# Marko Salminen

Marko Salminen (born 10 October 1978) is a Finnish rally co-driver. He has been competing in the Junior World Rally Championship as the co-driver of Sami Pajari and in the Finnish Rally Championship 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 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 MotoGP 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.
He was the co-driver of Sami Pajari in 2020 Junior WRC, and is set to resume their partnership from 2024 onwards.

## 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 |
| 2008 | Subaru Rally Team USA | Subaru Impreza STi N14 | | | | | | | | | FIN 24 | GER | NZL | ESP | FRA | JPN | GBR | NC | 0 |
| 2011 | Juha Salo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | SWE | MEX | POR | JOR | ITA 30 | ARG | GRE | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2011 | Juha Salo | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4 | | | | | | | | FIN 35 | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | GBR | | | NC | 0 |
| 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 |
| 2013 | ADAC Weser-Ems | Citroën DS3 R3T | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR 28 | | | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Henri Haapamäki | Citroën C2 R2 | MON | SWE | MEX | POR | ARG | ITA | POL | FIN 15 | GER | AUS | FRA | ESP | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2014 | Hannu's Rally Team | Citroën DS3 R3T | | | | | | | | | | | | | GBR 31 | | | NC | 0 |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Team Flying Finn | Ford Fiesta R2T | MON | SWE 30 | MEX | EST 29 | TUR | ITA 44 | MNZ 71 | | | | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Teemu Asunmaa | Škoda Fabia R5 Evo | MON | ARC 13 | | | | | | | | FIN Ret | | | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Porvoon Autopalvelu | Ford Fiesta Rally4 | | | CRO 25 | POR 28 | ITA | KEN | EST 21 | BEL 21 | GRE | | ESP 28 | MNZ | | | | NC | 0 |
| 2023 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | Renault Clio Rally4 | MON | SWE 32 | MEX | CRO | POR | ITA | KEN | EST | FIN 43 | GRE | CHL | EUR | JPN | | | NC | 0 |
| 2024 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG | Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 | MON | SWE 15 | KEN | CRO 29 | POR Ret | ITA 60 | POL | LAT | FIN Ret | GRE | CHL | EUR | JPN Ret | | | NC | 0 |
| 2025 | Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 | Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 | MON Ret | SWE 7 | KEN | ESP | POR | ITA | GRE | EST | FIN | PAR | CHL | EUR | JPN | SAU | | 10th* | 6* |
* Season still in progress.