Marc Basseng

Marc Basseng
Marc Basseng
	Basseng at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Nationality	German
Born	12 December 1978 (age 45); Engelskirchen, Germany
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2013; 2010–2012; 2008; 2007–2009; 2007; 2007; 2007; 2006, 2008–2009; 2005; 2004-06; 2003; 2001-02; 1997-98, 2003, 06	WTCC; FIA GT1 World Championship; ADAC GT Masters; American Le Mans Series; Le Mans Series; FIA GT Championship; Porsche Supercup; FIA GT3; ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup; VLN; Clio Cup Germany; Renault Sport Clio Trophy; Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Championship titles
2012; 2004	FIA GT1 World Championship; Clio Cup Germany

Marc Basseng (born 12 December 1978 in Engelskirchen) is a German racing driver.

Career edit

Basseng began his career in karting. In 1997 he began competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for the UPS Porsche Junior Team, finishing third in the 1998 standings.^[1] He raced in the Renault Sport Clio Trophy in 2001 and 2002 and won the German Clio Cup in 2003.

In 2004, Basseng began to compete in the VLN Nürburgring Endurance Series, where he has claimed 26 overall wins.^[2] The driver also competed part-time at the FIA GT3 European Championship, FIA GT Championship, Le Mans Series, American Le Mans Series and ADAC GT Masters. In 2008, the Belgian raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series in a Porsche 911 for Farnbacher Loles and VICI Racing.

He began racing in the new FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010 for the All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport team, for which he also serves as team manager. On 26 July 2010, Marc Basseng achieved the lap record in a Pagani Zonda R on the Nürburgring Nordschleife.^[3] In 2011 he finished 5th in the standings for Münnich, sharing his ride with Markus Winkelhock. In 2012 he claimed the world championship with Winkelhock, managing to win a race and finishing 10 times in the podium.

Basseng moved with Münnich Motorsport to the World Touring Car Championship for 2013.^[4] As he was the reigning FIA GT1 World Champion he was ruled to be ineligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.^[5] He finished 13th overall at the end of the season, with a season best of 4th place at Monza.

Racing record edit

Complete GT1 World Championship results edit

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Lamborghini	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 17	SIL QR 17	SIL CR Ret	BRN QR 14	BRN CR 13	PRI QR 16	PRI CR 17	SPA QR 15	SPA CR Ret	NÜR QR DNS	NÜR CR 19	ALG QR Ret	ALG CR 17	NAV QR 8	NAV CR Ret	INT QR EX	INT CR EX	SAN QR 14	SAN CR 6	39th	8
2011	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Lamborghini	ABU QR 6	ABU CR 3	ZOL QR 1	ZOL CR 1	ALG QR 7	ALG CR 6	SAC QR 9	SAC CR Ret	SIL QR Ret	SIL CR 5	NAV QR 1	NAV CR 2	PRI QR 7	PRI CR 8	ORD QR EX	ORD CR 8	BEI QR 12	BEI CR Ret	SAN QR 6	SAN CR Ret	5th	102
2012	All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz	NOG QR 6	NOG CR 3	ZOL QR 6	ZOL CR 9	NAV QR 5	NAV QR 2	SVK QR 4	SVK CR 3	ALG QR 1	ALG CR 2	SVK QR 3	SVK CR 2	MOS QR 2	MOS CR 5	NUR QR 3	NUR CR 2	DON QR 5	DON CR EX			1st	145

Complete World Touring Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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	Pos	Pts
2013	ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport	SEAT León WTCC	ITA 1 14	ITA 2 4	MAR 1 7	MAR 2 5	SVK 1 16	SVK 2 15	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 17	AUT 1 Ret	AUT 2 11	RUS 1 18	RUS 2 13	POR 1 10	POR 2 5	ARG 1 12	ARG 2 Ret	USA 1 9	USA 2 9	JPN 1 9	JPN 2 17	CHN 1 15	CHN 2 18	MAC 1 7	MAC 2 7	13th	57

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results edit

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 10	NOG CR 9													21st	14
2014	Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro-Am			BRH QR 13	BRH CR 11	ZAN QR 10	ZAN CR 13	SVK QR 8	SVK CR 7	ALG QR 11	ALG CR 7	ZOL QR 15	ZOL CR 15	BAK QR DNS	BAK CR DNS	21st	14

* Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2014	GMG Racing	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2 L V10	DAY 28	SEB 11	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IND	ELK	VIR	COA	COA		79th	22
2015	Mühlner Motorsports America	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 15†	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	ATL			60th	1
2016	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 10	SEB	LGA	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET		50th	22
2017	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY 20	SEB	LBH	AUS	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	79th	11

^† Basseng did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

References edit

^ "Marc Basseng | Racing career profile | Driver Database".
^ "Statistics: overall victories". Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
^ "Pagani Zonda R - Nurburgring lap". YouTube.
^ "Basseng and Winkelhock set for WTCC 2013". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ Hudson, Neil (15 March 2013). "Full entry list for the first round of the 2013 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 March 2013.

External links edit

Official website (in German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by John Bowe Garry Holt Paul Morris	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2011 (with Darryl O'Young & Christopher Mies)	Succeeded by Darryl O'Young Christopher Mies Christer Jöns
Preceded by Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	FIA GT1 World Champion 2012 with: Markus Winkelhock	Succeeded by None (Series ended)

[1] "Marc Basseng | Racing career profile | Driver Database".

[2] "Statistics: overall victories". Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Retrieved 2023-10-11.

[3] "Pagani Zonda R - Nurburgring lap". YouTube.

[4] "Basseng and Winkelhock set for WTCC 2013". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

[5] Hudson, Neil (15 March 2013). "Full entry list for the first round of the 2013 WTCC". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 15 March 2013.

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