Dušan Borković

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Dušan Borković
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Nationality Serbian
Born (1984-09-16) September 16, 1984 (age 40)
Pančevo, Serbia
European Touring Car Cup career
Debut season 2013
Current team NIS Petrol Racing Team
Car no. 98
Starts 21
Wins 5
Poles 3
Fastest laps 6
Best finish 1st in 2015
Previous series
2014-2015
2011-2012

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

Dušan Borković (born 16 September 1984 in Pančevo, Serbia) is a Serbian auto racing driver two time European champion 2012 European Hill Climb Championship and 2015 European Touring Car Cup.

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 2002–08 Borković competed in the Serbian National-Class championship where 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 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

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Borković competing in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship.

On November 20, 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 October 26, 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		 POR
1
12		 POR
2
Ret		 BEL
1
3		 BEL
2
Ret		 ITA
1
12†		 ITA
2
DNS		 AUT
1
 AUT
2
 GER
1
 GER
2
 RUS
1
 RUS
2
 THA
1
 THA
2
 SIN
1
 SIN
2
 MYS
1
 MYS
2
 MAC
1
 MAC
2
 9th* 47*

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dmitry Bragin
 European Touring Car Cup
Single Makes Trophy Champion
2015		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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