Mika Salo

Mika Salo
Mika Salo
	Salo at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans
Born	Mika Juhani Salo; 30 November 1966 (age 57); Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Spouse	Noriko Endo (m. 1999)
Children	2
Relatives	Jesse Krohn (godson)
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
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003, 2007–2010, 2014
Teams	Audi, Risi, AF Corse, SMP
Best finish	18th (2009)
Class wins	2 (2008, 2009)

Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 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.

Career

Formula Three and Japanese racing

In 1989, Helsinki-born Salo competed in the British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Alan Docking Racing. He raced with the Reynard Alfa Romeo package which was not the season's best. Staying with Alan Docking Racing for 1990 and moving to a more competitive Ralt chassis, he raced against countryman and fierce rival Mika Häkkinen in Formula Three, finishing second to him. In 1990, Salo was caught driving under the influence in London.^[1]

Formula One

1994–1998: Lotus, Tyrrell and Arrows

"I think it was six days before the race they said, 'Do you think you can drive it next weekend with no testing'. I'd never driven a Formula One car before in my life; that's what I've always wanted, so I said yes. I know the circuit so I don't think it's a problem. The next two nights I lay in my bed smiling, so happy it was happening."

Salo commenting on his first race for Lotus.^[2]

After a few years racing in Japan he made his first Formula One start at the penultimate round of the 1994 season in Japan for the ailing Lotus team. He was kept on for the season's finale in Australia. Following the collapse of Lotus following the end of the season, Salo moved to Tyrrell for 1995. He was to spend three years with the team, scoring points several times. In the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix he completed the whole (rain-shortened and -slowed) race without refuelling, taking fifth place ahead of the faster Giancarlo Fisichella as a result.^[3] Despite a promising 1998 with Arrows, he had no full-time drive in 1999.

1999: British American Racing and Ferrari

Salo driving for Tyrrell at the 1995 British Grand Prix.

Salo testing for Ferrari at Monza in 1999.

Following an injury to BAR driver Ricardo Zonta, Salo took his place for three races whilst the Brazilian recovered. BAR's first season was not successful but Salo scored their best result of the year, with a seventh-place finish at San Marino.^[4] However a greater opportunity arose when Michael Schumacher broke his leg in a crash during the 1999 British Grand Prix. Salo was selected as his substitute to partner Eddie Irvine at Ferrari. In his second race in Ferrari at the 1999 German Grand Prix Salo led for part of the race and would have scored a Grand Prix win but team orders demanded that he give the lead to Irvine, who at the time was fighting for the championship with Mika Häkkinen.^[5] Following the race, Irvine handed his victory trophy over to Salo as a gesture of gratitude. He also finished third at Monza, ahead of Irvine. These podium finishes were critical in helping Ferrari win their first Constructors' title since 1983.

2000–2002: Sauber and Toyota

Salo driving for Sauber at the 2000 Belgian Grand Prix.

Salo was back full-time in 2000 with Sauber, taking 11th in the championship, although he left the team at the end of the season to join the new Toyota team in preparation for its Formula One entry in 2002, and also cited a desire to score podiums rather than lower points-scoring positions. He scored two points for Toyota in their first season, becoming the first driver since JJ Lehto at the 1993 South African Grand Prix to score points on a team's debut by finishing sixth at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix. He retired from Formula One at the end of 2002, after getting fired from Toyota. Though the news was initially met with general surprise, it was later revealed that Salo was not on good terms with the team, who heavily criticized his deemed poor performance.

During his Formula One career, he achieved two podiums, and scored a total of 33 championship points.

Post-Formula One

His first post-Formula One race came at the 2003 12 Hours of Sebring, driving the UK-entered Audi R8, the same car he was due to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans if it had not run out of fuel already after the first hour. He raced in four CART races for PK Racing during the same year, his best finish being third in Miami in his second series start.

Because of his strong links with Ferrari he was picked up to be part of the development program of the Maserati MC12 GT racer. He made his FIA GT debut in 2004, narrowly losing the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in a Ferrari 575. After that he entered the last four races of the season in the Maserati, winning two races and finishing second once.^{[citation needed]}

2005 was a year somewhat lost in the doldrums with only two participations with the Maserati MC12 in the ALMS GTS-class, a competition where the car turned out to be not even half as competitive as in the FIA GT series.

