No Room For Error S02E03 – The Isle of Man TT Races 2024
The elite band of brothers continue to push their physical limits in order to rewrite the history books as a tragic loss explains why the TT represents a very unique freedom.
a [Music] [Music] Here Comes Michael Dunlop he is about to win his 22nd is of Man TT race he GES only one behind the legend that is John mcginness Michael Dunlop wins the Super Sport race one just here in Mike Brown has stopped unfortunately at Bray Hill and R Torres has stopped at GS Lee There is five bikes there’s five classes 10 finishes is the goal it’s unlikely but we’re going to try it kind of come in in hospital at the moment and of course he’s gutted but uh the doctors have told him that you know there’s no riding motorcycles to at least Monday evening this is going to be a 10th win in a row for the virtual you can hear them coming they take the victory not only have they taken the 120 M hour lap but they’ve also taken that 10th victory in a row and the records keep on tumbling for Ben and Tom B what happened yesterday yesterday in the warm up lap this PR engine was really bold if you want to see come with me that’s the CR case you’re going to see how is smash it we put the third and last engine we have and in the Super Sport engine something has cracked in the four cylinder maybe valves or something like that so we have the third and last one engine on it so fingers crossed it’s not what you expected but it’s part of the game once you win another once you lose so this time we have FL and maybe tomorrow we will win so let’s go and [Music] see how you feeling over the moon and know today is goodday be better yesterday obviously didn’t go to plan didn’t go to plan at all so what happened to the Super Sport um just made a few changes like but just one of these things just off the line first second fourth GE and engine went people say like you know put it behind you like there’s still a long week they’re like but I hate that [ __ ] like I’ve waited all year for that race it’s just so frustrating when you when you lose out to Mechanicals but it does happen here bosing you kind of have to take in the chin it’s a new day super b day had a good run all week yeah had a good run all week but we we pulled a pin on the super bike we’re running the stalker in the super bike race um that’s not going to affect me at the speed I’m doing a super bike and a super stock still can’t ride a super stock there’s potential around here so a super bike is no Advantage for me here for for laptime speeds or a stock will do me fine for what I’m doing um I’m not worried about that one bit and I’ve done most of my laps on big bikes and the stalker I just feel like the pace I’m at I don’t know is going to make me much quicker to be honest I just need to get more comfortable on a big bike doesn’t necessarily have to be 220 or 30 horb can be 190 or 200 it’ll do me fine you know is the hunt still on for 130 oh yeah that you the better happen today to get a smile out of me you need you need to be doing the 13 like you have to be to be any anywhere like you’re still not at the races at a 130 like so like this big thing about a 130 is kind of gone now like you know cuz you’re still you’re not at the races at a 130 even though it’s kind of a good Milestone you’re still a long ways off it’s an interesting combo boiled egg potato and rice what mean that seems like an athlete’s breakfast oh man well you got a thing what what what would you have on what do you think what would you if you want some energy food it’s going to be sustainable what would you eat what do you think well I don’t think I’ll be eating to be honest I don’t think I’d be eating before doing what you’re doing do you not no but I have to eat I’ve got to force this down of course you well I mean yeah otherwise if I don’t eat you’d be I’ll be two l in your Tank’s empty is that why you just it’s just got to be like the mildest food IM can you get though why do I do it why am I bother why am I doing this who idea with this it was stupid this is a stupid idea you seem excited though this morning what that you seem excited this morning do I you do do I seem more excited than normal just seem quite happy and ready to go I think you up let’s go let’s go let’s go you made me feel better I it’s going to be a stranger yesterday you got 6 such a long way you got to even getting to the end is a job in itself it’s quite late in the day is it 20 to 3 the race starts so it’s going to be a long day today uh but I’ll be glad of a day off tomorrow that is for certainty I can sleep here not wor about getting by let me hands and shoulders have a bit of recuperation for a day what’s the target for the race it be nice try win a race but the problem is there’s that many other people that also want to win a race hey did you guys know channy Tatum’s on island what are you talking about chny tum I don’t know who that is what’s his name Channing T how do you spell that c c h a c h a no I know you mean yeah yeah yeah that’s out of 22 J jum in your way the CRA is he yeah yeah yeah no way is he here yeah H yeah I do do you mean now a bread you with me no really kind