Timo Salonen
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| Timo Salonen | |
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| World Rally Championship record | |
| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Active years | 1974 - 1992, 2002 |
| Teams | Fiat, Datsun, Nissan, Peugeot, Mazda, Mitsubishi |
| World rallies | 95 |
| Championships | 1 (1985) |
| Wins | 11 |
| Podium finishes | 24 |
| Stage wins | 256 |
| Points | 524 |
| First world rally | 1974 1000 Lakes Rally |
| First win | 1977 Rally Canada |
| Last win | 1987 Swedish Rally |
| Last world rally | 2002 Neste Rally Finland |
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Timo Salonen (born October 8, 1951) is a former rally driver from Finland.
He won the World Rally Championship title with Peugeot in 1985. He latterly starred for Mazda in the turbulent world of post-Group B rallying, taking a popular win on the 1987 Swedish Rally. His last WRC event in action was the ´92 Portugal rally in a Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 until he made a one time comeback at the 2002 Neste Rally Finland. He managed his Peugeot 206 WRC to 14th place overall.
1977: Sandro Munari (FIA Cup) · 1978: Markku Alén (FIA Cup) · 1979: Björn Waldegård · 1980: Walter Röhrl · 1981: Ari Vatanen · 1982: Walter Röhrl · 1983: Hannu Mikkola · 1984: Stig Blomqvist · 1985: Timo Salonen · 1986-1987: Juha Kankkunen · 1988-1989: Massimo Biasion · 1990: Carlos Sainz · 1991: Juha Kankkunen · 1992: Carlos Sainz · 1993: Juha Kankkunen · 1994: Didier Auriol · 1995: Colin McRae · 1996-1999: Tommi Mäkinen · 2000: Marcus Grönholm · 2001: Richard Burns · 2002: Marcus Grönholm · 2003: Petter Solberg · 2004-2006: Sébastien Loeb
See also: List of drivers · List of records
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