Rob Janssen / TM E4RS III set TQ and finish 3rd at Netherland Nationals Rd 2

Team HRC / TM driver Rob Janssen obtained the pole position for his national first race with his TM E4RS III and finished 3rd, at the 2nd round of Netherland Nationals at Den Haag (La Haye). Rob joined the TM European Team only a few days ago, and participated for the first time to a national race with his all-new TM E4RS III.

Rob Janssen / TM E4RS III set TQ and finish 3rd at Netherland Nationals Rd 2

Race report from Rob:

Last weekend we had our Nationals round #2 at a tight and bumpy outdoor track. For me the first time driving the car on practice at Saturday. The first few runs I drove the car out of the box with only changing the springs into HPI ones (silver/pink). The balance and feeling was from the beginning really good !

Rob Janssen / TM E4RS III set TQ and finish 3rd at Netherland Nationals Rd 2

In lap times I was not able to drive the fastest time, but my 5 minute time was the fastest due to how easy the car was to drive, very constant. After trying out some small things I was able to slightly come closer to the fastest lap time. At saturday night I checked and rebuilded the car partly for the race on Sunday. 

On sunday morning i was able to drive a TQ run in Q1 and in Q2 I was able to improve my TQ time even by 3 seconds. In Q3 I tried my second set of tires, but they were rubbish. For the finals I went back to my first set of tires and was able to win Final 1 with a distance on car #2 with 3 seconds.

Unfortunately in final 2 and final 3 the track was warming up and my car was getting worser. I couldn’t stop the rear of the car from being lose at corner exit on throttle. I was not able to hold up the first place and finished third in the second and third final wich resulted in a total third spot at the Nationals.

To sum up:
The car feels really great out of the box. I only need to fine tune it of course and work on the set-up when the temperature is going up. Or maybe trying other tire additive or something like that.

Rob Janssen / TM E4RS III set TQ and finish 3rd at Netherland Nationals Rd 2

Next week we have a race at our local club and I will pick up were I lift last weekend with the car and set-up and see how it goes. On my local track is it easier to test and compare set-ups.

Modified Overall Result:
1. Jetze Reitsma
2. Peter Meurs
3. Rob Janssen – TM E4RS III / HRC Racing / Protoform
4. Mitchel van Es
5. Ronald Arts
6. Richard Arts
7. Dave Lunenburg
8. Ben Kruf

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