Dušan Borković

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Dušan Borković
2015
2012
2010
2005–08
TCR Eastern Europe Trophy
European Touring Car Cup
European Touring Car Cup
European Hill Climb Championship
Serbian Hill Climbing Championship
Serbian National-Class Championship

Dušan Borković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Борковић; born 16 September 1984) is a Serbian auto racing driver, three time European champion 2012 European Hill Climb Championship, 2015 European Touring Car Cup and 2020 TCR Eastern Europe.[1] He is a winner of the three Serbia Rally Championships 2019, 2020 and 2022.[2]

Racing career

Karting

Borković started his

karting
career in 1994. He became the Yugoslavian karting champion six years in a row from 1995 to 2000.

Serbian National-Class and Hill Climbing

After karting for six years, Borković made his autoracing debut in 2002 in the Serbian National-Class.

From 2002 to 2008 Borković competed in the Serbian National-Class championship where he finished 2nd in his first season. He won the championship from 2005 to 2008.

After racing in the Serbian National-Class for six years Borković switched to Hill Climb in 2010.

Borković won the Serbian Hill Climb Championship is his first season, winning all five events in his

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
.

The following season, Borković switched to the European Hill Climb Championship. Coming in second in his first season, he went on to win it in 2012 still driving his

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 9
.

European Touring Car Cup 2013

After winning the European Hill Climb Championship in 2012 Borković switched to the European Touring Car Cup. In his debut season in European Touring Car Cup (ETCC) he took the third place in the Super 2000 class. He took third position in both Brno races and qualifications. He had five podiums and one win. He drove the first three meetings in a SEAT León TFSI, before switching to a Chevrolet Cruze LT for the final two meetings. He had 48 points in overall standings. In front of him was Maťo Homola with 74 points and Petr Fulín in first place with 88 points.

World Touring Car Championship 2014–2015

2014 World Touring Car Championship
.

On 20 November 2013 it was announced that Dušan Borković would race in the World Touring Car Championship. Borković would join Campos Racing driving one of their TC1 RML Chevrolet Cruze's.[3][4] On 26 October 2014 he delivered his first ever podium.[5] In 2015 season he started with new team

Proteam Racing was not able to cater for the 30-year-old's height, as well as there being further dissatisfaction over the specification of the team's Honda Civic
WTCC.

European Touring Car Cup 2015

Considering problems with the sitting position and the car, the Serbian driver decided not to continue competing in World Touring Car Championship. Dušan Borković made the decision with his team to transfer to European Touring Car Cup in Hungaroring on 2 and 3 May. Dusan drove the newest SEAT León Cup Racer in European Touring Car Cup with his NIS Petrol Racing Team. He became ETCC champion in Single make trophy class.

Racing record

Complete European Touring Car Cup results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2013
 NIS Petrol Racing Team SEAT León TFSI
MNZ
1

16
MNZ
2

9 		SVK
1
Ret 		SVK
2
DNS 		SAL
1
1 		SAL
2
12 		3rd 48
Chevrolet Cruze LT PER
1
2 		PER
2
3
BRN
1

3
BRN
2

3
2015
 NIS Petrol Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer HUN
1
5 		HUN
1
1 		SVK
1
3 		SVK
2
1 		LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
2
BRN
1

2
BRN
2

1 		ZOL
1
3 		ZOL
2
1 		PER
1
Ret 		PER
2
13 		1st 110

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2014
 NIS Petrol by Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 MAR
1
6 		MAR
2
Ret 		FRA
1
14 		FRA
2
7 		HUN
1
12 		HUN
2
11 		SVK
1
12 		SVK
2
C 		AUT
1
Ret 		AUT
2
Ret 		RUS
1
Ret 		RUS
2
11 		BEL
1
9 		BEL
2
Ret 		ARG
1
Ret 		ARG
2
DSQ 		BEI
1
Ret 		BEI
2
DNS 		CHN
1
12 		CHN
2
9 		JPN
1
8 		JPN
2
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		14th 41
2015
Proteam Racing
 Honda Civic WTCC ARG
1
11 		ARG
2
Ret 		MAR
1
DNS 		MAR
2
DNS 		HUN
1
WD 		HUN
2
WD 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		SVK
1 		SVK
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		THA
1 		THA
2 		QAT
1 		QAT
2 		NC 0

