Giandomenico Basso

{{short description|Italian rally driver (born 1973)}}

{{Infobox WRC driver

| name = Giandomenico Basso

| image = File:GBasso Deutschland2002.jpg

| caption = Basso at the 2002 Rallye Deutschland

| nationality = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|09|15|df=y}}

| Years = 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2006, 2012, 2017, 2019

| Co-driver = {{flagicon|ITA}} Flavio Guglielmini
{{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Pirollo
{{flagicon|ITA}} Mitia Dotta
{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Scattolin
{{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Granai

| Teams = Fiat / Abarth, Proton

| Races = 19

| Championships = 0

| Wins = 0

| Podiums = 0

| Stagewins = 0

| Points = 0

| First race = 1998 Rallye Sanremo

}}

Giandomenico Basso (born 15 September 1973, in Montebelluna) is an Italian rally driver.

Rally career

After competing in karting from 1981, Basso has been rallying since 1994.{{Cite web |title=Profile at European Rally Championship |url=http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/drivers/basso.php |access-date=2009-08-03 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211730/http://www.rally-erc.com/2008/drivers/basso.php }} Basso has driven Fiats throughout his rallying career. He made his World Rally Championship debut on Rallye Sanremo in 1998, in a Fiat Seicento.{{Cite web |title=Profile at eWRC results |url=http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=495 |access-date=2023-03-11}} 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. In 2006, Basso won the inaugural Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the European Rally Championship in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 for Abarth. In 2007, he won the Italian Rally Championship. 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.

=WRC results=

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! Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1998

! Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Seicento Sporting

| MON

| SWE

| KEN

| POR

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

| FIN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

| AUS

| GBR

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1999

! Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Cinquecento Sporting

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 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

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
16

| ARG

| CYP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| KEN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN
Ret

| NZL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUS
Ret

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

2002

! Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Punto S1600

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| FRA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ESP
21

| CYP

| ARG

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

| KEN

| FIN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
21

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
16

| NZL

| AUS

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR
24

|

|

! NC

! 0

2006

! Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Abarth Grande Punto S2000

| MON

| SWE

| MEX

| ESP

| FRA

| ARG

| ITA

| GRE

| GER

| FIN

| JPN

| CYP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TUR
35

| AUS

| NZL

| GBR

! NC

! 0

2012

! Proton Motorsport

! Proton Satria Neo S2000

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| MEX

| POR

| ARG

| GRE

| NZL

| FIN

| GER

| GBR

| FRA

| ITA

| ESP

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

2017

! BRC Racing Team

! Ford Fiesta R5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 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

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|17}}

| FIN

| GER

| TUR

| GBR

| ESP

| AUS
{{small|C}}

|

|

! NC

! 0

==JWRC Results==

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Year

! Entrant

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! JWRC

! Points

2001

! Top Run

! Fiat Punto S1600

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FIN
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRA
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR
Ret

! 5th

! 10

2002

! Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Punto S1600

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GRE
Ret

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
7

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
2

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
3

! 4th

! 14

==SWRC results==

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Year

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! 6

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! SWRC

! Points

2012

! Proton Motorsport

! Proton Satria Neo S2000

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| POR

| NZL

| FIN

| GBR

| FRA

| ESP

! NC

! 0

==WRC-2 results==

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! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

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! 9

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! 12

! 13

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

2017

! BRC Racing Team

! Ford Fiesta R5

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
Ret

| SWE

| MEX

| FRA

| ARG

| POR

| ITA

| POL

| FIN

| GER

| ESP

| GBR

| AUS

! NC

! 0

=IRC results=

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Year

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! Car

! 1

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! 3

! 4

! 5

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! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! WDC

! Points

2006

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Giandomenico Basso

! Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000

| RSA

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| YPR
1

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| MAD
1

| ITA

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 20

2007

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Abarth & Co. SpA

! Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000

| KEN

| TUR

| BEL

| RUS

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| POR
1

| CZE

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ITA
2

| SWI

| CHI

|

|

|

! 5th

! 18

2008

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Abarth & Co. SpA

! Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUR
Ret

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR
4

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL
6

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RUS
3

| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| POR
2

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE
Ret

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| ESP
1

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| ITA
1

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| SWI
5

| CHI

|

|

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 46

2009

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Abarth & Co. SpA

! Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| MON
5

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| BRA
3

| KEN

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POR
Ret

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| BEL
8

| style="background:#ffdf9f;"| RUS
3

| style="background:#ffffbf;"| POR
1

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CZE
Ret

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP
8

| ITA

| SCO

|

! 5th

! 28

2010

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Abarth & Co. SpA

! Fiat Grande Punto Abarth S2000

| MON

| BRA

| ARG

| CAN

| ITA

| BEL

| AZO

| MAD

| CZE

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA
7

| SCO

| CYP

! 36th

! 2

rowspan=2| 2011

! {{flagicon|ITA}} Giandomenico Basso

! Peugeot 207 S2000

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| MON
9

|

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!rowspan=2| 27th

!rowspan=2| 5

{{flagicon|MYS}} Proton Motorsport

! Proton Satria Neo S2000

|

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| CAN
9

| COR

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YAL
Ret

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| YPR
Ret

| AZO

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZLI
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEC
Ret

| style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN
10

| SCO

| CYP

|

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