WorldSSP 2016 Fourth place on the grid for Jacobsen after Dutch WorldSSP Superpole Round 4 – The Netherlands TT Circuit

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$WorldSSP 2016 Fourth place on the grid for Jacobsen after #Dutch @WorldSSP #Superpole Round 4 – The Netherlands TT Circuit #Assen, Netherlands



Patrick ‘PJ’ Jacobsen will start the fourth-round World Supersport race at Assen’s TT Circuit from the second row on the grid, as the Honda WorldSSP rider finished today’s Superpole in fourth position. This is the third consecutive time that the 22-year-old has claimed the front slot of row 2, as he did the same both in Thailand and Spain.

Like all the other riders who were automatically seeded to Superpole 2 after yesterday’s two free practice sessions, Jacobsen had to quickly adapt to the dry conditions of the 4.542km track, which he had not encountered before during this weekend. Lap after lap, the American built up great speed aboard his Honda CBR600RR and, in his final attempt before the chequered flag, he logged a 1’40.165 that allowed him to retake that fourth place he had lost moments before. Pole position and second were in fact taken by the two riders who had to make their way through the first Superpole session.
The fourth race of the 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship is scheduled to commence tomorrow at 11:20 local time (GMT+2).







Patrick Jacobsen 2
4th / 1'40.165
I can’t say I’m completely happy with fourth place on the grid, but I guess tomorrow’s result is what counts the most. It seems like we couldn’t put together the best of laps for some reason today, but we also had to use part of Superpole 2 to evaluate the bike settings, as we had no dry track-time prior to then. The first two on the grid had a bit of a head start as they took part in Superpole 1, too. Regarding tomorrow, in the wet we have a great pace but we can defend ourselves well also in the dry. Whatever the weather will be like, I’m sure we’ll be ready to challenge for honours.
- Honda WorldSSP






Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
We tried a new setup for the Honda CBR600RR in Superpole as it was the first dry session of the weekend, so we didn’t fully know what to expect. Things went quite good, although we were losing a bit too much time in sector three. PJ got into a good rhythm and in the end he was fourth, so all in all not a bad performance ahead of tomorrow. We will try some more changes in the warm up in order to be fully ready to race.
- Honda WorldSSP