For 2006, Salo returned to racing full-time, signing with AF Corse in the FIA GT to drive the Ferrari F430 and later on in the year with Risi Competizione in the ALMS. He was victorious in class in the 24 Hours of Spa and finished third in the FIA GT2 Drivers' Championship with 61 points, while his efforts in the ALMS contributed to Risi's Teams' Championship cup. In the following year he continued with Risi Competizione in the ALMS and took the GT2 class honours in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the championship along with teammate Jaime Melo. They won a total of eight races out of twelve in the class. In addition, he won the RAC Tourist Trophy with Thomas Biagi when substituting for Michael Bartels, driving a Maserati MC12 once more.

Salo and Melo with Risi Competizione earned the first team At-Large honours on the 2007 All-American Racing Team, as voted for by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters (AARWBA).^[6] Salo raced again in the ALMS for Risi Competizione in 2008. Although he was not successful in defending his previous year's titles, he won the GT2 class in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, coming in 18th overall.

In 2009, he joined the Risi Ferrari team at the blue-riband races only, the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Petit Le Mans event, winning all three of them. Having won these enduro races all more than once, Salo felt he was ready for a new challenge. He set his mind on NASCAR, and had his first test with Michael Waltrip Racing at the half-mile New Smyrna Speedway in November 2009.^[7]

In 2010–12, Salo competed in the Gold Coast 600, an endurance event for the V8 Supercars. In 2010, he partnered with Walkinshaw Racing's Andrew Thompson and retired from both races. For 2011–12 he raced with Will Davison and the Ford Performance Racing team, finishing 2nd in the 1st race of 2011 and winning the 2nd race in 2012.

In 2014, driving for Maranello Motorsport, Salo co-drove a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 to victory at the Bathurst 12 Hour alongside Australian motor racing legends Craig Lowndes and John Bowe, and another local Australian driver Peter Edwards.

Personal life

Salo lives in Estonia,^[8] and has a son^{[citation needed]} and a daughter with his wife Noriko Endo, who he married in July 1999.^[9] His godson Jesse Krohn competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Like fellow Finns Keke Rosberg and JJ Lehto, both former Formula One drivers, Salo has commentated on several F1 races on MTV3 and the pay-channel C More MAX since 2005.^[10] Since 2011, Salo has been hosting the Finnish TV-show, Virittäjät ('Test Drive by Mika Salo'), along with his former co-host Tomi Tuominen, who is a Finnish journalist, television presenter, sports commentator and former co-driver in the World Rally Championship.^[11]

In 2013, Salo featured in Discovery channel's program called Driven to Extremes along with Hollywood actors Tom Hardy and Adrien Brody. Salo appeared in two episodes, one with Tom Hardy in minus 50 degrees Celsius in Russia, and the other one with Adrien Brody to the Malaysian jungle at the height of the monsoon season.^[12]

