Hakan Dinç (born 1963) is a Turkish

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

. He made his first amateur race in 1986, and won the Hittite Rally in 1987. He trained with the

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in 1993, and earned an instructor's license. One year after, he established the Safari Racing School. In 1994, Dinç competed in the fledgling

Turkish Formula Three Championship The Turkish Formula Three Championship is an international Auto racing, motor racing series that takes place primarily in Turkey. It is a junior-level Formula racing, feeder formula that uses small Open wheel car, single seater Formula Three cha ...

. Hakan Dinç won the

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class of the Turkish Rally Championship in 2004, a year in which he also made his debut in the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

, when he entered the

Rally of Turkey The Rally of Turkey (also known as Anatolian Rally) is a rally competition on the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) schedule. History First international rally in Turkey was held in 1972, starting and finishing in Istanbul. In 1999, the idea of ...

; in this event, he won the Group N4 category. The following year, he switched to a Skoda Octavia WRC for both the Turkish Rally Championship and the Rally of Turkey, but mechanical issues forced him out of the latter event on the fourth stage. In 2006, Dinç competed in the

for the third time, which was part of the

, in a Group N

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; he finished fourth in class. In 2007, he transferred to Ford Rallye Sport Turkey Team, driving a

Ford Focus WRC The Ford Focus RS WRC is a car built for the Ford World Rally Team by Ford Europe and M-Sport and based on the Ford Focus Climate 2-litre production hatchback, developed to compete in the World Rally Championship. The RS stands for ''Rallye Sport ...

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Hakan Dinç statisticsSafari Motorsport
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinc, Hakan 1963 births Sportspeople from Istanbul Turkish rally drivers Living people World Rally Championship drivers