Mile Pajic

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Mile Pajic
NationalityDutch
Born (1955-12-29) 29 December 1955 (age 66)
Ulft, Netherlands
Motorcycle racing career statistics
500cc World Championship
Active years 19841986
Manufacturers Honda
Championships 0
1986 championship position19th (3 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
1400006
Superbike World Championship
Active years 1989, 19921995
Manufacturers Kawasaki
Championships 0
1995 championship position50th (3 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
14000010
Supersport World Championship
Active years 19971999, 2005
Manufacturers Kawasaki
Championships 0
2005 championship positionNC (0 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
4000017

Mile Pajic (born 29 December 1955) is a Dutch former professional motorcycle racer. [1] He raced in Grand Prix racing between 1984 and 1986, scoring six championship points.

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Career

Pajic made his first Grand Prix start at the 500cc British Grand Prix at Silverstone in 1984. [2] In 1985 Pajic made three Grand Prix start and scored his first points with an eight place finish at the Dutch TT. [3] He finished a career-high 17th in the championship that year. Pajic made nine Grand Prix starts in 1986 and matched his previous best finish of eight at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa. Pajic finished 19th in the championship that year in what would be his final season in Grand Prix racing. [4]

After his Grand Prix career Pajic became a regular in the Superbike World Championship. He made 14 start between 1989 and 1995 with a best finish of 11th at the second race at Assen in 1992.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

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

YearClassBike123456789101112PosPts
1984 500cc Honda RSA NAT SPA AUT GER FRA YUG NED BEL GBR
24
SWE RSM
Ret
NC0
1985 500cc Honda RSA SPA
Ret
GER NAT AUT YUG NED
8
BEL
21
FRA GBR SWE RSM 17th3
1986 500cc Honda SPA NAT GER
Ret
AUT
18
YUG
18
NED
16
BEL
8
FRA
16
GBR
Ret
SWE
21
RSM
23
19th3

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike12345678910111213PosPts
R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2R1R2
1989 Kawasaki GBR GBR HUN
DNQ
HUN
DNQ
CAN CAN USA USA AUT
33
AUT
29
FRA
22
FRA
20
JPN JPN GER
DNQ
GER
DNQ
ITA ITA AUS AUS NZL NZL NC0
1992 Kawasaki SPA SPA GBR
DNQ
GBR
DNQ
GER GER BEL
16
BEL
Ret
SPA SPA AUT AUT ITA ITA MAL MAL JPN JPN NED
21
NED
11
ITA ITA AUS AUS NZL NZL 52nd5
1993 Kawasaki IRL IRL GER GER SPA SPA SMR SMR AUT AUT CZE CZE SWE SWE MAL MAL JPN JPN NED
17
NED
14
ITA ITA GBR GBR POR POR 65th2
1994 Kawasaki GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPN JPN NED
21
NED
24
SMR SMR EUR EUR AUS AUS NC0
1995 Kawasaki GER GER SMR SMR GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED
Ret
NED
13
INA INA AUS AUS 50th3

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

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

YearBike123456789101112PosPts
1997 Kawasaki SMR GBR GER ITA EUR AUT NED
10
GER SPA JPN INA 31st6
1998 Kawasaki GBR ITA SPA GER SMR RSA USA EUR AUT NED
5
25th11
1999 Kawasaki RSA GBR SPA ITA GER SMR USA EUR AUT NED
20
GER NC0
2005 Kawasaki QAT AUS SPA ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED
20
GER ITA FRA NC0

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References

  1. "Rider Profile - Mile Pajic". Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. "1984 Grand Prix season". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  3. "1985 Grand Prix season". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  4. "1986 Grand Prix season". Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2017.