Dušan Borković

Dušan Borković (; born 16 September 1984) is a Serbian racing driver and politician.

The tallest professional driver in the world at , Borković is a three-time European champion, having won the 2012 European Hill Climb Championship, 2015 European Touring Car Cup and 2020 TCR Eastern Europe. He also won the second Macau race of the 2024 TCR World Tour, and is a three-time Serbia Rally winner, in 2019, 2020 and 2022.

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 second 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 Borković would race in the World Touring Car Championship. Borković would join Campos Racing driving one of their TC1 RML Chevrolet Cruze's. On 26 October 2014, he delivered his first ever podium. In the 2015 season, he started with new team Proteam Racing driving a 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, Borković decided not to continue competing in World Touring Car Championship. He made the decision with his team to transfer to European Touring Car Cup in Hungaroring on 2 and 3 May. Borković 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.

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. (Borković was not himself a member of the party but ran as an aligned independent. ) 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. He did not seek re-election in 2020.

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 MNZ1 MNZ2 SVK1 SVK2 SAL1 SAL2 3rd 48 Chevrolet Cruze LT PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 2015 NIS Petrol Racing Team SEAT León Cup Racer HUN1 HUN1 SVK1 SVK2 LEC1 LEC2 BRN1 BRN2 ZOL1 ZOL2 PER1 PER2 1st 110

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 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 HUN1 HUN2 SVK1 SVK2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 BEL1 BEL2 ARG1 ARG2 BEI1 BEI2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 14th 41 2015 Proteam Racing Honda Civic WTCC ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 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 BHR1 BHR2 EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 SOC1 SOC2 CHA1 CHA2 MRN1 MRN2 SEP1 SEP2 MAC1 MAC2 7th 173 2017 GE-Force Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR RIM1 RIM2 BHR1 BHR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 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)

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 21 DC Points 2023 Target Competition Hyundai Elantra N TCR ALG1 ALG2 SPA1 SPA2 VAL1 VAL2 HUN1 HUN2 ELP1 ELP2 VIL1 VIL2 SYD1 SYD2 SYD3 BAT1 BAT2 BAT3 MAC1 MAC2 37th 10 2024 GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) VAL1 VAL2 MRK1 MRK2 MOH1 MOH2 SAP1 SAP2 ELP1 ELP2 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 MAC1 MAC2 10th 134 2025 GOAT Racing Honda Civic Type R TCR (FL5) AHR1 AHR2 AHR3 CRT1 CRT2 CRT3 MNZ1 MNZ2 CVR1 CVR2 BEN1 BEN2 BEN3 INJ1 INJ2 INJ3 ZHZ1 ZHZ2 ZHZ3 MAC1 MAC2 17th 42