Marc Basseng (born 12 December 1978 in Engelskirchen) is a German racing driver. A long-term Münnich Motorsport driver and team manager, he won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012 and competed in the WTCC. He also won the 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours for Audi.
Career 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. 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. He 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, he raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series in a Porsche 911 for Farnbacher Loles and VICI Racing.
Basseng 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. In 2011, he finished fifth 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 ten times in the podium.
Basseng moved with Münnich Motorsport to the World Touring Car Championship for 2013. As he was the reigning FIA GT1 World Champion, he was ruled to be ineligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. He finished 13th overall at the end of the season, with a season best of fourth place at Monza.
Racing record
Complete GT1 World Championship results 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 ABUQRRet ABUCR17 SILQR17 SILCRRet BRNQR14 BRNCR13 PRIQR16 PRICR17 SPAQR15 SPACRRet NÜRQRDNS NÜRCR19 ALGQRRet ALGCR17 NAVQR8 NAVCRRet INTQREX INTCREX SANQR14 SANCR6 39th 8 2011 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini ABUQR6 ABUCR3 ZOLQR1 ZOLCR1 ALGQR7 ALGCR6 SACQR9 SACCRRet SILQRRet SILCR5 NAVQR1 NAVCR2 PRIQR7 PRICR8 ORDQREX ORDCR8 BEIQR12 BEICRRet SANQR6 SANCRRet 5th 102 2012 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Mercedes-Benz NOGQR6 NOGCR3 ZOLQR6 ZOLCR9 NAVQR5 NAVQR2 SVKQR4 SVKCR3 ALGQR1 ALGCR2 SVKQR3 SVKCR2 MOSQR2 MOSCR5 NURQR3 NURCR2 DONQR5 DONCREX 1st 145
Complete World Touring Car Championship results (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 ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 13th 57
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results 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 NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 18th 14 Pro-Am Trophy BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 1st 162
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (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 Points 2014 GMG Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB 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 SEB LGA BEL WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS ATL 60th 1 2016 Konrad Motorsport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAYSEB LGA BEL WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 50th 22 2017 Konrad Motorsport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Lamborghini 5.2 L V10DAY 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
External links Official website