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• Isle of Man TT 2018 race Hickman wins Senior TT with an absolute lap record
• Birchalls win second sidecar race
• Harrison celebrates first TT victory in the supersport race
• Monday wins for Hickman and Dunlop
• Superstock: Peter Hickman with first TT victory
• Dunlop wins supersport races
• Newcomer Adam Lyon dies on lap 3
• Sidecar: Birchall brothers win
• Thursday training with a lot of work, Mercer operates
• Safety car incident being clarified
• First operations at Mercer take place
• Dan Kneen had an accident during training
• Harrison with record in second practice
• Michael Dunlop fastest among the super athletes
• Imprisonment and entry ban for a spectator
• TT 2018: The first qualifying
• 1. Training with 130,232 miles average
• William Dunlop withdraws from TT 2018
• Harrison followed up on lap 2
• Cummins passed his old school at 300 km / h
• Saiger 2018 only TT spectators

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Isle of Man TT 2018 race

Isle of Man TT 2018 race
Hickman wins Senior TT with an absolute lap record

Peter Hickman is the first rider to climb the Isle of Man’s Mountain Circuit at an average speed of over 135 mph. He won the main senior TT race on Friday.

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BMW driver Peter Hickman has won the Senior TT. On Friday, after 1: 43: 08.065 hours and six laps, he saw the finish of the most prestigious race on the Isle of Man just ahead of Dean Harrison on Kawasaki. Manx-Man Conor Cummins rounded off the podium in third on Honda.

It was a merciless fight between Harrison and Hickman for victory, which was only decided on the last round. Times under 17 minutes were consistently driven, which is now part of the TT’s good form.

On the last lap, however, Hickman really fired up the turbo: With an average speed of 135.452 miles per hour, he lapped the track in 16: 42.778 minutes, making him the absolutely fastest man on the Isle of Man. This brought him victory by around two seconds.

BMW driver Michael Dunlop narrowly missed the podium in fourth, staying ahead of the Norton with Joshua Brookes. Gary Johnson (Kawasaki) finished sixth.

Ian Lougher finished the 500cc two-stroke Suter in 20th place.

Birchalls win second sidecar race

The brothers Ben and Tom Birchall won the second sidecar race at the TT. They prevailed against John Holden / Lee Cain, who had initially taken over the leadership work.

Third place went to Tim Reeves with Mark Wilkens. The German Mike Roscher landed with Shaun Park in 15th place.

Harrison celebrates first TT victory in the supersport race

Dean Harrison celebrated his first TT victory in the second Supersport race. The Kawasaki rider prevailed against the triumph of Peter Hickman by almost 20 seconds and a further eleven seconds against his colleague James Hillier. The two Honda drivers Conor Cummins and Michael Dunlop rounded off the top five.

Harrison was immediately “on fire” and took the lead, but had to keep an eye on Michael Dunlop until halfway through the race and the first pit stop. However, he was given a 30-second penalty because he was too fast in the pit lane – Micky-D was out of the running for victory.

The Austrian Julian Trummer took 28th place.

Monday wins for Hickman and Dunlop

Race Monday on the Isle of Man saw Michael Dunlop dust off his 17th TT victory in the Supersport race, while Peter Hickman celebrated his first TT victory in the Superstock class.

Superstock: Peter Hickman with first TT victory

Peter Hickman won the Superstock TT on Monday 4th June 2018 on the Isle of Man. It is the British’s first TT victory.

It was an incredibly close race between Peter Hickman, Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison, in which Hickman on the BMW S 1000 RR came out on top. He won 4.2 seconds ahead of fellow driver Dunlop, Harrison lost another 9.1 seconds and came in third.

In this race, Hickman drove two laps with an average of over 134 miles per hour and joined the guard of those who were able to conquer the 60-kilometer mountain circuit in under 17 minutes. The other two – Dunlop and Harrison – did so again in this race, but they had no recipe against Hickman.

Hickman drove an average of 134.403 mph on the final lap, which meant a time of 16: 50.601 minutes. He narrowly missed the absolute lap record, but set a new top time for the Superstock class.

