December 2024 Salminen is returning to co-drive Sami Pajari, driving 2025 for the Toyota Gazoo Racing WRC team in a GR Yaris Rally1 car.

[1] Starting from 2019 season, Salminen partnered with Teemu Suninen in M-Sport Ford WRT.

Before the season began, the Finnish crew made their debut cooperation in the 2018 Monza Rally Show, where they finished as the runner-up, just behind the MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.

[3] Only days before the start of Rally Sardinia 2019, Salminen was replaced as co-driver for Suninen in favour of the more experienced Jarmo Lehtinen.

He was the co-driver of Sami Pajari in 2020 Junior WRC, and is set to resume their partnership from 2024 onwards.