Boško Milenković

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Boško Milenković in the Bugatti T51 at the 1939 Belgrade Grand Prix

Boško Milenković (born November 2, 1909 in Vienna ; † March 11, 1955 ) was a Yugoslav car racing driver .

Career

Boško Milenković was born in Vienna as the son of a wealthy trader. During the First World War, the family, his mother was of French descent, moved to Belgrade . After his father's death in 1921, he inherited a substantial fortune. This made him financially independent. In addition to Serbo-Croatian, he spoke fluent German, English, French and Italian. Through music, he played the violin, he came to motorsport via detours. His friend, the piano player Voja Ivanicevic, competed in motorcycle races in which Milenković soon took part with a 300 cm³ NSU .

In 1927 he switched to car racing, earning next to a cord and a wanderer and a Mercedes-Benz 540 K . He contested hill climbs in Yugoslavia and Romania on a Bugatti T51 , which was part of his fleet from 1935. He also drove the Bugatti in the last major monoposto race of the 1930s. The Belgrade Grand Prix took place on September 3, 1939, two days after the start of the Second World War . 19 laps behind Tazio Nuvolari , he finished the race in fourth place. He was the only Yugoslav to contest a Grand Prix race.

In 1955 he passed away voluntarily.

literature

  • Peter Higham: International Motor Racing - A Complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car . Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Boško Milenković  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Boško Milenković at StatsF1