Dino Beganovic: The Ferrari Academy Driver From Karting to Formula 2

Dino Beganovic is a Swedish and Bosnian racing driver who races in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS Lucas Oil while a member of Ferrari's young driver programme. He won the Formula Regional European title in 2022 and has taken race wins in both Formula 3 and Formula 2, so his record now spans the main rungs of the single-seater ladder.

Who is Dino Beganovic?

Dino Beganovic was born on 19 January 2004 in Linkoping, Sweden. He holds Swedish and Bosnian nationality, has raced for Prema Racing, Hitech TGR and DAMS Lucas Oil in Formula 2 as of 2026, and has been a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2020.

His parents had emigrated to Sweden from Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina before he was born. At home the family spoke Bosnian, and Beganovic also speaks Swedish, English and Italian. His interest in speed grew early, when his father, a mechanic, watched Formula One with him on television.

A European title in 2022 came before his first full Formula 2 season in 2025.

How did his karting and early single-seater years go?

Beganovic started karting at the age of eight and won several national championships, including the Swedish OK Junior category in 2018. He made his single-seater debut in 2020 in the Italian Formula 4 Championship with Prema Powerteam, finishing third overall with six podiums and 179 points after his first win at Imola.

Karting came first, and the 2019 season was especially strong. Two national OK category victories, in Sweden and Italy, were followed by a runner-up place in the WSK Euro Series. His first season in single-seaters also brought a pole position at Imola and a double podium at Mugello, and alongside the Italian series he took part in selected rounds of ADAC Formula 4 with Prema, scoring twelve points across two weekends.

What did he win in Formula Regional European racing?

Beganovic won the 2022 Formula Regional European Championship with Prema Powerteam, taking four wins, thirteen podiums and 300 points. He clinched the title at Mugello with a race to spare, after a season that opened with a win from pole at Monza and included further victories at Imola, Monaco and Spa-Francorchamps.

The road to that title ran through a harder 2021. In his first full European season he managed only twelve points in the opening half, and his best finish in that spell was eighth twice. A fourth place and a rookie win at Spa-Francorchamps turned the year around, a first podium followed at Valencia, and he finished thirteenth overall with 53 points, two rookie wins and one podium. A first pole came in the final race at Monza, but he retired after a collision with teammate David Vidales.

Before the European season in 2022 he raced in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Mumbai Falcons. Technical problems hurt his first round, but he recovered with a second place in Dubai and finished fifth overall with one win, five podiums and 130 points.

How did his Formula 3 career develop?

Beganovic joined Prema Racing for his FIA Formula 3 debut in 2023, taking his maiden podium at the Bahrain season opener and finishing sixth overall with 96 points and four podiums. In 2024 he won the feature race in Melbourne for his first Formula 3 victory, took a second win at Spa-Francorchamps and again finished sixth, with 109 points.

The 2023 campaign began well. He started eighth in Bahrain and climbed to the podium in the feature race. In Melbourne a penalty for a last-lap collision in the feature race dropped him out of the points, and he later finished second at Monaco and second again at Budapest. His only non-scoring round came at Silverstone, where an engine problem in qualifying forced him to start from the back. He finished as the highest-placed driver in the series who did not win a race that year.

Those were his only two wins of the season at Monaco and Budapest, which kept him in contention for a result near the front throughout the second half of the year.

Beganovic's first full year in single-seaters taught him the rhythm of a championship weekend. Each round brought a qualifying session, a sprint and a feature race, and the pattern of results over those weekends shaped his points tally more than any single race.

Testing and Macau added to the season. He set the fastest overall time on the second day of the post-season test at Jerez, and at the Macau Grand Prix he finished fourth in the qualification race before crashing out of the main race while trying to overtake for second place on teammate Gabriele Mini.

The 2024 season opened with his first Formula 3 pole in Bahrain, but contact in the sprint race and a poor start in the feature race sent him down to 13th. In Melbourne he overhauled teammate Mini and the leader, Leonardo Fornaroli, to win the feature race. He took a second win at Spa-Francorchamps after holding off Mini in mixed conditions, finished third in Austria behind Mini, and ended the year sixth with two wins, one pole, four podiums and 109 points. At Macau he finished eighth.

