Jordi Gené | |
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Gené at the first Knutstorp round of the 2012 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season.
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Nationality | Spanish |
Born |
Sabadell, Spain |
5 December 1970
Related to | Marc Gené (brother) |
Previous series | |
2012 2011 2007–11 2007, 2010–11 2005–10 2004 2002–04 2001 2000–04 1998–99 1997 1995–96 1992–94 1990–91 1989 1988 1987 |
STCC Lada Granta Cup Spanish GT Championship International GT Open WTCC TC2000 ETCC European Le Mans Series Spanish GT Championship European Truck Racing Cup Super Tourenwagen Cup Spanish Touring Car Championship International Formula 3000 British F3 British Formula Ford Championship Spanish Formula Ford Fiat Uno Championship |
Championship titles | |
2003 1996 1988 1987 |
Spanish GT Championship Spanish Touring Car Championship Spanish Formula Ford Championship Fiat Uno Championship |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Participating years | 2000–2002 |
Teams | Racing Organisation Course (ROC) |
Best finish | 5th (2001) |
Class wins | 1 (2001) |
Jordi Gené Guerrero (born 5 December 1970) is a racing driver who competed in the World Touring Car Championship between 2005 and 2010. His younger brother, Marc is also a racing driver and is currently a test driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team.
After winning the Spanish Karting Championship in 1986, Sabadell-born Gené moved up to automobiles, where he became instantly competitive, winning the Fiat Uno Championship in 1987 and the Spanish Formula Ford Championship the following year.
In 1989, Gené emigrated to England, where he drove in the British Formula Ford Championship, also taking part in the Formula Ford Festival, where he took 4th place. Moving up to British Formula 3 Championship, Gené spent two years in the series, taking 4th place in 1991 with West Surrey Racing, driving a Ralt-Honda. Gené also attended the Marlboro Masters in Zandvoort, where he lost the international F3 meeting to David Coulthard, and took part in the traditional season-ender races in Asia, the Macau Grand Prix and Fuji Superprix, winning the latter.
Thanks to Marlboro sponsorship, Gené found a seat in Formula 3000 in 1992, partnering Laurent Aïello for Pacific Racing. Gené won the opening round at Silverstone and finished 5th in the Championship in his Reynard-Mugen.