Date of birth: 12/5/1970 Place of birth: Sabadell – Spain Resident in: Sabadell – Spain Nationality: Spanish
Complete record of wins
2008: 8th World Tour Car Championship 2007: 10th World Tour Car Championship (1 victory Monza, SEAT León TDI WTCC) 2006: 10th World Tour Car Championship (1 victory. Curitiba, SEAT León WTCC) 2005: 11th World Tour Car Championship (1 victory. Valencia, SEAT León WTCC) 2004: 8th European Tour Car Championship (ETCC) 2003: 17th European Tour Car Championship (ETCC) 2002: 8th European Tour Car Championship (ETCC) 2001: 1st 24 Hours Le Mans, category LM 675 / 5º general 1st ELMS, category LM 675, 1st 24 Hours Barcelona 2000: Le Mans 24 Hours Spanish GT Championship 1st 24 Hours Barcelona 1999: European Lamborghini Championship European Supertrucks Championship 1998: European Supertrucks Championship 1997: Official Audi driver 1996: Champion Spanish Supertourcar Championship 1995: 2nd Spanish Supertourcar Championship 1994: Test driver Benetton F-1 1993: Official team driver with Lola European F-3000 Championship 1992: 5th European F-3000 Championship 1991: 2nd World Formula 3 Cup 4th British Formula 3 Championship 1990: 12th British Formula 3 Championship 1989: 4th Festival Formula Ford, 5th British Formula Ford Championship 1988: Spanish Formula Ford Champion 1987: Spanish Formula Fiat Champion 1986: Spanish Karting Champion
Sporting career
1986
Champion Spanish Karting
1987
Champion Formula Fiat Spain
1988
Champion Formula Ford Spain
1989
4th Formula Ford Festival, 5th British Fórmula Ford Championship
1990
12th British F 3 Championship
1991
2nd World Fórmula 3 Cup 4th British F 3 Championship
1992
5th European F-3000 Championship
1993
Official driver of the Lola team European F-3000 Championship
1994
Benetton F-1 test driver
1995
2nd Champion Spanish Super Touring Car Championship
1996
Champion Spanish Super Touring Car Championship
1997
Official Audi driver
1998
European Championship Super Trucks
1999
European Championship Lamborghini European Championship Super Trucks
2000
Le Mans 24 Hours Spanish GT Championship 1st Barcelona 24 Hours
2001
1st Le Mans 24 Hours LM 675 category / 5th general classification 1st ELMS LM 675 category, 1st Barcelona 24 Hours
2002
8th European Super Touring Car Championship (ETCC)
2003
17th European Super Touring Car Championship (ETCC)
2004
8th European Super Touring Car Championship (ETCC)
2005
11º Campeonato del Mundo de Turismos (1 Victoria. Valencia, SEAT León WTCC)
2006
10th WTCC (1 Victory. Curitiba, SEAT León WTCC)
2007
10th WTCC (1 victory in Monza, SEAT León TDI WTCC)
2008
8th World Tour Car Championship
Biography
From a very young age Jordi Gené was always interested in the world of cars. When he was 16 he was proclaimed Spanish Karting Champion, and at 17 he won the Formula Fiat. His passion for racing forced him to take a very difficult decision just two years later when he was 19: to forget about his friends, his studies and family so that he could move to the UK for five years. During that time Gené was battling it out with high-level drivers like Rubens Barrichello, David Coulthard, Jaques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis, among others. Racing against drivers who would soon appear in Formula 1, and at the same time picking up some valuable honours: 2nd in World F-3 in 1991 and 5th in the Internacional F-3000 Championship, until he was knocking on the door of F-1 as a test driver with Benetton.
Jordi Gené is on of the most versatile drivers ever to come out of Spain, as he has competed in a wide variety of racing disciplines, in both tour cars as well as Endurance, Trucks and he has even demonstrated his skills on two wheels; he participated in the 24 Hour Motorbike Race at Montmeló. This driver from Sabadell, married with two children, has racing blood in his veins, an example of this is the fact that his brother, Marc is currently a test driver with Ferrari. He has also driven with Minardi in Formula 1 and is currently competing in the Le Mans Series.
In 2004, Jordi Gené started his adventure with SEAT in the WTCC, and in these four years he has got four race victories and has finished on the podium several more times. In 2008, with the clear objective of winning the WTCC title, he did some great work for his team both in races as well as in many training sessions throughout the year, and the experience gained over the last three years will be a big help as he tries to achieve his goal. Gené won in Mexico and was on the podium in Valencia, Pau (France), and Monza (Italy), and saw how his mission was accomplished in Japan, the penultimate date of the season, as SEAT and Repsol wrapped up the World Championship for both drivers and teams.
This season his objective is to win the title again and take advantage of his experience at the wheel of the SEAT León to get as many points as possible.
