Filip Salač
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Nationality | Czech | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic | 12 December 2001||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Team Gresini Moto2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bike number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech motorcycle rider, currently set to compete in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship for Team Gresini Moto2.[1]
Career[]
Junior career[]
Salač competed full time in the 2016 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, scoring no podiums, 75 points, and finished 9th in the final standings. He also made four race appearences in the 2016 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, scoring one point in the race at Portimão.
Salač split the same two series again next year, finishing with 12 points in the 2017 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, and five top-6 finishes in the 2017 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, including a 2nd place podium in Jerez. He finished 27th, and 13th in the standings respectively.
Salač improved from his previous seasons in both categories, scoring points eight times in the 2018 FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship, seven of which were top-10 finishes, finishing 11th in the standings, with 52 points. In the 2018 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, he scored five podiums, two second places at Assen and Misano, and three third places at Jerez, the Sachsenring, and the Red Bull Ring. He finished the season 4th in the standings, with 151 points.
Moto3 World Championship[]
He made his Grand Prix racing debut as a wildcard, at his home GP in Brno in 2018, finishing the race in 24th place.
Redox PrüstelGP (2019)[]
Salač competed full time in the 2019 Moto3 World Championship alongside compatriot Jakub Kornfeil at Prüstel GP.[2]
He scored points in seven races during the year, his season's best finishes being a 9th place in Rimini, and a 5th place in the season closing race in Valencia. He ended the season 23rd in the standings, with 32 points.
Rivacold Snipers Team (2020–2021)[]
Switching from Prüstel to the Rivacold Snipers team for the 2020 Moto3 World Championship, Salač had similar performances as the year prior. He scored points in six races, his season's best results were an 8th place in Qatar, and a 9th place in Valencia, and ended the season 21st in the standings, with 30 points.
The 2021 Moto3 World Championship would see Salač ride for two teams. He started the season with the Rivacold Snipers outfit, scoring his first career podium in the category with a 2nd place in Le Mans, and also earning his first Pole Position in Moto3 at the Sachsenring.[3][4] He could not finish the race in Germany however, as technical issues forced him to retire. Salač was so upset with the team, having already retired in Doha and Barcelona in previous races, that following his German retirement, he asked for the termination if his contract with the team.[5] He was replaced by Alberto Surra.
CarXpert Prüstel GP (2021)[]
Following his decision to leave the Snipers team, and the sudden death of Jason Dupasquier in Italy freeing up a spot at Prüstel GP, the two parties agreed to a contract, and Salač would ride for Prüstel for the remaining 9 races of the season.[6] He finished in the points in the first three races, before crashing out in the next three, but ended the season well, with two 10th places in Misano and Portimão, before capping off the season with a 4th place in the season closer at Valencia. Salač finished 16th in the championship standings, with 71 points.
Moto2 World Championship[]
Team Gresini Moto2 (2022–)[]
In September of 2021, it was announced that Salač would move up to Moto2, with the Gresini Racing team for the 2022 season.[1]
Career statistics[]
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup[]
Races by year[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | JER1 15 |
JER2 Ret |
ASS1 9 |
ASS2 6 |
SAC1 10 |
SAC2 8 |
RBR1 11 |
RBR2 10 |
BRN1 Ret |
BRN2 11 |
MIS 11 |
ARA1 5 |
ARA2 5 |
9th | 75 |
2017 | JER1 4 |
JER2 2 |
ASS1 | ASS2 | SAC1 | SAC2 | BRN1 Ret |
BRN2 DNS |
RBR1 | RBR2 | MIS 5 |
ARA1 6 |
ARA2 5 |
13th | 65 |
2018 | JER1 3 |
JER2 4 |
MUG 10 |
ASS1 5 |
ASS2 2 |
SAC1 4 |
SAC2 3 |
RBR1 5 |
RBR2 3 |
MIS 2 |
ARA1 Ret |
ARA2 7 |
4th | 151 |
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship[]
Races by year[]
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | KTM | VAL1 | VAL2 | LMS | ARA | CAT1 | CAT2 | ALB Ret |
ALG 15 |
JER1 | JER2 | VAL1 20 |
VAL2 21 |
37th | 1 |
2017 | KTM | ALB Ret |
LMS 11 |
CAT1 DNS |
CAT2 DNS |
VAL1 | VAL2 | EST | JER1 19 |
JER2 13 |
ARA 12 |
VAL1 DNQ |
VAL2 DNQ |
27th | 12 |
2018 | KTM | EST 8 |
VAL1 9 |
VAL2 Ret |
LMS 18 |
CAT1 22 |
CAT2 16 |
ARA 9 |
JER1 9 |
JER2 8 |
ALB 10 |
VAL1 8 |
VAL2 15 |
11th | 52 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing[]
By season[]
Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
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2018 | Moto3 | KTM | Cuna de Campeones Czech Talent Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th |
2019 | Moto3 | KTM | Redox PrüstelGP | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 23rd |
2020 | Moto3 | Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21st |
2021 | Moto3 | Honda | Rivacold Snipers Team | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 16th |
KTM | CarXpert Prüstel GP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |||
Total | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
By class[]
Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moto3 | 2018–2021 | 2018 Czech Republic | 2021 France | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 0 | |
Total | 2018–present | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 0 |
Races by year[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Pos | Pts |
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2018 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT | ARG | AME | SPA | FRA | ITA | CAT | NED | GER | CZE 24 |
AUT | GBR | RSM | ARA | THA | JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | 44th | 0 |
2019 | Moto3 | KTM | QAT 21 |
ARG 25 |
AME 20 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 15 |
ITA 20 |
CAT Ret |
NED 14 |
GER 13 |
CZE Ret |
AUT 19 |
GBR 21 |
RSM 9 |
ARA 18 |
THA 11 |
JPN 22 |
AUS Ret |
MAL 13 |
VAL 5 |
23rd | 32 |
2020 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 8 |
SPA Ret |
ANC Ret |
CZE 25 |
AUT Ret |
STY 12 |
RSM 20 |
EMI 16 |
CAT 12 |
FRA 12 |
ARA 16 |
TER 13 |
EUR 9 |
VAL DNS |
POR | 21st | 30 | ||||
2021 | Moto3 | Honda | QAT 13 |
DOH Ret |
POR 13 |
SPA 12 |
FRA 2 |
ITA 11 |
CAT Ret |
GER Ret |
NED | 16th | 71 | ||||||||||
KTM | STY 11 |
AUT 12 |
GBR 14 |
ARA Ret |
RSM Ret |
AME Ret |
EMI 10 |
ALR 10 |
VAL 4 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Moto2: Zaccone and Salac to compete for team Gresini in 2022 - News". motosprint.corrieredellosport.it.
- ^ "Filip Salač joins Redox PrüstelGP in 2019". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ^ "Salac Takes First Podium, Izdihar Takes First..." Honda.Racing.
- ^ "Salač did not finish after the first start from pole position in Germany". June 20, 2021.
- ^ Sports, Dorna. "Snipers Team confirm Salac out, Surra in for rest of 2021". www.motogp.com.
- ^ Sports, Dorna. "PrüstelGP welcome back Salac for second half of 2021". www.motogp.com.
External links[]
- Filip Salač at MotoGP.com
- Filip Salač at WorldSBK.com
- Profile on Red Bull Rookies Cup
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Czech motorcycle racers
- Moto3 World Championship riders
- Sportspeople from Mladá Boleslav
- Supersport 300 World Championship riders