EuroRC team driver Petri Mylläri wins 1st Round of the Finnish Nationals, Turku, Finland

The first round of the Finnish National series was held this past weekend in Turku. The track was in excellent condition but considered difficult by many of the racers. With the snow going just a few weeks before the race many drivers had little preparation before the opening race however it was EuroRC team Driver Petri Mylläri who won ahead of August Poutiainen and Tomi Salonen. Below you will find Petri’s report from the event…

“I knew that this first race was going to be extremely hard for me. I haven’t raced anything in 6-7 months due to winter. I also have a new Losi 3.0 car, new engine, new tires, new servos and different everything from last season and I also used my new transmitter for the first time in this race. It took a little time and adjustments but luckily my Futaba 4pks-r transmitter felt good after qualifications.

Qualifications went not so good for me, was super consistent but extremely slow. Before last Q I changed my shock oils witch made the car faster but I was still too slow to win anything. I ended up 5th overall.

Finally in the semifinal I noticed that there was something very wrong with my car. Servo saver was too loose for this high grip fast track. It was probably a little loose all day, but now I really noticed it because grip went up, the car was hard to drive fast and it did some weird moves. Finished 3rd.
For the final I fixed the servo saver, put new Procircuit Hot Dices tires on, did some engine tuning and the car felt extremely good in the warm up. Now I knew I had a chance to win this thing. It was so good. In the final my mechanic changed the pitting strategy after first tank because the fuel tank was completely empty when I came for fuel, almost ran out of fuel. Fuel mileage on this track and in these conditions was very poor. I Started 6th for the final, drove consistently and fast to the lead and kept the lead to the end.

Thanks to JQ’s awesome setup tips, my new Losi 3.0 car was awesome and performed like a champ. Compared to the older 2.0 it has improved a lot in all areas especially the turning and ease of driving. I’m also very happy with my new Bullitt engine. It’s smooth and has awesome power. The new Procircuit tires also lasted much better than expected and where super easy to drive and fast, but hey they won the WC so what can you expect?”

Results:
Mylläri Petri Losi/Bullit/Procircuit
Poutiainen August Xray/Reds/Sweep
Salonen Tomi Mugen/Ninja/
Heinonen Ari Kyosho/Alpha/AKA
Quagraine Joseph JQ/JQ/AKA
Leino Teemu HotBodies/LRP/AKA
Tiit Jörg Miikael Serpent/Alpha/Beta
Parjanen Jani Losi/Bullit/AKA
Siltanen Jarno Mugen/Novarossi/Procircuit
Orhanen Samppa Serpent/Alpha/AKA
Björkman Tomi Losi/OS/
Heinonen Arto JQ/Alpha/AKA