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Dino Beganovic
Nationality
  • Sweden Swedish
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian
  • via dual nationality
Born (2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20)
Linköping, Sweden
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamHitech Pulse-Eight
Car numberTBA
Former teamsDAMS Lucas Oil
Starts4 (4 entries)
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish20th in 2024
Previous series
20232024
2023
2022
20212022
2020
2020
FIA Formula 3 Championship
FR Middle East Championship
FR Asian Championship
FR European Championship
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2022FR European Championship

Dino Beganovic (Bosnian: Dino Beganović, pronounced [ˈdino bɛˈɡanovitɕ]; born 19 January 2004) is a Swedish and Bosnian racing driver, who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Pulse-Eight.

He is a race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, finishing sixth in both seasons he competed in 2023 and 2024 with Prema Racing. He was the 2022 Formula Regional European champion. Beganovic is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.[1]

Career

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Karting

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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.[2]

Lower formulae

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In 2020 Beganovic made his single-seater debut, competing in the Italian F4 Championship with Prema Powerteam.[3] 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

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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.[4] 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.[5] Before his main campaign, he took part in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons.[6] He took one victory and three further second-places to end fifth overall.[7] He then participated in his second Formula Regional campaign, taking four wins and thirteen podiums to win the championship with one race to spare.[8]

2023

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At the start of 2023 before his main F3 campaign, Beganovic returned to the newly rebranded Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Mumbai Falcons.[9]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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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.[10] 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".[11][12] 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.[13][14] 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.[15] 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.[16][17][18] 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.[19]

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.[20] 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.[21]

Beganovic remained with Prema for post-season testing in Jerez, where he set the fastest time overall on the second day.[22][23][24]

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.[25]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

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2024

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Beganovic made the step up to Formula 2 for the final two rounds of the 2024 season with DAMS Lucas Oil, replacing Juan Manuel Correa and partnering Jak Crawford.[26]

2025

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For the 2025 season, Beganovic switched teams to join Hitech Grand Prix in what is set to be his first full season in the championship, and partners Williams junior Luke Browning.[27]

Formula One

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At the start of 2020 and his single-seater career, Beganovic was announced to be joining the Ferrari Driver Academy.[28] During the Covid-19 lockdown period, Beganovic raced for Ferrari in the Bahrain Virtual GP.[29]

Personal life

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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.[30]

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

Beganovic is an avid sim-racer and was a member of the famed Team Wrongline. He participated in many races and social events for the time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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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 CupOKJ Ward Racing 34th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 25th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ 23rd
Swedish Karting ChampionshipOKJ 13th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 31st
Trofeo delle Industrie — OKJ 3rd
WSK Final CupOKJ 28th
2018 WSK Champions CupOKJ Ward Racing 7th
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ 14th
WSK Super Master SeriesOKJ 8th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOKJ 9th
Swedish Karting ChampionshipOKJ 1st
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOKJ 7th
WSK Final CupOK 18th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK Ward Racing 28th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 4th
WSK Euro SeriesOK 2nd
Championnat de France — OK 14th
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK 6th
Italian ChampionshipOK 1st
Swedish Karting ChampionshipOK 1st
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOK 27th

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

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(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

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Racing career summary

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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 20 2 1 2 4 109 6th
FIA Formula 2 Championship DAMS Lucas Oil 4 0 0 0 1 22 20th
Macau Grand Prix SJM Theodore Prema Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship Hitech Pulse-Eight 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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(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 MIS
1

5
MIS
2

19
MIS
3

3
IMO1
1

4
IMO1
2

4
IMO1
3

12
RBR
1

11
RBR
2

5
RBR
3

8
MUG
1

6
MUG
2

3
MUG
3

2
MNZ
1

17
MNZ
2

15
MNZ
3

7
IMO2
1

2
IMO2
2

1
IMO2
3

3
VLL
1

5
VLL
2

C
VLL
3

10
3rd 179

Complete Formula Regional Asian Championship results

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(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 DUB
1

