Timo Salonen
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Timo Salonen (born October 8, 1951) is a
Career
Salonen achieved his first podium place in the World Rally Championship by driving his
Salonen's factory team career at World Championship level began with
He has remained the most successful driver of Group B with his seven rally wins and one World Rally Championship.
In the turbulent world of post-
Salonen was mainly co-driven by Seppo Harjanne, who would later go on to achieve even more success with Tommi Mäkinen (the pairing of Tommi Mäkinen and Seppo Harjanne achieved 2 championship titles from 1996 to 1997 by 1 point until Harjanne was replaced by Risto Mannisenmäki from 1998 to 2001). After retiring from rallying, Salonen has worked as the CEO for his car sales company Autotalo Timo Salonen in Finland.
Complete WRC results
Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | WRC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1974
|
Timo Salonen | Mazda 1300
|
MON C |
SWE C |
POR
|
KEN | GRE C |
FIN 22 |
ITA | CAN | USA | GBR | FRA | - | - | |||
1975
|
Timo Salonen | Datsun 160J | MON | SWE | KEN | GRC | MOR | POR | FIN 6 |
ITA | FRA | GBR | - | - | ||||
1976
|
Timo Salonen | Datsun 160J | MON | SWE
|
POR | KEN | GRC | MOR | FIN 6 |
ITA | FRA | GBR | - | - | ||||
1977
|
Timo Salonen | Fiat 131 Abarth
|
MON | SWE | POR | KEN | NZL | GRC | FIN 2 |
CAN 1 |
ITA | FRA | GBR Ret |
- | - | |||
1978
|
Alitalia Fiat | Fiat 131 Abarth
|
MON | SWE Ret |
KEN | POR | GRE | FIN 2 |
CAN Ret |
ITA | CIV | FRA | GBR | - | - | |||
1979
|
N.I. Theocharakis | Datsun 160J | MON | SWE | POR | KEN | GRC 2 |
4th | 50 | |||||||||
Team Datsun Europe | NZL DSQ |
FIN 5 |
CAN 2 |
ITA Ret |
FRA | GBR 3 |
CIV | |||||||||||
1980
|
Team Datsun Europe | Datsun 160J | MON | SWE 7 |
POR Ret |
KEN | GRE 2 |
ARG | FIN 6 |
NZL 1 |
ITA Ret |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
CIV | 7th | 45 | ||
1981
|
Team Datsun Europe | Datsun Violet GT
|
MON | SWE | POR Ret |
KEN 4 |
FRA Ret |
GRE Ret |
ARG Ret |
BRA | FIN 4 |
ITA 12 |
CIV 1 |
GBR Ret |
6th | 40 | ||
1982
|
Team Nissan Europe | Nissan Violet GT | MON | SWE | POR Ret |
KEN Ret |
FRA | GRE Ret |
NZL 4 |
BRA | FIN 4 |
ITA | CIV | GBR Ret |
11th | 20 | ||
1983
|
Team Nissan Europe | Nissan 240 RS | MON 14 |
SWE | POR Ret |
KEN Ret |
FRA | GRE Ret |
NZL 2 |
ARG | FIN 8 |
ITA | CIV | GBR Ret |
13th | 18 | ||
1984
|
Team Nissan Europe | Nissan 240 RS | MON 10 |
SWE | POR | KEN 7 |
FRA | GRE 6 |
NZL 4 |
ARG | FIN | ITA | CIV | GBR 6 |
10th | 27 | ||
1985
|
Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 | MON 3 |
SWE 3 |
POR 1 |
KEN 7 |
FRA Ret |
1st | 143 | |||||||||
Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 | GRE 1 |
NZL 1 |
ARG 1 |
FIN 1 |
ITA 2 |
CIV | GBR Ret |
|||||||||||
1986
|
Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2 | MON 2 |
SWE Ret |
POR Ret |
KEN | FRA Ret |
GRE Ret |
NZL 5 |
ARG | FIN 1 |
CIV | ITA | GBR 1 |
USA | 3rd | 63 | |
1987
|
Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
|
MON Ret |
SWE 1 |
POR Ret |
KEN | FRA | GRE | USA | NZL | ARG | FIN Ret |
CIV | ITA | GBR | 14th | 20 | |
1988
|
Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
|
MON 5 |
SWE Ret |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE Ret |
USA | NZL | ARG | FIN 4 |
CIV | ITA | GBR 2 |
5th | 33 | |
1989
|
Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
|
SWE 22 |
MON Ret |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN 2 |
AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR 6 |
12th | 21 | |
1990
|
Mazda Rally Team Europe | Mazda 323 4WD
|
MON 8 |
POR Ret |
KEN | FRA | GRE Ret |
NZL | ARG | FIN 6 |
AUS | ITA | CIV | GBR Ret |
25th | 9 | ||
1991
|
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe
|
Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | MON 8 |
SWE Ret |
POR | KEN | FRA | GRE Ret |
NZL | ARG | FIN DSQ |
AUS 5 |
ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR 4 |
13th | 21 |
1992
|
Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe
|
Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 | MON 6 |
SWE | POR 5 |
KEN | FRA | GRE | NZL | ARG | FIN | AUS | ITA | CIV | ESP | GBR | 20th | 14 |
2002
|
Timo Salonen | Peugeot 206 WRC | MON | SWE | FRA | ESP
|
CYP | ARG | GRE | KEN | FIN 14 |
GER | ITA | NZL | AUS | GBR | - | 0 |
WRC victories
Number Event Season Co-driver Car 1 5ème Critérium Molson du Québec 1977Jaakko Markkula Fiat 131 Abarth 2 11th Motogard Rally of New Zealand 1980Seppo Harjanne Datsun 160J 3 13ème Rallye Côte d'Ivoire 1981Datsun Violet GT 4 19º Rallye de Portugal Vinho do Porto 1985Peugeot 205 Turbo 165 32nd Acropolis Rally Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E26 15th AWA Clarion Rally of New Zealand 7 5º Marlboro Rally Argentina 8 35th 1000 Lakes Rally 9 36th 1000 Lakes Rally 198610 35th Lombard RAC Rally 11 37th International Swedish Rally 1987Mazda 323 4WD
References
- ^ "Timo Salonen, ensimmäisen luokan ajaja". Suomen Moottoriurheilumuseo (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Timo Salonen". RallyBase. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Loeb ties win record with victory in Turkey". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-08-26.