WorldSSP 2016 Jacobsen qualifies on third row for Qatari WorldSSP race Round 12 – Qatar

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@WorldSSP 2016 @Jacobsen qualifies on third row for #Qatari #WorldSSP race Round 12 – #Qatar
Losail International Circuit, Qatar



PJ Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP Team have claimed the ninth spot on the grid for the 15-lap, final World Supersport race of the 2016 season at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, which will get underway tomorrow at 19:15 local time (GMT +3).
After qualifying directly to Superpole 2 courtesy of his fourth place finish in yesterday’s two free practice sessions, the 24-year-old American logged in 2’02.224s on board his Honda CBR600RR machine to take the last slot on row three. Jacobsen and the team will now analyse the data gathered today ahead of the last encounter of the year, which will decide who will take the runner-up spot in the standings.







Patrick Jacobsen 2
9th / 2’02.224
Ninth place on the grid is definitely not a good result for us, especially if we look what our rivals for second place in the standings did today. In terms of lap-times we are all very close, but we need a good start in order not to let the others get away in the early stages. We still have the warm up to try some more things ahead of the race and we will make it count. After all, it’s not over until it’s over!
- Honda WorldSSP






Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
We didn’t make too many changes today and PJ’s race pace is good, but we missed a couple of tenths on the single lap and that has pushed us a couple of rows back. Randy (Krummenacher) and Jules (Cluzel) will start ahead of us, so it won’t be an easy race tomorrow. We need a good start in order not to lose touch with the front runners and then we’ll see what happens.
- Honda WorldSSP