Gene Will Race at the British GP

Spaniard Marc Gene will race at next weekend's British Grand Prix at the Silverstone circuit, the Williams team said today.

Test driver Gene replaced injured German Ralf Schumacher at last weekend's French Grand Prix, but the Spaniard's presence at the Silverstone race was in doubt as Williams said they will only decide on the second driver on a race-by-race basis.

Gene, however, will get a second chance after finishing in a disappointing 10th place in France.

"I am very much looking forward to Silverstone," said Gene. "Although everything went well for me at Magny-Cours, I will be using that experience to help me improve my race performance at Silverstone. We've spent a lot of time testing at Silverstone in the past so I'm confident when I say that the track suits the FW26.

"We've always achieved competitive lap times there so I hope we can do the same over the Grand Prix weekend. It would also be good to score some points as it's WilliamsF1's home race and many of the guys from the factory will be there."