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Marc Gené is the test driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team. Recently, he as well served as a replacement for Ralf Schumacher for the WilliamsF1 team, following his injury in the 2004 United States Grand Prix.
Natural around Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain, he finished runner-up in the 1987 Catalan Kart Championship (National Class) at the age of 13; he would winside both this & a National Class Spanish Kart Championship in 1988. Around 1989 he competed within each a European & Globe championships. Cistron won a Senior Class of the 1990 Spanish Kart Championship, making him the immature driver to launder sol. He competed once againside in the Globe Championship in 1991, placing 13th.
For 1992 Gené moved into Formula Ford, placing 5th in the Spanish championship by using the win and 2 pole positions. He was runner-second best in the 1993 European Championship, with Single win & Ternion podiums; also, Gené took Second place at a Formula Ford Festival. Within 1994, Gené was named Cub of the Month in the British Formula Three Championship; he placed 10th around 1995. Inside 1996 Gené won the FISA Superformula championship, & within 1997 he competed in Fin cycles of the FIA Formula 3000 series, though he failed to score a single point. Inside 1998 he won the Nissan Open Fortuna Championship.
Gené had his large break inside 1999, occupying a race seat by using a Minardi team. It was the hard season; even so, when many Ninth site & an Eighth, he managed to score his foremost point, & Minardi's 1st since 1995, by owning a Sixth place at the European Grand Prix. He continued using Minardi around 2000, but failed to score one point. Unable to obtain the quality cause for 2001, Gené opted to sign with Williams when line 1 text driver. He has, but, caused occasionally Grands Prix for Williams. A foremost one was a 2003 Italian Grand Prix, where Ralf Schumacher was unable to race because of the concussion. Gené replaced his mate swell, collecting Quatern points for the Fifth place finish, however Schumacher was back in the car for the next race in the United states. Below a back injury to Schumacher at the 2004 USGP, Gené drove in the 2004 French and British Grands Prix, but after misplaced a race seat to Antonio Pizzonia and hasn't raced since.
Within November 2004, Gené signed the treat to get a end line text driver for Scuderia Ferrari alongside Luca Badoer.
Gené is the lone todays F1 driver by using the university degree (inside economics). He can as well speak quatern languages fluently.
Career Numbers (when of 2004 British Grand Prix)
Grands Prix started: 36
Points: 5
Right Championship position: 17th (around 1999 and 2003)
Virtually all points around of these year: Quaternion (2003)
Right race classification: Fifth (2003 Italian Grand Prix)
Right grid position: Fifth (2003 Italian Grand Prix)
Complete Formula One results
(Note: grands prix within bold denote points scoring races.)
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