RACING DRIVER

Mika Salo

1966 - Today

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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. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999, when he stood in for the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari for six races, scoring two podiums and contributing to Ferrari's constructors' championship win. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mika Salo has received more than 489,976 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Mika Salo is the 134th most popular racing driver (down from 121st in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Finland (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Mika Salo ranks 134 out of 1,080. Before him are Luigi Musso, Karl Kling, Alberto Colombo, Felipe Massa, Camille Jenatzy, and Hans Stuck. After him are Geki, David Coulthard, John Watson, Kunimitsu Takahashi, Giancarlo Fisichella, and Alex Zanardi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Mika Salo ranks 78. Before him are Max Richter, Lisa Edelstein, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Bujar Nishani, Krasimir Balakov, and Yahya Ayyash. After him are Olivier Martinez, Fernando Colunga, Alex Zanardi, Hill Harper, Cynthia Nixon, and Matthew Fox.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Mika Salo ranks 108 out of 751. Before him are Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Renny Harlin (1959), Jörn Donner (1933), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), and Oskar Merikanto (1868). After him are Matti Vanhanen (1955), Anders Chydenius (1729), Lauri Ingman (1868), Matti Pellonpää (1951), Eero Mäntyranta (1937), and Paavo Aaltonen (1919).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Mika Salo ranks 10. Before him are Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Henri Toivonen (1956), Jarno Saarinen (1945), Tommi Mäkinen (1964), and Markku Alén (1951). After him are Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Timo Salonen (1951), Leo Kinnunen (1943), Marcus Grönholm (1968), JJ Lehto (1966), and Valtteri Bottas (1989).

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