Peter Hickman sped away from his rivals to win the Isle of Man Senior TT in style, with a new lap recrd for the class, while setting the fastest six lap race time everon his way to a thirteenth victory.
Run over 6 laps and moved to Saturday, the riders ended the 2023 Isle of Man TT in style.
The race was billed as a shootout between new outright race record holder Peter Hickman, who won both the Superstock and Supertwin outings on Friday and Michael Dunlop, who needed just one more win to equal his uncle Joey’s record of 26 TT wins - and it didn’t disappoint.
Although the FHO Racing rider played his part and was ahead overall by the Ramsey hairpin on lap one, where he got the hammer down and controlled the time trial -finishing second on the road from a tenth place start - it was not Michael Dunlop second.
That honour went to Dean Harrison who was second off the start for DAO Kawasaki and bested his run of third places by claiming the second spot on the podium.
Dunlop finished third, with a late chase of Hickman once he was ahead of him on track.
| 2023 ISLE OF MAN TT : SENIOR TT | | POS | RIDER | BIKE/TEAM | DIFFERENCE | RACE TIME | | 1 | Peter Hickman | BMW M1000RR K66 Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW | | 1.42.29.488 | | 2 | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki ZX-10RR ZXT02N DAO Racing Kawasaki | 19.989 | 1.42.49.478 | | 3 | Michael Dunlop | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 Hawk Racing | 20.433 | 1.43.09.911 | | 4 | Conor Cummins | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles | 01.30.917 | 1.44.40.828 | | 5 | Joshua Brookes | BMW S1000RR K67 Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW | 23.564 | 1.45.04.393 | | 6 | James Hillier | Yamaha YZF-R1M B4S OMG Racing | 13:55.2 | 1.45.41.862 | | 7 | John McGuinness | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 Honda Racing UK | 10.784 | 1.45.52.646 | | 8 | David Johnson | HondaCBR1000RR SP SC77 C&LFairburn Properties / Jackson Racing | 48.105 | 1.46.40.752 | | 9 | Davey Todd | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles | 32.312 | 1.47.13.064 | | 10 | Rob Hodson | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 SMT Racing | 4.056 | 1.47.17.120 | | 11 | Craig Neve | Honda CBR1000RR SP SC77 Bathams Racing | 4.475 | 1.47.21.596 | | 12 | Shaun Anderson | Suzuki GSX-R1000R L7 Team Classic Suzuki | 9.403 | 1.47.30.999 | | 13 | Brian McCormack | BMW M1000RR K66 Roadhouse Macau by FHO | No transponder | | | 14 | James Hind | Suzuki GSX-R1000R L7 North Lincs Components | 57.399 | 1.48.28.399 | | 15 | Phillip Crowe | BMW M1000RR K66 Nigel Appleyard Agri Wash | 7.486 | 1.48.35.885 | | 16 | Paul Jordan | Yamaha YZF-R1M 2KS PreZ Racing by Prosper | 58.313 | 1.49.34.198 | | 17 | Stephen Smith | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 DP Coldplaning / TC- Racing | 35.455 | 1.50.09.654 | | 18 | Julian Trummer | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 WH Racing with Dynobike | 19.102 | 1.50.28.757 | | 19 | Michael Evans | Suzuki GSX-R1000R L7 Michael Evans Racing | 3.198 | 1.50.31.955 | | 20 | Ryan Cringle | Honda - T-Bike CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SP SC82 AGR Motorsports | 4.932 | 1.50.36.888 | | 21 | Allann Venter | BMW S1000RR K67 Lekka Racing/Sandton BMW / TAG-43 | 34.630 | 1.51.11.518 | | 22 | Forest Dunn | Suzuki GSXR1000 No sponsor | 6.275 | 1.51.17.794 | | 23 | Richard Wilson | BMW T-Bike S1000RR K46 KH Hire | 41.787 | 1.51.59.581 | | 24 | James Chawke | Suzuki GSX-R1000R L7 Chawkie Racing Supporters Club | 6.761 | 1.52.06.342 | | 25 | David Datzer | BMW S1000RR K67 MTP-Racing by Syntainics Penz 13 | 2.116 | 1.52.08 | | 26 | Michael Russell | BMW S1000RR K46 Pipewerx Exhausts | 21.818 | 1.52.30.278 | | 27 | Amalric Blanc | BMW S1000RR K67 Team B&M / Team Gazzz 58 | 31.833 | 1.53.02.111 | | 28 | Rhys Hardisty | Yamaha YZF-R1 B3L Lee Williams /GATC | 28.704 | 1.53.30.815 | | 29 | Baz Furber | BMW S1000RR K46 DC Motorcycles Newtown | 26.564 | 1.53.57.379 | | 30 | Anthony Redmond | BMW S1000RR K46 Reds Garage IOM | 38.581 | 1.54.35.961 | | 31 | Erno Kostamo | BMW S1000RR K67 38 Motorsport Syntainics | no transponder | | | 32 | Michael Rutter | Honda RC213V-S Bathams Ales | DNF | | | 33 | Mark Parrett | BMW S1000RR K67 C and C ltd | DNF | | | 34 | Dominic Herbertson | BMW S1000RR K46 APERO | DNF | | | 35 | Samuel West | BMW S1000RR K67 Street Diner Racing | DNF | | | 36 | Mike Browne | BMW M1000RR K66 Burrows Engineering / RK racing | DNF | | | 37 | Stefano Bonetti | Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade SC82 Speed motor | DNF | | | 38 | Jamie Coward | Honda CBR1000RR SP SC77 KTS Racing powered by Steadplan | DNF | | | 39 | Mark Goodings | Kawasaki ZX-10R ZXT00S Steady Away Racing | DNF | | | 40 | Timothee Monot | Kawasaki ZX-10R ZXT00R Méca prestige by TMR | DNF | | | 41 | Chris Sarbora | BMW S1000RR K67 MotoHub UK | DNF | | | 42 | Dave Hewson | BMW S1000RR K46 Wilson Craig Racing | DNF | | | 43 | Paul Potchy Williams | Suzuki GSXR1000R L9 Potchy's MOT Station | DNF | | | 44 | Xavier Denis | Yamaha YZF-R1 B3L performanX Racing Team | DNF | |
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Elsewhere, Manx rider was the best of the home heroes in fourth for Milenco by Padgett's Motocycles, while Josh Brookes was once again inside the top five despite being a late addition to the TT.
Ryan Cringle finished his first TT with a 19th placed finish.
All the top rider dedicated their performances to the memory of Raul Torras Martinez.
