Miloš Pavlović ( sr-cyrl, Милош Павловић; born 8 October 1982) is a Serbian professional

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Biography

Karting

Pavlović was born in

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. His career began in 1991 in go-karts, winning two national titles the following year. He went in 1993 to Italy, where in his first season, Miloš became regional champion of Italy and reached second place in the Winter Cup. He became vice-champion of Europe in Portugal (Braga), and he came third in the World Championship in Italy (Ugento), and was named Yugoslav Driver of the Year. In 1996, Pavlović became the youngest-ever winner of the Karting World Cup, winning the "Ayrton Senna Trophy”, and was awarded in 2003 a prize for his contribution to the development of the sport by the governing body of karting, the CIK.

Formula Vauxhall

During 1997, he tested in various formulas and completed the Jim Russell Racing Drivers School in Formula Vauxhall in

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, winning at

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. In 1998, Pavlović competed in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship. However, lack of finance meant that he took part in 12 out of the 16 races in the season, and finished in 10th. Staying in the championship for 1999, he achieved two

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s, two wins and three podium finishes. His gearbox failed at Thruxton, leaving him fourth in the standings at seasons' end.

Formula Three

He moved up to British Formula Three in 2000, debuting with new team

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. He finished 11th in the standings with two top-five finishes, and moved back to Italy having struggled to find funding for 2002. Despite this, he found a drive at

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in Italian Formula Three, and won five races on his way to the title, and becoming the first driver from any of the former Yugoslav states to gain an

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World Series by Nissan/Renault

Pavlović competed in the World Series Lights championship in 2003, driving for Epsilon by Graff, finishing third. He won the title at his second attempt with Italian team Vergani Racing having won seven out of sixteen races, and moved on to the main series. Finishing 17th and 11th in his first two seasons, he managed two wins with

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to finish third in the championship.

GP2 Series

Pavlović competed in GP2 for 2008 with

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, but was dropped after three rounds in favour of Brazilian

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FIA Formula Two Championship

For

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, Pavlović moved into the reborn FIA Formula Two Championship. Pavlović finished in ninth place overall despite retiring from a third of the races.

FIA GT1 World Championship

Pavlović debuted in the

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, driving for Belgian Racing alongside Czech Martin Matzke. The team scored two 12th places in

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and 11th place at

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before he was replaced with Frenchman Antoine Leclerc. He returned with

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, with a best result of 9th in Portugal.

Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo

In 2014, Pavlović joined the Italian racing team Bonaldi Motorsport in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo series. Sharing a drive with

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, Pavlović won both the Pro Division of the European and World Championships, becoming the first duo to win the title. He competed in the Pro-Am class of the European Division in 2015, winning at

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ADAC GT Masters

In 2016, Pavlović joined the Bonaldi team's

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assault. Driving with

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, the entry scored a total of seven points with three points-paying finishes.

Results

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 FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

Official website
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