Filip Salač

Filip Salač
Salač in 2019
Nationality	Czech
Born	(2001-12-12) 12 December 2001 Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
Current team	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team
Bike number	12
Motorcycle racing career statistics Moto2 World Championship Active years 2022– Manufacturers Kalex 2023 championship position 11th (110 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 55 0 3 1 0 217 Moto3 World Championship Active years 2018–2021 Manufacturers KTM (2018–2019, 2021) Honda (2020–2021) Championships 0 2021 championship position 16th (71 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 50 0 1 1 0 133

Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech motorcycle rider, competing in the 2024 Moto2 World Championship for Elf Marc VDS Racing Team.

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 appearances 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.

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. 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 of his contract with the team. 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. 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

Gresini Racing Moto2 (2022–2023)

In September 2021, it was announced that Salač would move up to Moto2, with the Gresini Racing team for the 2022 season.

Elf Marc VDS Racing Team (2024–)

Elf Racing Team Marc VDS has announced that Filip Salač will join their Moto2 project for the 2024 Moto2 World Championship.

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
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
2022	Moto2	Kalex	Gresini Racing Moto2	20	0	1	0	0	45	20th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	19	0	1	1	0	110	11th
2024	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	16	0	1	0	0	62*	17th*
Total				105	0	4	2	0	350

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts
Moto3	2018–2021	2018 Czech Republic	2021 France	50	0	1	1	0	133
Moto2	2022–present	2022 Qatar	2022 Thailand	55	0	3	1	0	217
Total	2018–present			105	0	4	2	0	350

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	20	Pos	Pts
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
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT Ret	INA 21	ARG Ret	AME 14	POR 14	SPA 21	FRA 15	ITA 13	CAT Ret	GER Ret	NED 10	GBR 9	AUT Ret	RSM Ret	ARA 17	JPN 10	THA 2‡	AUS Ret	MAL 11	VAL 13	20th	45
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 4	ARG 7	AME 5	SPA 9	FRA 2	ITA 7	GER 13	NED Ret	GBR 13	AUT 7	CAT Ret	RSM 9	IND 10	JPN 5	INA Ret	AUS Ret	THA 17	MAL 14	QAT DNS	VAL 17	11th	110
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 21	POR	AME 15	SPA 11	FRA 12	CAT 12	ITA Ret	NED DNS	GER	GBR Ret	AUT 10	ARA 11	RSM 7	EMI 10	INA 15	JPN 3	AUS 14	THA 14	MAL 15	VAL	17th*	62*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

Supersport 300 World Championship

By season

Year	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2020	Kawasaki Ninja 400	ACCR Czech Talent Team - Willi Race	2	0	0	0	0	4	34th
Total			2	0	0	0	0	4

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	13	14	Pos	Pts
2020	Kawasaki	SPA	SPA	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA 11	SPA NC	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR	34th	4

External links

• Filip Salač at WorldSBK.com
• Filip Salač at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Profile on Red Bull Rookies Cup