Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a

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. He is currently competing in the

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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 The 2022 FIA World Rally Championship-3 is the ninth season ...

and in the

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alongside Teemu Asunmaa.

Rally career

Marko Salminen began his

career in the 2008 Rally Sweden, co-driving for Jussi Tiippana in a

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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 ...

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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

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. 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

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