Bastian Buus

Bastian Buus
Buus at the Red Bull Ring in 2023
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 21)
Kolding, Denmark
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2022
Current teamBWT Lechner Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Starts14 (14 entries)
Wins3
Podiums7
Poles1
Fastest laps4
Best finish1st in 2023

Bastian Buus (born 20 June 2003)[1] is a Danish racing driver currently competing in the 2023-24 Asian Le Mans Series for Earl Bamber Motorsport. He is a part of the Porsche Junior Program.[2][3][4] He also is a Team Danmark athlete.[3] Buus is the 2023 Porsche Supercup champion.

Career

Karting

Buus didn't have many karting achievements from when he started in 2013, but his biggest achievement was coming second place in the 2015 Danish Championship - Cadet Junior class.[4][5] He also participated in various WSK events, including the WSK Super Master Series, WSK Final Cup and WSK Open Series. He finished 9th in the WSK Final Cup - OKJ class in 2017

Aquila Synergy Cup

In 2018, Buus made his debut in the Aquila Synergy Cup, where he achieved much for success then he did in karting.[4] He won 9 races and got 14 podiums out of the 15 races he was in, with 3 poles and 8 fastest laps, he came 2nd in the championship with 450 points.

GT4 European Series

Buus's first appearance in GT4's was competing in the 2020 GT4 European Series Pro-Am class full time for Allied-Racing alongside Jan Kasperlik.[5][6] The pair beat former Formula 2 driver and current Super Formula driver, Cem Bölükbaşı and Yağız Gedik to the Pro-Am title, winning 8 out of 12 races.[7][4]

Buus contested the final round of the 2021 GT4 European Series with Allied Racing, partnering Joel Sturm in the Silver class.[8] The pair won a race that lifted Buus to being classified as 17th in the championship standings with 25 points.[9][10]

DTM Trophy

Buus made an appearance for Allied Racing for the second to last round of the 2020 DTM Trophy in Zolder, replacing Felix Hirsiger. He scored 12 points in the two races he drove in.[11]

Porsche competition

Buus made his Porsche Carrera Cup debut in the 2020 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in a one-off guest appearance in the final round in Oschersleben, he was unable to start the first race but came 11th in the second race.[12]

In 2021 he competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany full time, as he fought for the rookie title and also fought for podiums in the overall standings, getting his maiden podium in race 1 of the second race in Monza, and another podium in the final race of the final round of the championship in Hockenheim.[3][12] He finished the championship in seventh with 120 points.[13] Buus was pipped to the rookie title by Loek Hartog, as the Dane was runner up to the rookie classification.[13][14]

For his 2022 campaign, he competed full time in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and in the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup France for Allied Racing.[3][13] He achieved his maiden win in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in the first race of Imola, and got his maiden pole in the first race of Lausitzring.[15][16] He finished his campaign in fourth with 8 podiums and 236 points.

In the Porsche Carrera Cup France, he didn't win any races but got 6 podiums and won the rookie classification, finishing his maiden season with 137 points in fourth.

Buus contested the 2022 Porsche Supercup season with BWT Lechner Racing, partnering Dylan Pereira and Harry King.[3][17][18] He achieved his first podium in the Red Bull Ring and got his first pole and win in Circuit Paul Ricard.[19][20][21] Buus won the final race of the season in Monza, finishing his rookie season in fourth place with 120 points, while also winning the rookie classification.[22][23]

In 2023 Buus remained in the Porsche Supercup with BWT Lechner Racing and the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany with Allied Racing.[24] He took his first win of the season at the Red Bull Ring.[25]

GT World Challenge Europe

In 2021 Buus also joined his regular team Allied Racing to compete in three races of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, including the 24 Hours of Spa.[26][27]

Asian Le Mans Series

Buus made his debut in the series for Earl Bamber Motorsport in the GT class, partnering Thai racing driver Tanart Sathienthirakul, and Indonesian racing driver Setiawan Santoso.[28] He had a best result of 11th in the first round of the championship at the Sepang International Circuit. He and his teammates came 29th in the championship.

