PJ Jacobsen’s 2016 FIM Supersport World Championship continues as the 22-year old and the Honda WorldSSP Team contest the fourth round of the season, taking place at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands this weekend. On what is the home track for Ten Kate’s official Honda World Supersport effort, Jacobsen hopes to redeem himself after the early crash occurred last time out at MotorLand Aragón, which resulted in his first DNF of the season and cost the American rider precious points in the Championship battle.
Jacobsen, who currently sits fifth in the standings, 31 points behind leader Randy Krummenacher, has a fourth place as a personal best result so far at Assen. After showing great speed aboard his Honda CBR600RR machine in Spain all the way up to his opening-lap tumble, last year’s Vice Champion is eager to turn his speed into a great result for the Dutch fans and the team.
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I cannot wait to get back on track. Hopefully this will be a great weekend for us, because obviously the Aragón race turned out to be a disaster after a promising start. Of course my goal is to get back on the podium and to collect as many points as I can; we just need to be fully concentrated on our target and not get ahead of ourselves.
Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
Our priority after Aragón is to reset and refocus, because it’s still relatively early in the season and disappointing weekends are part of racing, too. This is a very important round for us, not only because we are racing on our home track but also because we know we can be extremely competitive here. PJ is hungry and willing to get back to the podium and we are confident of our chances to do well this weekend
