WSS 2016 - Fourth place on the grid for Jacobsen after Aragón WorldSSP Superpole

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@WSS 2016 - Fourth place on the grid for Jacobsen after #Aragón #WorldSSP #Superpole
Round 3 – Aragon
MotorLand Aragón, Spain



PJ Jacobsen has claimed the first spot of the second row for tomorrow’s third race of the season for the 2016 FIM Supersport Championship, which is set to start at 11:20 local time (GMT +2) at MotorLand Aragón in Spain. The 22-year-old rider and the Honda WorldSSP team have made a good step forward in terms of setup for the #2 Honda CBR600RR machine and came only 0.075s short of a front-row start.
From yesterday’s free practice 2, Jacobsen was able to lap almost a second quicker and that translated in an encouraging qualifying for the young American, who currently sits second in the championship standings. His 1’54.919 put him on provisional third place until the final seconds of Superpole 2, when his position was snatched by Jules Cluzel.







Patrick Jacobsen 2
4th / 1'54.919
Qualifying was good today and it appears we have found some consistency in terms of race pace, so overall things look quite promising for tomorrow. We’re on the second row, fourth place just like in Thailand so it would be perfect if I can get the same type of start to the race. We need to be up there with the front-runners again and make sure we can stay in contention for the win up to the chequered flag.
- Honda WorldSSP







Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
In the morning we tried different settings at the rear but we noticed straight away that the bike was quite unstable under braking. After that short 15-minute session we had to decide what to do. We made a new plan by looking at the data and the settings and it worked out well. PJ was immediately faster and looked much more comfortable on the bike and that helped us achieving a good qualifying result. We will try to fine tune the package tomorrow morning, we’re not too far in terms of speed from second place and if we can find that little extra we will be in the right conditions for a great performance.
- Honda WorldSSP