Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a Finnish

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. He has been competing in the

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as the co-driver of

Sami Pajari Sami Pajari (; born 1 December 2001) is a Finnish professional rallying, rally driver. He won the Junior WRC Championship in 2021 Junior WRC Championship, 2021. Pajari then competed in the 2024 WRC2 Championship, which he won. Results WRC res ...

and in the

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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

career in the 2008 Rally Sweden, co-driving for Jussi Tiippana in a Subaru Impreza STi N12. Starting from

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, Salminen partnered with

Teemu Suninen Teemu Suninen (; born 1 February 1994) is a Finnish rally driver. He currently competes part-time for the Hyundai team in the World Rally Championship (WRC). Rally career Suninen won the WRC-3 class in the 2014 Rally Finland and 2015 Rally ...

in M-Sport Ford WRT. Before the season began, the Finnish crew made their debut cooperation in the 2018

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, where they finished as the runner-up, just behind the

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legend

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. In

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, Salminen scored his first

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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 the

in 2020 Junior WRC, and is set to resume their partnership from onwards.

Rally results

WRC results

* Season still in progress.

References

External links

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