Dino Beganovic
Swedish racing driver

Dino Beganovic

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Swedish racing driver
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Dino Beganović
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19 January 2004(Linköping, Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden)
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Introduction

Dino Beganovic (Bosnian: Dino Beganović, pronounced [ˈdino bɛˈɡanovitɕ]; born 19 January 2004) is a Bosnian-Swedish racing driver, competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing. He was the 2022 Formula Regional European champion. He is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

Career

Karting

Beganovic started karting in 2011. He won multiple national championships, such as the Swedish OK Junior karting category in 2018. In 2019, Beganovic won the OK category in both the Swedish and Italian championships and finished second in WSK Euro Series the same year.

Lower formulae

In 2020 Beganovic made his single-seater debut, competing in the Italian F4 Championship with Prema Powerteam. There, he won one race at Imola and finished third in the standings, only behind Francesco Pizzi and champion Gabriele Minì. He also participated in selected rounds of the ADAC Formula 4 with the Italian team, scoring twelve points across two weekends.

Formula Regional European Championship

2021

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Beganovic racing in the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Beganovic made his Formula Three debut in 2021, competing in both the F3 Asian Championship and the Formula Regional European Championship with Prema. Despite only racing for three of the five rounds in the Asian series, the Swede achieved four podiums and five Rookie Cup victories, and ended up seventh in the overall standings. He then competed in his first season in the Formula Regional European Championship, where he achieved two rookie victories, one podium, and one pole position.

2022

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Beganovic racing in the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship at the Red Bull Ring.

Beganovic remained in the Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Powerteam. Before his main campaign, he took part in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons. He took one victory and three further second-places to end fifth overall. He then participated in his second Formula Regional campaign, taking four wins and thirteen podiums to win the championship with one race to spare.

2023

At the start of 2023 before his main F3 campaign, Beganovic returned to the newly rebranded Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Mumbai Falcons.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

2023

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Beganovic driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2023 Spielberg Formula 3 round.

On 20 September, Prema announced that Beganovic would be participating in a three-day FIA F3 test at Jerez, alongside Paul Aron and Zak O'Sullivan. A month later, Beganovic was confirmed to drive for the team in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, having the "FDA [do] everything to get 2023 F3 seat at Prema". The campaign began with promise, as the Swede took his maiden podium during the feature race at the Bahrain season opener, having come through from his starting spot of eighth. A disappointing round in Melbourne described by Beganovic as "not easy" was followed by his second feature race podium at Monaco, where the Prema driver made use of having set the fastest lap in his qualifying group to take second place on Sunday, half a second shy of Gabriele Minì. Barcelona, described by Beganovic as "not [his] strongest circuit", yielded a mixed bag, as the Swede compensated for a retirement in the sprint race owing to a collision caused by Grégoire Saucy to finish third during the feature race, which moved him to third in the standings. At the next round in Austria, he qualified on the front row, though he dropped back on Sunday due to high amounts of tyre degradation, which he explained had come as a result of him pushing "way too hard" in the early stages of the contest.

In qualifying for the event at Silverstone, an engine issue befell the FDA member's car before he could set a flying lap, forcing him to start from last place. Despite gaining a total of 33 places throughout the two races, Beganovic was forced to cope with his first non-scoring round of the campaign. A swift bounce-back in the form of a second place in the feature race at the Hungaroring followed, with the Swede completing a Prema one-two, trailing teammate O'Sullivan by two seconds at the finish.

Beganovic remained with Prema for post-season testing in Jerez, where he set the fastest time overall on the second day.

2024

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Beganovic driving for Prema Racing during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round

Beganovic remained with Prema Racing for the 2024 season.

Formula One

At the start of 2020 and his single-seater career, Beganovic was announced to be joining the Ferrari Driver Academy. During the Covid-19 lockdown period, Beganovic raced for Ferrari in the Bahrain Virtual GP.

Personal life

Beganovic was born in Linköping, Sweden. His parents, Fikret and Mirnesa emigrated to Sweden from Bosnia and Herzegovina before he was born. He has a younger brother, Emir.

In addition to his native Swedish and Bosnian languages, Beganovic also speaks English and Italian.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2011 MKR Series Sweden — Cadet Linköpings MS NC
2013 Juniorfestivalen — Formula Micro 13th
2014 Lidköping Open — Junior 60 Ward Racing 10th
2015 Kristianstad KK Grande Finale — Junior 60 Ward Racing 1st
Juniorfestivalen — Junior 60 1st
Göteborgs Stora Pris — Junior 60 1st
MKR Series Sweden — Junior 60 2nd
Lidköping Open — Junior 60 1st
Tom Trana Trophy — Junior 60 5th
Sydsvenskans Kart Champion Cup — Junior 60 7th
Swedish Karting Championship — Junior 60 22nd
2016 Juniorfestivalen — Junior 60 Ward Racing 2nd
Göteborgs Stora Pris — Junior 60 2nd
WSK Super Master Series — 60 Mini 100th
Swedish Karting Championship — Junior 60 30th
WSK Final Cup — 60 Mini 18th
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Ward Racing 34th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 25th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 23rd
Swedish Karting Championship — OKJ 13th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 31st
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 3rd
WSK Final Cup — OKJ 28th
2018 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ Ward Racing 7th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 14th
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ 8th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OKJ 9th
Swedish Karting Championship — OKJ 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ 7th
WSK Final Cup — OK 18th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Ward Racing 28th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 4th
WSK Euro Series — OK 2nd
Championnat de France — OK 14th
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 6th
Italian Championship — OK 1st
Swedish Karting Championship — OK 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 27th

