Hakan Dinç (born 1963) is a Turkish
racing driver. He made his first amateur race in 1986, and won the
Hittite Rally in 1987.
He trained with the
Jim Russell Racing Driver School 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.
Hakan Dinç won the
Group N 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 an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...
, when he entered the
Rally of Turkey; 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
Rally of Turkey for the third time, which was part of the
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is an international rallying series owned and governed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. Inaugurated in 1973, it is the oldest FIA world championship after Formula One. E ...
, in a Group N
Subaru Impreza; he finished fourth in class. In 2007, he transferred to
Ford Rallye Sport Turkey Team, driving a
Ford Focus WRC.
References
External links
Hakan Dinç statisticsSafari Motorsport
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1963 births
Racing drivers from Istanbul
Turkish rally drivers
Living people
World Rally Championship drivers