McGuiness Wins Isle Of Man Formula One TT

McGuiness Wins Isle Of Man Formula One TT

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From a press release issued by Honda Racing Information:

Isle of Man TT Festival, Saturday June 5th, Isle of Man

John McGuinness achieved his ambition of winning a ‘big-bike’ race in the Isle of Man TT racing festival as he romped to victory in the opener to this year’s event, the TT Formula One race, decided over four laps of the 37.73 mile Mountain Course.

The Lancastrian took the victory in style, putting together a hard-riding determined performance to dictate terms throughout as he comfortably headed off the challenge of last year’s race winner Adrian Archibald.

McGuinness took his fourth victory on the Island in lap and race record speeds, in each bettering the performance of the late David Jefferies, who sustained fatal injuries in a crash during practice for last year’s event. The Yorkshireman was also the previous Yamaha rider, back in 1999, to win the TT F1 ace and McGuinness reflected on that as he savoured his own triumph. “That result was for DJ”

The race was well on the way to being decided on the opening lap.McGuinness who had shattered the record in practice had even better as the race developed. He piled the pressure on his rivals with an astonishing burst of speed and power, charging around the Island’s public roads and over Snaefell in a time of 17m 43.8s, an average speed of 127.68mph – faster than anyone else had achieved in the history of the event which stretches back to 1907.

“I decided to get out there and go as hard as I could, put in a really fast first lap and give them all something to think about, and that paid dividends.” McGuinness was ten seconds clear of the rest, and he had doubled that advantage as he pitted at half distance for fuel. Archibald had moved into second place, at the expense of his TAS Suzuki team-mate Bruce Anstey.

McGuinness maintained the pace in the second half of the race, taking the victory by 18.6 seconds: “Marvellous, just fantastic – I’ve always wanted to win this event, now I have – I will be celebrating, but not too much as there is a lot more racing to come next week.”

Archibald admitted he had settled for second best. “The gap was just too big, and I had some concerns that air might have got into my brakes because the master cylinder came loose on the third lap.”

Anstey, third, a further 26 seconds down, reckoned “I didn’t really get to grips with it.”

Ian Lougher rode hard, with style and speed, to bring his Honda Fireblade home fourth, ahead of the Suzuki ridden by Richard Britton, with Mark Parrett, Yamaha, sixth.

Manxman David Molyneux, passengered by Daniel Sayle, took the victory in the three lap Sidecar race, his ninth success on the Island, having led throughout aboard his Honda powered outfit.

“I had to nurse it home, I didn’t think I would make it,” he smiled as he headed off the threat of Nick Crowe-Darran Hope, also Honda powered, with Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell third.

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