Timo Salonen

Timo Salonen

Nation:	Finland
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 1974
Last rally:	Rally Finland 2002
Co-driver:	Launo Heinonen Voitto Silander Stuart Pegg Erkki Nyman Jaakko Markkula Sepp Harjanne
Team:	Privado ( Nissan / Fiat / Datsun ) Peugeot Talbot Sport Mazda Mitsubishi
Vehicle:	Mazda 1300 Datsun 160J Fiat 131 Abarth Datsun Violet GT Nissan Violet GTS Nissan Silvia Turbo Nissan 240RS Peugeot 205 T16 Mazda 323 4WD Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 Peugeot 206 WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 94 11 24 257
Championship title:	1985 World Rally Championship
Points:	524

Timo Salonen (born October 8, 1951 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish rally driver . In 1985 Timo Salonen was world rally champion in a Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 with his co-driver Seppo Harjanne . After the World Rally Championship in 1992 he ended his career, but he made a limited comeback at the 2002 Rally Finland and drove a Peugeot 206 WRC to 14th place overall. The wearing glasses and heavy smokers was because of his plump stature and his "cool" posturing (u. A. Driving his rally car with one hand) will be happy with the Finnish nickname "Löysä" considered what about with "the Loose" but also with "the Negligent » Can be translated.

WRC victories

No.	rally	year	Co-driver	automobile
01	Rally Canada	1977	Jaakko Markkula	Fiat 131 Abarth
02	Rally New Zealand	1980	Seppo Harjanne	Datsun 160J
03	Rally Ivory Coast	1981		Datsun Violet GT
04th	Rally Portugal	1985		Peugeot 205 Turbo 16
05	Rally Greece			Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 E2
06th	Rally New Zealand
07th	Rally Argentina
08th	Rally Finland
09	Rally Finland	1986
10	Rally Great Britain
11	Rally Sweden	1987		Mazda 323 4WD

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	Points	rank
1974	Timo Salonen	Mazda 1300	POR	KEN	FIN	ITA	CAN	United States	GBR	FRA							0	-
						22nd
1975	Timo Salonen	Datsun 160J	MON	SWE	KEN	GRE	MAR	POR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR					0	-
									6th
1976	Timo Salonen	Datsun 160J	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	MAR	FIN	ITA	FRA	GBR					0	-
									6th
1977	Timo Salonen	Fiat 131 Abarth	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	NZL	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	FRA	GBR				0	-
								2	1				DNF
1978	Timo Salonen	Fiat 131 Abarth	MON	SWE	KEN	POR	GRE	FIN	CAN	ITA	CIV	FRA	GBR				0	-
								2	DNF				DNF
1979	Team Datsun Europe	Datsun 160J	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	NZL	FIN	ITA	CAN	FRA	GBR	CIV			50	4th
							2	DSQ	5	DNF	2		3
1980	Team Datsun Europe	Datsun 160J	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	GRE	ARG	FIN	NZL	ITA	FRA	GBR	CIV			45	7th
				7th	DNF		2		6th	1	DNF	DNF	DNF
1981	Team Datsun Europe	Datsun Violet GT	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	ARG	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			40	6th
					DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF		4th	12	1	DNF
	DT Dobie / Team Datsun	Datsun Silvia
						4th
1982	Team Nissan Europe	Nissan Violet GTS	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	BRA	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			20th	11
					DNF	DNF		DNF	4th
		Nissan Silvia Turbo
											4th
		Nissan Violet GT
														DNF
1983	Team Nissan Europe	Nissan 240 RS	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			18th	13
			14th		DNF	DNF		DNF	2	8th			DNF
1984	Team Nissan Europe	Nissan 240 RS	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			27	10
			10			7th		6th	4th					6th
1985	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	ITA	CIV	GBR			143	1
			3	3	1	7th	DNF	1	1	1	1	2		DNF
1986	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 205 Turbo 16	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR	United States		63	3
			2	DNF	DNF		DNF	DNF	5		1			1
1987	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		20th	14th
			DNF	1	DNF							DNF
1988	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	United States	NZL	ARG	FIN	CIV	ITA	GBR		33	5
			5	DNF				DNF				4th			2
1989	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	SWE	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR		21st	12
			22nd	DNF							2				6th
1990	Mazda Rally Team Europe	Mazda 323 4WD	MON	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	GBR			9	25th
			8th	DNF						6th
		Mazda 323 GTX
														DNF
1991	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	21st	13
			8th	DNF				DNF			DSQ					4th
1992	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	MON	SWE	POR	KEN	FRA	GRE	NZL	ARG	FIN	OUT	ITA	CIV	ESP	GBR	14th	20th
			6th		5
2002	Mitsubishi Ralliart Europe	Peugeot 206 WRC	MON	SWE	FRA	ESP	CYP	ARG	GRE	KEN	FIN	DEU	ITA	NZL	OUT	GBR	0	-
			14th

Note: It was not until 1979 that an official driver world champion was determined for the first time.
Source:

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Timo Salonen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ewrc-results.com Timo Salonen , accessed on December 13, 2015.