After making his professional racing debut in the 2016 WorldSSP championship, Axel Bassani split time across both that and the Moto2 series in 2017. Not a full-time rider in either category - competed in just two WorldSSP races and four in Moto2 that season - Bassani had to wait three years for his fꦆirst full world championship campaign (2020).

The young Italian raced for Yamaha during the 2020 Wor🌼ldSSP season as he went on to claim a best of eighth during the penultimate race at Estoril. While it was Bassani’s best result of the season, it was far from his best race finish in the Supersport class after he achieꦉved a fourth and fifth during the final two rounds of 2016. 

Followin🐼g his 2020 season Bassani was signed to WorldSBK where he competed for Motocorsa Ducati. The 22 year-old was one of the better rookies the class has seen in recent seasons after he finished the year ninth.  

During the first half of the year Bassani recorded a best result of fifth in race one at the new Auto🍌drom Most c🐽ircuit (round 6), however, he soon bettered that by taking a maiden podium at round nine in Catalunya. After battling with eventual 2021 world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu for much of the race, Bassani looked set to take victory after the Yamaha rider suffered a mechanical issue. 

That was before fellow Ducati rider Scott Redding found l♉ate pace and managed to overtake the Italian rider with three🙈 laps remaining.

Bassani finished out the season with an impressive 11 t♏op tens in 12 races.

In 2023, Bassani f﷽inished sixth in the WSBK standings before a switch to Kꦰawasaki.

This majorly stunted Bassani's progress, and he could only manage 14th in the championship in his fir🌌🥀st year on Japanese machinery.

He is representing the rebranded B💮imota by Kawasaki Racing Team in 2025.