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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

Year Team Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2017 Ward Racing OKJ SAR
QH
28
SAR
R
28
CAY
QH
20
CAY
R
22
LEM
QH
52
LEM
R
DNQ
ALA
QH
7
ALA
R
9
KRI
QH
30
KRI
R
24
23rd 11
2018 Ward Racing OKJ SAR
QH
2
SAR
R
6
PFI
QH
30
PFI
R
9
AMP
QH
15
AMP
R
(13)
ESS
QH
18
ESS
R
10
9th 32
2019 Ward Racing OK ANG
QH
8
ANG
R
16
GEN
QH
6
GEN
R
3
KRI
QH
(10)
KRI
R
27
LEM
QH
6
LEM
R
11
6th 34

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 20 1 2 4 6 179 3rd
ADAC Formula 4 Championship 6 0 0 0 0 12 16th
2021 Formula Regional European Championship Prema Powerteam 20 0 1 2 1 53 13th
F3 Asian Championship Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema 9 0 0 0 4 88 7th
2022 Formula Regional Asian Championship Mumbai Falcons India Racing 15 1 0 2 5 130 5th
Formula Regional European Championship Prema Racing 20 4 4 2 12 300 1st
2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited 6 2 0 1 2 62 11th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 18 0 0 1 4 96 6th
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Prema Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship Prema Racing 18 2 1 2 4 100* 5th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Points
2020 Prema Powerteam MIS1
5
MIS2
19
MIS3
3
IMO11
4
IMO12
4
IMO13
12
RBR1
11
RBR2
5
RBR3
8
MUG1
6
MUG2
3
MUG3
2
MNZ1
17
MNZ2
15
MNZ3
7
IMO21
2
IMO22
1
IMO23
3
VLL1
5
VLL2
C
VLL3
10
3rd 179

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2021 Abu Dhabi Racing by Prema DUB1
5
DUB2
2
DUB3
2
ABU1
21†
ABU2
3
ABU3
11
ABU1
4
ABU2
3
ABU3
Ret
DUB1 DUB2 DUB3 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 7th 88
2022 Mumbai Falcons India Racing ABU1
5
ABU2
Ret
ABU3
11
DUB1
5
DUB2
2
DUB3
5
DUB1
3
DUB2
1
DUB3
15
DUB1
Ret
DUB2
14
DUB3
27†
ABU1
2
ABU2
2
ABU3
7
5th 130

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

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2021 Prema Powerteam IMO1
8
IMO2
19
CAT1
15
CAT2
10
MCO1
17
MCO2
Ret
LEC1
10
LEC2
11
ZAN1
8
ZAN2
17
SPA1
4
SPA2
14
RBR1
14
RBR2
11
VAL1
10
VAL2
Ret
MUG1
Ret
MUG2
2
MNZ1
5
MNZ2
31†
13th 53
2022 Prema Racing MNZ1
1
MNZ2
2
IMO1
1
IMO2
2
MCO1
2
MCO2
1
LEC1
2
LEC2
2
ZAN1
4
ZAN2
3
HUN1
7
HUN2
16
SPA1
1
SPA2
3
RBR1
4
RBR2
2
CAT1
11
CAT2
10
MUG1
4
MUG2
3
1st 300

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2023 Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited DUB11
1
DUB12
Ret
DUB13
9
KUW11
1
KUW12
15
KUW13
5
KUW21 KUW22 KUW23 DUB21 DUB22 DUB23 ABU1 ABU2 ABU3 11th 62

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Prema Racing BHRSPR
4
BHRFEA
3
MELSPR
5
MELFEA
13
MONSPR
12
MONFEA
2
CATSPR
Ret
CATFEA
3
RBRSPR
8
RBRFEA
5
SILSPR
13
SILFEA
14
HUNSPR
10
HUNFEA
2
SPASPR
22
SPAFEA
16
MNZSPR
13
MNZFEA
9
6th 96
2024 Prema Racing BHRSPR
29
BHRFEA
13
MELSPR
13
MELFEA
1
IMOSPR
4
IMOFEA
5
MONSPR
7
MONFEA
6
CATSPR
8
CATFEA
8
RBRSPR
15
RBRFEA
3
SILSPR
11
SILFEA
19
HUNSPR
3
HUNFEA
9
SPASPR
1
SPAFEA
11
MNZSPR
4
MNZFEA
5th* 107*

* Season still in progress.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023 SJM Theodore Prema Racing Dallara F3 2019 3rd 4th DNF