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Marc Gene is a Spanish former F1 driver who last drove for Williams-BMW in 2004.
He was born on March 29th 1974 in Sabadell. He debuted for Minardi-Ford during the 1999 Grand Prix of Australia. Gene was active for 4 seasons between 1999 and 2004. He scored 5 points in 36 races. During his career Gene wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2004 Grand Prix of Great Britain.
He was born on March 29th 1974 in Sabadell. He debuted for Minardi-Ford during the 1999 Grand Prix of Australia. Gene was active for 4 seasons between 1999 and 2004. He scored 5 points in 36 races. During his career Gene wasn't able to win a race or finish on the podium. His last race was the the 2004 Grand Prix of Great Britain.
| Name: | Marc Gene |
| Nationality: |  Spanish |
| Birthday: | March 29th 1974 (38) |
| Birthplace: | Sabadell | Races: | 36 races |
| Total points: | 5 points |
| Wins: | 0 wins |
| Podiums: | 0 podiums | Pole positions: | 0 poles |
| Retirements: | 13 retirements |
| First race: |  1999 Australia |
| Last race: |  2004 Great Britain |
Marc Gene by year
| All years | 2004 | 2003 | 2000 | 1999 |
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Overall stats: Marc Gene
| #1 | Best Finish | Marc Gene |  | 5 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Qualifying | Marc Gene | | 5 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP1 | Marc Gene | | 3 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP2 | Marc Gene | | 7 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best FP3 | Marc Gene | | 5 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Friday | Marc Gene | | 3 (1x) | |
| #1 | Best Saturday | Marc Gene | | 5 (2x) |
Best finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2003 | 14 | Monza | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 5 |
Best qualifying
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Qualified |
| 2003 | 14 | Monza | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 5 |
Best practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 10 | Magny-Cours | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 3 |
Best practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 11 | Silverstone | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 7 |
Best practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 11 | Silverstone | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 5 |
Best friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 10 | Magny-Cours | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | Friday practice 1 | 3 |
Best saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 11 | Silverstone | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | Saturday practice 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 14 | Monza | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | Saturday qualifying | 5 |
| #1 | Worst Finish | Marc Gene | | 17 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Qualifying | Marc Gene | | 22 (8x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP1 | Marc Gene | | 4 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP2 | Marc Gene | | 14 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst FP3 | Marc Gene | | 13 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Friday | Marc Gene | | 14 (1x) | |
| #1 | Worst Saturday | Marc Gene | | 22 (8x) |
Worst finish
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 1999 | 11 | Hungaroring | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | 17 |
Worst qualifying
Worst practice 1
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 11 | Silverstone | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 4 |
Worst practice 2
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 10 | Magny-Cours | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 14 |
Worst practice 3
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Finish |
| 2004 | 10 | Magny-Cours | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | 13 |
Worst friday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2004 | 10 | Magny-Cours | Marc Gene | Williams-BMW | Friday practice 2 | 14 |
Worst saturday
| Year | Round | Race | Name | Team | Session | Finish |
| 2000 | 11 | Hockenheim | Marc Gene | Minardi-Fondmetal | Qualifying | 22 |
| 2000 | 15 | Indianapolis | Marc Gene | Minardi-Fondmetal | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 1 | Melbourne | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 4 | Monte Carlo | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 6 | Montreal | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 8 | Silverstone | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 9 | A1-Ring | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
| 1999 | 11 | Hungaroring | Marc Gene | Minardi-Ford | Qualifying | 22 |
Highs and lows of
| Driven for | 2004 BMW WilliamsF1 Team 2003 BMW.WilliamsF1 Team 2000 Fondmetal Minardi 1999 Fondmetal Minardi Team SpA | |
| How did he retire | ||
| Qualifying Q2 | Achieved Q2: Didn't Q2: | |
| Qualifying Q3 | Achieved Q3: Didn't Q3: |
Ranking: Marc Gene
| #6 | Average practice result | Marc Gene |  | 7.9 place | |
