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Marko Salminen

Marko Salminen
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1978-10-10) October 10, 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years2008, 2011–present
TeamsM-Sport Ford WRT
Rallies42
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins3
First rally2008 Rally Sweden

Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a Finnish rally co-driver. He has been competing in the Junior World Rally Championship as the co-driver of Sami Pajari and in the Finnish Rally Championship alongside Teemu Asunmaa, Teemu Suninen and Valtteri Bottas. As announced on the 3. December 2024 Salminen is returning to co-drive Sami Pajari, driving 2025 for the Toyta Gazoo Racing WRC team in a GR Yaris Rally1 car.

Rally career

Marko Salminen began his rally career in the 2008 Rally Sweden, co-driving for Jussi Tiippana in a Subaru Impreza STi N12.[1]

Starting from 2019 season, Salminen partnered with Teemu Suninen in M-Sport Ford WRT. Before the season began, the Finnish crew made their debut cooperation in the 2018 Monza Rally Show, where they finished as the runner-up, just behind the MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.[2]

In Corsica, Salminen scored his first WRC points, finishing fifth overall.[3] Only days before the start of Rally Sardinia 2019, Salminen was replaced as co-driver for Suninen in favour of the more experienced Jarmo Lehtinen.

He was the co-driver of Sami Pajari in 2020 Junior WRC, and is set to resume their partnership from 2024 onwards.[4]

Rally results

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WDC Points
2008 Motoring Club Subaru Impreza STi N14 MON SWE
27 		MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR NC 0
Subaru Rally Team USA FIN
24 		GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR
2011 Juha Salo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X SWE MEX POR JOR ITA
30 		ARG GRE NC 0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4 FIN
35 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2012 Proton Motorsports Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN
18 		GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0
2013 Hannu's Rally Team Subaru Impreza STi R4 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA
14 		FIN GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0
ADAC Weser-Ems Citroën DS3 R3T GBR
28
2014 Henri Haapamäki Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN
15 		GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0
Hannu's Rally Team Citroën DS3 R3T GBR
31
2015 Hannu's Rally Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max MON SWE MEX ARG POR
30 		ITA POL
28 		FIN
19 		GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2016 Juha Salo Peugeot 208 T16 MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN
Ret 		GER CHN
C 		FRA ESP GBR AUS NC 0
2017 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
22 		MEX FRA ARG POR
36 		ITA
14 		POL FIN
Ret 		GER ESP
51 		GBR AUS NC 0
2018 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE
11 		MEX FRA
35 		ARG POR
26 		ITA
Ret 		FIN
Ret 		GER TUR GBR ESP
24 		AUS NC 0
2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON
11 		SWE
23 		MEX
Ret 		FRA
5 		ARG
7 		CHL
5 		POR
4 		ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS
C 		12th 44
2020 Team Flying Finn Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE
30 		MEX EST
29 		TUR ITA
44 		MNZ
71 		NC 0
2021 Teemu Asunmaa Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC
13 		FIN
Ret 		NC 0
Porvoon Autopalvelu Ford Fiesta Rally4 CRO
25 		POR
28 		ITA KEN EST
21 		BEL
21 		GRE ESP
28 		MNZ

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ "Marko Salminen". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Rossi's Seventh Monza Success". wrc.com. WRC Promoter GmbH. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Sunday in Corsica: Neuville profits from Evans Despair". wrc.com. WRC. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. ^ Barry, Luke (3 December 2024). "Pajari confirms his new co-driver". dirtfish.com. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Salminen