Dušan Borković
Dušan Borković | |
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Nationality |
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Born |
Pančevo, Serbia | September 16, 1984
World Touring Car Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Proteam Racing |
Car no. | 98 |
Former teams | Campos Racing |
Starts | 22 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 14th in 2014 |
Previous series | |
2013 2011-2012 2002-2008 |
European Touring Car Cup FIA European Hill Climb Championship Serbian National-Class Championship |
Championship titles | |
2005–08 2010 |
Serbian National-Class Championship Serbian Hill Climbing Championship |
Dušan Borković (born 16 September 1984 in Pančevo, Serbia) is a Serbian auto racing driver who competes in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season.
Racing career
Karting
Borković started his karting career in 1994. He became the Yugoslavian karting champion six years in a row from 1995-2000.
Serbian National-Class & Hill Climbing
After karting for six years, Borković made his autoracing debut in 2002 in the Serbian National-Class.
From 2002-2008 Borković competed in the Serbian National-Class championship were he finished 2nd in his first season. He won the championship from 2005-2008.
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
For 2013 Borković switched to the European Touring Car Cup. He had five podiums and one win, finishing the season 3rd in the Super 2000 class. He drove the first three meetings in a SEAT León TFSI, before swithing to a Chevrolet Cruze LT for the final two meeting.
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World Touring Car Championship
On November 20, 2013 it was announced that Dušan Borković will race in the World Touring Car Championship. Borković will join Campos Racing driving one of their TC1 RML Chevrolet Cruze's.[1][2] On October 26, 2014 he delivered his first ever podium.[3]
Racing record
Complete European Touring Car Cup 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 | DC | Points |
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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 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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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 |
HUN 2 |
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* |
* Season in progress.
References
- ↑ Hudson, Neil. "Dušan Borković to step up to the WTCC in 2014". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ↑ Hudson, Neil. "Dušan Borković switches to Chevrolet for WTCC debut". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Dusan Borkovic relieved after delivering podium result". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 0ctober November 2014. Check date values in:
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External links
- Official website
- Dušan Borković on Facebook
- Dušan Borković on Twitter
- Dušan Borković career summary at DriverDB.com
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