Davo Johnson missed the podium by around 1:12 minutes in fourth. James Hillier, Michael Rutter and Martin Jessop took places five to seven.

Dunlop wins supersport races

Michael Dunlop celebrated his 17th TT victory with his victory in the first Supersport race on the Isle of Man.

Michael Dunlop celebrated his 17th TT victory on Monday (June 4th, 2018). Just two days after his triumph in the Superbike race, he was now at the top of the podium in the Supersport class. Dunlop broke the existing lap record in this class – which he had previously set himself – and has now become the first rider to drive a 600cc machine on the Mountain Circuit at an average speed of over 129 mph.

The battle for second place remained tense until the finish line, but here it was Dean Harrison who finished 10.2 seconds behind Dunlop. But he was just 0.258 seconds ahead of Peter Hickman on triumph. In fourth place, James Hillier narrowly missed the podium by 1.8 seconds. Conor Cummins rounded the pedestal.

Newcomer Adam Lyon dies on lap 3

The 26-year-old TT newcomer Adam Lyon from Helensburgh in Scotland had a hard crash on the third of four laps of the Supersport TT on Monday. His accident happened just after the 28-mile mark at Casey’s. Lyon injured himself so badly that he died.

Lyon drove their first TT this year and qualified for the race in 24th place with an average of 122.261 miles. There he was able to increase to 122,261 miles on the first lap.

Another victory for the Dunlop dynasty on the Isle of Man: Michael Dunlop won the Superbike TT on Saturday, June 2nd, 2018, ahead of Conor Cummins. The BMW driver celebrated his 16th triumph in the Tourist Trophy. He won ahead of Conor Cummins on Padgetts Honda and James Hillier on Quattro-Plant-Kawasaki.

Dean Harrison was initially the man who made the headlines: from a standing start, he set an absolute lap record of 134.432 miles per hour on the first lap – which meant a time of 16: 50.384 minutes. Harrison extended his lead until the first pit stop, then Dunlop came closer.

The second lap saw the only two pilots in history who had conquered the Mountain Course under 17 minutes since 1907, doing exactly that again: Harrison went up with 134.1 and thus 16:52, Dunlop drove 133.5 and 16:57. The third lap both came to an average of 126 plusw, but this also included the pit stop time of over 50 seconds.

Eventually Harrison had to park his Kawasaki on lap four and watch the rest of the race.

On the last lap, Cummins passed Dunlop again on the road at Ramsey, because Dunlop had enough lead. The two crossed the finish line in a mixed pair of BMW and Honda. Dunlop missed the all-time record for the superbikes by just under a second. His average for six laps – including two pit stops – was 130.324 miles per hour in the end. He needed a time of 1: 44, 13, 398 hours for this distance. Behind Dunlop and Cummins, James Hillier rounded off the podium on the Kawasaki.

Fifth place went to David “Davo” Johnson, ahead of his BMW brand colleague Michael Rutter. Lee Johnston (Honda), Martin Jessopp (BMW), Ivan Lintin (Kawasaki), Philip Crowe (BMW) and Joshua Brookes (Norton) rounded off the top ten.

In positions eleven and twelve, the two BMW drivers Sam West and Jamie Coward also each won a silver replica. Coward drove for the Penz13.com team and classified himself ahead of Shaun Anderson on Suzuki and his team-mate Derek Sheils. The third in the Penz group, the former Grand Prix driver Danny Webb, was 21.

Of 65 pilots who started, 38 saw the target.

Sidecar: Birchall brothers win

The sidecars were canceled on the first lap. The race was stopped after an accident at Sky Hill. According to initial information, both the passenger and the driver were responsive and conscious and were flown into Nobles Hospital.

The restart then took place in the late evening over the full distance of three laps. The brothers Tom and Ben Birchall emerged victorious. On the way to their victory, they beat the lap record twice and set a new overall racing record. They won ahead of John Holden / Lee Cain and Tim Reeves with Mark Wilkes. 

The German Mike Roscher and co-driver Shaun Parker finished 13th. Michael Grabmuller from Austria crossed the finish line in 17th place with Sebastien Lavorel.