draw whatever I want you’ve got no idea guess what it [Music] is here you go thank you Jan it’s bricky from M ex bricky from Mo haven’t a rck since 1998 but it was a good bricky just so I get that tell me your first time when you came here oo 1965 I know uh Mr hailwood and agustini and it’s just a drug this place isn’t it you know you I just had to come back my first t82 was Braille 10y old like you know like you know the noise the smell the speed it was nuts I was speaking to some Canadians the other day and where should go and watch I said just go down BR Hill night one Bray Hill easy you know it’s a standard to go it’s always the one that will uh jump out at you John no he he have he he’d move here tomorrow if he wasn’t for Becky you know she uh well she’s still got quite a bit of family at home you know so we get weather like this I mean where else would you want to be you know it’s brilliant you all right yeah another nice day for it a it bizarre it Dad yeah hello I I just love being part of it I love putting my on I love having the chance to do it one day we I do it and that’s it and there’ll be a big old to fill never going to feel it again I’m to be truthful I’m hoping this may be his last year you know he’s the fastest 51 year old now so let’s call it a day after this but I don’t know he just loves the place you know went to a school uh in Housing State near Braden Bridge still Drew well they colored in colored in some pictures of some bikes and they all uh wrote some questions and how long have you been a motorik rider well since I was three years old so I’m still at it at 51 you think I’d stopped by now would you how many times have I competed first super B race 105th start so yeah and how many times have you almost died where did you go with that one you know not many not many but I don’t like talking about it really but why is there a beer named after you I’m really really proud of what he’s achieved and let’s face it another 100 years have be talking about him aren’t they yeah yeah it’s uh it’s been a bit nerve-wracking obviously you know but uh I think to be first first things to be safe you know just got to keep out of trouble and uh just keep keep completely focused on it all the time you know when you’re on that bike concentrate as hard as you [Music] can come here lad come give me a cuddle thank you Doman this is 130 cener year you 120 C so everything all right yeah really well track a bit warm we got greasy though this just it’s a bit biting after it landed or you after you really press on it just SK it a bit but it will fine to get that that board like you got back in 2007 one it didn’t expect that we watching it got a bit emotional well you did at the end little intervie yeah you it’s not e it you put everything into it nobody knows what what happens underneath them trees when cameras aren’t on you everything’s got perfect and it you’re so committed right top of aara through there like just Next Level some else we’re watching is on the road and it just was mint to watch like from curve to curve either side like using all the road just look class appreciate that see you later on don’t get the credit they deserve my arm it don’t feel well feel like Conor think I need to go to hospital TR not feeling well can’t not think we’re very talked by it’s not a great time nice you’re all right just and and I will be before race the worst time in the world [ __ ] just want to just want to Cur up up die not you’re talking about then you just you literally you couldn’t be more excited the entire year on the run up to Super Bike TT and then you get an hour before and you’re like thinking do I actually still want to do this be h of a day though epic day for a spectator who’s never been what a day I can’t wait till the day when I’m The Spectator just out on the track couple of bevies not having that this is your race Pak yeah usually well who knows you know it’s been a bit of a um a tough week for us for the big bike anyway I’ve got a few issues with it can’t seem to solve so we’ve made some quite big changes for today I mean to be fair I’m still gone faster than I’ve ever been before on on practice week I did my second fastest ever lap of the track so it’s not like we’re horrendous again doing one laps all right but can you do six of them that’s the other thing so we’ll see It’ll be what it’ll be and that’s it is it you can’t do anything other than that can do your best it’s not good enough try again [Music] pretty similar on either bike there but 311 it’s just you can do this 4 seconds it’s a lot mhm can’t see he’s going through bagary and DJs on flat out that’s a Jun in it circuit knowledge he wrestles it a bit more don’t if anything his style is wrestling is it not sure and it’s not a difficult not sure where that’s coming it’s got to be fractions on every corner Michael won his first TT you know in 2009 it’s a while back is it were you [Laughter] born yeah I didn’t know what road racing was though exactly [Music] it’s super bike Sunday at the Isle of Man tt23 and the big boys are coming out to play 1,000cc 4 cylinders and 200 brake horsepower in qualifying Harrison Dunlop and Hickman took