![]() ![]() ![]() The expected challenge from Dunlop did not materialise, with the Ulsterman more than 20 seconds behind Harrison and appearing to have issues with the front of the bike as his mechanics made suspension changes during the stops. ![]() However, that was as good as it got for the chasing pack, with Hickman settling in and setting the pace with the fastest lap of anyone before they pitted again on lap four, stretching the lead to 12.380 seconds as Harrison kept him honest. Hickman improved that lap speed to 135.428mph as he came in to pit at the end of the second lap, giving himself an 11.862 second lead over Harrison aboard the Dao Engineering Kawasaki who helpful turned their man around three seconds faster during the stops to eat into Hickman’s lead as they resumed the third lap. Peter Hickman signed off his resurgent and record-breaking week at the Isle of Man TT with a dominant victory in the blue-riband Senior TT, as Michael Dunlop saw his shot at history put on ice for another year.Īfter Hickman obliterated the TT lap record in Friday’s second Superstock race, clocking an all-time best of 136.358mph around the 37.73-mile road circuit, all eyes were on whether the FHO Racing BMW rider would be on his Superbike for the Senior, or stick with the less-modified Superstock given the pace it displayed.ĭespite his heroics on Friday, Hickman reverted to the Superbike - even though it riled repeating the brake and gear-shift issues suffered during last Sunday’s Superbike TT won by rival Dunlop aboard the Hawk Racing Honda.īut it clearly transpired that Hickman was in the groove, taking the lead off Dean Harrison by Ballaugh on the opening lap and clearing the 135mph for the opening lap from a standing start, with a surprisingly slow-starting Dunlop in the unfamiliar position of third. ![]()
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