Dino Beganovic

Dino Beganovic
Beganovic at the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round
Nationality	Swedish Bosnian via dual nationality
Born	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20) Linköping, Sweden
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Car number	TBA
Former teams	DAMS Lucas Oil
Starts	4 (4 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	20th in 2024
Previous series
2023–2024 2023 2022 2021–2022 2020 2020	FIA Formula 3 Championship FR Middle East Championship FR Asian Championship FR European Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2022	FR 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

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.^[2]

Lower formulae

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

2021

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

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

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

2023

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

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

2024

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

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

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

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

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	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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

Complete FIA Formula 2 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	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

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External links

• Dino Beganovic career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Grégoire Saucy	Formula Regional European Championship Champion 2022	Succeeded by Andrea Kimi Antonelli