Dušan Borković

Dušan Borković (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Борковић; born 16 September 1984) is a Serbian auto racing driver, two time European champion 2012 European Hill Climb Championship and 2015 European Touring Car Cup. He has also been member of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2016.

Dušan Borković
NationalitySRB
Born (1984-09-16) 16 September 1984
Pančevo, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
TCR International Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamGE-Force
Car number62
Former teamsB3 Racing Team Hungary
Starts53
Wins5
Poles3
Fastest laps0
Best finish3rd in 2018
Previous series
2015
2015-2014
2013
2011–2012

2002–2008		European Touring Car Cup
World Touring Car Championship
European Touring Car Cup
FIA European Hill Climb Championship
Serbian National-Class Championship
Championship titles
2015
2012
2010
2005–08		European Touring Car Cup
European Touring Car Cup
European Hill Climb Championship
Serbian Hill Climbing Championship
Serbian National-Class Championship

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
Borković competing in the 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.[1][2] On 26 October 2014 he delivered his first ever podium.[3] In 2015 season he start with new team Proteam Racing driving Honda Civic WTCC. Borković only drove the first round in Argentina before withdrawing from the World Touring Car Championship. His withdrawal was because 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 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 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 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 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

Political career

Borković received the eleventh position on the Serbian Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić – Serbia Is Winning electoral list in the 2016 Serbian parliamentary election.[4] Borković is not himself a member of the party but ran as an aligned independent.[5] 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. He is currently 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.[6]

References
  1. Hudson, Neil. "Dušan Borković to step up to the WTCC in 2014". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. Hudson, Neil. "Dušan Borković switches to Chevrolet for WTCC debut". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. "Dusan Borkovic relieved after delivering podium result". Touring Car Times. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. DUŠAN BORKOVIĆ, Otvoreni Parlament. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  6. DUSAN BORKOVIC, National Assembly of Serbia. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dmitry Bragin		 European Touring Car Cup
Single Makes Trophy Champion
2015		 Succeeded by
None
(Class disbanded)
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