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 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.
Salminen was the co-driver of Sami Pajari in 2020 Junior WRC, and is set to resume their partnership from onwards.
Rally victories WRC victories # Event Season Driver Car Ref. 1 2026 Rally Estonia Sami Pajari Toyota GR Yaris Rally122026 Sami PajariToyota GR Yaris Rally132026 Sami PajariToyota GR Yaris Rally1
Rally results WRC results YearEntrantCar123456789101112131415Points 2008 Motoring Club Subaru Impreza STi N14 MON SWE MEX ARG JOR ITA GRE TUR NC 0Subaru Rally Team USA FIN GER NZL ESP FRA JPN GBR 2011 Juha Salo Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X SWE MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X R4 FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 2012 Proton Motorsports Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP NC 0 2013 Hannu's Rally Team Subaru Impreza STi R4 MON SWE MEX POR ARG GRE ITA FIN GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0 ADAC Weser-Ems Citroën DS3 R3T GBR 2014 Henri Haapamäki Citroën C2 R2 MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP NC 0 Hannu's Rally Team Citroën DS3 R3T GBR 2015 Hannu's Rally Team Citroën DS3 R3T Max MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2016 Juha Salo Peugeot 208 T16 MON SWE MEX ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS NC 0 2017 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR AUS NC 0 2018 Tommi Mäkinen Racing Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS NC 0 2019 M-Sport Ford WRT Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG CHL POR ITA FIN GER TUR GBR ESP AUS 12th 44 2020 Team Flying Finn Ford Fiesta R2T MON SWE MEX EST TUR ITA MNZ NC 0 2021 Teemu Asunmaa Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC FIN NC 0 Porvoon Autopalvelu Ford Fiesta Rally4 CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE ESP MNZ 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Renault Clio Rally4 MON SWE MEX CRO POR ITA KEN EST FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN NC 0 2024 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT NG Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 MON SWE KEN CRO POR ITA POL LAT FIN GRE CHL EUR JPN NC 0 2025 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN ESP POR ITA GRE EST FIN PAR CHL EUR JPN SAU 8th 107 Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT2 Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 MON SWE KEN CRO ESP POR JPN GRE EST FIN PAR CHL ITA 3rd 237 Season still in progress.
References
External links Marko Salminen's e-wrc profile