TROPHY FOR PAVLOVIĆ AS THE CROWN OF THE SEASON!
Serbian racing driver Miloš Pavlović, together with his teammate Alessio Ruffini from the ASR team, has won the vice-championship title in the Pro-Am class in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe championship! The Serbian-Italian tandem secured the trophy on the last, sixth race weekend of this season, which was held at the “Marco Simoncelli” race track in Misano (I), as part of the big Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Finals.
Pavlović and Ruffini arrived in Misano in third position in the Pro-Am class and with ambitions to end the season with a trophy. But, the difficulties with setting up the, which were especially visible in the qualifications, anticipated a difficult racing weekend. The last two races of the season within the European Lamborghini Super Trofeo championship were held on Thursday and Friday, and the 11th and 27th starting places were not promising. In the first race, Pavlović experienced bad luck and a flat tire already in the fourth lap, so after an unplanned pit stop, this meant that their race was basically over before it started. In the end, they secured eighth place in the class, which was enough for the tandem of the ASR team to stay in the game for a high ranking in the final standings. On Friday, the situation on the track was a little better for the crew with starting number 33. Ruffini, who started first, made some progress. Miloš took over the car as soon as the driver change was allowed, and at the end of the “window” for the mandatory pit stop, he was already in the top 25. During the last 20 minutes of the race, he managed to make up eight more positions on the track. It will turn out that he performed the key maneuver for the trophy in the penultimate lap when he passed Nahra for the fourth Pro-Am position, who at that moment together with Enjalbert held the second place in the general standings. Pavlović crossed the finish line in 15th position and fourth in the class, which resulted in a total of 92 points for the season. In this way, the third place in the Pro-Am class was secured, but shortly after the end of the race, the news arrived about the disqualification of the #2 Bac/Kuppens crew, which collected only two points more than Pavlović and Rufini. Because of the technical infringement, Team Butsen was left without a result in the second LSTE race, which automatically confirmed that Pavlović and Rufini were the vice-champions of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe competition in 2025, in the Pro-Am class!
However, that was not the end of the race weekend in Misano, as the two races of the World Final were also run on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, Miloš turned the 19th position at the start into the second place in the class. When Alessio took over he did his best to defend the position but was unable to defend against more experienced drivers. They fell in the ranking and finished the race in 10th place in the class. On Sunday, Rufini started the race and was hit in the initial phase by a rival who misjudged the braking into corner 4, the Italian was spun and fell to the back of the pack. Miloš was in charge of the last “stint” of the season, but without any safety cars he was unable to make up the gap that was caused by the accident. They finished the season in ninth place in the class.
The next season of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe championship will begin on April 10, 2026, with a race weekend at the Paul Ricard racing track in France.
“We had a very long and tough racing weekend behind us, considering that we spent practically a week on the track because of our obligations in the European Championship, and then because of the World Final. I am very satisfied with the outcome of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Championship, considering that we finished in second place in our category. It was a very close fight in which until the last round it was not known who would end up in which position at the end. I’m proud that we managed to finish second because, frankly, it’s an unexpected result that we didn’t hope for when the season started.
As for the World Final, unfortunately we were not lucky. Alessio got hit early in the race and I just didn’t have enough time to make up for the lost time. Regardless of that outcome, we can look at the season as something very positive. I hope that we will further improve next year and manage to take another small step towards the very top!”