Tuesday 16th June 2015

Isle of Man TT 2015: PH2

A fairytale TT in more ways than one...

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What can you say about the 2015 TT races except that they were incredible? The story of the whole event was set to be Ian Hutchinson's amazing return to form after his horrific leg injuries. Three TT wins for Hutchy and after his first win of the week in the Supersport class, there wasn't a dry eye in the post race interview room. An amazing story and an incredible return for a chap whose leg was set to be amputated, had over 30 operations on it, was actually rotting from the inside out and requires him to ride with a right-mounted gear change as it is still unable to operate properly. What an absolute hero and a man whose determination is only matched by his skill and his ability to soak up pain, grit his teeth and get on with it. And then the Senior TT happened...

If you haven't seen the shortened second race - watch it. John McGuinness might have taken a Zero TT win earlier in the week, but many were writing the King of the Mountain off as the young pretenders were starting to come through. Never write off McPint! An absolutely mind-bendingly fast Senior race saw McG not only set the fastest ever lap from a standing start of 131.850mph but also Guy Martin, Michael Dunlop and James Hillier all set 132mph average laps and McG smash in a new absolute course record of 132.701mph. The man was riding like an absolute demon and once again, like he did a few years ago when Michael Dunlop was his team mate, John has demonstrated that he is the true King of the TT.

Add to this incredible racing action the side story of Michael Dunlop's split from the Milwaukee Yamaha team, the Buildbase squad subsequently shipping out a BMW for him, Peter Hickman setting a 131mph lap in only his second ever TT, Guy saying his gran would have ridden the Triumph better than him and then hopping on the Victory electric bike and, of course, the beer and you have one hell of a TT to remember.

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Results:

RST Superbike TT
1. Bruce Anstey (Honda Valvoline Racing by Padgetts)
2. Ian Hutchinson (Paul Bird Motorsport)
3. James Hillier (Quattro Plant Muc-Off Kawasaki)

Monster Energy Supersport TT, race one
1. Ian Hutchinson (Team Traction Control)
2. Bruce Anstey (Honda Valvoline Racing by Padgetts)
3. Gary Johnson (Yamaha)

RL 360 Superstock TT
1. Ian Hutchinson (Paul Bird Motorsport)
2. Michael Dunlop (MD Racing)
3. Lee Johnston (East Coast Construction/Burdens)

SES TT Zero Challenge
1. John McGuinness (Team Mugen)
2. Bruce Anstey (Team Mugen)
3. Lee Johnston (Parker Racing)

Monster Energy Supersport TT, race two
1. Ian Hutchinson (Team Traction Control)
2. Bruce Anstey (Honda Valvoline Racing by Padgetts)
3. Guy Martin (Smiths Racing)

Bennetts Lightweight TT
1. Ivan Lintin (RC Express Racing)
2. James Hillier (Quattro Plant Muc-Off Kawasaki)
3. Michael Rutter (Paton)

PokerStars Senior TT
1. John McGuinness (Honda Racing)
2. James Hillier (Quattro Plant Muc-Off Kawasaki)
3. Ian Hutchinson (Paul Bird Motorsport)

Sure Sidecar TT, race one
1. Ben Birchall / Tom Birchal (Manx Gas Racing)
2. John Holden / Dan Sayle (Silicone Engineering/Barnes Racing)
3. Conrad Harrison / Mike Aylott (Shelbourne Honda / Printing Roller Services)

Sure Sidecar TT, race two
1. Ben Birchall / Tom Birchal (Manx Gas Racing)
2. Dave Molyneux / Benjamin Binns (Suzuki DMR)
3. John Holden / Dan Sayle (Silicone Engineering/Barnes Racing)

[Fattb]

Never really got the bike thing always preferred my cars, bikes irritate me and so do some of the riders especially when i cant move in traffic and they sit next to me revving their engines trying to squeeze past, the fools i am in an 11 year old smoker i don't care !


But if a child should ever ask me 'what does grow a set of balls mean' i would say go to the Isle of Man and watch the TT, then you will understand