turns at the top but today there can be only one winner over six laps on the most powerful machines another gloriously warm sunny day on the island light winds and temperatures Rising to a rather warm 20° as the forecast this could be spectacular it’s not going to be easy Todd is playing uh but end of day you got got a nurse to bik home you got two good pit stops uh every record in the book is under threet today the outright lap record the super bite lap record we have a really perfect track for racing one minute start line one minute and they are on first to go number one David Johnson looking at Dino Harrison on his Dow racing Kawasaki next to go is the one the only the legend that is from morham John [Music] mcginness next up it is the man to beat Michael unlock from Northern Ireland on his Hawk racing Honda I speak to Michael all the time andit What’s happen and just send him Mar guards I think he’s quite shy you know when he opens up he very interesting character he keeps himself to himself but I don’t know he’s hungry this [Music] year at Glenn hel and Dean Harrison leads on the road he’s already overhaul D Johnson for 10 full seconds and probably a second ahead of him 11 seconds or so he’s had out of D Johnson out to Glenn Helen absolutely impressive will get the leaderboard formulated one we’ve got Dunlop and Hickman through Dunlop takes the race lead but let’s just wait for Hickman before we confirm this front end leaderboard these guys absolutely flying on the run out to Glenn Allen perfect conditions it won’t be long before we get Peter Hickman and we get a definite idea of this leaderboard here he is Peter Hickman into Glenn Helen let’s see where he’s got he only spots in in fourth okay so Michael Dunlop leads by just one1 of a second from de Harrison DAV Todd is then 1.2 seconds back on Harrison in third Dunlop joins the 200 mph Club down the sby straight 200.83 on the hawk racing Honda for Michael Dunlop down the sby straight we haven’t seen Peter hman come down just yet so we’ll get an indication of his speed he’s been up to 202 plus this week so far in fact he just comes through now it’s 97.7 for Hickman so dunoff clearly the fastest on both the race and down the s VRA we await the arrival of race leader Michael’s unlock in Ry Harrison coward in fact Dunlop arrives he’s pushed the lead out again it’s now out to four and a half seconds Michael Dunlop leads at Ramsey lap one of this rst super bike [Applause] TT I know he’s thinking they they’ve you know in his head he thinks everybody thinks it’s the hickey Harrison show and I think he wants to be part of that think he’s just trying to let him know I’m still around it is 5 years and two days since Michael Dunlop won a race at the is of Man TT on the big bikes that is an extraordinary fact when we think about how many he has one quickly down to the to the pits because I can see Mike Brown is there he’s having a little look at the back of the bik obviously he’s having big problems with that super bik throughout the week [Music] David to is in unscheduled pit stop for the maleno by padet [ __ ] and that is going to be a retirement I think for the maleno by padet Machine Davey Todd out Michael Dunlop has just lost a little bit on the climb of the mountain he is still inside that record schedule but it’s now only by half a second and he still has to slow down to come into the pit is this going to be the new super bite lap record Chris here he is here has done L let’s wait for the lap time to flash up 135.0 46 listen to the crowd Dean Harrison he is away out onto his fifth lap here Michael doop in nice and easy with the field Marty maros on the fuel for him or just losing a little bit of time just checking that that that little fuel cap was done a little problem with the bike just firing up there now but he’s got a 22 second Gap and here comes hickey he should be next on the fho machine uh Ralph Tes Martinez he’s been scored speeding in the pit Lane it’s a 30C penalty he’ll get away with for that 30 seconds for Al Torres Martinez we need to remind everyone that this will be Michael dunlop’s 23rd TT win that will equal John mcginness for second of all time behind only then his Uncle Joey with 26 it must be tough on the kid must be hard you know he’s the only done lot left like he says before on the on this program you know so uh and Michael Dunlop comes over the start Finish Line and he leads by 17 seconds this is the flying lap the last lap of this race hit’s up to Second 810 for a second over Dean Harrison on the final lap there goes Dean Harrison he is over now we wait for Michael Dunlop 23 wins for Michael Dunlop he equals John mcginness he’s now just three behind Uncle Joey the absolute Undisputed King of the mountain Michael Dunlop Take a Bow it’s two out of two for Michael Dunlop it is 23 wins in total at the Isle of Man TT Michael congratulations first of all 23 TT wins now talk us through that one yeah it was a good race people thought we couldn’t r a big bike anymore last couple years people sort of D at me on my big bag skills and sort of haven’t come near me and uh it was tough it wasn’t easy that’s for sure to be Pete and Dean