Autographs of Timo Salonen
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").\nWith his 11 rally wins he remained the most successful driver of Group B era (1983–1986) of WRC.
Salonen achieved his first podium place in the World Rally Championship by driving his Fiat 131 Abarth to second place at the 1977 1000 Lakes Rally. He went on to win the next rally, the 1977 Critérium du Québec, which was only his fifth WRC event and his first outside his home country.
Salonen's factory team career at World Championship level began with Nissan, mainly on long-distance events. In 1984, however, he achieved a string of top-ten finishes, resulting in Jean Todt inviting him to drive for Peugeot in the 1985 season. He began that year playing a supporting role to Ari Vatanen but quickly proved capable of being in a leading role, especially after Vatanen's near-fatal accident in Argentina. Salonen set a record by winning four world rallies in a row – unmatched and unbroken until Sébastien Loeb's six wins in a row in 2005 – and went on to win the World Championship with a record 52-point margin ahead of second-placed Stig Blomqvist. Salonen then remained at Peugeot for the 1986 season, and finished third in the drivers' championship, behind his new team-mate Juha Kankkunen and Lancia driver Markku Alén.
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Current items with a signature of Timo Salonen
These are the most current items with a signature of Timo Salonen that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Peugeot 205 T16 | £26.10 |  |
Traded items with a signature of Timo Salonen
The most expensive item with a signature of Timo Salonen (Timo Salonen & Seppo Harjanne signed rally postcard Peugeot 205) was sold in February 2022 for £63.00 while the cheapest item (TIMO SALONEN signed rally card Mazda 323 4wd Turbo) found a new owner for £7.99 in October 2015. The month with the most items sold (2) was May 2018 with an average selling price of £11.49 for an autographed item of Timo Salonen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2022 with £63.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £7.99 was October 2015. In average, an autographed item from Timo Salonen is worth £19.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Timo Salonen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Timo Salonen & Seppo Harjanne signed rally postcard Peugeot 205 | £63.00 |  |
| Timo Salonen Datsun Violet GT 1981hand signed 12x8 photo | £49.95 | |
| Timo Salonen Peugeot 205 Turbo 16 British Rally 1985 signed Photograph 12x8 | £49.95 | |
| Timo Salonen SIGNED 12x8 Fiat 131 Abarth Quebec Rally Canada 1977 Winner | £34.99 | |
| Timo Salonen signed original Peugeot 205 photo from RAC Rally 1985 | £19.99 | |
| Timo Salonen SIGNED photo 12x8 Mazda 323 GT-X British Rally 1988 | £49.95 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally photo Nissan Violet GTS | £9.99 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Citroen Sport | £14.39 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Mazda 323 4wd | £12.50 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Mazda 323 4wd | £33.00 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Nissan 240 | £16.79 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Nissan 240 RS | £9.99 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Peugeot 205 | £14.39 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Peugeot 205 | £63.00 | |
| Timo Salonen signed rally postcard Peugeot 205 T16 | £26.55 | |
