Marc Basseng

Marc Basseng 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 Series, where he has claimed 26 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 finished 13th overall at the end of the season, with a season best of 4th place at Monza.

Racing record

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year

Team

Car

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

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
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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

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