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If you’ve ever wondered how professional racing drivers come down from the white-hot amphetamine kick of competition, in Mika Salo’s case they don’t. Salo, who deputised for the injured Michael Schumacher at Ferrari in 1999 and also raced in F1 for Arrows, Lotus, Sauber, Toyota and Tyrrell, owns an old Camaro powered by a 9.0-litre, 1002bhp engine. “It had a Toyota Le Mans GT1 unit in it at one point,” he says, “but that was just too much, I couldn’t use it.”

Words: Jason Barlow
Photos: Lee Brimble

This feature was originally published in the March issue of Top Gear magazine