Marc Basseng

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

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 Championship, where he has claimed 25 overall wins. 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. 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. As he was the reigning FIA GT1 World Champion he was ruled to be ineligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy. He qualified eighth for the season opening Race of Italy and was battling for sixth place in race one with Gabriele Tarquini before dropping out of contention when he served a drive–through penalty for not having all his wheels down on the ground at the three-minute warning on the grid. He started second for race two but dropped down to fourth before challenging Tarquini for third on the last lap.

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	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

(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

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
			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

* Season still in progress.

External links

• Official website (German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Krumm Lucas Luhr	FIA GT1 World Champion 2012 with: Markus Winkelhock	Succeeded by None (Series ended)