around here in easy but I’m delighted bik’s good uh I feel good happy everybody sees what happens when you get to the race week Michael but you put in so much work over the winter and there’s the man John mcginness that he’s now leveled with of course on 23 TT wins tell us about that you go level with John mcginness now just three short of your Uncle Joey as well it’s special isn’t it hi well you know lessen i’ I’ve always uh never really worried about not worried about you know the overall but you know John’s have been fantastic Ambassador for for motorcycling in general and to be on the same as him is is fantastic a lot of years at the job now and I don’t know I’m just enjoy winning before we know you’re 10 years in you didn’t realize you’ve done 10 years of this you know what I mean it’s it’s it’s mental but for some reason you keep coming back and you’re always searching M I’m searching that goal any trying to win races got yeah similar it similar problem to what Pete’s been having um just the pad’s knocking back he’s having to pump The Brak three or four times to get the lever back going into certain parts so you can’t let some out when it’s not not around there when it’s doing that that was the first at least I finished the six lap race that’s my first time finishing one didn’t go to plan though um I just did something wrong to shock we sto for a minute or two I suppose a minute but I just stayed going just to to get a six laap race finish and to just to do the pits and and get a bit of experience that way but uh still didn’t do the 130 129 129 something I don’t know anyway the boys are doing 135s are they even if the bike was right we’re still wasting our time [Music] 135 bik time and all is massive like every time I go out I’m impr even just cuz I hav as much bik time as everybody else Mike says he doesn’t even know why he races here I know he said this to me the other day and just start looking at him but when he says what he how he you know what he means about it he’s [ __ ] right like you know goals and reality are two totally different things um I need to be inside the top 10 basically um need to be insided a bit if would be the ideal thing really not to be wasting my time in the team team’s time and everyone’s time kind of that’s really where I’m looking to be and um kind of need to be all these Lads that compete and take AP and quite happy just to to do the course itself like but no that’s not for me like if I come to a stage where I’m not getting any quicker I’m not getting closer I’ll be the first man out the gate it’s been hard the last couple of days obviously makes it a b a bad luck and I know what it’s like to have that them bad days and you don’t want somebody coming oh how was your race or such you know um but it be both everybody well I understand that I’m sure he understands it too so I didn’t want to go over and P him and you know ask what’s wrong cuz I know he’s he’s here for the same reasons as I am and you know you prepare yourself all year for this one event and when things got to happen is [ __ ] kicking the balls like it’s nice to be out in the Panic at least yeah it’s really it’s needed practice with so long all the guys out there I get it but for the wives as well it’s mentally draining you’ve got nothing left so you need a day just to reset get back to family family life just for a day normality and then get back to it for me thank you very much and then two more taste that’s it thank you chocolate ice cream solves it all don’t it I’ve go for a bit R time thank you I bet cold in there don’t you kids don’t seem to have thermostats to them it comes with cold water just go straight in you’re like bit chilly for me is [Music] that good Lu thank you very much you’re doing well hang on in there all right good Lu thank you I’ve got a s shoulder all week I don’t know why hopefully getting the sea a bit today might encourage a bit of blood flow to the shoulder it might make feel a bit better for tomorrow Superstar gra you never know it while I’ve lost one anyway a little longer [ __ ] left [Applause] [Music] the speed of the other guys that the front Michael have took it to another level you know consistently so they’ve been quick in all of practice and um do you find it frustrating or do you enjoy the attention over the two week no I I don’t like it at all to be honest I just I I don’t like I think I’m getting worse I’d rather just get on my job get on the bike and and go and ride it’s good in a way cuz it’s sort of a exraction but also it um you don’t get like your own time it’s very hard to kind of do that my brain brain doesn’t stop like at all like before the Super race I was awake at 4:00 a.m. just and and it’s sort of like something triggers my brain and then I’m thinking about Corners gear position maybe running higher gear here to test and wires you up and fires you up so then I’m like I’m trying to go back to sleep so it’s it’s just escalates in January this year I went and did this big rally D car and that’s two weeks similar similar same duration really but um anyone who knows about that race it was that was like another level of fatigue and and DEA is still crazy