When did he reach Formula 2?

Beganovic made his Formula 2 debut in 2024 with DAMS Lucas Oil, replacing Juan Manuel Correa for the final two rounds. He scored 22 points and finished 20th in the standings, and his first F2 podium came at Yas Marina when a disqualification promoted him to third in the sprint race.

On his debut in Qatar he qualified fourth, then finished fifth in the feature race after losing the sprint race when he was spun around by Miyata. At the season finale he qualified fifth and took advantage of the chaos in the sprint race, and a week later he finished seventh despite gear issues.

For 2025 he switched to Hitech TGR for his first full season in the series, alongside Williams junior Luke Browning. He took his maiden F2 pole at Imola and converted it into third place in the feature race, his first Formula 2 podium in a feature. A Monaco weekend went badly after he qualified eighteenth, and he crashed at Casino Square during the feature race. Silverstone brought a stall on the formation lap that sent him to the pit lane for the sprint start, but he recovered to fourth in a wet feature race.

His breakthrough came in Baku, where he took the lead on the opening lap of the sprint race and won, and then finished third in the feature race, the strongest weekend of his season. He also took a pair of sixth places at Monza, where a virtual safety car infringement cost him a sprint podium after he started from reverse-grid pole. Ninth in Qatar was one of his better races, and at Yas Marina he finished fourth twice, missing a feature podium after a pit lane speeding penalty. He ended the campaign seventh with one victory, one pole and four podiums.

For 2026 he returned to DAMS Lucas Oil. He secured pole for the Australian round but retired in the main race because of a problem with the car. In mid-2026 he joined A14 Management, the agency of two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso.

Has he raced in Formula One and Formula E?

Beganovic has taken part in Formula One practice sessions for Ferrari, making his first appearance at the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix in place of Charles Leclerc. He finished that session fourteenth, second of the six rookies taking part, and he has also sampled a Formula E car in Berlin.

All of his Formula One running so far has been in practice sessions and tests, so none of it counts toward championship points.

His Academy years began at the start of 2020, and in his first days he met Laurent Mekies and Mattia Binotto. During the COVID-19 lockdown he raced for Ferrari in the Bahrain Virtual Grand Prix. In January 2025 he had his first Formula One test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the SF-23, and later that year he drove for Ferrari again at the Austrian Grand Prix, once more in place of Leclerc.

At the end of 2025 he completed 122 laps at the young drivers' test at Yas Marina Circuit. In 2026 he continued with free practice appearances at Barcelona-Catalunya and in Austria, where he finished ninth.

The Berlin rookie test in July 2025, held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, gave him his first taste of an electric single-seater. Running for Mahindra Racing that day, he ended the morning session in fifth place.

What is his personal background?

His younger brother Emir plays football for Atvidabergs FF, a club in Sweden. Beganovic was born in Linkoping, and his parents came from Zenica. Bosnian was the everyday language at home, and as a boy he often visited his grandmother in Zenica, although those visits have become less frequent because of his racing schedule. He speaks English and Italian as well as his two native languages.

In May 2023 Beganovic hit a motorcycle at an intersection in Orebro. The rider was badly hurt, with fractures to the neck, back, leg and collarbone, and needed a wheelchair for three months. Following a court hearing, Beganovic was found responsible for the accident and convicted of causing bodily harm. He was fined SEK 16,000 and ordered to pay damages of SEK 8,400.

Career summary

Read down the table and the progression is clear: a title in 2022 at the European level, then two sixth-place finishes in Formula 3, followed by a steady start in Formula 2.

Each row reflects the championship standing or round result for that season. The 2026 season was still in progress when this profile was written, so that row records only the pole position and retirement.

What does his record show so far?

Beganovic has a European title, race wins in Formula 3 and Formula 2, and a steady run of points finishes in both series. He has stayed with the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2020, and his return to DAMS for 2026 places him with the team he first raced for in Formula 2.

His Formula 2 record covers one win so far, and his pole in Australia ended in a retirement caused by a car problem. The 2026 season is still running, so the next results will show whether his speed over a single lap turns into more wins at the front of the category.