Challenging opening day in Thailand for Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP Team Round 2 – Thailand

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Challenging opening day in Thailand for Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP Team Round 2 – Thailand

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Challenging opening day in #Thailand for @Jacobsen and the @Honda @WorldSSP Team Round 2 – Thailand
Chang International Circuit, Thailand



PJ Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP team gained a spot in tomorrow’s WorldSSP Superpole 2 at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand, as the 22-year-old American finished ninth in the combined times of today’s two free practice sessions. The day started really well for Jacobsen, who after the first hour of action was in third place aboard his Honda CBR600RR #2, despite far-from-ideal track conditions.
In free practice two, last year’s World Supersport runner-up and his crew encountered a slightly more difficult time in finding the right set-up for the bike to adapt to the change in conditions. Nevertheless, Jacobsen was able to improve his lap-time by half a second by clocking in 1’39.973 on his penultimate attempt in what was an ultra-close afternoon session. Today’s timesheets were topped by local rider Ratthapong Wilairot aboard the Ten Kate Racing-supported Honda CBR600RR fielded by Team AP Honda.
The team is analysing the data in order to be ready for tomorrow’s on-track action, which starts at 11:15 local time (GMT+7) with free practice number three.







Patrick Jacobsen 2
9th / 1'39.973
The second session didn’t go as planned, unfortunately. We tried some changes to the bike that did not work as we’d have hoped. We ended up the opposite way in a couple of areas but that’s part of racing. The bike felt pretty good in the morning and we now know that all it needs are some small changes especially with regards to engine braking. If we can manage to do that tomorrow, I’m confident we will be able to battle for the front row.
- Honda WorldSSP







Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
In the morning, lap-times came quite easily despite the dirt found on the track. We left the bike almost untouched and we managed to end up third. In the afternoon we tried some different settings at the front that for some reason did not give us the improvement we were looking for. We have some work to do on the bike but it’s clear that we can be much quicker than this.
- Honda WorldSSP
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