Mika Salo

Mika Salo
Salo in 1999 at the Italian Grand Prix
Driver Information
Born	30 November 1966 (1966-11-30) Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	FIN
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
Seasons Active	1994–2000, 2002
Teams	Lotus (1994) Tyrrell (1995–1997) Arrows (1998) BAR (1999) Ferrari (1999) Sauber (2000) Toyota (2002)
World Titles	0
Races	111 (109 starts)
Poles	0
Wins	0
Podiums	2
Fastest Laps	0
Points	33
First Race	1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Last Race	2002 Japanese Grand Prix

Mika Juhani Salo (born November 30, 1966 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver who competed in F1 from 1994 until 2002. Salo currently operates in Formula One as a commentator working for the Finnish MTV3 Formula One coverage. She was married to Noriko Endo.

Formula One Career

1995

Salo was announced to be partnering Ukyo Katayama at Tyrrell in late January 1995. He had undergone a test-shoot out between himself, Gabriele Tarquini and Emmanuel Collard in early January for the race seat.

After Formula One

Formula One Statistical Overview

Race Engineers

• A list of the primary race engineers responsible for managing Mika Salo's car:

Name	Team	Years
Andrew Tilley	Lotus	1994
David Brown	Tyrrell	1995-1997
Nick Chester	Arrows	1998
Rémi Taffin	BAR	1999*
Carlo Cantoni	Ferrari	1999*
Rémi Decorzent	Sauber	2000
Humphrey Corbett	Toyota	2002

* Salo stood in for Ricardo Zonta at BAR and Michael Schumacher at Ferrari.

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1994	Team Lotus	Lotus-Mugen-Honda	0	NC	Report
1995	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell-Yamaha	5	15th	Report
1996	Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell-Yamaha	5	13th	Report
1997	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	2	17th	Report
1998	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows	3	13th	Report
1999	British American Racing	BAR-Supertec	10	10th	Report
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari
2000	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber-Petronas	6	11th	Report
2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	2	17th	Report

Career Statistics

Entries	111
Starts	109
Pole Positions	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	2
Fastest Laps	0
Points	33
Laps Raced	5442
Distance Raced	25,911 km (16,100 mi)
Races Led	2
Laps Led	2
Distance Led	13 km (8.1 mi)

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	Pos
1994																		0	NC
															10th	Ret
1995																		5	15th
	7th	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret	7th	15th	8th	Ret	Ret	8th	5th	13th	10th	12th	6th	5th
1996																		5	13th
	6th	5th	Ret	DSQ	Ret	5th	DSQ	Ret	10th	7th	9th	Ret	7th	Ret	11th	Ret
1997																		2	17th
	Ret	13th	8th	9th	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	11th	Ret	Ret	10th	Ret	12th
1998																		3	13th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	4th	Ret	13th	Ret	Ret	14th	Ret	DNS	Ret	14th	Ret
1999																		10	10th
			7th	Ret	8th				9th	2nd	12th	7th	3rd	Ret
2000																		6	11th
	DSQ	DNS	6th	8th	7th	Ret	5th	Ret	10th	6th	5th	10th	9th	7th	Ret	10th	8th
2002																		2	17th
	6th	12th	6th	Ret	9th	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	15th	7th	11th	14th	8th

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Competitions where Salo has been part of the FIA ​​jury

Year	Race
2012	2012 European Grand Prix
2013	2013 Bahrain Grand Prix
2014	2014 Japanese Grand Prix
2015	2015 Bahrain Grand Prix
	2015 Brazilian Grand Prix
2016	2016 Brazilian Grand Prix
2017	2017 Chinese Grand Prix
	2017 Russian Grand Prix
	2017 Austrian Grand Prix
	2017 Belgian Grand Prix
	2017 United States Grand Prix
2018	2018 German Grand Prix
	2018 Belgian Grand Prix
	2018 Mexican Grand Prix
2019	2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
	2019 Monaco Grand Prix
	2019 Singapore Grand Prix
2020	2020 Tuscan Grand Prix
	2020 Russian Grand Prix
	2020 Sakhir Grand Prix
	2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
2022	2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
	2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
	2022 Italian Grand Prix
	2022 Japanese Grand Prix

