RACING DRIVER

Timo Salonen

1951 - Today

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Timo Salonen (born 8 October 1951) is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot. It was commented of him that he stood out from other drivers, because he was overweight, wore thick glasses and smoked heavily, but still remained one of the fastest and most competitive drivers in the sport. He was also known for his relaxed attitude and for his habit of steering his rally car with one hand only. These factors led to the nickname Löysä ("Slack"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Timo Salonen is the 199th most popular racing driver (down from 165th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Finland (down from 124th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Timo Salonen ranks 199 out of 1,080. Before him are Bruno Senna, Gijs van Lennep, Hans-Joachim Stuck, Toulo de Graffenried, Brian Naylor, and Jenson Button. After him are Leslie Johnson, Camille Jenatzy, Silvio Moser, Hermann Lang, Pat Flaherty, and Alberto Colombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Timo Salonen ranks 207. Before him are Hans-Joachim Stuck, Iván Fischer, Izhar Cohen, Slavica Đukić Dejanović, Abel Ferrara, and Sulejman Tihić. After him are Kazuo Saito, Migueli, John Stagliano, Shigeru Umebayashi, Maithripala Sirisena, and Gustav Thöni.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Timo Salonen ranks 145 out of 751. Before him are Emil Väre (1885), Aimo Lahti (1896), Jörn Donner (1933), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), Mari Kiviniemi (1968), and Hugo Österman (1892). After him are Taina Elg (1930), Juho Vennola (1872), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Martin Wegelius (1846), Selim Palmgren (1878), and Juha Sipilä (1961).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Timo Salonen ranks 12. Before him are Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Markku Alén (1951), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Mika Salo (1966), and Rauno Aaltonen (1938). After him are Leo Kinnunen (1943), Marcus Grönholm (1968), JJ Lehto (1966), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), and Timo Mäkinen (1938).

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