Helmet

Salo's helmet was originally dark blue with a white halo on the top (with a red line inside), two white stripes (with a red line inside) going from the rear going down diagonally to the sides of the helmet and a white trapezoidal shape on the chin area (with blue outline), slightly based on Prost's helmet. When he raced in Formula One, he changed the helmet from dark blue to sky blue with the rest of the elements intact.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1987	Nordic Formula Ford 1600		?	?	?	?	?	30	3rd
	Formula Ford Finland		?	?	?	?	?	40	2nd
	Formula Ford Sweden Junior		?	?	?	?	?	23	8th
1988	European Formula Ford 1600		?	?	?	?	?	80	1st
	Formula Ford Finland		4	4	4	4	4	44	1st
	Nordic Formula Ford 1600		3	2	?	?	2	40	1st
	Formula Ford Sweden Junior		?	?	?	?	?	20	9th
	Formula Ford Festival		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
1989	British Formula Three	Alan Docking Racing	16	0	0	0	0	10	14th
1990	British Formula Three	Alan Docking Racing	17	6	3	6	12	98	2nd
1990	Macau Grand Prix	Alan Docking Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
1991	Japanese Formula 3000	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	5	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
1992	Japanese Formula 3000	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	11	0	0	0	0	5	15th
1992	Japanese Formula Three	Team 5ZIGEN	4	0	0	0	0	2	13th
1993	Japanese Formula 3000	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	10	0	0	0	0	1	17th
1993	Japanese Touring Car Championship - JTC-3	Team 5ZIGEN	9	1	0	0	1	47	14th
1994	Japanese Formula 3000	Team 5ZIGEN	9	0	0	0	1	6	7th
1994	Formula One	Team Lotus	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1995	Formula One	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha	17	0	0	0	0	5	15th
1996	Formula One	Tyrrell Yamaha	16	0	0	0	0	5	13th
1997	Formula One	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	17	0	0	0	0	2	17th
1998	Formula One	Danka Zepter Arrows	15	0	0	0	0	3	13th
1999	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	6	0	0	0	2	10	10th
1999	Formula One	British American Racing	3	0	0	0	0	10	10th
2000	Formula One	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	16	0	0	0	0	6	11th
2002	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	17	0	0	0	0	2	17th
2003	Champ Car World Series	PK Racing	4	0	0	0	1	26	16th
	American Le Mans Series - LMP900	Audi Sport UK	1	0	0	0	0	12	28th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP900	Audi Sport UK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2004	FIA GT Championship	GPC Giesse Squadra Corse	4	1	0	0	3	27	13th
2004	Finnish Touring Car Championship	Lehtonen Motorsport	2	0	1	1	1	0	NC
2005	American Le Mans Series - GT1	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2006	FIA GT Championship - GT2	AF Corse	10	1	0	0	5	56	4th
2006	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Risi Competizione	5	3	0	0	4	82	7th
2007	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Risi Competizione	12	8	2	0	9	202	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA GT Championship - GT1	Vitaphone Racing	1	1	0	0	1	10	16th
	FIA GT Championship - GT2	AF Corse Motorola	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2008	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Risi Competizione	11	2	0	0	5	121	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2	Risi Competizione	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	19th
	FIA GT Championship - GT2	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	1	13	18th
2009	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Risi Competizione	2	2	0	0	2	60	8th
2009	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2	Risi Competizione	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	18th
2010	GT1 World Championship	Mad-Croc Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	52nd
	V8 Supercar	Walkinshaw United	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	2	0	0	0	0	4	27th
	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Risi Competizione	3	0	0	0	0	28	20th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT2	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNS
2011	V8 Supercar	Ford Performance Racing	2	0	0	0	1	201	52nd
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Risi Competizione	1	0	0	0	0	12	25th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP2	Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2012	International Superstars Series	Swiss Team	4	0	0	0	1	30	19th
	Campionato Italiano Superstars	Swiss Team	2	0	0	0	0	8	24th
	V8 Supercar	Ford Performance Racing	2	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup		1	0	0	1	1	0	NC†
2013	Australian GT Championship	Maranello Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	50	17th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A	Maranello Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	1	30	13th
	European Le Mans Series - GTC	SMP Racing	1	0	1	0	0	11	12th
2014	European Le Mans Series - GTC	SMP Racing	4	0	0	0	0	4	28th
	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A	Maranello Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	50	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	SMP Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	MP/ESM Racing	1	0	0	0	0	29	62nd
2015	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A	Maranello Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNS
2016	Bathurst 12 Hour - Class A	Maranello Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2020	Super Taikyu - ST-1	Field Management Racing	1	0	0	0	1	50‡	3rd‡

^† Not eligible for championship points.

‡ Team standings.

