Marvin Klein
Marvin Klein is a French racing driver. He is a two-time champion of Porsche Carrera Cup France
Career
Klein made his single-seater debut in 2016, racing in the FFSA Academy centrally-run French F4 Championship. 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. Returning to French F4 for 2017, Klein won the first race at Magny-Cours and concluded the season 10th in the standings.Despite being announced to be competing in the LMP2 class of the 2018 European Le Mans Series for Duqueine Engineering, 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.
In 2019, Klein joined Pierre Martinet by Alméras to compete in his maiden season in Porsche Carrera Cup France. Scoring his first podium second time out at Nogaro, Klein took his first win at Spa and ended the season sixth overall and second in the rookie standings.
The following year, Klein returned to Pierre Martinet by Alméras to race full-time in both Porsche Carrera Cup France and Porsche Supercup. In the former, Klein won at Spa and scored four more podiums to end the season fifth in points. In the latter, the French driver took a best result of fourth at the Hungaroring and finished seventh in points.
Joining CLRT for 2021, Klein stayed in the French championship but scaled back his Supercup program to four races. In his third season in the series, Klein swept both the Spa and Barcelona rounds, also taking wins at Monza and Portimão to win his first Carrera Cup France title by 3 points over Florian Latorre. At the end of the year, Klein participated in the Porsche Junior Shootout at MotorLand Aragón.
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, along with a win at Valencia to win his second consecutive Carrera Cup France title ahead of Dorian Boccolacci. Meanwhile in Supercup, Klein took his maiden win at Zandvoort and finished sixth in points. 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.
Switching to TFT Racing for 2023, Klein won both races at the Red Bull Ring and took more wins at Magny-Cours and Le Mans to finish third in points. Towards the end of the year, Klein joined Target Competition for the Imola round of Porsche Carrera Cup Italy. In the two races, Klein won race one from the pole and finished third in race two.
Klein returned to CLRT for the 2024 Porsche Supercup season, winning at Spa and ending the season third in points. 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. 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.
In 2025, Klein stayed with ABM for a seventh season in Porsche Carrera Cup France and also joined Proton Huber Competition, BeDriver and Lechner Racing to remain in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Porsche Carrera Cup Italy and Porsche Supercup. In the former, Klein won at Misano and Le Castellet to end the year runner-up in points, while in the German series, Klein stood on the podiums at Imola and Zandvoort to end the season tenth in points. In Italy, Klein won both races at Imola and scored further wins at Mugello and Misano as he ended the season runner-up to Keagan Masters, while in Supercup, Klein won at the Red Bull Ring and finished on the podium at Barcelona en route to a fourth-place points finish.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Klein was a guest driver, he was ineligible for pointsComplete French F4 Championship results
Complete Le Mans Cup results
| 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 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| 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 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
*Season still in progress.†As Klein was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results
| 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 11 | ZAN 2 2 | NOR 1 12 | NOR 2 5 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 5 | SAC 1 Ret | SAC 2 6 | RBR 1 9 | RBR 2 Ret | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 10th | 114 |