Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech

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, competing in the

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for QJmotor Gresini Moto2.

Career

Junior career

Salač competed full time in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, scoring no podiums, 75 points, and finished 9th in the final standings. He also made four race appearances in the

2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship The 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship was the fifth CEV Moto3 season and the third under the FIM banner. The season was held over 12 races at 8 meetings, beginning on 17 April at Valencia and finishing on 20 November at the same venue ...

, scoring one point in the race at Portimão. Salač split the same two series again next year, finishing with 12 points in the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, and five top-6 finishes in the

2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup The 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup was the eleventh season of the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. The season, for the fifth year contested by the riders on equal KTM 250cc 4-stroke Moto3 bikes, was held over 13 races in seven meetings on the Grand ...

, including a 2nd place podium in Jerez. He finished 27th, and 13th in the standings respectively. Salač improved from his previous seasons in both categories, scoring points eight times in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, seven of which were top-10 finishes, finishing 11th in the standings, with 52 points. In the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, he scored five podiums, two second places at Assen and Misano, and three third places at Jerez, the Sachsenring, and the Red Bull Ring. He finished the season 4th in the standings, with 151 points.

Moto3 World Championship

He made his

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racing debut as a wildcard, at his home GP in

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in 2018, finishing the race in 24th place.

Redox PrüstelGP (2019)

Salač competed full time in the

2019 Moto3 World Championship The 2019 FIM Moto3 World Championship was a part of the 71st F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season. This class and Moto2 adopted the qualifying format used by MotoGP for the season, in which the riders that placed 15th or lower on combi ...

alongside compatriot Jakub Kornfeil at

Prüstel GP Prüstel GP is a motorcycle racing team based in Oberlungwitz, Saxony, Germany. The team competes in the Moto3, Moto3 World Championship under the name CFMoto Racing Prüstel GP. History The team was founded in 2008 by Dirk Heidolf and named Rac ...

. He scored points in seven races during the year, his season's best finishes being a 9th place in Rimini, and a 5th place in the season closing race in Valencia. He ended the season 23rd in the standings, with 32 points.

Rivacold Snipers Team (2020–2021)

Switching from Prüstel to the Rivacold Snipers team for the

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, Salač had similar performances as the year prior. He scored points in six races, his season's best results were an 8th place in Qatar, and a 9th place in Valencia, and ended the season 21st in the standings, with 30 points. The 2021 Moto3 World Championship would see Salač ride for two teams. He started the season with the Rivacold Snipers outfit, scoring his first career podium in the category with a 2nd place in

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, and also earning his first Pole Position in Moto3 at the

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. He could not finish the race in Germany however, as technical issues forced him to retire. Salač was so upset with the team, having already retired in Doha and Barcelona in previous races, that following his German retirement, he asked for the termination of his contract with the team. He was replaced by Alberto Surra.

CarXpert Prüstel GP (2021)

Following his decision to leave the Snipers team, and the sudden death of Jason Dupasquier in Italy freeing up a spot at

, the two parties agreed to a contract, and Salač would ride for Prüstel for the remaining 9 races of the season. He finished in the points in the first three races, before crashing out in the next three, but ended the season well, with two 10th places in Misano and Portimão, before capping off the season with a 4th place in the season closer at Valencia. Salač finished 16th in the championship standings, with 71 points.

Moto2 World Championship

Gresini Racing Moto2 (2022–)

In September of 2021, it was announced that Salač would move up to

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, with the

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team for the 2022 season.

Career statistics

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship

Races by year

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) Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

By class

Races by year

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
^* Season still in progress.

Supersport 300 World Championship

By season

Races by year

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

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Profile on Red Bull Rookies Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salac, Filip 2001 births Living people Czech motorcycle racers Moto3 World Championship riders Sportspeople from Mladá Boleslav Supersport 300 World Championship riders Moto2 World Championship riders