Karol Basz

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]

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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] Finishing 18th in the Silver Cup standings of the latter, Basz found more success in GT Open, in which he scored a Pro-Am podium at Spa and ended the year sixth in the class standings.^[53]

The following year, Basz remained with Olimp Racing for his sixth season in the Pro-Am class of the series.^[54]

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
	Andrea Margutti Trophy - 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:[55][56]

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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[57]	2	0	0	0	0	7	14th
	Italian GT Sprint Championship – GT3 Pro	Easy Race[58]	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			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			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			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			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			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			0	0	0	0	23	23rd
2025	International GT Open	Olimp Racing	14	0	0	0	0	3	38th
	International GT Open – Pro-Am			0	2	0	1	45	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GetSpeed	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	0	22	18th
	TSS The Super Series - GT3	B-Quik Absolute Racing	4	0	1	0	2	40	9th
2026	GT Winter Series - GT3	Olimp Racing
	International GT Open
	International GT Open – Pro-Am
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver
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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2021	Olimp Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	LEC 1	LEC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1 3	HUN 2 6	IMO 1	IMO 2	RBR 1 4	RBR 2 2	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	CAT 1 8	CAT 2 5	10th	23
2022	Olimp Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro-Am	EST 1 3	EST 2 2	LEC 1 1	LEC 2 8	SPA 1	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 3	RBR 1 7	RBR 2 Ret	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 7†	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 5		1st	67
2023	Olimp Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro-Am	PRT 1 6	PRT 2 3	SPA 7												2nd	68
		Audi R8 LMS Evo II					HUN 1 4	HUN 2 1	LEC 1 7	LEC 2 6	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	MNZ 1 4	MNZ 2 1	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 2
2024	Olimp Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro-Am	ALG 1 2	ALG 2 13	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 13	SPA 1	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 3	LEC 1 6	LEC 2 5	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 14	CAT 1 4	CAT 2 2	MNZ 2	2nd	87
2025	Olimp Racing	Ferrari 296 GT3	Pro-Am	PRT 1 8	PRT 2 11								RBR 1 4	RBR 2 5	CAT 1 7	CAT 2 11		6th	45
		Audi R8 LMS Evo II				SPA 3	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 Ret	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 5	LEC 1 9	LEC 2 4					MNZ 5

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2021	JP Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro	MON	LEC 29	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	CAT	NC	0
2022	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	IMO	LEC	SPA 6H 34	SPA 12H 25	SPA 24H 35	HOC	CAT	23rd	10
2024	Madpanda Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC	SPA 6H 19	SPA 12H 43	SPA 24H 31				23rd	23
	Eastalent Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro					NÜR 26	MNZ	JED	NC	0
2025	GetSpeed	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC 43	MNZ 18	SPA 6H 64†	SPA 12H 66†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 27	BAR 27	18th	22
2026	GetSpeed Team Bartone Bros	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Silver	LEC	MNZ	SPA 6H 33	SPA 12H 26	SPA 24H 28	NÜR	ALG	18th*	13*

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Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

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Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2024	Eastalent Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1 13	CAT 2 15	16th	10.5

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