Complete British Formula 3 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	DC	Pts
1989	Alan Docking Racing	Alfa Romeo	A	THR 7	SIL 5	BRH Ret	SIL 10	BRH 5	THR 7	SIL 5	DON 10	SIL 6	SNE Ret	OUL 12	SIL 11	BRH 7	DON 5	SIL 6	THR Ret		14th	10
1990	Alan Docking Racing	Mugen	A	DON 2	SIL 1	THR 2	BRH 4	SIL 1	BRH 1	THR 1	SIL 2	DON 5	SIL 1	SNE 7	OUL 2	SIL 2	BRH Ret	DON 3	THR 1	SIL Ret	2nd	98

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1991	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	SUZ	AUT 14	FUJ DNQ	MIN 6	SUZ DNQ	SUG DNQ	FUJ 18	SUZ DNQ	FUJ C	SUZ Ret	FUJ Ret	23rd	1
1992	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	SUZ Ret	FUJ 15	MIN 4	SUZ Ret	AUT 10	SUG Ret	FUJ 18	FUJ 17	SUZ 7	FUJ 15	SUZ 5	15th	5
1993	Ad Racing Team Co. Ltd.	SUZ 13	FUJ 9	MIN 7	SUZ Ret	AUT C	SUG 6	FUJ C	FUJ DNS	SUZ 17	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	17th	1
1994	Team 5ZIGEN	SUZ 3	FUJ 5	MIN 7	SUZ 11	SUG 12	FUJ Ret	SUZ 8	FUJ Ret	FUJ	SUZ 10		7th	6

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1994	Team Lotus	Lotus 109	Mugen Honda V10	BRA	PAC	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	EUR	JPN 10	AUS Ret		NC	0
1995	Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell 023	Yamaha V10	BRA 7	ARG Ret	SMR Ret	ESP 10	MON Ret	CAN 7	FRA 15	GBR 8	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL 8	ITA 5	POR 13	EUR 10	PAC 12	JPN 6	AUS 5	15th	5
1996	Tyrrell Yamaha	Tyrrell 024	Yamaha V10	AUS 6	BRA 5	ARG Ret	EUR DSQ	SMR Ret	MON 5^†	ESP DSQ	CAN Ret	FRA 10	GBR 7	GER 9	HUN Ret	BEL 7	ITA Ret	POR 11	JPN Ret		13th	5
1997	PIAA Tyrrell Ford	Tyrrell 025	Ford V8	AUS Ret	BRA 13	ARG 8	SMR 9	MON 5	ESP Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN 13	BEL 11	ITA Ret	AUT Ret	LUX 10	JPN Ret	EUR 12	17th	2
1998	Danka Zepter Arrows	Arrows A19	Arrows V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG Ret	SMR 9	ESP Ret	MON 4	CAN Ret	FRA 13	GBR Ret	AUT Ret	GER 14	HUN Ret	BEL DNS	ITA Ret	LUX 14	JPN Ret		13th	3
1999	British American Racing	BAR 01	Supertec V10	AUS	BRA	SMR 7^†	MON Ret	ESP 8	CAN	FRA	GBR										10th	10
1999	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F399	Ferrari V10									AUT 9	GER 2	HUN 12	BEL 7	ITA 3	EUR Ret	MAL	JPN		10th	10
2000	Red Bull Sauber Petronas	Sauber C19	Petronas V10	AUS DSQ	BRA DNS	SMR 6	GBR 8	ESP 7	EUR Ret	MON 5	CAN Ret	FRA 10	AUT 6	GER 5	HUN 10	BEL 9	ITA 7	USA Ret	JPN 10	MAL 8	11th	6
2002	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF102	Toyota V10	AUS 6	MAL 12	BRA 6	SMR Ret	ESP 9	AUT 8	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER 9	HUN 15	BEL 7	ITA 11	USA 14	JPN 8	17th	2

Complete CART results

(key)

Year	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points	Ref
2003	PK Racing	27	STP	MTY	LBH	BRH	LAU	MIL	LS	POR	CLE	TOR	VAN	ROA	MDO	MTL	DEN 14	MIA 3	MXC 5	SRF 11	FON C †	16th	26	^[13]

† Cancelled due to California Fires

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2003	Audi Sport UK Arena Motorsport	Frank Biela Perry McCarthy	Audi R8	LMP900	28	DNF	DNF
2007	Risi Competizione	Johnny Mowlem Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	223	DNF	DNF
2008	Risi Competizione	Gianmaria Bruni Jaime Melo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	326	19th	1st
2009	Risi Competizione	Jaime Melo Pierre Kaffer	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	329	18th	1st
2010	AF Corse	Luís Pérez Companc Matías Russo	Ferrari F430 GT2	GT2	0	DNS	DNS
2014	SMP Racing	Sergey Zlobin Anton Ladygin	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	303	37th	12th

