Patrick ‘PJ’ Jacobsen has claimed a spot on the front row of the grid for tomorrow’s eight-round FIM Supersport World Championship race, which will be contested over 19 laps from twelve o’clock at the Misano World Circuit ‘Marco Simoncelli’. The Honda WorldSSP rider was third at the end of today’s closely contested Superpole, with pole position being scored by fellow Honda rider Federico Caricasulo.
Jacobsen made an important step forwards in terms of feeling with his Honda CBR600RR between free practice 3 this morning and Superpole and he was the first rider to move to the top of the timesheets, before being edged out by Sofuoglu by only 0.002secs. On his final quick-lap attempt before the chequered flag, the 22-year-old American made a small mistake that cost him the opportunity for a pole position, but his 1’38.600 was quick enough to secure his fourth front-row start of the season.
Patrick Jacobsen 2
3rd
I have to say I’m happy with today’s Superpole lap-time, although it could have been a bit quicker if I hadn’t run wide at turn 1. Given the difficulties we encountered so far this weekend, it was an encouraging performance. I was really on the limit, so for tomorrow we need to improve a couple more things, get a good understanding of the bike in the warm-up and be ready for the race. We just need to make the most of the last fifteen minutes of practice we still have.
Pieter Breddels
Technical Manager
We made some important steps forwards between this morning and Superpole after trying some new front-fork settings in free practice 3. PJ’s feeling with the bike improved considerably in almost every area and that allowed him to attack Superpole 2 the way he always does. If we consider how the weekend started, a first row start is a really good result. We are still not 100% with set-up but a podium position is within our reach. We’ll try to make good use of the warm up and be fully ready for tomorrow. I would take the time congratulate Federico Caricasulo and the Evan Bros. team with their pole position.
