🇨🇭 Marc Basseng

Marc Basseng is a professional endurance racing driver competing primarily in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Hyundai N Motosport, where he holds an FIA Silver grading. He races GT3 machinery across a career spanning multiple international championships including the World Touring Car Championship, Nürburgring 24 Hours, and the 24H Series.[1]

Across 20 seasons from 2007 onward, Basseng has taken 16 wins and 31 podiums from 99 starts. His headline achievement is the 2011 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie championship with Phoenix Racing. He has returned repeatedly to the Nürburgring 24 Hours, winning five times there from eight starts; his most recent victory came in 2026 as part of a sixth consecutive class win for Hyundai Motorsport. His broader record includes a single-season appearance in the 2013 World Touring Car Championship, where he finished 13th in the points, and a handful of campaigns in international endurance grids including Le Mans Cup, the 24H Series, and IMSA WeatherTech.[2]

Basseng races regularly against drivers of his own tier, typically finishing ahead of entry-level professionals such as Klaus Abbelen and Sabine Schmitz in shared competition at the Nürburgring. He has also competed against established professionals in multiclass and shared-driver endurance fields; he has finished ahead of Platinum-graded drivers including António Félix da Costa and Laurens Vanthoor, both of whom hold significant credentials in international series ranging from Formula E to the World Endurance Championship.