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RACING DRIVER

Timo Salonen

1951 - Today

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Timo Salonen (born October 8, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Timo Salonen has received more than 149,756 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Timo Salonen is the 191st most popular racing driver (up from 198th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Finland (up from 131st in 2019) and the 13th most popular Finnish Racing Driver.

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  • 51.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Timo Salonen ranks 191 out of 888. Before him are Mark Webber, Roberto Moreno, Wayne Rainey, Geki, Mark Donohue, and Karl Kling. After him are Gerry Ashmore, Pedro de la Rosa, Nanni Galli, Bob Anderson, Luigi Taveri, and Toulo de Graffenried.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Timo Salonen ranks 170. Before him are Sandahl Bergman, Phankham Viphavanh, Manfred Winkelhock, Iván Fischer, Bill Bryson, and Alfredo Astiz. After him are Charly García, Kazumi Takada, Christopher Cross, Geir Haarde, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, and Muhammed Faris.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Timo Salonen ranks 126 out of 642. Before him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1759), Anders Johan Lexell (1740), Jörn Donner (1933), Valtteri Bottas (1989), Erik Heinrichs (1890), and Paavo Talvela (1897). After him are Selim Palmgren (1878), Gunnar Höckert (1910), Gunnar Nordström (1881), Kalevi Sorsa (1930), Liisi Oterma (1915), and Mauno Pekkala (1890).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Finland

Among racing drivers born in Finland, Timo Salonen ranks 13. Before him are Tommi Mäkinen (1964), Juha Kankkunen (1959), Mika Salo (1966), Markku Alén (1951), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), and Valtteri Bottas (1989). After him are Marcus Grönholm (1968), Leo Kinnunen (1943), JJ Lehto (1966), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), Timo Mäkinen (1938), and Harri Rovanperä (1966).

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