Sad: Last year there were almost 70 sidecars, this year there were only 36 of them at the start and only 25 at the finish.

Thursday training with a lot of work, Mercer operates

On Thursday, Peter Hickman set the fastest time for the Superbikes with an average of 1: 32.806 miles. The BMW driver therefore needed 17: 02.757 minutes for the Mountain Circuit. With the big bikes he stayed just ahead of Manxman Conor Cummins and the 15-time TT winner Michael Dunlop. Dean Harrison was another driver who drove an average of over 130 miles. Meanwhile, Hickman also set the fastest Superstock time of the evening. In the Supersport class, Michael Dunlop was still the measure of all things, he needed 18: 04.840 minutes on his 600cc Honda. In the Lightweights, Ivan LKintin set a fastest time under the 19 mark in 18: 59.579 minutes.

In the sidecar category, John Holden / Lee Cain are currently the fastest, followed by the brothers Ben and Tom Birchall. Sidecar record winner Dave Molyneux and Daniel Sayle finished fifth in training. Meanwhile, Mike Roscher had a problem and came back to the pits after 47 minutes.

Safety car incident being clarified

After Dan Kneen had his fatal accident in training on Wednesday, the session was canceled with a red flag. Then there was another incident that not only caused dismay in the paddock, but also anger and anger. Nobody can really believe what happened there. Steve Mercer had crashed head-on with the safety car, some other pilots were just able to evade. Mercer’s condition is currently described as critical but stable. He is fighting for his life in the Liverpool hospital.

What happened? When showing the red flag – which has only happened more often in recent years, before 2010 there was exactly one time in the history of the TT, which has been going on since 1907 – the drivers have to stop immediately and are allowed to drive slowly to the next Marshall Point to leave the track there. If the situation demands it, the pilots are then slowly led back into the paddock with a traveling marshal, who is also sitting on a motorcycle. The following rule applies: Anyone who has already passed the point that the red flag requested will be led back with the direction of travel. The others who have not yet reached this point on the more than 60-kilometer mountain circuit will be brought back to the Grandstand in Douglas in the opposite direction of travel.

On Wednesday, however, there were a number of misunderstandings when marshals sent the pilots, who had not yet reached Chruchtown and thus the Kneens accident site, back to the paddock without a lead vehicle. More or less at the same time, the course car – or safety car – started on Glencrutchery Road at the boxes in the direction of the accident site – with the direction of travel. Then the horror scenario happened at Ballacrye. “We were maybe on the way with 60/80 miles – but the course car came towards us at 140 full speed,” a pilot revealed to MOTORRADonline. And that on a hilltop like Ballacrye. Steve Mercer had no chance and crashed head-on into the car. Other pilots were able to just swerve or touch the safety car. The scene of the accident and the race track remained closed until late at night, and the investigations are still ongoing. A scenario that should never have happened.

First operations at Mercer take place

Mercer himself suffered severe injuries, was first brought by helicopter to Nobles Hospital on the island and finally transferred to Liverpool, where a special team of doctors fights for the likeable Englishman.

On Thursday morning, Mercer had an operation on his injuries to his pelvis and legs. As his wife Carlonie Mercer says, the operation “went as well as it could for this point in time.” But the litany of injuries is even longer. “There is a broken ankle and a broken heel, the T12 vertebrae is broken, he has broken his larynx and his neck has also been damaged. Therefore, he can only be artificially ventilated at the moment. ”He is also given strong sedatives so that“ he is better while he recovers. ”

In the paddock, people are still stunned how this incident came about. An official statement or a result of the investigations is still pending.

Dan Kneen had an accident during training

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Dan Kneen

Dan Kneen had a fatal accident during training for the Isle of Man Tourist Tophy “TT 2018” on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. The Tyco BMW driver lost control of his BMW on his first lap of the session in Churchtown and succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the accident. Kneen from Onchan on the Isle of Man was 30 years old. Since 2008 he has raced the Mountain Course in the Manx Grand Prix.

Last year, Kneen took his first TT podium in the Superstock race in the team of German ex-road racer Rico Penzkofer and came in third. In that race he had set his personal, official record with an average of 130.347 miles per hour.

