Career
Basseng began his career in karting. In 1997 he began competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for the United Parcel Service Porsche Junior Team, finishing third in the 1998 standings. 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, FIA GT Championship, Le Mans Series, American Le Mans Series and Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club 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.
In 2011 he finished 5th in the standings for Münnich, sharing his ride with Markus Winkelhock. Basseng moved with Münnich Motorsport to the World Touring Carolina Championship for 2013.
He qualified eighth for the season opening Race of Italy and was battling for sixth place in race one with Gabriele Tarquini 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. Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete World Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
* Season still in progress.