dangerous but speaking bluntly the chance of dying at Daka are a lot less than they are here you know oh it’s delay did you say delay [Music] atov gloves where where we at with the challenge three down seven to go when you say it it’s a little bit daunting but you know I’m pretty confident today’s super sock race will go well we’re doing what we can you know and we’re doing a great job I think you know and the guys are working their ass off and I’ll do what I can on the bike to to make their efforts worthwhile didn’t really go my way to be fair super race but that’s just the way it goes sometimes it’s is what it is you can’t do can’t do what you can’t do can you that’s it it’s um we had a few problems fight wasn’t quite doing what it should have been doing and yeah we ended up still with a good result uh that’s about it when I first set off the first couple of miles I was thinking well I’m not even sure if I’ll make the end of the race and the podium I thought was was going to be even harder to get and I was actually figh I was fourth and third and fourth and third for a little bit and then got into some sort of a rhythm and managed to actually then go forward uh we got half half an hour now so we’re out in half an hour um yeah we’ve been really strong on the stalker so had not really any major issues on it I’ve not done loads of laps on it to be fair but not major issues so let’s see what we can [Music] do get the SE though bot it B would take shoes off at least yeah went for nice I went for a swimming laxi beach y had a little school of fish come around me which were quite nice what about this race superst race uh I’m quite is it apprehensive the word I’m just going to frash it from the start as normal and see where we at at the first pit board of the first [Music] lap T the third race signal to the start of the RL 360 superstop race that’s 15 minutes to the start of the race we have bikes numbers 1 to 20 up on to the start line that’s the bikes numbers 1 to 20 [Music] [Music] most importantly Connor’s back as well after missing out a few days through illness how you feeling Connor I feel miles better than what I was um it was a rough a rough few days um unfortunately just s me but it was for the right reason there’s no way I could have raced so back here out this is where my TT starts hopefully James uh fourth place in the super bike uh Super Bike Race here y today think you’re think you can get any closer to the podium today uh I will try but uh trying my best but got to be realistic as well great to see you back [Music] Connor one minute start line one minute it is a three l that race 11319 miles and we’re away David Johnson then is going down Glen crutchy Road right now and we await our next Rider number two and one of the favorites for today Dean Harrison next up it is John mcginness from Oran England on his [Applause] [Music] Honda and the man they all have have to beat two out of two so far and 23 in Total MD racing Honda for Michael dun loock here’s a site we were hoping to see it is number 11 back from hospital and back on his bike this is Connor Cummings we can see Dean Harrison has caught D Johnson on the road right yeah caught him up there off the grun of body straight he’s still stuck behind him it’s going to be holding Harrison up it is Michael L that leads at the moment as we await Peter Hickman at Glenn Helen number 37 rul Torres Martinez from sanar salal in Spain a tall racing team powered by ubit Honda for Raul D up leads then on the MD racing Honda from Peter Hickman’s BMW by 610 of a second it’s then 1.6 seconds from that back to Dean Harrison kawazaki Hickman leads at laugh Hickman has overhauled that 6/10 of a second deficit to Michael dunoff at Glenn Helen Hickman leads by 2.2 seconds at B I can tell you though through the speed trap Dunlop did lead Hickman Dunlop went through that speed trap at 1 197 318 Pikman is getting held up behind DAV Todd no doubt about it he’ll want to clear him he’s gone to the left hand side he has literally you cannot see on the head on shot he was so in the slip scam oh he’s G out to the right to try to do him on the Run into hailwood’s hid and he hasn’t quite Managed IT he’s had to back out of that one nonetheless Hickman extends his Advantage again at The Bungalow to 4.79 seconds now over Michael Dunlop with Dean Harrison 7.92 seconds back on Dunlop in third dve Todd now 7.1 seconds back on Harrison in fourth his teammate Connor cman is doing a fantastic job out of a hospital bared into a top five position at the TT Hickman in just about now as we get DAV todin as well just ahead up in hman in the pitch James hilia going away in the R1 where’s James at the moment provisionally about seventh position so Hickman leads by 2.71 number 10 from number six Peter Hickman leading Michael Dunlop by 2.7 seconds Dean Harrison was in third followed by Davey Todd then Connor Cummings making up the top five as we see Dean Harrison come through Bungalow the guys are up on the mountain we’re waiting obviously race leader Peter h to arrive at The Bungalow as he does now and he’s pushed the lead Beyond 10 seconds it’s now 11.84 seconds Hickman leads done lock