| #102 | Average qualifying result | Marc Gene | | 19.53 place | |
| #168 | Average race result | Marc Gene | | 11.35 place | |
| #277 | Average race points | Marc Gene | | 0.22 points | |
| #193 | Most points finishes | Marc Gene | | 2 finishes | |
| #78 | Ratio avoidable retirements | Marc Gene | | 0.38 retirements | |
| #127 | Most avoidable retirements | Marc Gene | | 5 retirements | |
| #150 | Most races | Marc Gene | | 36 races | |
| #131 | Most race laps | Marc Gene | | 1738 laps | |
| #498 | Oldest driver | Marc Gene | | 30 years, 3 months, 12 days | |
| #164 | Youngest driver | Marc Gene | | 24 years, 11 months, 6 days | |
| #145 | Start from P1 | Marc Gene | | 0 starts | |
| #187 | Biggest gain in race | Marc Gene | | 14 places gained | |
| #217 | Most points | Marc Gene | | 5 points | |
| #164 | Most retirements | Marc Gene | | 13 retirements | |
| #234 | Most podiums | Marc Gene | | 0 podiums | |
| #154 | Most wins | Marc Gene | | 0 wins |
| Driver | Place | |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 7.34 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | 7.74 |
| 6 | Marc Gene | 7.9 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | 8.38 |
| 8 | Sebastian Vettel | 8.54 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 100 | Nicolas Kiesa | 19.3 |
| 101 | Norberto Fontana | 19.5 |
| 102 | Marc Gene | 19.53 |
| 103 | Tomas Enge | 20 |
| 103 | Franck Lagorce | 20 |
| Driver | Place | |
| 166 | Julian Bailey | 11.4 |
| 167 | Pascal Fabre | 11.38 |
| 168 | Marc Gene | 11.35 |
| 169 | Bruce Halford | 11.33 |
| 169 | Luigi Piotti | 11.33 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 275 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0.23 |
| 276 | Erik Comas | 0.22 |
| 277 | Marc Gene | 0.22 |
| 278 | Julian Bailey | 0.2 |
| 279 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 0.18 |
| Driver | Finishes | |
| 191 | Paul di Resta | 2 |
| 191 | Tiago Monteiro | 2 |
| 191 | Marc Gene | 2 |
| 191 | Shinji Nakano | 2 |
| 191 | Nicola Larini | 2 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 76 | Jenson Button | 0.39 |
| 77 | Ricardo Zonta | 0.39 |
| 78 | Marc Gene | 0.38 |
| 78 | Gilles Villeneuve | 0.38 |
| 80 | Christian Klien | 0.38 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 124 | Anthony Davidson | 5 |
| 124 | Mika Salo | 5 |
| 124 | Marc Gene | 5 |
| 124 | Esteban Tuero | 5 |
| 124 | Andrea Montermini | 5 |
| Driver | Races | |
| 146 | Emanuele Pirro | 37 |
| 149 | Kazuki Nakajima | 36 |
| 149 | Marc Gene | 36 |
| 149 | Mauro Baldi | 36 |
| 149 | Howden Ganley | 36 |
| Driver | Laps | |
| 129 | Bertrand Gachot | 1793 |
| 130 | Roberto Moreno | 1746 |
| 131 | Marc Gene | 1738 |
| 132 | Hector Rebaque | 1724 |
| 133 | Ricardo Zonta | 1716 |
| Driver | Age | |
| 496 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 30 years, 3 months, 22 days |
| 497 | Michel Leclere | 30 years, 3 months, 16 days |
| 498 | Marc Gene | 30 years, 3 months, 12 days |
| 499 | Ricardo Rosset | 30 years, 3 months, 5 days |
| 500 | Fabrizio Barbazza | 30 years, 3 months, 2 days |
| Driver | Age | |
| 162 | Alessandro Zanardi | 24 years, 11 months, 6 days |
| 163 | Enrico Bertaggia | 24 years, 11 months, 8 days |
| 164 | Marc Gene | 24 years, 11 months, 6 days |
| 165 | Paul di Resta | 24 years, 11 months, 11 days |
| 166 | Mauricio Gugelmin | 24 years, 11 months, 14 days |
| Driver | Starts | |
| 92 | Tarso Marques | 0 |
| 92 | Gaston Mazzacane | 0 |
| 92 | Marc Gene | 0 |
| 92 | Pedro Diniz | 0 |
| 92 | Johnny Herbert | 0 |
| Driver | Gain | |
| 178 | Jos Verstappen | 14 |
| 178 | Alex Yoong | 14 |
| 178 | Marc Gene | 14 |
| 178 | Alessandro Zanardi | 14 |
| 178 | Damon Hill | 14 |
| Driver | Points | |
| 215 | Jaime Alguersuari | 5 |
| 215 | Narain Karthikeyan | 5 |
| 215 | Marc Gene | 5 |
| 215 | Ukyo Katayama | 5 |
| 215 | Bertrand Gachot | 5 |
| Driver | Retirements | |
| 153 | Phil Hill | 14 |
| 153 | Luigi Villoresi | 14 |
| 164 | Marc Gene | 13 |
| 164 | Pedro Lamy | 13 |
| 164 | Taki Inoue | 13 |
| Driver | Podiums | |
| 192 | Tarso Marques | 0 |
| 192 | Gaston Mazzacane | 0 |
| 192 | Marc Gene | 0 |
| 192 | Pedro Diniz | 0 |
| 192 | Toranosuke Takagi | 0 |
| Driver | Wins | |
| 101 | Tarso Marques | 0 |
| 101 | Gaston Mazzacane | 0 |
| 101 | Marc Gene | 0 |
| 101 | Pedro Diniz | 0 |
| 101 | Toranosuke Takagi | 0 |
Marc Gene versus teammates
Qualifying duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2004 | Marc Gene | 0 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2003 | Marc Gene | 0 | 1 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2000 | Marc Gene | 13 | 3 | Gaston Mazzacane |
| 1999 | Marc Gene | 6 | 9 | Luca Badoer |
| 1999 | Marc Gene | 0 | 1 | Stephane Sarrazin |
| Overall | Marc Gene | 19 | 16 | All Teammates |
Points duel
| Year | Driver | Teammate | ||
| 2004 | Marc Gene | 0 | 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2003 | Marc Gene | 4 | 8 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2000 | Marc Gene | 0 | 0 | Gaston Mazzacane |
| 1999 | Marc Gene | 1 | 0 | Luca Badoer |
| 1999 | Marc Gene | 0 | 0 | Stephane Sarrazin |
| Overall | Marc Gene | 5 | 13 | All Teammates |
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