Notes

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V T E	Teams and Drivers
1994 Teams and Drivers Teams Williams • Tyrrell • Benetton • McLaren • Footwork • Lotus • Jordan • Larrousse • Minardi • Ligier • Ferrari • Sauber • Simtek • Pacific Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Ilmor • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 0 Hill • 2 Senna • 2 Coulthard • 2 Mansell • 3 Katayama • 4 Blundell • 5 Schumacher • 5/6 Lehto • 6 Verstappen • 6 Herbert • 7 Häkkinen • 7 Alliot • 8 Brundle • 9 Fittipaldi • 10 Morbidelli • 11 Lamy • 11/12 Zanardi • 11 Adams • 11 Bernard • 12 Salo • 12 Herbert • 14 Barrichello • 15 Irvine • 15 Suzuki • 15 de Cesaris • 19 Beretta • 19 Alliot • 19 Dalmas • 19 Noda • 20 Comas • 20 Délétraz • 23 Martini • 24 Morbidelli • 25 Bernard • 25 Herbert • 25 Lagorce • 26 Panis • 27 Alesi • 27 Larini • 28 Berger • 29 Wendlinger • 29 de Cesaris • 29 Lehto • 30 Frentzen • 31 Brabham • 32 Ratzenberger • 32 Montermini • 32 Gounon • 32 Schiattarella • 32 Inoue • 33 Belmondo • 34 Gachot
1995 Teams and Drivers Teams Benetton • Tyrrell • Williams • McLaren • Footwork • Simtek • Jordan • Pacific • Larrousse • Forti • Minardi • Ligier • Ferrari • Sauber Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Schumacher • 2 Herbert • 3 Katayama/Tarquini • 4 Salo • 5 Hill • 6 Coulthard • 7 Blundell/Mansell • 8 Häkkinen/Magnussen • 9 Morbidelli/Papis • 10 Inoue • 11 Schiattarella • 12 Verstappen • 14 Barrichello • 15 Irvine • 16 Gachot/Lavaggi/Délétraz • 17 Montermini • 19 Bouchut • 20 Comas • 21 Diniz • 22 Moreno • 23 Martini/Lamy • 24 Badoer • 25 Suzuki/Brundle • 26 Panis • 27 Alesi • 28 Berger • 29 Wendlinger/Boullion • 30 Frentzen
1996 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Benetton • Williams • McLaren • Ligier • Jordan • Sauber • Footwork • Tyrrell • Minardi • Forti Engines Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Schumacher • 2 Irvine • 3 Alesi • 4 Berger • 5 Hill • 6 Villeneuve • 7 Häkkinen • 8 Coulthard • 9 Panis • 10 Diniz • 11 Barrichello • 12 Brundle • 14 Herbert • 15 Frentzen • 16 Rosset • 17 Verstappen • 18 Katayama • 19 Salo • 20 Lamy • 21 Fisichella/Marques/Lavaggi • 22 Badoer • 23 Montermini
1997 Teams and Drivers Teams Arrows • Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Tyrrell • Minardi • Stewart • Lola Engines Ferrari • Ford • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Hill • 2 Diniz • 3 Villeneuve • 4 Frentzen • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Irvine • 7 Alesi • 8 Berger • 8 Wurz • 9 Häkkinen • 10 Coulthard • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Fisichella • 14 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Nakano • 16 Herbert • 17 Larini • 17 Morbidelli • 17 Fontana • 18 Verstappen • 19 Salo • 20 Katayama • 21 Trulli • 21 Marques • 22 Barrichello • 23 Magnussen • 24 Sospiri • 25 Rosset Other Drivers Badoer • Brundle • Montermini • Montoya • Takagi • Tuero
1998 Teams and Drivers Teams Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Tyrrell • Minardi Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford • Mecachrome • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife Drivers 1 Villeneuve • 2 Frentzen • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Irvine • 5 Fisichella • 6 Wurz • 7 Coulthard • 8 Häkkinen • 9 Hill • 10 R. Schumacher • 11 Panis • 12 Trulli • 14 Alesi • 15 Herbert • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 Barrichello • 19 Magnussen • 19 Verstappen • 20 Rosset • 21 Takagi • 22 Nakano • 23 Tuero Other Drivers Badoer • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Kristensen • Montoya • Zonta
1999 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Williams • Jordan • Benetton • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Prost • Minardi • BAR Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher/Salo • 4 Irvine • 5 Zanardi • 6 R. Schumacher • 7 Hill • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Wurz • 11 Alesi • 12 Diniz • 14 De la Rosa • 15 Takagi • 16 Barrichello • 17 Herbert • 18 Panis • 19 Trulli • 20 Badoer/Sarrazin • 21 Gené • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta/Salo
2000 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Jordan • Jaguar • Williams • Benetton • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Minardi • BAR Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Fondmetal • Honda • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Barrichello • 5 Frentzen • 6 Trulli • 7 Irvine • 7 Burti • 8 Herbert • 9 R. Schumacher • 10 Button • 11 Fisichella • 12 Wurz • 14 Alesi • 15 Heidfeld • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 De la Rosa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Gené • 21 Mazzacane • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta Other Drivers Badoer • Montoya • Panis • Webber
2002 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • McLaren • Williams • Sauber • Jordan • BAR • Renault • Jaguar • Arrows • Minardi • Toyota Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • BMW • Petronas • Honda • Renault • Cosworth • Asiatech • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Coulthard • 4 Räikkönen • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Heidfeld • 8 Massa • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Sato • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Button • 16 Irvine • 17 de la Rosa • 20 Frentzen • 21 Bernoldi • 22 Yoong • 22 Davidson • 23 Webber • 24 Salo • 25 McNish