by at The Bungalow oh John mcginness a retirement on the mountain on the last lap so John mcginness unfortunately a retirement for John [Music] mcginness and there is Dean Harrison he is over and finished and at the moment he will be in the top three he’ll be third as far as we think there’s Michael Dunlop he goes through and he takes the lead temporarily 14 seconds ahead of Dean Harrison but as we await Peter Hickman he will come right now coming down Glen Crutcher Road the number 10 he takes a wheelie for victory Peter Hickman winning another superstock race at the is of Man TT a phenomenal 10th victory at the is of man Titi for Peter [Music] Hickman Pet’s going to do everything go Pete give it some well there we go the winner the RL 360 Pete Hickman I think Michael’s got his done y Michael’s done that Ando [Applause] [Music] struggling dnf hate dnf not going to get many more chances to go around 130 Plus or I can’t do it anymore so I just wanted that little silver Trophy and top 10 but get another go now there’s two stock races yeah oners are going good no six five six oners in the top 10 it would have been yeah is might not have BR down the f one I’ll tell you what going too good at the minute a it thank God everybody’s safe another rest under everybody’s belt you know what mean everybody’s on the money everybody’s Ming on you know keeping safe and that’s it’s good at a minute really good it’s good stuff you know high level of riding out there it’s good in it even got my knee down where 125 m per hour so yeah we are we are happy we are happy uh my best ever lap my fastest lap ever uh 125 m per hour so this this is I’m improving my fastest St lab so the spania fastest St in the mtin course so we are lot so happy and and fingers crossed for improve and maybe Friday Saturday we will go higher and the super twin to go today as a super hold on fingers crossed super twn will be quite tricky you know we have uh broken two engines uh we have two engines gone so now we are using the last the last change we have the last engine so fingers crossed and and we’ll try to to at least arrive at at the end and finish the race so will be a tough race because of the real ability of the bike but we’ll see we’ll see we’ll see I will give my best as [Music] always thank you you’ll be happy with that yeah happy yeah I should iak that 125 m per hour lap so happy and you got it I got it just two seconds for the 17 do you know yeah it’s fantastic to see uh the achievement he’s done today keep chipping away and uh he getting those lap times uh down and uh the speeds are up could we please have numbers 1 to 20 I want to the start line please that’s numbers 1 to 20 to the start line [Music] ladies and gentlemen in the grandstand on the hedges or around the world wherever you’re listening this is the very first super twin race of the is of Man TT 2023 please guys be aware that you will suffer with the sun Dazzle at all the usual places which you know so take good care of that and I wish you all the very best of luck control out looking at the Times Michael dunoff is way out in front on the qualifying leaderboard but the bike has to do three laps 13.19 Mi of the 37 and 3/4 M course Dominic herbertson gets us off and racing in this carol Nash super twin TT race one sixth off the line is the number six it is of course Michael Dunlop looking for a 24th is of Man TT Victory last year’s winner of course Peter Hickman from Burton on Trent he’s already won once today and he won this race last [Music] year we’re back across the water to Ireland this time to KY where Mike Brown is [Music] from and to Spain for the first time in this race it is ra TZ Martinez sanari Salam in Spain he’s from optimar road racing team abria Dunlop from coward from Hickman it’s 4.5 seconds D loock to coward this is wide open Mike Brown now slots into third place start number of 16 he’s going to have a lot of traffic to deal with but he’s right there in the mid Brown arrives at w laugh so it is Dunlop from card by 9 seconds then Mike Brown holds third 1 and A2 seconds down on card number 45 Michael Russell looking to do all those races he is in 17th [Music] position big wheelie for Dunlop as they came off kavod and dropped down the hill Dunlop going for the pass at the 11 Milestone he’s squeezed on the inside he’s through Dunlop now leads this race on the road Hickman at the moment shows third it will be fourth when Brown arrives at The Bungalow as indeed he does now oh Brown’s taken second Brown has got past coward it’s Michael Dunlop now leading by 23.3 seconds from Mike Brown who’s over Hall jamy coward on the race leaderboard at least by two10 of a second what a scrap if Michael Dunlop does what it looks like he’s going to do and win this race this will be a Monumental achievement 24 DT wins and the dun lot name will be first and second on the alltime great race win number 24 Michael Dunlop becomes the only the second man in the list of alltime greats at the a of Man TT races here he is I think he’s coming he’s coming he’s done it yeah Mike Brown I think is going to claim second place by 2.2 seconds over J coward stunning results for Mike Brown and the