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2003	Audi Sport UK	LMP900	Audi R8	Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	SEB 6	ATL	SON	TRO	MOS	RDA	LGA	MIA	PET				28th	12
2005	Risi Competizione	GT1	Maserati MC12	Maserati 6.0L V12	SEB	ATL	MDO	LIM	SON	POR 4	RDA	MOS	PET	LGA			NC	0
2006	Risi Competizione	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	SEB	REL 3	MDO 6	LIM	MIL 1	POR 1	RDA	MOS	PET	LGA 1			7th	82
2007	Risi Competizione	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	SEB 1	STP 1	LBH 1	REL 1	MIL 9	LIM 9	MDO 2	RDA 1	MOS 1	DET 1	PET 6	LGA 1	1st	202
2008	Risi Competizione	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	SEB 12	STP 10	LBH 9	MIL 13	LIM 3	MDO 5	RDA 5	MOS 1	DET 3	PET 1	LGA 2		4th	121
2009	Risi Competizione	GT2	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	SEB 1	STP	LBH	MIL	LIM	MDO	RDA	MOS	PET 1	LGA			8th	60
2010	Risi Competizione	GT	Ferrari F430GT	Ferrari 4.0L V8	SEB	LBH	LGA	MIL	LIM 4	MDO	RDA 7	MOS	PET 7				20th	28
2011	Risi Competizione	GT	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5L V8	SEB 9	LBH	LIM	MOS	MDO	RDA	BAL	LGA	PET				25th	12

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Mad-Croc Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 15	SIL QR	SIL CR	BRN QR 19	BRN CR 12	PRI QR	PRI CR	SPA QR	SPA CR	NÜR QR 15	NÜR CR 23	ALG QR	ALG CR	NAV QR	NAV CR	INT QR	INT CR	SAN QR	SAN CR	52nd	0

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	Final pos	Points
2010	Walkinshaw Racing	YMC R1	YMC R2	BHR R3	BHR R4	ADE R5	ADE R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	QLD R9	QLD R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	PHI Q	PHI R17	BAT R18	SUR R19 Ret	SUR R20 Ret	SYM R21	SYM R22	SAN R23	SAN R24	SYD R25	SYD R26					NC	0 +
2011	Ford Performance Racing	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 2	SUR R22 14	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28			52nd	201
2012	Ford Performance Racing	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22 18	SUR R23 1	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30	NC	0 †

† Not Eligible for points

Complete International Superstars Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2012	Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	MNZ 1 6	MNZ 2 16	IMO 1	IMO 2	DON 1	DON 2	MUG 1	MUG 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 3	VAL 1	VAL 2	PER 1	PER 2	19th	30

Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2013	Maranello Motorsport	John Bowe Peter Edwards Allan Simonsen	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	111	DNF	DNF
2014	Maranello Motorsport	John Bowe Peter Edwards Craig Lowndes	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	296	1st	1st
2015	Maranello Motorsport	Ben Collins Tony D'Alberto	Ferrari 458 GT3	A	0	DNS	DNS
2016	Maranello Motorsport	Tony D'Alberto Grant Denyer Toni Vilander	Ferrari 458 GT3	AP	63	DNF	DNF

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2013	SMP Racing	GTC	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO	RBR	HUN	LEC 5	12th	11
2014	SMP Racing	GTC	Ferrari 458 Italia GT3	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL	IMO 10	RBR 9	LEC 11	HUN 11	28th	4

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2014	SMP Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 1	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO	8th	50

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Mika Salo
Salo at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans
Born	Mika Juhani Salo (1966-11-30) 30 November 1966 (age 57) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Spouse	Noriko Endo (m. 1999)
Children	2
Relatives	Jesse Krohn (godson)

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


24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003, 2007–2010, 2014
Teams	Audi, Risi, AF Corse, SMP
Best finish	18th (2009)
Class wins	2 (2008, 2009)