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 B3 Racing Team Hungary SEAT León TCR BHR
1
6 		BHR
2
3
EST
1

12
EST
2

Ret 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
Ret
IMO
1

12†
IMO
2

DNS 		SAL
1
11† 		SAL
2
DNS 		OSC
1
2 		OSC
2
2 		SOC
1
14 		SOC
2
6
CHA
1

7
CHA
2

3 		MRN
1
7 		MRN
2
2 		SEP
1
6 		SEP
2
4 		MAC
1
4 		MAC
2
5 		7th 173
2017 GE-Force
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR
 RIM
1
9 		RIM
2
4 		BHR
1
4 		BHR
2
1 		SPA
1
16 		SPA
2
11
MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

Ret 		SAL
1
1 		SAL
2
Ret 		HUN
1
NC 		HUN
2
Ret 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
Ret
CHA
1

2
CHA
2

6 		ZHE
1
Ret 		ZHE
2
DNS 		DUB
1
9 		DUB
2
8 		8th 116

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2018 Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR LEC
1
1 		LEC
2
1 		ZAN
1
5 		ZAN
2
18 		SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
7 		HUN
1
1 		HUN
2
Ret 		ASS
1
6 		ASS
2
3
MNZ
1

DSQ
MNZ
2

DSQ 		CAT
1
2 		CAT
2
Ret 		3rd 154
2019 Autodis Racing by Target Competition Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
4 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
Ret 		SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
Ret 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
DSQ 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
 18th 85
2021 Comtoyou Racing Audi RS 3 LMS TCR SVK
1
7 		SVK
2
10 		LEC
1
14 		LEC
2
11 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
4 		SPA
1
12 		SPA
2
14 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
9
MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

7 		CAT
1
DNS 		CAT
2
DNS 		12th 192
2023 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG
1
12 		ALG
2
Ret
PAU
1

1
PAU
2

2 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
15 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
12 		LEC
1
WD 		LEC
2
WD
MNZ
1
MNZ
2
 CAT
1
WD 		CAT
2
WD 		8th 190
2024 GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) VAL
1
7 		VAL
2
10 		ZOL
1
 ZOL
2
 SAL
1
 SAL
2
 SPA
1
 SPA
2
 BRN
1
 BRN
2
 CRT
1
 CRT
2
 7th* 29*

* Season still in progress.

Complete TCR World Tour results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG
1
12 		ALG
2
Ret 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
15 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
12 		ELP
1 		ELP
2 		VIL
1 		VIL
2 		SYD
1 		SYD
2 		SYD
3 		BAT
1 		BAT
2 		BAT
3 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		37th 10

Political career

Borković was a member of the

National Assembly of Serbia from 2016 to 2020. He received the eleventh position on the Serbian Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election.[6] (Borković was not himself a member of the party but ran as an aligned independent.[7]) The list won a landslide victory with 131 out of 250 parliamentary mandates, and Borković was sworn in as a legislator on 3 June 2016. In the assembly, he was a deputy member of the parliamentary committee on spatial planning, transport, infrastructure, and telecommunications and the committee on education, science, technological development, and the information society.[8]
He did not seek re-election in 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Dušan Borkovič secures the TCR Eastern Europe title". 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Borković ispisao istoriju, treći put osvojio Srbija reli".
  3. ^ Hudson, Neil (20 November 2013). "Dušan Borković to step up to the WTCC in 2014". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  4. ^ Hudson, Neil (21 December 2013). "Dušan Borković switches to Chevrolet for WTCC debut". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Dusan Borkovic relieved after delivering podium result". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  6. ^ Избори за народне посланике 2016. године » Изборне листе (АЛЕКСАНДАР ВУЧИЋ – СРБИЈА ПОБЕЂУЈЕ) Archived 27 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Republika Srbija – Republička izborna komisija. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. ^ DUŠAN BORKOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  8. ^ DUSAN BORKOVIC, National Assembly of Serbia. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dmitry Bragin
2015
 Succeeded by
None
(Class disbanded)
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