P. J. Jacobsen
| Patrick Jacobsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 7, 1993 Montgomery (United States) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Honda World Supersport Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | patrickjacobsen.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick "PJ" Jacobsen (born August 7, 1993 in Montgomery, New York) is an American motorcycle racer. He races in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Honda CBR600RR.
Racing career
He was the 2006 champion of the USGPRU 125GP Championship, and has also competed in his homeland in the USGPRU 250GP Championship and AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship, plus the Spanish 125GP Championship. 2012 was a fragmented season, but included two major race wins—the British Superstock 1000 race at Donington Park and the British Supersport Championship round at Assen. For 2013 he was signed to ride in the British Superbike Championship for Tyco Suzuki.[1] Since 2014 he participates full-time in the Supersport World Championship, initially with the Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres team. Since the 2015 Portuguese round, Jacobsen switched to the CORE" Motorsport Thailand on a Honda. In August 2015, in the Malaysian round, Jacobsen became the first American to take a pole position and a win in the Supersport World Championship.
Career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 125cc | Aprilia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Races by year
(key)
| Year | Class | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 125cc | Aprilia | QAT | SPA | POR | CHN | FRA | ITA | CAT | GBR | NED | GER | CZE | RSM | IND 22 |
JPN | AUS | MAL | VAL | NC | 0 |
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Honda | AUS | ITA | NED 13 |
ITA | EUR | SMR | SPA | CZE | GBR | RUS | GER | POR | FRA | 35th | 3 |
| 2014 | Kawasaki | AUS DNS |
SPA 14 |
NED 9 |
ITA 4 |
GBR 6 |
MAL 8 |
SMR 3 |
POR 5 |
SPA 2 |
FRA 8 |
QAT 12 |
6th | 99 | ||
| 2015 | Kawasaki | AUS 10 |
THA 3 |
SPA 2 |
NED 4 |
ITA 4 |
GBR 5 |
2nd | 196 | |||||||
| Honda | POR 3 |
SMR 2 |
MAL 1 |
SPA 2 |
FRA 1 |
QAT 5 |
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| 2016 | Honda | AUS 5 |
THA 3 |
SPA Ret |
NED Ret |
ITA | MAL | GBR | ITA | ITA | GER | FRA | SPA | QAT | 8th* | 27* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ^ "American P.J. Jacobsen To Race In 2013 British Superbike Championship For Tyco Suzuki". Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 30 November 2013.