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
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.
