Miloš Pavlović (racing driver)

Karting

Miloš's racing story started during the summer of 1991. One year later he became double champion of Yugoslavia in karting. He went in 1993 to Italy, where in his very first season, Miloš became regional champion of Italy, reached second place in the Winter Cup and was very successful in a dozen other races.

Excellent drives and wins in international races in 1994 definitively confirmed a supreme talent. He became vice-champion of Europe in Portugal (Braga), and he came third in the World Championship in Italy (Ugento).

That same year he was elected as the best driver of Yugoslavia.

Miloš achieved real international fame with the greatest success in his karting career in 1996, when he became the youngest-ever winner of the World Cup, the "Ayrton Senna Trophy”.

As a world champion he received an invitation from the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to take part in a karting race in the Bercy hall in Paris, in which the best kart racers of the year compete against Formula 1 drivers.

In 2003, he was given a special prize for personal contribution to the development of the sport of karting, "Karting History Makers", by the CIK-FIA, karting’s governing body.

Formula Vauxhall

During 1997, he tested in various formulas and completed the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School in Formula Vauxhall in England. He won a race at Donington Park and began a new phase in his career.

In 1998, Pavlović decided to compete in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in Britain. However, lack of finance meant that he took part in 12 out of the 16 races in the season. In this, the toughest junior championship of its kind in the world, he finished with an overall placing of tenth. He recorded results of from fourth to eighth place.

In 1999, Miloš decided to drive again in Formula Vauxhall championship in Britain, which in the meantime had lost the epithet "Junior". He achieved two pole positions, two wins and three podium finishes. He lost the championship title when his gearbox failed at Thruxton. This was the only race in the championship which Miloš did not finish and in which he failed to gain a single point. At the end of the season he took overall fourth place in the championship, with 109 points.

Formula Three

He moved up to Formula 3 in 2000, taking part in the British championship. Unfortunately, because of wrong decisions by his then management, he had to drive with a team which was making its debut in the championship. The team did not succeed in providing Miloš with a correct “package” in any of the race meetings. In five out of the thirteen events, he did not finish because of mechanical failures. But even in these conditions, Miloš succeeded in winning 41 points and finishing eleventh overall in the championship.

In addition to 14 races in Great Britain, he took part in four internationals: the Eurocup Grand Prix in Pau (France), the Marlboro Masters in Zandvoort (Netherlands), the Macau Grand Prix (Macau), the Korea Super Prix' (South Korea). In the Eurocup, he finished seventh.

In 2002, Miloš’s biggest issue was finance. He therefore decided to move from Britain to Italy to compete in the Italian Formula 3 championship. For the first time since racing in single seaters, he had the chance to drive with a good team - Target Racing, which was able to supply him with everything necessary to fight for the championship. Miloš thus went on to win the championship title convincingly: he had 5 pole positions, 5 wins and 3 second places.

Super Licence

Thanks to this result, he gained the right to a "super licence", which is required for those who wish to take part in the FIA Formula One Championship. He was the first ever driver from Eastern Europe to gain this right.

World Series Light

In 2003 Miloš wanted to compete in the International Formula 3000 championship. However, due to lack of finance, he was forced to look elsewhere. Michel Lecomte, owner of the French team Epsilon by Graff, offered him the opportunity of competing in the newly born championship "World Series Light", which was sponsored by Nissan. He finished third overall, and was one of contenders for the championship title right up to the very end of the season.

In 2004 Miloš added another title to his CV. Together with the Vergani Formula team he won the World Series Light Championship, scoring 9 pole positions, 7 wins, 7 fastest laps in the race, 9 podium finishes and 2 hat-tricks. After such a fantastic season and the championship title in the World Series Light category, the only logical step for Miloš was to continue his career in the World Series 3.5 championship.

World Series by Renault 3.5

Thanks to the prize money from his victory in the World Series Light championship, Miloš managed finally in 2005 to step into a “3000 cc” category, also called the World Series by Renault Championship. Unfortunately that prize together with his sponsorship were not enough to secure a good drive. This problem was to be a constant issue for Miloš during this and the following 2006 season. However, in spite of this, he managed during these two difficult seasons to score 3 podium finishes, 1 pole position and 1 fastest lap in the race.

In 2007, eventually getting conditions closer to his abilities, Miloš blew his full potential maintaining options for podium finish in every weekend. He stepped on top of the podium twice during the season, equaling the best qualified in victories. By the last race he had options in improving final results, finishing second or winning the championship. Miloš scored 96 points during his last season in this category.

GP2 Series

In 2008 Miloš moved into the GP2 Series despite the fact that he was forced by circumstances to join a team which had finished last in the previous season’s championship standings. However, he completed the GP2 Asia championship with results that showed his great potential. After GP2 Asia, he moved into the GP2 Main Series but decided to withdraw after taking part in only two events (Barcelona and Istanbul) due to a complete lack of team-based competitivity.

Formula Two

For 2009, Miloš moved into the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 25. Miloš finished in ninth place overall with two podiums despite the fact that he was a front runner throughout the whole year. The reason he didn't score race wins or ended up among the top in the standings was simply down to the fact that he suffered most car failures throughout the season (seven retirements in total due to technical issues).

FIA GT1 World Championship

Throughout 2011 and 2012, Miloš raced in the FIA GT1 World Championship. Both seasons he was driving the legendary Ford GT40, first with Belgian Racing team and then with Sunred Engineering.

Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

In 2014, Miloš joined the Italian racing team Bonaldi Motorsport. He shared the car n.3 with the Italian driver Edoardo Piscopo in both European and World Championships. Together they formed a due which went on to win both the European and the World championships in the PRO Class. Throughout the season they scored a total of 1 pole position, 5 race wins, 6 second, 1 third place and 4 fastest laps in the race.

This is the first time in history of the Super Trofeo that a car not driven by a single driver wins the title making their achievement even more precious.

Thanks to the double championship win in a single season, both Milos and Edoardo were promoted to the role of official Lamborghini factory drivers.

ADAC GT Masters

In 2016 Miloš has an offer to join the Italian squad Bonaldi Motorsport and drive in the ultra competitive German ADAC GT Masters Championship. He shared the car n. 3 together with Patrick Kujala. The trio composed by the two drivers and the team looked set to achieve great results. However the debut season proved to be hard due to several technical issues that did hinder their path. They have scored no podiums even though they were really close to do so in several occasions.

Career summary

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season still in progress.