Tourist Trophy 2012: Hutchinson hits a seagull !

The Tourist Trophy 2012 started on Saturday on the Isle of Man: the first tests of the most famous motorcycle race contested on the road were dominated by John McGuinness on his CBR1000RR of the Honda TT Legend team.

The Tourist Trophy 2012 started on the Isle of Man on Saturday: the first tests of the most famous motorcycle race contested on the road were dominated by John McGuinness on his CBR1000RR of the Honda TT Legend team.

The fastest rider in the Superbike category, the TT legend (17 wins) made his rule ahead of Cameron Donald (Monday and Tuesday) and Bruce Anstey (Wednesday), followed by Guy Martin (see in particular), James Hiller and Michael Dunlop.

But the main racing event of these 2012 Tourist Trophy tests – which will end on June 8 – is to be credited to Ian Hutchinson, victim of an unfortunate collision with a seagull at full speed on his Yamaha YZF-R1. !

The mishap arose during the first tests of the SBK on Monday afternoon. Fortunately, the Swaw Yamaha team rider was able to avoid the crash and still set the 12th fastest time yesterday afternoon..

Note that if "pilot-seagull" encounters are quite rare at the Tourist Trophy, they are a little less so during MotoGP or WSBK races held on the Phlipp Island circuit:, Checa hit one head-on with an RCV212 , as …

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