On Tuesday of this week, Kneen had set his personal best time in 132.258 miles, albeit unofficial because he had driven in training. He had covered the more than 60 kilometers road course in 17: 06.994 minutes. Even before the start of today’s training day, he joked: “I just left out the 131 step.”

Kneen was cheerful and a gifted worker. He was constantly taking notes and looking at the data, studying every bump on the route. He really wanted to be on the top of the podium at the Isle of Man TT as Manx-Man. Kneen lost that race forever today. During this time, thoughts are with his partner Leanne, his family, friends, the team and everyone with whom Dan was close.

Harrison with record in second practice

In the second training session for the Isle of Man TT 2018, the lap record was broken on Tuesday (May 29, 2018) – albeit unofficially. Dean Harrison beat his Silicone Engineering Kawasaki in 16: 57.729 minutes around the 60-kilometer mountain circuit, which meant a lap of 133.462 miles per hour. Harrison became the second pilot ever to make it to less than 17 minutes on the island. Before that, only Michael Dunlop had succeeded, who narrowly failed in Superbike practice on Tuesday with 132.319 miles.

The top four in Superbike training all drove more than 132 miles on Tuesday. Dan Kneen placed himself behind Harrison and Dunlop. The Manxman, who celebrated his first Isle of Man podium in the Superstock TT last year on the Penz BMW, achieved an average of 132,258 miles and was only half a second slower than Dunlop. It was Kneen’s absolute best so far in his home race. Peter Hickmann was just under a second behind in fourth place in the Superbike classification.

With Conor Cummins on the Padgetts Honda, another Manxman made it into the top five on Tuesday evening, but he just missed making it into the 130-mile range. With Michael Rutter, David Johnson, James Hillier, Joshua Brookes and Philip Crowe, the top ten were written – with a total of six BMW S 1000 RR in the top ten. The pilots from Rico Penzkofer in the Penz13.com team were also doing well. Derek Sheils landed at twelve right in front of his teammate Jamie Coward. Danny Webb finished 26th.

Michael Dunlop fastest among the super athletes

Ian Hutchinson finished 15th in training and is already back in the 127,038 mile range. 

Ian Lougher beat the Suter MMX500 two-stroke in a little over 121 miles around the island and finished 36th out of a total of 67 pilots in the Superbike class. 

In the Superstock TT, Peter Hickman in a BMW is still the fastest, with an average of 130.619 miles per hour. Harrison is second there and also cracked 130. Dan Kneen, Lee Johnston and Conor Cummins make up the rest of the top five here. 

Michael Dunlop is the fastest among super athletes with 125.206 mph, followed by James Hillier, Ivan Lintin, Joshua Brookes and Lee Johnston. The Austrian Julian Trummer drove an average of 119.543 miles and finished 20th in 18: 56.225 minutes. 

Lintin is also the fastest in the SuperTwin class so far, followed by Italian Stefano Bonetti and Adam McLean. Trummer is eleventh, Maria Costello is 36.

Imprisonment and entry ban for a spectator

On Monday, at the TT on the Isle of Man, a 67-year-old had entered the already closed street of the racetrack. Detention!

The races for the Tourist Trophy “TT” are currently taking place on the Isle of Man, this week the qualifying sessions. The more than 60 kilometers long slopes are normal roads that are closed for the racing and training sections. The top rule here is that the streets are no longer allowed to be entered after they have been closed. On Monday, 67-year-old James William Ford of Bingley, Yorkshire, England defied the law. 

The result is that Ford is now in prison on the island for four weeks. But that’s not all. After serving his sentence, he is banned from entering the Isle of Man for five years. How big his crime is shows that the Isle of Man Police openly communicated the name, age and place of residence of the already convicted Ford.

“Suddenly meeting a pedestrian walking on the street would have catastrophic consequences – not only for the person illegally staying on the closed street and the driver who joins them, but also for the other spectators.” said Sergeant Andrew Reed.

