Having progressed through the ranks of the Dutch formulae, including a Formula Ford championship win in 1989, Albers moved to the Opel Euroseries for 1990, going on to finish a creditable sixth in the championship.

Marcel was killed in April 1992 at Thruxton in Hampshire, during round 3 of the 1992 British Formula Three season.

[2] Having recovered from earlier gearbox troubles, he was running behind his team-mate Elton Julian on Woodham Hill, just before the braking area to the Club chicane, when he hit the back of Julian's car.

His Ralt cartwheeled across the track, and smashed into the safety fencing, where he lay stricken in his car for an hour.

[3] He has no relation to fellow Dutch motor racing driver Christijan Albers.