Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event
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co-driver
A co-driver is the navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat. The co-driver's job is to navigate, commonly by reading off a set of pacenotes to the driver (what lies ahead, where to turn, the severity ...
. He is currently competing in the
Junior World Rally Championship
The FIA Junior WRC, also known as JWRC and previously known as Junior World Rally Championship, is an international rallying competition restricted to drivers under 29 years old. The championship currently consists of five select rallies of th ...
as the co-driver of
Sami Pajari
Sami Pajari (born 1 December 2001) is a Finnish rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in 2021. Pajari most recently competed in the 2022 World Rally Championship-3
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and in the
Finnish Rally Championship
The Finnish Rally Championship is the national rally championship in Finland. The series currently has four classes; Super4 (including R5, S2000 and old WRC cars), Production4 (including Group N cars), R2 (including R2 and R1 cars) and Super2 (in ...
alongside
Teemu Asunmaa.
Rally career
Marko Salminen began his
rally
Rally or rallye may refer to:
Gatherings
* Demonstration (political), a political rally, a political demonstration of support or protest, march, or parade
* Pep rally, an event held at a United States school or college sporting event
Sport ...
career in the
2008 Rally Sweden,
co-driving for Jussi Tiippana in a
Subaru Impreza STi N12
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.
Starting from
2019 season, Salminen partnered with
Teemu Suninen
Teemu Suninen (born February 1, 1994) is a Finnish rally driver. Suninen was driving for Malcolm Wilson's M-Sport WRT in WRC between 2017 and 2021. His manager is Timo Jouhki.
Rally career
Suninen won the WRC-3 class in the 2014 Rally Finl ...
in
M-Sport Ford WRT
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. 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
Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...
.
In
Corsica, Salminen scored his first
WRC points, finishing fifth overall.
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 a pilot of Sami Pajari in
2020 Junior WRC.
Rally results
WRC results
* Season still in progress.
References
External links
Marko Salminens e-wrc profile
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1978 births
Living people
Finnish rally co-drivers
World Rally Championship co-drivers