Marc Gené
Gené in 2011
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| Born | Marc Gené i Guerrero 29 March 1974 Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Spanish |
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| Active years | 1999–2000, 2003–2004 | ||||||||||
| Teams | Minardi, Williams | ||||||||||
| Entries | 36 | ||||||||||
| Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career points | 5 | ||||||||||
| Pole positions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
| First entry | 1999 Australian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
| Last entry | 2004 British Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 2007–2014 |
| Teams | Team Peugeot Total, Audi Sport Team Joest |
| Best finish | 1st (2009) |
| Class wins | 1 (2009) |
Marc Gené i Guerrero (born 29 March 1974) is a Spanish professional racing driver. He is best known as a tester for Williams and Ferrari in Formula One, Minardi Formula One driver and factory driver for Peugeot's Le Mans team, with which he won the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans. His brother Jordi is also a racing driver, competing in the WTCC for SEAT.
He had 36 starts in Formula One, mostly through two seasons with the Minardi team, with which he scored a sixth-place finish at the attrition-filled 1999 European Grand Prix.
Starting from the 2010 season, Gené commented on Formula One races for Spanish television on Antena 3. In 2013 he became an expert analyst for Sky Sport F1 HD in Italy.
Born in Sabadell, Gené finished runner-up in the 1987 Catalan Kart Championship (National Class) at the age of 13; he would win both this and the National Class Spanish Kart Championship in 1988. In 1989 he competed in both the European and World championships. Gené won the Senior Class of the 1990 Spanish Kart Championship, making him the youngest driver to do so. He competed again in the World Championship in 1991, placing 13th.
For 1992 Gené moved into Formula Ford, placing fifth in the Spanish championship with a and two pole positions. He was runner-up in the 1993 European Championship, with one win and three podiums; also, Gené took second place at the Formula Ford World Cup and Festival. In 1994, Gené was named Rookie of the Year in the British Formula 3 Championship; he placed 10th in 1995. In 1996 Gené won the FISA Superformula championship, and in 1997 he competed in six rounds of the FIA Formula 3000 series, though he failed to score a point. In 1998 he won the Open Fortuna by Nissan Championship with six wins and three poles.
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