Marino Franchitti

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Born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, Franchitti began his career in the mid/late 1990s, initially finding his feet in Formula Ford 1600, competing in The Champion of Oulton series against circuit specialists such as Alaric Gordon (Champion 1999, 2001 and 2018). These were times for learning, and initially, results were poor, and it was not clear that Marino had the talent to succeed. He moved on to Formula Vauxhall in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Franchitti began driving sports cars and won the GTO Championship in the British GT Championship series. He joined his brother in America in 2002, and drove in Grand Am and the American Le Mans Series, winning one race in the LMP 675 class.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, Franchitti was a development driver for Scuderia Ecosse's Ferrari 360 effort, racing with the team at the 12 Hours of Sebring.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, he was a driver for the Panoz Esperante factory team in ALMS, as well as making a few Le Mans Series starts in a Porsche. He continued with the Panoz works outfit for the 2005 season, driving in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006, Franchitti returned to Scuderia Ecosse for their effort in FIA GT as well as making assorted other appearances in high-profile sports car endurance races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona for SAMAX Motorsport.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Franchitti signed a full-season deal to join his brother at Andretti Green Racing and to be the full-time driver for their new ALMS P2 class Acura entry with teammate Bryan Herta. Dario Franchitti, Tony Kanaan, and Herta teamed up to win the P2 class in the first outing for the team and the car: the 2007 12 Hours of Sebring. Marino started with the team at the next race in St. Petersburg. Both Franchitti brothers left the team after the 2007 season, and while Dario went to NASCAR, Marino continued in the ALMS, switching to Dyson Racing's Porsche RS Spyder, partnering with Butch Leitzinger.^[5]

Franchitti remained with the team for 2009, which fielded a Mazda powered Lola B09/86. He moved to Highcroft Racing for three events in 2010.^[6]

In 2011, Franchitti finished second at the Twelve Hours of Sebring in the Highcroft Racing Honda Performance Development ARX-01e, which turned out to be the car's first and only race. He made an end-of-year start with Level 5 Motorsports in one of its Honda Performance Development ARX-01g's at the Petit Le Mans.^{[citation needed]}

For 2012, Franchitti was confirmed as the first driver of the Highcroft Racing DeltaWing, which ran as the 56th and unclassified entrant in the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[7] He also drove for the PR1/Mathasian Motorsports PC team in select races, winning in his class at Mid-Ohio.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Franchitti was hired by Level 5 Motorsports to drive an HPD ARX-03b for the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring. Franchitti won the P2 class with Scott Tucker and Ryan Briscoe and came sixth overall. Later, Level 5 signed on Franchitti for a full-season effort in P2.^[8]

Franchitti portrayed racer Eugenio Castellotti in the 2023 film Ferrari.^{[citation needed]}

Franchitti is the son of Marina and George Franchitti, both born in Scotland. He is of Italian heritage, from the town of Cassino in Southern Italy.

Franchitti is married to Holly Mason, the second daughter of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and a racer of historic cars herself.^{[citation needed]} In June 2017, one month before the Silverstone Classic car festival, Marino and Holly were involved in a car crash when her pink Austin A35 car flipped twice a corner of the British Grand Prix track, a racing circuit during a practice drive. Holly was pulled out of the wreckage and was unscathed, while Marino sustained minor injuries.^{[citation needed]}

Marino and Dario Franchitti are also cousins of fellow Scottish racing driver Paul di Resta, and are friends off the track with Allan McNish.^[9]

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Complete British GT Championship results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Points
2001	Parr Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	GTO	SIL 1 9	SNE 1 3	DON 1 5	OUL 1 4	CRO 1 4	ROC 1 4	CAS 1 Ret	BRH 1 5	DON 1 5	KNO 1 2	THR 1 3	BRH 1 3	SIL 1 6	1st	?

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12 Hours of Sebring results

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2002	MSB Motorsport	Ralf Kelleners	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	GT	12	DNF	DNF
2003	Risi Competizione	Kevin McGarrity	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	GT	243	DNF	DNF
2004	Rand Racing	Derek Hill Andy Lally	Lola B2K/40-Nissan	LMP2	12	DNF	DNF
2005	Spyker Squadron	Peter van Merksteijn Sr. Frans Munsterhuis	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	GT2	18	DNF	DNF
2008	Dyson Racing	Butch Leitzinger Andy Lally	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	LMP2	351	2nd	2nd
2009	Dyson Racing Team	Butch Leitzinger Ben Devlin	Lola B08/86-Mazda	LMP2	149	DNF	DNF
2010	Patrón Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-01C	LMP2	349	5th	2nd
2011	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Simon Pagenaud	HPD ARX-01e	LMP1	332	2nd	2nd
2013	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe	HPD ARX-03b	P2	346	6th	1st
2014	Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates	Scott Pruett Memo Rojas	Riley Mk XXVI-Ford	P	291	1st	1st

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2005	Panoz Motor Sports	Patrick Bourdais Bryan Sellers	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	GT2	185	DNF	DNF
2009	Drayson Racing	Paul Drayson Jonny Cocker	Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2	GT2	272	DNF	DNF
2010	Highcroft Racing	David Brabham Marco Werner	HPD ARX-01C	LMP2	296	25th	9th
2012	Highcroft Racing	Michael Krumm Satoshi Motoyama	DeltaWing-Nissan		75	DNF	DNF
2013	Level 5 Motorsports	Scott Tucker Ryan Briscoe	HPD ARX-03b	LMP2	242	NC	NC
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	Andy Priaulx Harry Tincknell	Ford GT	GTE Pro	306	40th	9th

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Complete V8 Supercar results

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Year	Team	No.	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	Pos	Points
2011	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	30	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 Ret	SUR R22 Ret	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28	NC	0

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24 Hours of Daytona

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Year	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Class	Pos.	Class pos.
2012	SpeedSource	Mazda RX-8 GT 2.0L 3-Rotor	Jonathan Bomarito James Hinchcliffe Sylvain Tremblay	722	GT	16	6

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK	LMGTE Pro	Ford GT	Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6	SIL 4	SPA 2	LMS 10	NÜR 12	MEX 5	COA 4	FUJ	SHA	BHR	13th	54.5

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IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series results

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Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Chip Ganassi Racing	P	Ford EcoBoost Riley DP	Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo	DAY 8	SEB 1	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET	29th	60
2017	Mazda Motorsports	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY	SEB 8	LBH	COA	DET	WGL 9	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		27th	45
2018	Mazda Team Joest	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY	SEB	LBH	MOH	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET 3		48th	30

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