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...
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for him until its closure in 1998. Häkkinen lived in the same street as Mika Salo with the two later becoming friends. As a child, Häkkinen played ice hockey...
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It would end up being the Frenchman's only ever race in the series. Mika Salo, driving for Arrows in 1998, was left without a full-time drive for 1999...
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stand-in team-mate Mika Salo moving over to give him the lead. In the early laps Finnish drivers ran first and second. However, Mika Häkkinen ultimately...
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comfortably. Ralf Schumacher was second in a Williams-Supertec, with Mika Salo third in a Ferrari. Häkkinen's rival Eddie Irvine finished sixth in the...
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15th greatest F1 driver in history, higher than any of his compatriots. Mika Salo joined the ailing Lotus team for the final two races of the 1994 season...
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from the middle of the pack. Tyrrell's last F1 points were scored by Mika Salo at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix. Eventually, and in the face of dwindling...
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champion Nick Heidfeld, who had previously been a test driver at McLaren. Mika Salo signed for Sauber after short spells as an injury replacement for Ricardo...
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Schumacher and Irvine were fifth and sixth, respectively. During the session, Mika Salo crashed heavily at Eau Rouge, and was taken to hospital as a precaution...
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for only two days at Magny-Cours. Ferrari ran their pairing Irvine and Mika Salo at the team's test circuit of Mugello. Ferrari test driver and Minardi...
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switched teams. However, Bernard was let go after one race in favour of Mika Salo, who had actually never before driven an F1 car. After one race with Ligier...
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It was initially driven by Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine, with Mika Salo substituting for Schumacher when he broke his leg at Silverstone. Although...
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to have an unchanged driver line-up from 1995 with Ukyo Katayama and Mika Salo. Due to his commitments with Alfa Romeo in the International Touring Car...
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injury. Mika Salo, who filled in for Zonta in those three races, provided the team with its season best finish of 7th at San Marino (although Salo himself...
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Salo (1921–1975), Finnish politician Elaine Salo (1962–2016), South African anthropologist and academic Elina Salo (born 1936), Finnish actress Mika Salo...
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Mark Webber. For their first season in Formula One, Toyota employed Mika Salo (formerly with Sauber in 2000) and debutant Allan McNish, who had previously...
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Schumacher. To fill his Hill's seat, Arrows secured the services of Tyrrell's Mika Salo alongside Pedro Diniz. Tyrrell also parted ways with Jos Verstappen in...
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drive. Mika Salo replaced Mark Blundell at Tyrrell, with Gabriele Tarquini now the team's test driver. Before being confirmed as race driver, Salo was involved...
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen, BAR driver Ricardo Zonta, Fisichella, Sauber's Mika Salo, Williams' Ralf Schumacher and Herbert rounded out the top ten. Few incidents...
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competed in the 1997 Formula One World Championship. It was driven by Finn Mika Salo, who was in his third season with the team, and Dutchman Jos Verstappen...
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from Mika Häkkinen, who finished fourth for the McLaren team despite its new car proving to be uncompetitive in pre-season testing, and from Mika Salo, who...
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training programme. Ferrari later announced that temporary replacement Mika Salo would continue to race for the team. Several teams announced changes to...
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Finnish driver Mika Salo. About his return, Schumacher's teammate Eddie Irvine recalled: "It was amazing. I remember me and Mika Salo were testing at...
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Arrows switched from a white and blue livery to a black one. This is Mika Salo's Arrows-Yamaha A19. A 1999 Arrows A20 being presented at Historacing Festival...
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its domination by future Formula One champion Mika Häkkinen and fellow Finn and future F1 driver Mika Salo; both drove Mugen-Honda-powered Ralt chassis...
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by Japanese Ukyo Katayama, in his third season with the team, and Finn Mika Salo, in his first full season of F1 after driving for Lotus in the final two...
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Peter Sauber sign Ferrari test driver Nicola Larini. Tyrrell retained Mika Salo for a third year and added Jos Verstappen to the team from Arrows. Minardi...
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teammate Schumacher had crashed, and as he tried to rejoin, he was hit by Mika Salo, who was in turn hit by Häkkinen. All three of them retired, leaving only...
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finished. In original results, Luca Badoer finished in 7th, ahead of Mika Salo who had stopped next to the pit wall to avoid hitting spectators. One...
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Prix). Drivers including Damon Hill, Ukyo Katayama, Mark Blundell and Mika Salo scored some acceptable results with Blundell achieving a surprise 3rd...
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