Aki & Miika Teiskonen


The world of rally is full of rising talents and surprising many of them are Finnish.
 

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Aki Teiskonen, I-driver
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Miika Teiskonen, II-driver
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Miikka Anttila, II-driver
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People on the backround
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Aki Teiskonen, I-Driver

Teiskonen takes aim at the top

Aki says he is a very typical Scandinavian driver: he is fast on the dirt roads but has room for improvement on asphalt. Reason for driving rally is the most traditional one: the fascination of speed.
“It is the speed and the control over an extreme element. When the car moves at top speed you feel like you could control the whole world,” Aki describes.
“Anyway, I’m not a gambler who tries to get a top speed at any cost. Risk taking has backfired on me a few times and I’ve learned my lesson,” he specifies.

Impulsiveness is
Aki’s bad habit

As a private person, Aki says he has very traditional values.
“My life is ruled by Very basic things: home, religion and native country and my future’s dreams are like own house and a yard,” Aki describes.

Aki values honesty and sincerity high on the other people.
“And I don’t mean only that I don’t want to be lied to. I like people who can say also the negative things straight,” he specifies.

Aki admits that he nevertheless has room for improvement in taking a feedback.
“Bad feedback hurts and I use to show it very straight. Anyway, I believe that getting a straight knowledge of my weaknesses is important for my improvement as an athlete,” Aki says.
“That’s why it is great to have own brother as a co-driver. Miika has never had any trouble to say what he really thinks about me,” Aki laughs.

Aki says he is very impulsive by nature. After does a mistake in a rally, he spends the first 15 minutes sulking in the pits, but then he quickly gets on the better mood and starts to think of the future.
“I know everyone makes mistakes. It is just so difficult to remember after you’ve made one – You just shouldn’t get stuck in that feeling.”