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Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a Finnish rally co-driver. He was the co-driver of Teemu Suninen, before being dropped for the vastly more experienced Jarmo Lehtinen.
Rally career
Marko Salminen began his rally career in the 2008 Rally Sweden, co-driving for Jussi Tiippana in a Subaru Impreza STi N12.
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 moto-gp legend Valentino Rossi.
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.
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 |
* Season still in progress.
