Filip Salač Explained

Filip Salač (born 12 December 2001) is a Czech motorcycle rider, competing in the 2025 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.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]} 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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	JER2	ASS1	ASS2	SAC1	SAC2	RBR1	RBR2	BRN1	BRN2	MIS	ARA1	ARA2	9th	75
2017	JER1	JER2	ASS1	ASS2	SAC1	SAC2	BRN1	BRN2	RBR1	RBR2	MIS	ARA1	ARA2	13th	65
2018	JER1	JER2	MUG	ASS1	ASS2	SAC1	SAC2	RBR1	RBR2	MIS	ARA1	ARA2		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		ALB	ALG	JER1	JER2	VAL1	VAL2	37th	1
2017	KTM	ALB	LMS	CAT1	CAT2	VAL1	VAL2	EST	JER1	JER2	ARA	VAL1	VAL2	27th	12
2018	KTM	EST	VAL1	VAL2	LMS	CAT1	CAT2	ARA	JER1	JER2	ALB	VAL1	VAL2	11th	52

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
	Moto3	KTM	Cuna de Campeones Czech Talent Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	44th
	Moto3	KTM	Redox PrüstelGP	19	0	0	0	0	32	23rd
	Moto3	Honda	Rivacold Snipers Team	13	0	0	0	0	30	21st
	Moto3	Honda	Rivacold Snipers Team	8	0	1	1	0	48	16th
		KTM	CarXpert Prüstel GP	9	0	0	0	0	23
	Moto2	Kalex	Gresini Racing Moto2	20	0	1	0	0	45	20th
	Moto2	Kalex	QJmotor Gresini Moto2	19	0	1	1	0	110	11th
	Moto2	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	17	0	1	0	0	73	16th
Total				106	0	4	2	0	361

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	56	0	3	1	0	228
Total	2018–present			106	0	4	2	0	361

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
	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		44th	0
	Moto3	KTM	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL		23rd	32
	Moto3	Honda	QAT	SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR						21st	30
	Moto3	Honda	QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED												16th	71
		KTM										STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL	20th	45
	Moto2	Kalex	POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL	11th	110
	Moto2	Kalex	QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD	16th	73

Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

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)

External links

• • Profile on Red Bull Rookies Cup

Notes and References

1. News: Filip Salač joins Redox PrüstelGP in 2019. 29 October 2018. MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports.
2. Web site: Salac Takes First Podium, Izdihar Takes First.... Honda.Racing.
3. Web site: Salač did not finish after the first start from pole position in Germany. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804163203/https://tekdeeps.com/salac-did-not-finish-after-the-first-start-from-pole-position-in-germany-2/. usurped. August 4, 2021. June 20, 2021.
4. Web site: Snipers Team confirm Salac out, Surra in for rest of 2021. Dorna. Sports. www.motogp.com.
5. Web site: PrüstelGP welcome back Salac for second half of 2021. Dorna. Sports. www.motogp.com.
6. Web site: Moto2: Zaccone and Salac to compete for team Gresini in 2022 - News. motosprint.corrieredellosport.it.
7. Web site: ELF MARC VDS RACING TEAM SIGNS FILIP SALAC FOR 2024. 19 July 2023.