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Bastian Buus (born 20 June 2003) is a Danish racing driver who is set to compete in the
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for Allied Racing. He is a part of the Porsche Junior Program. He also is a
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athlete. Buus is the
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champion.


Career


Karting

Buus didn't have many karting achievements from when he started in 2013, but his biggest achievement was coming second place in the 2015 Danish Championship - Cadet Junior class. He also participated in various WSK events, including the
WSK Super Master Series The WSK Super Master Series is a kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2010. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have been Fo ...
,
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and WSK Open Series. He finished 9th in the
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- OKJ class in 2017


Aquila Synergy Cup

In 2018, Buus made his debut in the
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Synergy Cup, where he achieved much for success then he did in karting. He won 9 races and got 14 podiums out of the 15 races he was in, with 3 poles and 8 fastest laps, he came 2nd in the championship with 450 points.


GT4 European Series

Buus's first appearance in GT4's was competing in the
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Pro-Am class full time for Allied-Racing alongside Jan Kasperlik. The pair beat former
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driver and current
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driver,
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and Yağız Gedik to the Pro-Am title, winning 8 out of 12 races. Buus contested the final round of the
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with Allied Racing, partnering Joel Sturm in the Silver class. The pair won a race that lifted Buus to being classified as 17th in the championship standings with 25 points.


DTM Trophy

Buus made an appearance for Allied Racing for the second to last round of the 2020 DTM Trophy in Zolder, replacing Felix Hirsiger. He scored 12 points in the two races he drove in.


Porsche competition

Buus made his
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debut in the 2020
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in a one-off guest appearance in the final round in
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, he was unable to start the first race but came 11th in the second race. In 2021 he competed in the
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full time, as he fought for the rookie title and also fought for podiums in the overall standings, getting his maiden podium in race 1 of the second race in
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, and another podium in the final race of the final round of the championship in
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. He finished the championship in seventh with 120 points. Buus was pipped to the rookie title by
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, as the Dane was runner up to the rookie classification. For his 2022 campaign, he competed full time in the
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and in the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup France for Allied Racing. He achieved his maiden win in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in the first race at
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, and got his maiden pole in the first race of
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. He finished his campaign in fourth with 8 podiums and 236 points. In the Porsche Carrera Cup France, he didn't win any races but got 5 podiums and won the rookie classification, finishing his maiden season with 137 points in fourth. Buus contested the
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season with BWT Lechner Racing, partnering
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and Harry King. He achieved his first podium in the
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and got his first pole and win in
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. Buus won the final race of the season in
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, finishing his rookie season in fourth place with 120 points, while also winning the rookie classification. In 2023 Buus remained in the
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with BWT Lechner Racing and the
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with Allied Racing. He won the
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title and took took his first win in his campaign at the
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. Buus finished with 122 points, five podiums and one win. Meanwhile in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, he came third in the championship after getting three wins, nine podiums, one pole position and 239 points.


GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

In 2021, Buus also joined his regular team Allied Racing for three races, starting from the
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in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup, where Buus came 9th in his category, he came 14th at the
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and 15th in the
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. Buus rejoined the championship in
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, competing with Lionspeed GP. He competed in the bronze category, and got one podium at the third round at the
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. Buus retired from the final two races of the season at
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and
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, getting his maiden fastest lap in the latter. In the bronze category, he finished the championship in 19th with 20 points, and in the overall championship he didn't score a point, with his highest result being a 28th at the
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.


Asian Le Mans Series

Buus made his debut in the series for
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in the GT class of the 2023–24 season, where he partnered Thai racing driver
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, and
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racing driver Setiawan Santoso. He had a best result of 11th in the first round of the championship at the
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. He and his teammates came 29th in the championship.


Intercontinental GT Challenge

Buus did three races in the 2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge, first in the 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour where he got his only podium after getting third in his category, he also drove in the
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, coming 13th in the race, but 9th in IGTC standings. Buus finished his season with an 11th place at 2024 Indianapolis 8 Hours. He finished the championship in 15th with 16 points.


GT World Challenge Asia

He also completed in the
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with Phantom Global Racing for the first two rounds. Buus came 4th and 19th in the first round at the
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, and came 15th and 7th in the next round at
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. Buus returned to the series in the fifth round of the series at
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with Origine Motorsport. He came 5th and 4th in the races and got his first pole position in the second race. Buus came 17th in the drivers championship with 40 points.


Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

For 2025, Buus was set to compete in the
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with Allied Racing, partnering
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. However, the team shuttered its program prior to the start of the season.


Personal life

Buus currently resides in Nørre Bjert, Kolding Municipality together with his family.


Karting record


Karting career summary


Racing record


Racing career summary

* Season still in progress. As Buus was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.


Complete GT4 European Series results

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


Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

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


Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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


Complete Porsche Carrera Cup France results

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


Complete Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * Season still in progress.


Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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


Complete GT World Challenge Asia results

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


External links

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References

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