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Marc Gené Quick Info
Height
5 ft 8 in
Weight
69 kg
Date of Birth
March 29, 1974
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Eye Color
Light Brown
Marc Gené is a professional Spanish racing driver who is perhaps best known as a test driver for Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited and Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One. Other than that, he is a race car driver for Minardi Formula One and a factory driver for Peugeot‘s Le Mans team.
Born Name
Marc Gené i Guerrero
Nick Name
Marc
Marc Gené as seen in a picture that was taken at the Le Mans 24 Hours 2011 Drivers’ Parade on June 10 (David Merrett / Flickr / CC BY 2.0)
Sun Sign
Aries
Born Place
Sabadell, Spain
Residence
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality
Education
He graduated from The University Of Buckingham in England in 1995, with a degree in Economics.
Occupation
Professional Racing Driver
Family
Siblings – Jordi Gené Guerrero (Older Brother) (Professional Racing Driver)
Build
Slim
Height
5 ft 8 in or 173 cm
Weight
69 kg or 152 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Marc is a proud father to sons Siena and Patrick.
Marc Gené as seen in a picture taken at the commemoration event of the Circuit de Montjuïc on October 13, 2007 (Mutari / Wikimedia / Public Domain)
Race / Ethnicity
Hispanic
He has Spanish ancestry.
Hair Color
Salt & Pepper
Eye Color
Light Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
Masculine facial features
Tall physical appearance
Brand Endorsements
He has appeared in commercials for various brands including Euromaster.
Marc Gené Favorite Things
Books – The Inheritance of the Earth, The Pillars of the Earth
Source – MarcGené.com
Marc Gené testing for Ferrari on April 1, 2007 (Jakub Klawiter / Flickr / CC BY 3.0)
Marc Gené Facts
He was just 13 years old when he started driving a go-kart and even went on to win the Catalunya Championship.
In 1988, Marc bagged his first national championship as a go-kart racer and 2 years later, in 1990, he became the youngest person to be awarded the Spanish Karting Championship in the senior category.
He started competing in the single-seater category in 1992, at the Spanish Formula Ford Championship and managed to attain 5th place overall.
In the year 1996, he was announced as the Champion of the II Golden Cup FISA Superfórmula.
He was presented with the Open Fortuna by Nissan in 1998, for his impressive, 6 victories as well as 3 fast lap records.
In 1999, he made his Formula One debut with Minardi and earned the first-ever point for the Italian racing team. Despite this, he left the group and joined Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited in 2001, due to the shortage of financial and technical resources that Minardi had been facing at that time.
Marc is multi-lingual and speaks in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, and German.
His guilty pleasure is bread stuffed with tomato and ham as well as a dish called paellas that is cooked by his father.
Featured Image By David Merrett / Flickr / CC BY 2.0
