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Marc Basseng

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Marc Basseng
Basseng at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
NationalityGermany German
Born (1978-12-12) 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

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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

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Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(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

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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.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(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

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  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. 26 July 2010.
  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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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2011
(with Darryl O'Young & Christopher Mies) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA GT1 World Champion
2012 with:
Markus Winkelhock 		Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
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