Eric Gené Casanovas (born 3 March 2007) is a Spanish racing driver who competes for BMW Promotion Motorsport in the Supercars Endurance Series. He is the son of Jordi Gené, as well as the 2025 TCR Spain runner-up.
Personal life Gené is the son of touring car racer Jordi Gené, and nephew of former Formula One driver Marc Gené, brother of Jordi.
Career Gené began karting in 2017. During his karting career, Gené most notably won the 2020 LeCont Trophy and finished third in the 2021 IAME International Games, both in X30 Junior.
During his final year of karting in 2022, Gené made his car racing debut in the last round of for Monlau Motorsport alongside his father Jordi, winning in Class 1 aboard a Cupra León TCR. In 2023, Gené joined Tecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones to race in the F4 Spanish Championship, in which he took a best result of 13th in race three at Spa.
Moving to TCR Touring Car competition for 2024, Gené reunited with Monlau to race in the TCR Spain winter and main series. Gené began the year by finishing runner-up to Ignacio Montenegro in the Winter Series with a win at Valencia, before scoring a pair of second-place finishes at Estoril and Valencia to finish fourth in the main season's points. During 2024, Gené also made a one-off appearance in TCR Europe for Monlau, as well as representing Spain in the FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup discipline. Continuing with Monlau for 2025, Gené raced with them for a dual campaign in TCR Spain and TCR Europe. In the former, Gené won twice at Barcelona to secure runner-up honours behind Mike Halder, while in Europe he secured a fourth-place points finish with a lone win at the Red Bull Ring from pole position. During 2025, Gené also made his TCR World Tour debut at Valencia for Monlau.
In 2026, Gené switched to SRO GT4 competition, as he partnered up with Jan Duran to compete in the Supercars Endurance Series for BMW Promotion Motorsport, as an official driver for BMW España.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017Spanish Karting Championship — Alevin13th2018WSK Champions Cup — 60 MiniM2 Racing Karts90thSouth Garda Winter Cup — Mini Rok67thWSK Super Master Series — 60 MiniPraga Junior Team108th2020IAME Winter Cup — X30 JuniorM2 Racing KartsNCSouth Garda Winter Cup — OK-JCRG Racing Team64thWSK Super Master Series – OK-J89thChampions of the Future — OK-J49thKarting European Championship — OK-J68thLeCont Trophy — X30 JuniorMOL Racing1stIAME International Games — X30 Junior23rd2021IAME Winter Cup — X30 JuniorMOL Racing9thIAME Euro Series — X30 Junior17thChampions of the Future — OK-JParolin Motorsport109thKarting European Championship — OK-JNCKarting World Championship — OK-J40thIAME International Games — X30 JuniorMOL Racing3rd2022IAME Winter Cup — X30 SeniorMOL Racing26thSpanish Karting Championship — Senior7thIAME Euro Series — X30 Senior59thKarting European Championship — OKParolin Motorsport56thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022GT-CER – Class 1Monlau Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC† 2023F4 Spanish ChampionshipTecnicar - Fórmula de Campeones 21 0 0 0 0 0 31st2024 TCR Spain Winter Series Monlau Motorsport 4 1 2 1 4 1602nd TCR Spain Touring Car Championship 8 0 1 0 2 118 5th TCR Europe Touring Car Series 2 0 0 0 0 5 22ndFIA Motorsport Games Touring Car CupTeam Spain 1 0 0 0 0 4th2025 TCR Spain Touring Car Championship Monlau Motorsport 10 2 2 1 5 3132nd TCR Europe Touring Car Series 12 1 1 1 2 192 4th TCR World Tour 3 0 0 0 0 3 41st 2026Supercars Endurance Series – GT4 ProBMW Promotion Motorsport * *Sources: Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish Championship results (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 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2023 Tecnicar - Fórmula de CampeonesSPA1SPA2SPA3ARA1ARA2ARA3NAV1NAV2NAV3JER1JER2JER3EST1EST2EST3CRT1CRT2CRT3CAT1CAT2CAT3 31st 0
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2024 Monlau Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR VAL1 VAL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 SAL1 SAL2 SPA1 SPA2 BRN1 BRN2 CRT1 CRT2 22nd 5 2025 Monlau Motorsport Cupra León VZ TCR PRT1 PRT2 SPA1 SPA2 HOC1 HOC2 MIS1 MIS2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 4th 192
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