Nico Bastian

Nico Bastian (born 15 April 1990 in Heidelberg) is a racing driver from Germany. A long-standing Mercedes-AMG stalwart, he is a two-time Blancpain GT Series Silver Cup champion, and has twice finished in the overall podium at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.^[1][2]

Nico Bastian
Nationality	German
Born	(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 35) Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Years active	2015, 2016, 2017–2019
Teams	Rowe Racing AKKA ASP, HRT
Starts	175
Wins	15
Poles	9
Fastest laps	16
Best finish	1st in 2019
Championship titles
2011, 2019	MINI Challenge Germany, Blancpain GT Series Europe

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup	N/A	9	0	0	0	0	132	13th
2007	ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup	N/A	10	0	1	3	1	196	8th
2008	Mini Challenge Germany	Gigamot	8	1	1	0	1	118	14th
	SEAT Leon Supercopa Germany	Mobile Grafix by T.A.C. Race Solutions	4	0	0	0	0	13	19th
2009	Mini Challenge Germany	Die Agentour Racing	16	1	0	0	5	266	3rd
2010	Mini Challenge Germany	Die Agentour Racing	15	2	0	2	5	263	5th
2011	Mini Challenge Germany	Gigamot	14	4	2	9	11	344	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	MINI Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	DB Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2013	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2014	ADAC GT Masters	Rowe Racing	12	0	0	0	0	24	29th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Blancpain Sprint Series	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	ADAC GT Masters	Rowe Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro		5	0	0	0	0	48	6th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H Series - A6	HP Racing
2016	GT Asia Series - GT3	Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy-Team AAI	2	0	0	0	0	?	?
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Erebus Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	12	12th
2017	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP Team	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	0	1	1	0	10.5	18th
	Blancpain GT Series Asia - GT3	GruppeM Racing Team	8	2	1	1	2	73	10th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	FIA GT Nations Cup	Team Germany	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AKKA ASP Team	5	0	0	0	0	23	11th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup		10	1	0	0	1	29	9th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	SunEnergy1 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	SPS Automotive Performance	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	International GT Open	HTP-Winward Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	9	20th
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	54	35th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GetSpeed Performance
		BWT Haupt Racing Team
	International GT Open	AKM Motorsport
	24H GT Series - GT3	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Abu Dhabi Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2023	ADAC GT Masters	Team Joos by RACEmotion	2	0	0	0	0	7	28th
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	PROsport-Racing	3	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
		Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	0	1
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	PROsport-Racing
2025	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	HRT Ford Performance
		PROsport-Racing
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - Cup3	Mühlner Motorsport
	24H Series - GT3	TFT Racing

† As he was a guest driver, Bastian was ineligible to score points.