Formula 3 Championship, West Surrey Racing, two podium placing's; second Avon Prize for the three fastest drivers in British Formula 3.
	1996	First in the II Fisa Golden Cup Superformula, one win, four podium placing's, four pole positions.
	1997	International Formula 3000 Championship, Pacific Racing Team and Nordic Racing Team.
	1998	First in the Formula Open Fortuna by Nissan, Team Adrian Campos Motorsports, six wins; Formula One test with Fondmetal Minardi Ford.
	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.
	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)