5
DUB
2

2
DUB
3

2
ABU
1

21†
ABU
2

3
ABU
3

11
ABU
1

4
ABU
2

3
ABU
3

Ret
DUB
1
DUB
2
DUB
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
7th 88
2022 Mumbai Falcons India Racing ABU
1

5
ABU
2

Ret
ABU
3

11
DUB
1

5
DUB
2

2
DUB
3

5
DUB
1

3
DUB
2

1
DUB
3

15
DUB
1

Ret
DUB
2

14
DUB
3

27†
ABU
1

2
ABU
2

2
ABU
3

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

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(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 IMO
1

8
IMO
2

19
CAT
1

15
CAT
2

10
MCO
1

17
MCO
2

Ret
LEC
1

10
LEC
2

11
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

17
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

14
RBR
1

14
RBR
2

11
VAL
1

10
VAL
2

Ret
MUG
1

Ret
MUG
2

2
MNZ
1

5
MNZ
2

31†
13th 53
2022 Prema Racing MNZ
1

1
MNZ
2

2
IMO
1

1
IMO
2

2
MCO
1

2
MCO
2

1
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

2
ZAN
1

4
ZAN
2

3
HUN
1

7
HUN
2

16
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

3
RBR
1

4
RBR
2

2
CAT
1

11
CAT
2

10
MUG
1

4
MUG
2

3
1st 300

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

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(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 DUB1
1

1
DUB1
2

Ret
DUB1
3

9
KUW1
1

1
KUW1
2

15
KUW1
3

5
KUW2
1
KUW2
2
KUW2
3
DUB2
1
DUB2
2
DUB2
3
ABU
1
ABU
2
ABU
3
11th 62

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(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 BHR
SPR

4
BHR
FEA

3
MEL
SPR

5
MEL
FEA

13
MON
SPR

12
MON
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA

3
RBR
SPR

8
RBR
FEA

5
SIL
SPR

13
SIL
FEA

14
HUN
SPR

10
HUN
FEA

2
SPA
SPR

22
SPA
FEA

16
MNZ
SPR

13
MNZ
FEA

9
6th 96
2024 Prema Racing BHR
SPR

29
BHR
FEA

13
MEL
SPR

13
MEL
FEA

1
IMO
SPR

4
IMO
FEA

5
MON
SPR

7
MON
FEA

6
CAT
SPR

8
CAT
FEA

8
RBR
SPR

15
RBR
FEA

3
SIL
SPR

11
SIL
FEA

19
HUN
SPR

3
HUN
FEA

9
SPA
SPR

1
SPA
FEA

11
MNZ
SPR

4
MNZ
FEA

9
6th 109

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2023 Hong Kong SJM Theodore Prema Racing Dallara F3 2019 3rd 4th DNF
2024 Tatuus F3 T-318 15th 10th 8th

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC Points
2024 DAMS Lucas Oil BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
JED
SPR
JED
FEA
MEL
SPR
MEL
FEA
IMO
SPR
IMO
FEA
MON
SPR
MON
FEA
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
FEA
BAK
SPR
BAK
FEA
LSL
SPR

10
LSL
FEA

5
YMC
SPR

3
YMC
FEA

7
20th 22
2025 Hitech Pulse Eight MEL
SPR

MEL
FEA

BHR
SPR

BHR
FEA

JED
SPR

JED
FEA

IMO
SPR

IMO
FEA

MON
SPR

MON
FEA

CAT
SPR

CAT
FEA

RBR
SPR

RBR
FEA

SIL
SPR

SIL
FEA

SPA
SPR

SPA
FEA

HUN
SPR

HUN
FEA

MNZ
SPR

MNZ
FEA

BAK
SPR

BAK
FEA

LSL
SPR

LSL
FEA

YMC
SPR

YMC
FEA

TBD TBD

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula Regional European Championship
Champion

2022
Succeeded by