Patrick "PJ" Jacobsen (born August 7, 1993 in
Montgomery,
New York State
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) is an American
motorcycle racer. For most of the season he raced in the
Superbike World Championship aboard a
Honda CBR1000RR
The Honda CBR1000RR, marketed in some countries as the "Fireblade" (capitalized as FireBlade until the 2000s), is a liquid-cooled inline four-cylinder superbike, introduced by Honda in 2004 as the 7th generation of the CBR series of motorcycle ...
before parting company with his Triple M team, being replaced for two races by
Florian Marino
Florian Marino (born 3 June 1993 in Cannes, France) is a French motorcycle racer. In , he replaced PJ Jacobsen on the Triple M Honda Fireblade for two races of the Superbike World Championship in Argentina, becoming injured during the second le ...
.
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
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and the British Supersport Championship round at
Assen. For 2013 he was signed to ride in the
British Superbike Championship for
Tyco Suzuki.
Since 2014 he participates full-time in the
Supersport World Championship
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, initially with the
Kawasaki Intermoto Ponyexpres team. Since the 2015 Portuguese round, Jacobsen switched to the CORE" Motorsport Thailand on a
Honda
is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
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. 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
Races by year
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
(
key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Superbike World Championship
Races by year
(
key
Key or The Key may refer to:
Common meanings
* Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm
* Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock
* Key (map ...
) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
Profile on MotoGP.comProfile on WorldSBK.com
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American motorcycle racers
Living people
125cc World Championship riders
Supersport World Championship riders
British Superbike Championship riders
Superbike World Championship riders
1993 births