Marvin Klein

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Marvin Klein
FIA Porsche Supercup Austria 2022 Nr. 12.jpg
Klein in 2022
Nationality Flag of France.svg French
Born (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 26)
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver (until 2022)
FIA Gold Driver.png FIA Gold (2023–) [1]
Championship titles
20212022 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

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Career

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]

Racing record

Racing career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2016 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 2310015512th
2017 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 2110129810th
2018V de V Endurance Series – LMP3 Cool Racing [46] 200000NC
Le Mans Cup – LMP3 20000142nd
V de V Endurance Series – CNAEquipe Palmyr100000NC
European Le Mans Series – LMP3 DKR Engineering 200002.2529th
24H GT Series – A6 Pro IDEC Sport Racing [47] 100010NC
2019 Porsche Supercup Pierre Martinet by Alméras [48] 10000816th
Martinet by Alméras [49] 10000
Porsche Carrera Cup France Pierre Martinet by Alméras 1210031096th
2020 Porsche Carrera Cup France Martinet by Alméras 1011051475th
Porsche Supercup 80000757th
Dutch Winter Endurance Series10000450th
2021 Porsche Carrera Cup France CLRT 1262492321st
Porsche Supercup 401000NC†
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup France CLRT 12777112711st
Porsche Supercup 81221786th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am Inception Racing10000N/ADNF
2023 Porsche Carrera Cup France TFT Racing 1143251843rd
Porsche Supercup Ombra Racing [50] 600000NC†
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy Target Competition 211224914th
2024 Porsche Carrera Cup France ABM [51] 400016210th
Porsche Supercup Schumacher CLRT 812351213rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Target Competition 14111211310th
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy 1221071763rd
2025 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Proton Huber Competition
Porsche Carrera Cup France ABM
Porsche Carrera Cup Italy BeDriver
Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing
Sources: [52]

† As Klein was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year1234567891011121314151617181920212223PosPoints
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
12th55
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
10th98

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

YearEntrantClassChassis1234567RankPoints
2018 Cool Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P3 LEC MNZ LMS
1

17
LMS
2

16
RBR SPA ALG 42nd1

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2018 DKR Engineering LMP3 Norma M30 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA
11
ALG
9
29th2.25

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeam12345678910DCPoints
2019 Pierre Martinet by Alméras CAT MON RBR
8
16th8
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
7th75
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
6th78
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
3rd121
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.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2022 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Inception Racing Flag of France.svg Côme Ledogar
Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander West
Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTE
Am
190DNFDNF
Source: [53]

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

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

YearTeam12345678910111213141516DCPoints
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
10th113
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.

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