1. Eliseo Salazar made his Formula One debut at the 1981 United States Grand Prix West, scoring a total of three championship points across 37 Grands Prix.
19 Facts About Eliseo Salazar
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Across a three-decade career, Eliseo Salazar competed in American open-wheel racing and sportscar racing.
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Eliseo Salazar switched midseason to Ensign, and finished 6th in the Dutch Grand Prix.
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Eliseo Salazar's most noted career moment in Formula One came when he collided with the overtaking race leader Nelson Piquet in the 1982 German Grand Prix; after both drivers got out of their stricken cars, the angry Piquet started to punch and kick Salazar.
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Eliseo Salazar finished 14th in Jacarepagua and retired in Long Beach with gearbox failure.
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Eliseo Salazar began to race rally in Chile, becoming the champion of the 1985 hill-climbing season in Chile in a Toyota Corolla XT.
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Eliseo Salazar raced at the Exxon World Sports Car Championship in 1994 and 1995 with several races won and podiums with the Ferrari 333 SP.
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Eliseo Salazar became a regular top driver at Indy 500 with four Top 10 results.
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In 1997, Eliseo Salazar earned his first and only victory in IRL racing, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, racing for Team Scandia.
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Eliseo Salazar later joined the American Le Mans Series, where he raced in a Porsche 911 GT3 and a Ferrari 360.
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Eliseo Salazar then returned to Chile where, in 2004, he joined the official Hyundai rally team in the Rally Mobil, the national rally championship.
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Eliseo Salazar's car was an N3-class Hyundai Coupe GK 2.0L.
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In November 2005, Eliseo Salazar competed in the inaugural race of the Grand Prix Masters, as a late replacement for Alan Jones.
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In 2007, Eliseo Salazar moved to the N4-class of the Rally Mobil, the Chilean Rally Championship, driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, and was 5th in his first year at the N4-Class with a car of the ING Team.
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In 2008, Eliseo Salazar raced in the Rally Mobil with his own team, formed by 3 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX in the N4-Class.
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Eliseo Salazar made his debut in the Dakar Rally in 2009 with a McRae Prototype, finishing in 88th place.
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Eliseo Salazar will compete in the 2010 edition as part of the Team Dakar USA, in a third Hummer H3, in addition to the ones raced by owner Robby Gordon and Frenchman Eric Vigouroux.
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In 2013, Eliseo Salazar introduced autocross to Chile, with the first event being held 6 April 2013 at Estadio Monumental in Santiago.
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The younger Eliseo Salazar attended his first Indy 500 at the age of 8 days old.