Marcos Martínez Ucha (born 15 October 1985 in

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) is a professional

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driver.

Career

Martínez competed in karting events from 1998 until 2002, when he entered Spanish Formula Junior. He would stay there with moderate success for three years, moving to

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in 2005 with the team Racing Engineering and reaching the 2nd place in the B-Class. In 2006 he jumped to the A-Class, managing an outstanding victory in Cheste, Valencia. Meanwhile, he participated in three races in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, where he managed to start fourth on the grid and run in second place in one of the races. In 2007, he began racing

with a new team, Novoteam. After 3 meetings and due to the results obtained he changed to Tec-Auto searching for an improvement in the championship. He competed in the latter part of the

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for the

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team, alongside

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and replacing

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. However, he did not compete in the races of the first meeting in which he was entered, as he failed to lap within 107% of the pole position time after problems in qualifying. He returned to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series full-time for

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, driving for

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alongside compatriot Máximo Cortés, and will continue with the team in 2009. His season began with two wins at the

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. He followed that up with a third win in succession at Spa. He was the championship leader at the halfway stage, meaning that he was entitled to demonstrating a Renault

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car at the Silverstone meeting. He also added his fourth win of the season at that meeting. He did not score a point after that and slipped to seventh in the championship standings.

Racing record

Complete GP2 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

Career statistics at driverdb.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Marcos 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Madrid Spanish racing drivers GP2 Series drivers Euroformula Open Championship drivers Superleague Formula drivers World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers Audi Sport TT Cup drivers Pons Racing drivers EuroInternational drivers Racing Engineering drivers De Villota Motorsport drivers