buroughs engineering [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Squad we to the conclusion the left governor of the representing the trophies of the Carol Nest super TR race number one once again folks show your appreciation for Jamie coward Mike Brown and Michael D just quickly before we back one more what why did you why do you want why did you want to do the TT what is it about what draws what draws you here I think the the TT it’s about the freedom do you know it’s it’s racing of course you are racing bikes in maybe in the best place on Earth but I think that the DD more than this it’s about Freedom you are free to come here and try to do your best and raising public roads and for me is that that feeling when I’m on the mon Mile in sixth flat out I feel 100% free [Music] bik time and all is massive like every time I go out I’m improving just cuz I haven’t as much bik time as everybody else Mike says he doesn’t even know why he races here I know he said this to me the other day and just started looking on him but when he says what he how he you know what he means about he’s [ __ ] rightly you know gos reality are two totally different things um I need to be inside the top 10 basically um I need to be inside it a bit if would be the ideal thing really not to be wasting my time and the team’s time and everyone’s time kind of that’s really where I’m looking to be and um kind of need to be all these Lads that compete and take AP and quite happy just to to do the course itself like but no that’s not for me like if I come to a stage where I’m not getting any quick or I’m not getting closer I’ll be the first man out the gate it’s been hard the last couple days obviously makes it a about a bad luck and I know what it’s like to have that them bad days and you don’t want somebody come oh how was your race and such you know um but it be both everybody well I understand that I’m sure he understands it too so I didn’t want to go over and P him and you know ask what’s wrong cuz I know he’s he’s here for the same reason as I am and you know you prepare yourself all year for this one event and when things got to happen is [ __ ] kicking the balls like it nice to be out in the par at Le yeah it’s really it’s needed practice was so long all the guys out there I get it but for the wives as well it’s mentally draining you’ve got nothing left so you need a day just to reset get back to family family life just for a day normality and then get back to it me thank you very much and then two more te that’s it thank you ice cream sols it all Don’t It i’ Go for a bit R this time thank you thank you very much I bet it’s cold in there don’t you kids don’t seem to have thermostats to the there it comes with cold water just go straighten you’re like bit chilly for me is [Music] that good luck thank you very much doing well hang on in there right good Lu thank you I about a saw shoulder all we I don’t know why hopefully getting the sea a bit today I might encourage a bit of blood flow to the shoulder it might make me feel a bit better for tomorrow superstock gr you never know it while lost anywh a little longer sh [Applause] [Music] speed of the other guys that uh the front Michael have uh took it to another level you know consistently so they’ve been quick in all the practice and um do you find it frustrating or do you enjoy the atten the two no I I don’t like it at all to be honest I just I I don’t like I think I’m getting worse I’d rather just get on my job get on the bike and and go and ride it’s good in a way cuz it’s sort of a distraction but also it um you don’t get like your own time it’s very hard to kind of do that my brain brain doesn’t stop like at all like before the Super race I was iwake at 4:00 a.m. just and and it’s sort of like something triggers my brain and then I’m thinking about Corners gear position maybe running higher gear here to test and wires you up and fires you up so then I’m like I’m trying to go back to sleep so it’s it’s just escalates in January this year I went and did this big rally D car and that’s two weeks similar similar same duration really but um anyone who knows about that race it was that was like another level of fatigue and and DEA is still crazy dangerous but speaking bluntly the chance of dying at Daka are a lot less than they are here you know oh delay did you say delay [Music] super race that’s 15 minutes to the start of the race then we have numb to 20 up on to the start lineb 1 to 20 up to the start [Music] line most importantly Conor’s back as well after missing out a few days through illness how you feeling Connor feel miles better than what I was um it was a rough a rough few days um unfortunately just side me but it was for the right reason there’s no way I could have raced so back here now this is where my TT starts hopefully James uh fourth place in the super bike uh super bike race yesterday think you’re think you can get any closer to the podium today uh I will try but uh try my best but got to be realistic as well great to see you back Conor [Music] one minute start line one minute it is a three laap race 11319 mil and we’re away David Johnson then is