Marcus Marshall (born 25 November 1978) is a former

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driver from

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Biography

He began racing in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard-fought win in a wet race. He contested 12 races in 2005 for

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's renamed

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Racing. A lack of experience blighted his year and he scored only two top-ten finishes, the best of which was 8th in

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. He was fired and replaced by

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prior to the season finale in

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after what was described as a "serious breach of contract". On 12 February 2006 Marshall raced for

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in round 8 of the

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series at the

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and finished third in the feature race, behind

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Sean McIntosh and

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n Alex Yoong. He practiced in Mexico, but did not race.http://www.motorsport.com/#/all/news/monterrey-practice-2-times/?v=2&s=1&q=marcus%2Bmarshall&i=369 Motorsport.com Retrieved 14 June 2011 During 2006, Marshall is racing full-time in the touring car

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series for

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but lost his drive for 2007. He returned to Carrera Cup, taking over Peter Fitzgerald's car in the series after Fitzgerald retired at the end of the 2006 season. Marshall has also returned to V8Supercar, taking occasional drives with Matthew White Racing in the second tier series, before taking over Jack Perkins Commodore in the Jack Daniel's Racing team after Perkins was forced to step aside with a medical condition. 2008 saw a move back to Ford and

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. After a frustrating 2009 season Marshall has had a new team established around him, Marcus Marshall Motorsport, to be known by the sponsored identity as IntaRacing named for primary sponsor Intabill.

Racing record

Career results

Audi R8 LMS of James Koundouris & Marcus Marshall (2016)

† Team result

Complete Champ Car results

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Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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Complete Bathurst 1000 results

References

Conrod V8 Prifile

Speedsport Profile

Driver Database Profile

Racing Reference Profile
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