Positive qualifying for PJ Jacobsen at Chang International Circuit Round 2 – Thailand

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Positive qualifying for PJ Jacobsen at Chang International Circuit Round 2 – #Thailand
Chang International Circuit, Thailand



The second-round qualifying session for the 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship was contested today at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand under sunny conditions, with PJ Jacobsen and the Honda WorldSSP Team able to secure fourth spot on the grid for tomorrow’s 17-lap race.
Thanks to some successful changes to the set-up of the Honda CBR600RR #2 made between this morning’s free practice three and the second Superpole session, Jacobsen was able to improve his personal best lap-time by almost 1.3 seconds. The 22-year-old American clocked in 1’38.685s, missing out on a front-row start by only 73 thousandths of a second.
The team will now analyse the data gathered today, in order to test some more changes to the settings tomorrow morning during the 15-minute warm up, scheduled to begin at 11:25 local time. The second WorldSSP race of the season will get underway at 14:20 (GMT +7).







Patrick Jacobsen 2
4th / 1'38.685
Today went OK. Yesterday we struggled a little bit in finding the right set-up for our bike, especially at the rear. We are still trying to figure out the best suspension settings and to fine tune the package a little bit. We have definitely improved our pace but we need something more for a top result. We hope to find it in the warm up, so we can attack right from the get go.
- Honda WorldSSP







Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
PJ did well in both free practice and qualifying today. Fourth is a good place where to start the race, it’s a shame we missed a front row start for such a small gap, but every thousandth of a second can make a big difference in this sport. We’re still not completely happy with the bike so we are looking at some changes to make in order to be able to fight for top honours tomorrow.
- Honda WorldSSP