Early career
Basz was born on 12 November 1991 in Kraków. [1] He began karting in 2001, racing mainly in the Polish Karting Championship and winning the 2004 edition of it in the K60A class. After getting a karting license in 2004, Basz won the next two editions of the Polish Karting Championship in the ICA-Junior class. In 2007, Basz began racing full-time in Europe, along with a campaign in the WSK International Series. [2]
After stints with Robert Kubica's karting team and Birel Motorsport, [3] [4] Basz joined Tony Kart and won the 2013 International Super Cup and the 2014 WSK Champions Cup in the KF class. [5] [6] Basz then joined Kosmic Racing Department in 2014 and stayed with them until the end of his karting career in 2018. [7] With Kosmic Racing Department, Basz won the WSK Gold Cup and the Karting World Championship in the KF class in 2015, [8] [9] and also won the WSK Final Cup in 2016 in the newly-rebranded OK class. [10]
Career
Stepping up to car racing in 2017, Basz joined Antonelli Motorsport to compete in the Super GT Cup class of the Italian GT Championship. [11] In the 14-race season, Basz took his best result of second at Mugello, and scored three more podiums to finish 11th in the standings. [12]
The following year, Basz joined Imperiale Racing to compete in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe alongside Vito Postiglione, along with joining the Lamborghini Young Driver programme the same year. [13] Basz won race two of the season-opening Monza round, [14] before taking further wins at Silverstone and Misano and taking the points lead following the midway point of the season at Spa. [15] [16] [17] But after winning at Nürburgring, Basz retired in the final round of the season at Vallelunga and finished runner-up in the standings. [18] [19] During 2018, Basz also competed with the same team in the Italian GT Championship on a part-time basis. [20]
After finishing runner-up in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East in early 2019, [21] Basz returned to Imperiale Racing for the Super Trofeo Europe season partnering Bartosz Paziewski. [22] After switching to the Pro-Am class at the final round of the Super Trofeo Europe season, [23] Basz won the Lamborghini World Finals with Paziewski in the Pro-Am class at Jerez. [24]
Remaining in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for 2020, Basz joined Vincenzo Sospiri Racing alongside Andrzej Lewandowski. [25] Basz won both races at Misano and Nürburgring in Pro-Am to lead the standings early on. [26] [27] Despite a retirement at Barcelona in race one, the Polish duo won the next three races in class to clinch the Pro-Am title a round early. [28]
Basz stayed with Vincenzo Sospiri Racing for the 2021 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe season, alongside Andrzej Lewandowski in the Pro-Am class. The Polish duo won five times in their class, but after missing the Nürburgring round, Basz finished runner-up to Lewandowski in the Pro-Am standings. [29] Staying with the team for the World Finals, Basz partnered up with Mattia Michelotto and won both races at Misano to become 2021 Lamborghini World Finals champion overall. [30] During 2021, Basz also made his debut in International GT Open for Olimp Racing alongside Marcin Jedlinski on a part-time basis, [31] and also made a cameo in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for JP Motorsport's McLaren. [32]
In 2022, Basz returned to Olimp Racing for his sophomore season in International GT Open, as the team switched from Mercedes to Audi machinery. [33] In the 13-race season, Basz scored three Pro-Am wins, which included two overall podiums scored in both Le Castellet and Barcelona, [34] on his way to his maiden class title in International GT Open. [35] During the year, Basz also raced in Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe for Micanek Motorsport, [36] represented Poland in the FIA Motorsport Games, [37] and also raced for Vincenzo Sospiri Racing in Italian GT and the 24 Hours of Spa. [38] [39]
Staying with Olimp Racing for a third season, [40] Basz swept both Red Bull Ring races in Pro-Am and took further class wins at the Hungaroring and Monza to finish runner-up in the Pro-Am standings. [41] [42] [43] During 2023, Basz returned to Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe, driving for Mičánek Motorsport alongside Broněk Formánek. [44]
Returning to Olimp Racing for 2024, Basz rejoined Marcin Jedliński as the sole Audi R8 LMS Evo II in the team. [45] Basz took pole for the season-opening round at Algarve and finished third overall in race one, [46] before winning in class at the following round in Spa. [47] After five further Pro-Am podiums, Basz finished runner-up to Marco Pulcini for the class title by eight points. [48] During 2024, Basz also drove for Madpanda Motorsport and Eastalent Racing in select races between GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. [49] [50]
Basz returned to Olimp Racing for 2025 as the team fully committed to the Ferrari 296 GT3. [51] Basz also joined GetSpeed's Silver Cup effort in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, aboard a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo. [52]
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