Hakan Dinç

Who is Hakan Dinç?

Hakan Dinç is a Turkish race car driver. He was born in İstanbul in 1963. He professionally played football between 1977 and 1985. However, he had to quit playing football after an unfortunate injury and stepped into automobile sports. He made his first amateur race in 1986. Due to his success in Hittite Rally in 1987, he has become the focus of many factory teams.

He has been driver for teams such as Renault, Opel, Team Atakan, FIAT Tofaş, Atölye Kazaz and Ford Rallye Sport Turkey since 1992 and won various championships in different groups and classes.

He joined in Jim Russell Racing Drivers School’s trainings in 1993 and deserved to have the title “License of Instructor”. One year after, he established Safari Racing School, which is still the first and the only racing school in Turkey and raised many pilots for motorsports.

Hakan Dinç got the title in Turkey Rally Championship in Group N in years 2002, 2004 and 2006. In 2007, he transferred to Ford Rallye Sport Turkey Team and won three races through the season with his Focus WRC.