"I think it was six days before the race they said, 'Do you think you can drive it next weekend with no testing'. Formula One 1994–1998: Lotus, Tyrrell and Arrows In 1990, Salo was caught driving under the influence in London. Staying with Alan Docking Racing for 1990 and moving to a more competitive Ralt chassis, he raced against countryman and fierce rival Mika Häkkinen in Formula Three, finishing second to him. He raced with the Reynard Alfa Romeo package which was not the season's best.
In 1989, Helsinki-born Salo competed in the British Formula 3 Championship, racing for Alan Docking Racing. He also won the GT2 class in the 20 24 Hours of Le Mans.Ĭareer Formula Three and Japanese racing 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. Mika Juhani Salo (born 30 November 1966) is a Finnish former professional racing driver. How long has reduction of aero to allow closer racing been talked about? Too long.Lotus, Tyrrell, Arrows, BAR, Ferrari, Sauber, Toyota Currently, any large rule change that is purported to be aimed at improving the show is hit and hope at the best. Give them the proper tools, including, I would argue, proper testbeds to provide real evidence of improvements to overtaking etc.ĭesigners will continue to innovate and reclaim performance, but at least those shaping the rules would have a chance to keep abreast of such innovation. Radical change can only be achieved by technicians working apart from the teams.
Designers use the opportunity to innovate and quickly reclaim lost performance.īut if there is any real consensus about the need to shape the rules in a way that allows better racing, then to rely purely on technical working groups involving vested interests (the same designers) is akin to turkeys being allowed to vote for Christmas. If rule changes were only ever imposed to limit performance, then certainly. “And is that not – at least in part – the point?”
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