Personal life

Buus currently resides in Nørre Bjert, Kolding Municipality together with his family.[3]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2014 Danish Championship – Cadet Junior 8th
2015 Danish Championship – Cadet Junior 2nd
2016 Danish Championship – KFJ 9th
NEZ Championship – KFJ 8th
2017 WSK Super Master Series – OKJ 38th
WSK Final Cup – OKJ 9th
Rotax Max Challenge Denmark – Junior 39th
2018 DKM German Kart Championship – OK RS Competition 14th
Swedish Kart League – OK 27th
2019 24° South Garda Winter Cup – OK RS Competition 23rd
WSK Super Master Series – OK 19th
DKM German Kart Championship – OK 12th
WSK Open Cup – OK 16th


Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2018 Aquila Synergy Cup 15 9 3 8 14 450 2nd
2020 DTM Trophy Allied Racing 2 0 0 0 0 12 18th
GT4 European Series - Pro-Am 12 8 4 3 9 240 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2021 GT4 European Series - Silver Allied Racing 2 1 0 1 1 25 17th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 16 0 0 1 2 120 7th
2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Allied Racing 16 1 1 0 8 236 4th
Porsche Carrera Cup France 10 0 0 1 6 137 4th
Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 8 2 1 0 3 120 4th
2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Allied-Racing 16 3 1 5 9 239 3rd
Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 8 1 0 4 5 122 1st
2023-24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Earl Bamber Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2024 Intercontinental GT Challenge Phantom Global Racing 1 0 0 1 1 16 15th
Dinamic GT 1 0 0 0 0
EBM 1 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge Asia AAS Phantom Global Racing 4 0 0 0 0 40 17th
Origine Motorsport 2 0 1 0 0
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Lionspeed GP 2 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 2 0 0 0 1 20* 11th*
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Dinamic GT
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - AT(-G) Four Motors Bioconcept-Car
GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am Earl Bamber Motorsport
2025 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Allied Racing

* Season still in progress.

Complete GT4 European Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2020 Allied Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Pro-Am IMO
1
6 		IMO
2
3 		MIS
1
11 		MIS
2
5 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
1 		ZAN
1
1 		ZAN
2
1 		SPA
1
2 		SPA
2
Ret 		LEC
1
13 		LEC
2
12 		1st 240
2021 Allied Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Silver MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		CAT
1
28 		CAT
2
1 		17th 25

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points
2020 Allied Racing LEM
1
 LEM
2
 SAC
1
 SAC
2
 SAC
3
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 RBR
3
 LAU
1
 LAU
1
 OSC
1
DNS 		OSC
1
11 		NC 0
2021 Allied Racing SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
8 		OSC
1
9 		OSC
2
11 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
5 		MNZ1
1
9 		MNZ1
2
19 		ZAN
1
11 		ZAN
2
8 		MNZ2
1
7 		MNZ2
2
3 		SAC
1
8 		SAC
2
8 		HOC
1
28 		HOC
2
3 		7th 120
2022 Allied-Racing SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
3 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
4 		IMO
1
1 		IMO
2
7 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
2 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
5 		LAU
1
6 		LAU
2
14 		SAC
1
2 		SAC
2
6 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
2 		4th 237
2023 Allied-Racing SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
5 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
4 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
2 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
2 		LAU
1
3 		LAU
2
1 		SAC
1
1 		SAC
2
3 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
1 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
Ret 		3rd 239

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup France results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2022 Allied-Racing NOG
1
19 		NOG
2
6 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
6 		MAG
1
3 		MAG
2
3 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		VAL
1
3 		VAL
2
4 		LEC
1
4 		LEC
2
3 		4th 137

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2022 BWT Lechner Racing IMO
5 		MON
9 		SIL
5 		RBR
3 		LEC
1 		SPA
6 		ZND
4 		MNZ
1 		4th 120
2023 BWT Lechner Racing MON
3 		RBR
1 		SIL
13 		HUN
3 		SPA
2 		ZND
4 		ZND
2 		MNZ
13 		1st 122

* Season still in progress.

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points
2023–24 Earl Bamber Motorsport GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6 SEP
1
11 		SEP
2
Ret 		DUB
12 		ABU
1
13 		ABU
2
Ret 		29th 0

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