Marc Basseng (born 12 December 1978 in

Engelskirchen Engelskirchen (literally "angel’s churches") is a municipality in Oberbergischer Kreis, Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia, about east of Cologne. The neighbouring municipalities are (clockwise from the west) Overath, Lindlar, Gummersbach, W ...

) is a German racing driver.

Career

Basseng began his career in

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. In 1997 he began competing in the

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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,

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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

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. 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

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for

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. As he was the reigning FIA GT1 World Champion he was ruled to be ineligible for the

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Independents' Trophy. He qualified eighth for the season opening Race of Italy and was battling for sixth place in race one with

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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

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Official website
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