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Karol Basz
Basz in 2023
NationalityPoland Polish
Born (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 33)
Kraków, Poland
Racing licence FIA Silver
Championship titles
2022
2020		International GT Open – Pro-Am
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am

Karol Basz (born 12 November 1991) is a Polish racing driver currently racing in International GT Open for Olimp Racing and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for GetSpeed.

He is a two-time Lamborghini World Finals champion, having won it in the Pro-Am class in 2019 alongside Bartosz Paziewski and overall in 2021 alongside Mattia Michelotto. In addition, he also won the Karting World Championship in 2015 in the KF class and is also a Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe and International GT Open class champion.

Early career

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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

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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]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2005 Torneo Industrie - 100 Junior 44th
Karting European Championship - ICA Junior Polski Zwiazek Motorowy NC
2006 Torneo Industrie - 100 Junior 26th
South Garda Winter Cup - 100 Junior NC
WSK International Series - Junior 62nd
Karting European Championship - ICA Junior 25th
2007 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 NC
Torneo Industrie - KF2 6th
Copa Campeones - KF2 MGM Racing 16th
WSK International Series - KF2 31st
Karting European Championship - KF2 10th
2008 Andrea Margutti Trophy - KF2 MGM Racing 31st
South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 18th
Trofeo Andrea Margutti - KF2 3rd
WSK International Series - KF2 29th
Karting European Championship - KF2 NC
Asia-Pacific Karting Championship - KF2 8th
World Karting Cup - KF2 25th
2009 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 Savani Competition NC
WSK International Series - KF2 Robert Kubica Kart Team 9th
Karting European Championship - KF2 Birel Motorsport 11th
World Karting Cup - KF2 10th
2010 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 Birel Motorsport 11th
WSK Euro Series - KF2 4th
Karting European Championship - KF2 26th
WSK World Series - KF2 7th
WSK Nations Cup - KF2 2nd
Macau International Karting Grand Prix - SKF 12th
2011 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 Birel Motorsport 9th
WSK Euro Series - KF2 4th
Karting European Championship - KF1 5th
2012 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 Birel Motorsport 28th
WSK Euro Series - KF2 14th
Karting European Championship - KF2 18th
Karting World Championship - KF1 7th
German Kart Championship - KF1 DP-RK Official Racing Germany 14th
WSK Master Series - KF2 BirelArt Racing 7th
Karting World Cup - KF2 11th
2013 WSK Super Master Series - KF Tony Kart Racing Team 3rd
WSK Euro Series - KF 4th
Karting European Championship - KF 4th
International Super Cup - KF 1st
Karting World Championship - KF 4th
South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 6th
2014 South Garda Winter Cup - KF2 Tony Kart Racing Team 7th
WSK Champions Cup - KF 1st
WSK Super Master Series - KF 3rd
Karting European Championship - KF 11th
Karting World Championship - KF 7th
2015 South Garda Winter Cup - KF Kosmic Racing Department 12th
WSK Champions Cup - KF 3rd
WSK Super Master Series - KF 2nd
WSK Gold Cup - KF 1st
Karting European Championship - KF 8th
Karting World Championship - KF 1st
WSK Final Cup - KF 3rd
2016 South Garda Winter Cup - OK Kosmic Racing Department 3rd
WSK Champions Cup - OK 2nd
WSK Super Master Series - OK 2nd
German Kart Championship - OK 2nd
Karting European Championship - OK 3rd
Karting World Championship - OK 2nd
WSK Final Cup - OK 1st
2017 South Garda Winter Cup - OK Kosmic Racing Department 4th
WSK Champions Cup - OK 10th
WSK Super Master Series - OK 2nd
WSK Final Cup - OK 12th
Karting World Championship - OK 4th
2018 Karting World Championship - OK Kosmic Racing Department 7th
Sources:[53][54]

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 Volkswagen Castrol Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 Italian GT Championship – Super GT Cup Antonelli Motorsport 12 0 1 0 4 71 11th
2018 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America – Pro 2 0 0 0 1 18 5th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Imperiale Racing 12 4 3 2 7 111 2nd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian GT Championship – GT3 4 0 0 0 3 46 12th
2019 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East – Pro FFF Racing Team 3 0 0 0 3 ?? 2nd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro Imperiale Racing 8 1 2 2 4 79 4th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am 2 1 0 0 1 22 13th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final – Pro-Am 2 2 0 0 2 30 1st
24H GT European Series – A6 OLIMP Racing 2 0 0 0 0 15 21st
2020 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am VS Racing ? ? ? ? ? 147 1st
2021 International GT Open – Pro-Am OLIMP Racing 6 0 1 0 2 23 10th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 8 5 4 0 6 103 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup JP Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Pro Audi Sport Team Italia[55] 2 0 0 0 0 7 14th
Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 Pro Easy Race[56] 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Micanek Motorsport ACCR 6 4 0 0 5 72 7th
International GT Open Olimp Racing 13 0 2 3 2 60 5th
International GT Open – Pro-Am 12 3 4 3 6 67 1st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Vincenzo Sospiri Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 1 0 0 0 0 10 23rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT3 Pro 4 1 0 0 2 41 4th
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Poland 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2023 Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe – Pro-Am Micanek Motorsport ACCR Team powered by Buggyra 11 0 0 0 2 43.5 8th
Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals – Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 5 12th
International GT Open Olimp Racing 13 0 0 1 0 28 11th
International GT Open – Pro-Am 13 4 2 1 6 68 2nd
2024 GT Winter Series – GT3 Olimp Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC
International GT Open 14 0 1 1 1 25 17th
International GT Open – Pro-Am 14 1 2 1 7 87 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Eastalent Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver 2 0 1 0 1 10.5 16th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Madpanda Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 1 0 0 0 0 23 23rd
2025 International GT Open Olimp Racing * *
International GT Open – Pro-Am * *
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed * *
Thailand Super Series - GT3 B-Quik Absolute Racing * *
Sources:[53]

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