Marko Salminen

Marko Salminen

Personal information
Nationality	Finland
Born	(1978-10-10) October 10, 1978 (age 46)
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2008, 2011–2021, 2023–present
Teams	M-Sport Ford WRT, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT
Rallies	52
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	3
Total points	50
First rally	2008 Rally Sweden
Last rally	2025 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 Toyota 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
2023	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Renault Clio Rally4	MON	SWE 32	MEX	CRO	POR	ITA	KEN	EST	FIN 43	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN			NC	0
2024	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG	Toyota GR Yaris Rally2	MON	SWE 15	KEN	CRO 29	POR Ret	ITA 60	POL	LAT	FIN Ret	GRE	CHL	EUR	JPN Ret			NC	0
2025	Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2	Toyota GR Yaris Rally1	MON Ret	SWE 7	KEN	ESP	POR	ITA	GRE	EST	FIN	PAR	CHL	EUR	JPN	SAU		10th*	6*

* 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.

External links

• Marko Salminen's e-wrc profile