Giandomenico Basso
World Rally Championship record
Nationality	Italian
Active years	1998–2006
Teams	Fiat / Abarth
Rallies	16 (as of 5th August 09)
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Stage wins	0
Total points	0
First rally	1998 Rallye Sanremo

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

[edit] Rally career

After competing in karting from 1981, Basso has been rallying since 1994^[1] Basso has driven Fiats throughout his rallying career. He made his World Rally Championship debut on Rallye Sanremo in 1998, in a Fiat Seicento.^[2] 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.^[2] In 2006 Basso won the inaugural Intercontinental Rally Challenge and the European Rally Championship in a Fiat Grande Punto S2000 for Abarth.^[1] In 2007 he won the Italian Rally Championship.^[1] 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.

[edit] References

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion 2006	Succeeded by Enrique García-Ojeda
Preceded by Renato Travaglia	European Rally Champion 2006	Succeeded by Simon Jean-Joseph
Preceded by Paolo Andreucci	Italian Rally Champion 2007	Succeeded by Luca Rossetti
Preceded by Luca Rossetti	European Rally Champion 2009	Succeeded by Incumbent

[edit] External links

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