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Mika Salo
Salo in 2009
Born
(1966-11-30) 30 November 1966 (age 57) Helsinki, Finland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Finnish
Active years
1994–2000, 2002
Teams
Lotus, Tyrrell, Arrows, BAR, Ferrari, Sauber, Toyota
Entries
111 (109 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
2
Career points
33
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry
2002 Japanese Grand Prix
Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1994 and 2002. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999, when he stood in for the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari for six races, scoring two podiums and contributing to Ferrari's constructors' championship win. He also won the GT2 class in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former professional racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1994 and 2002. His best ranking...
15th greatest F1 driver in history, higher than any of his compatriots. MikaSalo joined the ailing Lotus team for the final two races of the 1994 season...
It would end up being the Frenchman's only ever race in the series. MikaSalo, driving for Arrows in 1998, was left without a full-time drive for 1999...
comfortably. Ralf Schumacher was second in a Williams-Supertec, with MikaSalo third in a Ferrari. Häkkinen's rival Eddie Irvine finished sixth in the...
teammate Schumacher had crashed, and as he tried to rejoin, he was hit by MikaSalo, who was in turn hit by Häkkinen. All three cars retired, leaving only...
film director MikaSalo (born 1966), Finnish Formula One driver Mika Sankala (born 1964), Finnish football manager and former footballer Mika Singh (born...
It was initially driven by Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, with MikaSalo substituting for Schumacher when he broke his leg at Silverstone. Ferrari...
by Japanese Ukyo Katayama, in his third season with the team, and Finn MikaSalo, in his first full season of F1 after driving for Lotus in the final two...
stand-in team-mate MikaSalo moving over to give him the lead. In the early laps Finnish drivers ran first and second. However, Mika Häkkinen ultimately...
its domination by future Formula One champion Mika Häkkinen and fellow Finn and future F1 driver MikaSalo; both drove Mugen-Honda-powered Ralt chassis...
World Championship. It was driven by Japanese Ukyo Katayama and Finn MikaSalo, who were in their fourth and second seasons with the team respectively...
for only two days at Magny-Cours. Ferrari ran their pairing Irvine and MikaSalo at the team's test circuit of Mugello. Ferrari test driver and Minardi...
Alexander Wurz in the second Benetton, Eddie Irvine in the second Ferrari, MikaSalo in the Arrows, Johnny Herbert in the Sauber and Jarno Trulli in the Prost...
Schumacher. To fill his Hill's seat, Arrows secured the services of Tyrrell's MikaSalo alongside Pedro Diniz. Tyrrell also parted ways with Jos Verstappen in...
from the middle of the pack. Tyrrell's last F1 points were scored by MikaSalo at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix. Eventually, and in the face of dwindling...
team-mate Jenson Button. On their first appearance at Monaco, the Toyotas of MikaSalo and Allan McNish completed the top ten, ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella's...
Zonta, the 1997 Formula 3000 champion and 1998 FIA GT champion, although MikaSalo would deputise early in the season after the Brazilian injured his ankle...
champion Nick Heidfeld, who had previously been a test driver at McLaren. MikaSalo signed for Sauber after short spells as an injury replacement for Ricardo...
competed in the 1997 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by Finn MikaSalo, who was in his third season with the team, and Dutchman Jos Verstappen...
race. The race resumed with both Tyrrell's drivers Jos Verstappen and MikaSalo passing Rubens Barrichello, running heavy on fuel on a one-stop strategy...
Prix), but drivers including Damon Hill, Ukyo Katayama, Mark Blundell and MikaSalo scored some acceptable results with them. However, their engines were...
Panis backed off in the closing stages and settled for fourth place. MikaSalo finished fifth despite denting his front wing on debris left from Häkkinen's...
Brazilian Pedro Diniz, who was in his second season with the team, and Finn MikaSalo, who had moved from Tyrrell to replace Jordan-bound Damon Hill. Tom Walkinshaw...
World Championship. It was driven by the experienced pairing of Finn MikaSalo and Brazilian Pedro Diniz, who had previously been teammates at Arrows...
1030 V10 was built and raced in 1998–1999 as the Arrows T2-F1 V10, with MikaSalo taking a fourth place at the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix. Frustrated with the...
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Schumacher and Irvine were fifth and sixth, respectively. During the session, MikaSalo crashed heavily at Eau Rouge, and was taken to hospital as a precaution...