| Marvin Klein | |
|---|---|
 Klein in 2022 | |
| Nationality |  French |
| Born | 21 June 1999 Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–) [1] |
| Championship titles | |
| 2021–2022 | Porsche Carrera Cup France |
Marvin Klein (born 21 June 1999 in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume [2] ) is a French racing driver. He is a two-time champion of Porsche Carrera Cup France
Klein made his single-seater debut in 2016, racing in the FFSA Academy centrally-run French F4 Championship. [3] In his maiden season in single-seaters, Klein took a lone win at the reverse grid race at Le Mans and finished 12th in points. [4]
Returning to French F4 for 2017, [5] Klein won the first race at Magny-Cours and concluded the season 10th in the standings. [6]
Despite being announced to be competing in the LMP2 class of the 2018 European Le Mans Series for Duqueine Engineering, [7] Klein only raced a handful of times in 2018, making a handful of appearances for DKR Engineering in ELMS and also racing for Cool Racing in the Road to Le Mans. [8] [9]
In 2019, Klein joined Pierre Martinet by Alméras to compete in his maiden season in Porsche Carrera Cup France. [10] Scoring his first podium second time out at Nogaro, [11] Klein took his first win at Spa and ended the season sixth overall and second in the rookie standings. [12]
The following year, Klein returned to Pierre Martinet by Alméras to race full-time in both Porsche Carrera Cup France and Porsche Supercup. [13] In the former, Klein won at Spa and scored four more podiums to end the season fifth in points. [14] In the latter, the French driver took a best result of fourth at the Hungaroring and finished seventh in points. [15]
Joining CLRT for 2021, Klein stayed in the French championship but scaled back his Supercup program to four races. [16] In his third season in the series, Klein swept both the Spa and Barcelona rounds, [17] [18] also taking wins at Monza and Portimão to win his first Carrera Cup France title by 3 points over Florian Latorre. [19] [20] [21] At the end of the year, Klein participated in the Porsche Junior Shootout at MotorLand Aragón. [22]
Staying with CLRT for 2022, Klein returned to both Carrera Cup France and Supercup on a full-time basis. In the former he swept the rounds at Nogaro, Magny-Cours and Le Castellet, [23] [24] [25] along with a win at Valencia to win his second consecutive Carrera Cup France title ahead of Dorian Boccolacci. [26] [27] Meanwhile in Supercup, Klein took his maiden win at Zandvoort and finished sixth in points. [28] During 2022, Klein made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, racing in the LMGTE Am class for Inception Racing alongside Côme Ledogar and Alexander West. [29]
Switching to TFT Racing for 2023, [30] Klein won both races at the Red Bull Ring and took more wins at Magny-Cours and Le Mans to finish third in points. [31] [32] [33] Towards the end of the year, Klein joined Target Competition for the Imola round of Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. [34] In the two races, Klein won race one from the pole and finished third in race two. [35] [36]
Klein returned to CLRT for the 2024 Porsche Supercup season, winning at Spa and ending the season third in points. [37] The French driver also returned to Target Competition to race in both Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. In the former, Klein took a lone win at the Hungaroring and finished the season 10th in points. [38] In the latter, Klein swept the second Imola round and also won at Mugello to finish third in points and helping the team win the team's championship. [39] [40] [41]
In 2025, Klein stayed with ABM for a seventh season in Porsche Carrera Cup France and also joined Proton Huber Competition, [42] [43] BeDriver and Lechner Racing to remain in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Porsche Carrera Cup Italy and Porsche Supercup. [44] [45]
† As Klein was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | LEC 1 12 | LEC 2 8 | LEC 3 10 | LEC 4 14 | PAU 1 Ret | PAU 2 Ret | PAU 3 12 | PAU 4 8 | LÉD 1 15 | LÉD 2 11 | LÉD 3 10 | LÉD 4 13 | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 14 | MAG 3 9 | MAG 4 10 | LMS 1 6 | LMS 2 1 | LMS 3 11 | LMS 4 13 | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 9 | CAT 3 11 | 12th | 55 |
| 2017 | NOG 1 5 | NOG 2 9 | NOG 3 5 | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 5 | MNZ 3 4 | PAU 1 3 | PAU 2 9 | PAU 3 14 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 Ret | SPA 3 14 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 14 | MAG 3 10 | CAT 1 13 | CAT 2 9 | CAT 3 15 | LEC 1 12 | LEC 2 11 | LEC 3 9 | 10th | 98 | ||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P3 | LEC | MNZ | LMS 1 17 | LMS 2 16 | RBR | SPA | ALG | 42nd | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | DKR Engineering | LMP3 | Norma M30 | Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 | LEC | MNZ | RBR | SIL | SPA 11 | ALG 9 | 29th | 2.25 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pierre Martinet by Alméras | CAT | MON | RBR 8 | 16th | 8 | |||||||
| Martinet by Alméras | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA Ret | MNZ | MEX | MEX | ||||||
| 2020 | Martinet by Alméras | RBR 7 | RBR 6 | HUN 4 | SIL 7 | SIL 6 | CAT 9 | SPA 7 | MNZ 10 | 7th | 75 | ||
| 2021 | CLRT | MON | RBR | RBR | HUN DSQ | SPA 6 | ZND | MNZ 6 | MNZ 12 | NC† | 0 | ||
| 2022 | CLRT | IMO 15 | MON 7 | SIL 11 | RBR 28 | LEC 6 | SPA 4 | ZND 1 | MNZ 6 | 6th | 78 | ||
| 2023 | Ombra Racing | MON | RBR | SIL 15 | HUN 10 | SPA 9 | ZND 8 | ZND 7 | MNZ Ret | NC† | 0 | ||
| 2024 | Schumacher CLRT | IMO 3 | MON 5 | RBR 3 | SIL 2 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 | ZAN 26† | MNZ 6 | 3rd | 121 | ||
| 2025 | BWT Lechner Racing | IMO Ret | MON Ret | CAT | RBR | SPA | HUN | ZAN | MNZ | NC* | 0* | ||
*Season still in progress.
†As Klein was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 |  Inception Racing | Côme Ledogar  Alexander West | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | GTE Am | 190 | DNF | DNF | ||||||||||||
| Source: [53] | |||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Target Competition | IMO 1 4 | IMO 2 3 | OSC 1 Ret | OSC 2 6 | ZAN 1 12 | ZAN 2 DSQ | HUN 1 1 | HUN 2 5 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 6 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 13 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 Ret | 10th | 113 |
| 2025 | Proton Huber Competition | IMO 1 5 | IMO 2 3 | SPA 1 16 | SPA 2 10 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 8th* | 35* |
*Season still in progress.