 Basso at the 2002 Rallye Deutschland | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Italian |
| Born | 15 September 1973 |
| World Rally Championship record | |
| Active years | 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2019 |
| Teams | Fiat / Abarth, Proton |
| Rallies | 19 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Rally wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Stage wins | 0 |
| Total points | 0 |
| First rally | 1998 Rallye Sanremo |
Giandomenico Basso (born 15 September 1973, in Montebelluna) is an Italian rally driver.
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.
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Giandomenico Basso | Fiat Seicento Sporting | MON | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | ITA Ret | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | |||
| 1999 | Giandomenico Basso | Fiat Cinquecento Sporting | MON 23 | SWE | KEN | POR | ESP | FRA | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | CHN | ITA | AUS | GBR | NC | 0 | ||
| 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 | NC | 0 | |||
| 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 | NC | 0 | ||
| 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 | NC | 0 |
| 2012 | Proton Motorsport | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | GRE | NZL | FIN | GER | GBR | FRA | ITA | ESP | NC | 0 | |||
| 2017 | BRC Racing Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | ESP | GBR | AUS | NC | 0 | |||
| 2019 | LORAN s.r.l | Škoda Fabia R5 | MON | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | CHL | POR | ITA 17 | FIN | GER | TUR | GBR | ESP | AUS C | NC | 0 | ||
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | JWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Top Run | Fiat Punto S1600 | ESP 2 | GRE Ret | FIN Ret | ITA Ret | FRA 3 | GBR Ret | 5th | 10 |
| 2002 | Giandomenico Basso | Fiat Punto S1600 | MON Ret | ESP 3 | GRE Ret | GER 7 | ITA 2 | GBR 3 | 4th | 14 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | SWRC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Proton Motorsport | Proton Satria Neo S2000 | MON Ret | SWE | POR | NZL | FIN | GBR | FRA | ESP | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BRC Racing Team | Ford Fiesta R5 | MON Ret | SWE | MEX | FRA | ARG | POR | ITA | POL | FIN | GER | ESP | GBR | AUS | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Giandomenico Basso | Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 | RSA | YPR 1 | MAD 1 | ITA | 1st | 20 | ||||||||
| 2007 | Abarth & Co. SpA | Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 | KEN | TUR | BEL | RUS | POR 1 | CZE | ITA 2 | SWI | CHI | 5th | 18 | |||
| 2008 | 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 | 3rd | 46 | ||
| 2009 | 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 | 5th | 28 | |
| 2010 | Abarth & Co. SpA | Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000 | MON | BRA | ARG | CAN | ITA | BEL | AZO | MAD | CZE | ITA 7 | SCO | CYP | 36th | 2 |
| 2011 | Giandomenico Basso | Peugeot 207 S2000 | MON 9 | 27th | 5 | |||||||||||
 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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