Giandomenico Basso

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Giandomenico Basso
GBasso Deutschland2002.jpg
Basso at the 2002 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Italy.svg Italian
Born (1973-09-15) 15 September 1973 (age 51)
World Rally Championship record
Active years 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2019
Co-driver Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Guglielmini
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Pirollo
Flag of Italy.svg Mitia Dotta
Flag of Italy.svg Simone Scattolin
Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Granai
Teams Fiat / Abarth, Proton
Rallies19
Championships 0
Rally wins 0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally1998 Rallye Sanremo

Giandomenico Basso (born 15 September 1973, in Montebelluna) is an Italian rally driver.

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Rally career

After competing in karting from 1981, Basso has been rallying since 1994. [1] Basso has driven Fiats throughout his rallying career. He made his World Rally Championship debut on Rallye Sanremo in 1998, in a Fiat Seicento. [2] In 2001 and 2002, he competed on WRC rounds in the Junior World Rally Championship in a Fiat Punto S1600, finishing fifth in 2001 and fourth in 2002. [2] In 2006, Basso won the inaugural Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the European Rally Championship in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 for Abarth. [1] In 2007, he won the Italian Rally Championship. [1] In 2009, he won again the European Rally Championship, driving an Abarth Grande Punto S2000.

Basso used to be co-driven by Flavio Guglielmini, who died in a crash on the European Championship round Rally Bulgaria in July 2009 as co-driver to Swiss driver Brian Lavio. Basso has also been co-driven by Luigi Pirollo and currently by Mitia Dotta.

WRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516Pos.Pts
1998 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Seicento Sporting MON SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN ITA
Ret		 AUS GBR NC0
1999 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Cinquecento Sporting MON
23		 SWE KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC0
2001 Top Run Fiat Punto S1600 MON SWE POR ESP
16		 ARG CYP GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN
Ret		 NZL ITA
Ret		 FRA
15		 AUS
Ret		NC0
2002 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Punto S1600 MON
Ret		 SWE FRA ESP
21		 CYP ARG GRE
Ret		 KEN FIN GER
21		 ITA
16		 NZL AUS GBR
24		NC0
2006 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000 MON SWE MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN JPN CYP TUR
35		 AUS NZL GBR NC0
2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC0
2017 BRC Racing Team Ford Fiesta R5 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS NC0
2019 LORAN s.r.l Škoda Fabia R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA
17		 FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C		NC0

JWRC Results

YearEntrantCar123456JWRCPoints
2001 Top Run Fiat Punto S1600 ESP
2		 GRE
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 FRA
3		 GBR
Ret		5th10
2002 Giandomenico Basso Fiat Punto S1600 MON
Ret		 ESP
3		 GRE
Ret		 GER
7		 ITA
2		 GBR
3		4th14

SWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678SWRCPoints
2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON
Ret		 SWE POR NZL FIN GBR FRA ESP NC0

WRC-2 results

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213Pos.Points
2017 BRC Racing Team Ford Fiesta R5 MON
Ret		 SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS NC0

IRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789101112WDCPoints
2006 Flag of Italy.svg Giandomenico Basso Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 RSA YPR
1		 MAD
1		 ITA 1st20
2007 Flag of Italy.svg Abarth & Co. SpA Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 KEN TUR BEL RUS POR
1		 CZE ITA
2		 SWI CHI 5th18
2008 Flag of Italy.svg Abarth & Co. SpA Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 TUR
Ret		 POR
4		 BEL
6		 RUS
3		 POR
2		 CZE
Ret		 ESP
1		 ITA
1		 SWI
5		 CHI 3rd46
2009 Flag of Italy.svg Abarth & Co. SpA Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 MON
5		 BRA
3		 KEN POR
Ret		 BEL
8		 RUS
3		 POR
1		 CZE
Ret		 ESP
8		 ITA SCO 5th28
2010 Flag of Italy.svg Abarth & Co. SpA Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 MON BRA ARG CAN ITA BEL AZO MAD CZE ITA
7		 SCO CYP 36th2
2011 Flag of Italy.svg Giandomenico Basso Peugeot 207 S2000 MON
9		27th5
Flag of Malaysia.svg Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 CAN
9		 COR YAL
Ret		 YPR
Ret		 AZO ZLI
13		 MEC
Ret		 SAN
10		 SCO CYP

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile at European Rally Championship". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  2. 1 2 "Profile at eWRC results" . Retrieved 2023-03-11.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
None
 Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion
2006		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Rally Champion
2006		Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Rally Champion
2007		Succeeded by
Preceded by European Rally Champion
2009		Succeeded by
Preceded by Italian Rally Champion
2016		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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