going down Glen cupery Road right now and we await our next Rider number two and one of the favorites for today Dean Harrison next up it is John mcginness from Oran England on his [Applause] [Music] Honda and the man they all have to be two out of two so far and 23 in Total MD racing Honda for Michael dun loock here’s a site we were hoping to see it is number 11 back from hospital and back on his bike this is Connor Cummings we can see Dean Harrison has caught D Johnson on the road right yeah caught him up there off the crunk of body straight he still stuck behind him it’s going to be holding Harrison up it is Michael Dunlop that leads at the moment as we await Peter Hickman at Glenn H number 37 Raul Torres Martinez from sanar salal in Spain a tall racing team powered by ubit Honda for Raul D up leads then on the MD racing Honda from Peter Hickman’s BMW by 6/10 of a second it’s then 1.6 seconds from that back to Dean Harrison’s kawazaki Hickman leads up a laugh Hickman has overhauled that 610 of a second deficit to Michael dunoff at Glenn Helen Hickman leads by 2.2 seconds at the I can tell you though through the speed trap Dunlop did lead Hickman Dunlop went through that speed TR at 19731 Hickman is getting held up behind DAV Todd no doubt about it he’ll want to clear him he’s gone to the left hand side he has literally you cannot see on the head on shot he was so in the slip speed oh he’s G out to the right to try to do him on the run in two hailwood’s hid and he hasn’t quite Managed IT he’s had to back out of that one nonetheless Hickman extends his Advantage again at The Bungalow to 4.79 seconds now over Michael Dunlop with Dean Harrison 7.92 seconds back on Dunlop in third Davy Todd now 7.1 seconds back on Harrison in fourth his teammate Connor C doing a fantastic job out of a hospital bed into a top five position at a TT and Hickman in just about now as we get DAV todin as well just ahead of Hickman in the pits James hiler going away in the R1 where’s James at the moment provisionally about seventh positionist so Hickman leads by 2.71 number 10 from number six Peter Hickman leading Michael Dunlop by 2.7 seconds Dean Harris was in third followed by Davy Todd then Connor Cummings making up the top five as we see Dean Harrison come through Bungalow the guys are up on the mountain we’re waiting obviously race leader Peter Hickman to arrive at The Bungalow as he does now and he’s pushed the lead Beyond 10 seconds it’s now 11.84 seconds Hickman leads done lck by at The Bungalow oh John mcginness a retirement on the mountain on the last lap so John mcginness unfortunately a retirement for John [Music] mcginness and there is Dean Harrison he is over and finished and at the moment he will be in the top three he’ll be third as far as we think there’s Michael Dunlop he goes through and he takes the lead temporarily 14 seconds ahead of Dean Harrison but as we await Peter Hickman he will come right now coming down Glen Crutcher Road the number 10 he takes a wheelie for victory Peter Hickman winning another superstock race at the is of Man TT a phenomenal 10th victory at the is of Man TT for Peter [Music] Hickman thank you [Music] P’s going to do it I think come Pete give it some B There we go the winner of the RL 360 Pete Hickman I think Michael’s gotl [Applause] [Music] dnf hate dnf not going to get many more chances to go around 130 Plus or I can’t do it anymore so I just wanted that little silver trophy in top 10 but get another go now there’s two stock races yeah oners are going good all six five six oners in the top 10 it would have been yeah might not have BR down the fany one I’ll tell you what going too good at the minute is it thank God everybody’s safe another race under everybody’s belt you know what I mean everybody’s on the money everybody’s Ming on you know keeping safe and that’s good at the minute really good it’s good stuff you know the higher level of riding out there it’s good in it even got my knee down where 125 m per hour so yeah we are we are happy we are happy uh my best ever La my fastest lap ever uh 125 M hour so this this is I’m improving my fastest St lab so the spania fastest in the M course so we are a lot uh so happy and and fingers crossed for improve and maybe Friday Saturday we will go higher and got the super twin to go today how’s the superwin going hold up fingers crossed super twin will be quite tricky you know we have uh broken two engines we have two engines gone so now we are using the last the last change we have the last engine so fingers crossed and and will’ll try to to at least arrive at at the end and finish the race so will be a tough race because of the real ability of the bike but we’ll see we’ll see we’ll see I will give my best as always [Music] right thank you you’ll be happy with that yeah happy yeah I I break the 125 m per hour lap so happy and you got it I got it but just 2 seconds for the 17 do you know yeah it’s fantastic to see uh the achievement he’s done today keep chipping away and uh he’s getting those lap times uh down and uh the speeds are up could we please have numbers 1 to 20 on to the start line please that’s numbers to 20 to the St [Music]