TT 2018: The first qualifying

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The first qualifying for the Isle of Man TT 2018 for all major classes started late on Monday evening (May 28, 2018). After the streets were closed, a spectator entered the track at Crosby, which is a serious violation of the law. The police had to move in to record this crime.

When it finally started about 20 minutes late, the stars took advantage of the perfect conditions: Conor Cummins, Dean Harrison, Michael Dunlop, Gary Johnson – they all stayed in the first sector of the first lap just below the previous record for the first TT- Training, this was Dunlop’s 4:28 from two years ago.

1. Training with 130,232 miles average

Dean Harrison hit an average of 130,232 miles on his first lap – from a standing start, mind you – in the first practice session of the 1000 for the Isle of Man TT 2018, which meant a time of 17: 22.970 minutes. A total of four drivers remained on the first lap of 128 miles: Harrison, Dunlop, Cummins, and Hickman.

Harrison, Cummins, Dan Kneen and Peter Hickman marched straight through on Glencrutchery Road and added a second round. Dunlop also wanted to take off right away, but then had to steer back to the paddock on the normal, open roads due to a technical defect.

William Dunlop withdraws from TT 2018

After his fall and the premature cancellation of the NorthWest200, William Dunlop pulled the plug for the TT after the first two training evenings. He has officially canceled “for personal reasons” and is starting his journey home early.

“This is a very difficult decision and one that was not easy for me,” said William Dunlop, Michael’s brother. “I can only apologize to my team and all of our sponsors, but I believe that continuing would be the wrong decision and would not bring and show what I and the team can do. I already feel like a traitor to the team, but they have stood by me very well at all times. I’m going home and taking some time off. Then I’ll make a decision about when I’ll drive again. “

Harrison followed up on lap 2

Harrison, who celebrated his first TT win in the Lightweight 2014 and so far has been on the Isle of Man podium seven more times, immediately made it clear that he can now also be reckoned with in the big classes. Conrad Harrison’s son, who also took a TT win and nine podiums in the sidecar, is just 29 years old, but has been driving the Tourist Trophy since 2011.

On his second lap, he set an average of 131.376 miles per hour in the first qualifying – and thus a time of 17: 13.886 minutes. Harrison also drove the third lap in over 131 miles.

With an average of 130.219 miles, Peter Hickman set the best time of the evening in the Superstock class in 17: 23.073 minutes.

Cummins passed his old school at 300 km / h

Conor Cummins, one of the few racing drivers in the world who can claim that he can legally drive past his former school in Ramsey on normal roads at over 300 km / h, put on his second lap, which he drove with the Superstock Honda, an average speed of 129.584 miles, taking second place of the evening. On the third round, Cummins rolled out in Ballacraine and asked his team to collect him. 

The fastest of the “exotic” was Josh Brookes on the Norton SG6, with which he drove an average of 125.667 miles on his first lap. On the third lap he rolled out on Sulby Bridge and let his team bring him back to the paddock. 

Fans of the two-stroke engine will also get their money’s worth: Ian Lougher is back at the start with the Suter MMX500. On the first evening he did three laps and achieved a best time of 18: 42.092 minutes (121.048 miles). 

Saiger 2018 only TT spectators

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Horst Saiger can only watch 2018.

All eyes were on Ian Hutchinson too. The 16-time TT winner broke his “bad leg” again in the senior race last year in a fall in the mountains, which he has been suffering from since the end of 2010. The external fixator only came off a few weeks ago, Hutchinson took part in the NorthWest 200 – but lagged behind its usual form. He completed his first lap on the Honda Fireblade SP2 at the Isle of Man TT 2018 in 124.558 miles, which meant a time of 18: 10.478 minutes. Hutchy climbed to 125.843 miles in the evening, but it should have been even more important for him that he managed three laps. 

Rico Penzkofer’s Penz13.com team – still the fastest German at the Isle of Man TT – has three drivers at the start this year: Derek Sheils, Jamie Coward and Danny Webb. Ex-Grand Prix driver Danny Webb started the week with a 122.278.

The Austrian Horst Saiger broke his hand after falling during the test for the endurance long-distance world championship run in Slovakia. That is why he is condemned to watch this year at the Isle of Man TT 2018.

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