Marc William Hynes (born 26 February 1978 in Guildford) is a British racing driver, who competed with Triple Eight Race Engineering in the British Touring Car Championship.
Biography Hynes won the 1995 British Formula Vauxhall Junior title and the 1997 British Formula Renault title.
Hynes then stepped up to Formula 3 and won the 1999 British Formula 3 Championship for Manor Motorsport beating Luciano Burti and Jenson Button into second and third places respectively. He competed in three rounds of the 2000 International Formula 3000 season for the WRT team. He has also tested for the Formula One team British American Racing.
Hynes has also worked as a driver coach for his former team Manor Motorsport. He is also the former Head of Driver Development at Marussia F1, the Formula One team born out of Manor Motorsport.
From 2016 to 2021, Hynes worked with Lewis Hamilton, helping run Project 44, the company which manages Hamilton's business affairs. Hynes and Hamilton became friends during their junior racing careers and parted amicably to allow Hynes to focus on other business activities.
In 2026, Hynes works as a chief racing officer in the Cadillac F1 team.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points 2000 WRT IMO SIL CAT NUR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA NC 0 2003 BCN F3000 IMO CAT A1R MON NUR MAG SIL HOC HUN MNZ 28th 0
Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points Ref 2007 Team IRWIN SAS BHR BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL 11th 48
Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2008 Triple Eight Race Engineering Ford Falcon BF Fabrizio Giovanardi 15th 159
Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – just in first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts 2014 Quantel Bifold Racing MG 6 GT BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 18th 54 * Season still in progress.
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