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🇮🇹 Mika Salo
Racing driver from Italy. WEC, SMP Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Mika Salo
Born
30 November 1966(b. 1966)
Nationality
Italy
Current team
SMP Racing
Series
WEC
Status
Retired
Career wins
3
Career podiums
10
Career starts
134
Career DNFs
50
Racer Rating
5,487
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,487Rank 627 of 39,251 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Mika Salo is a racing driver from Italy who last raced in WEC for SMP Racing. Salo has recorded 3 wins and 10 podiums from 134 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,487 ranks Salo 627th of 39,251 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2014 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2014-06-14 | LE MANS LMP2 | P12 | −113 |
| 2014-01-23 | Daytona 24 Hours | P21 | +20 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +170 | Hockenheimring 1999 | Formula 1 | P2 |
| +141 | Circuit de Monaco 1998 | Formula 1 | P4 |
| +138 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1999 | Formula 1 | P3 |
| +132 | Macau 1990 | Formula 3 Macau | P2 |
| +118 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 1999 | Formula 1 | P7 |
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Circuit de Monaco7 starts+34
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit5 starts+25
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps7 starts+19
Hockenheimring7 starts+12
Struggles
Hungaroring8 starts-30
Nürburgring7 starts-22
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve6 starts-19
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari7 starts-6
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ▸IMSA WeatherTech | SMP/ESM Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P36 | +20 | 5,487 |
| ▸WEC | SMP Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −112 | ||
| 2008 | ▸FIA GT Championship | AF Corse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +39 | 5,579 |
| 2007 | ▸FIA GT Championship | AF Corse Motorola | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −116 | 5,541 |
| 2006 | ▸FIA GT Championship | AF Corse | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −547 | 5,657 |
| 2004 | ▸FIA GT Championship | AF Corse | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | −23 | 6,204 |
| 2002 | ▸Formula 1 | Toyota | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | P13 | −209 | 6,227 |
| 2000 | ▸Formula 1 | Sauber | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | P10 | +351 | 6,436 |
| 1999 | ▸Formula 1 | Ferrari | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | P10 | +672 | 6,085 |
| 1998 | ▸Formula 1 | Arrows | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | P12 | −572 | 5,412 |
| 1997 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | P15 | −137 | 5,984 |
| 1996 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | P13 | −264 | 6,121 |
| 1995 | ▸Formula 1 | Tyrrell | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | P14 | +337 | 6,385 |
| 1994 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | ↑1,053+23 | 6,048 |
| 1990 | ▸Formula 3 Macau | Alan Docking Racing | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +3,622 | 4,972 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Salo finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Eddie Irvine | 6,045 | 113 | 45 | 68 | 40% |
| 🇧🇷 Rubens BarrichelloFIA Platinum | 5,209 | 111 | 43 | 68 | 39% |
| 🇬🇧 David Coulthard | 6,078 | 109 | 32 | 77 | 29% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher | 6,331 | 108 | 19 | 89 | 18% |
| 🇩🇪 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 5,916 | 107 | 43 | 64 | 40% |
| 🇬🇧 Johnny Herbert | 6,029 | 98 | 44 | 54 | 45% |
| 🇫🇮 Mika Häkkinen | 6,529 | 94 | 27 | 67 | 29% |
| 🇫🇷 Jean Alesi | 6,063 | 94 | 39 | 55 | 41% |
| 🇧🇷 Pedro Diniz | 5,791 | 92 | 64 | 28 | 70% |
| 🇨🇦 Jacques VilleneuveFIA Platinum | 5,478 | 92 | 32 | 60 | 35% |
| 🇦🇺 Mark WebberHigher-rated, 1× champion | 6,537 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% |
| 🇦🇹 Gerhard BergerHigher-rated | 6,491 | 49 | 14 | 35 | 29% |
| 🇫🇮 Kimi RäikkönenFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,427 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 53% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,251 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 617 | 🇺🇸 Greg Biffle | ARCA Menards West | 5,498 |
| 618 | 🇩🇰 John Nielsen | FIA GT Championship | 5,498 |
| 619 | 🇺🇸 PJ Hyett | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,498 |
| 620 | 🇮🇹 Emanuele Pirro | 24H Series | 5,496 |
| 621 | 🇫🇷 Didier Cottaz | International Formula 3000 | 5,493 |
| 622 | 🇵🇱 Jakub Smiechowski | European Le Mans Series | 5,493 |
| 623 | 🇬🇧 Paul Stewart | International Formula 3000 | 5,493 |
| 624 | 🇦🇹 Philipp Eng | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,493 |
| 625 | 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | IndyCar | 5,488 |
| 626 | 🇬🇧 Clément Novalak | European Le Mans Series | 5,487 |
| 627 | 🇮🇹 Mika Salo | WEC | 5,487 |
| 628 | 🇫🇷 Franck Montagny | Formula E | 5,486 |
| 629 | 🇫🇷 Charles Milesi | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,483 |
| 630 | 🇳🇱 Robert Doornbos | IndyCar | 5,483 |
| 631 | 🇨🇴 Julián Leal | GP2 Series | 5,482 |
| 632 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas Lapierre | WEC | 5,482 |
| 633 | 🇺🇸 Sam Schmidt | IndyCar | 5,482 |
| 634 | 🇦🇹 Charlie Wurz | Super Formula | 5,481 |
| 635 | 🇨🇦 Jacques Villeneuve | WEC | 5,478 |
| 636 | 🇩🇰 Nicklas Nielsen | WEC | 5,478 |
| 637 | 🇬🇧 Stefan Johansson | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,477 |
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