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Mika Salo
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Key facts
- Born
- Mika Juhani Salo , ( 1966-11-30 ) 30 November 1966 (age 59) , Helsinki, Uusimaa , Finland
- Spouse
- Noriko Endo ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1999 )
- Relatives
- Jesse Krohn (godson)
- Nationality
- Finnish
- Active years
- 1994 – 2000 , 2002
- Teams
- Lotus , Tyrrell , Arrows , BAR , Ferrari , Sauber , Toyota
- Entries
- 111 (109 starts)
- First entry
- 1994 Japanese Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 2002 Japanese Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 2003 , 2007 – 2010 , 2014
- Best finish
- 18th ( 2009 )
- Class wins
- 2 ( 2008 , 2009 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Juhani
- Family name
- Salo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Helsinki
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Sport
- auto racing
- Image
- Mika Salo 2000 Belgian.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mika Salo
- date of birth
- 1966-11-30
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- Mika Salo
- birth name
- Mika Juhani Salo
- points for
- 33
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 2
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 111
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Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1994 to 2002. In sportscar racing, Salo won the 2007 American Le Mans Series title, as well as winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 and 2009 in the GT2 class. He also won the 2014 Bathurst 12 Hour.
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