Marino Franchitti
Franchitti at Le Mans in 2012
Nationality	Scottish
Born	(1978-07-07)7 July 1978 (age 47) Bathgate,West Lothian, Scotland
Racing licence	FIA Gold
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2005,2009–2010,2012–2013,2016
Teams	Panoz Motorsports Drayson Racing Highcroft Racing
Best finish	25th(2010)
Class wins	0

Marino Alessandro Cesare Franchitti^[1] (born 7 July 1978) is aBritish racing driver, and the younger brother ofDario Franchitti. He has spent the majority of his career racing insports cars andgrand tourers, with a career highlight of winning the2014 12 Hours of Sebring.

Born inBathgate,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.

In 2001, he began driving sports cars and won the GTO Championship in theBritish GT Championship series. He joined his brother in America in 2002, and drove inGrand Am and theAmerican Le Mans Series, winning 1 race in the LMP 675 class.

In 2003, he was a development driver forScuderia Ecosse'sFerrari 360 effort, racing with the team at the12 Hours of Sebring.In 2004, he was a driver for thePanoz Esperante factory team in ALMS as well as making a fewLe Mans Series starts in a Porsche. He continued with thePanoz works outfit for the 2005 season, driving in the24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2006, he returned to Scuderia Ecosse for their effort inFIA GT as well as making assorted other appearances in high-profile sports car endurance races, including the24 Hours of Daytona forSAMAX Motorsport.

In2007, he signed a full-season deal to join his brother atAndretti Green Racing and to be the full-time driver for their new ALMS P2 classAcura entry with teammateBryan Herta. Dario Franchitti,Tony Kanaan, and Herta teamed up to win the P2 class in the first outing for the team and the car: the2007 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 toNASCAR, Marino continued in the ALMS, switching toDyson Racing'sPorsche RS Spyder, partnering withButch Leitzinger.^[2]

He remained with the team for 2009, which fielded aMazda poweredLola B09/86. He moved toHighcroft Racing for three events in2010.^[3]

In 2011, Franchitti finished second at the Twelve Hours of Sebring in theHighcroft RacingHonda Performance Development ARX-01e, which turned out to be the car's first and only race. He made an end-of-year start withLevel 5 Motorsports in one of itsHonda Performance Development ARX-01g's at the Petit Le Mans.

For 2012, Franchitti was confirmed as the first driver of theHighcroft Racing DeltaWing, which ran as the 56th and unclassified entrant in the2012 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[4] Marino also drove for the PR1/Mathasian Motorsports PC team in select races, winning in his class atMid-Ohio.

In 2013, Franchitti was hired byLevel 5 Motorsports to drive an HPD ARX-03b for the2013 12 Hours of Sebring. Franchitti won the P2 class withScott Tucker andRyan Briscoe and came 6th overall. Later, Level 5 signed on Franchitti for a full-season effort in P2.^[5]

Franchitti portrayed racerEugenio Castellotti in the 2023 filmFerrari.

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.

Marino is married to Holly Mason, second daughter ofPink Floyd drummerNick Mason and a racer of historic cars herself.^{[citation needed]}In June 2017, one month before theSilverstone 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.

Marino and Dario Franchitti are also cousins of fellow Scottish racing driverPaul di Resta, and are friends off the track withAllan McNish.^[6]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

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	PatrónHighcroft 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

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

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

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

* Season still in progress

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