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Marko Salminen

Finnish rally co-driver (born 1978) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Marko Salminen
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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 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRC team in a GR Yaris Rally1 car.

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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]

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