Wednesday 8th June

10.45 - Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2 (4 laps)

Start List

12.25 - Sidecar qualifying (1 lap)

13.45 - Bennetts Lightweight TT Race (4 laps)

Start List

15.40 - Senior TT qualifying (1 lap)

16.25 - TT Zero Race (1 lap)

Issued on Wednesday, 08 June 2016 at 5:00am by Ronaldsway Met Office

Today is most likely to stay dry, with just the very slight risk that a localized shower will develop. 

There will be spells of sunshine, although it will be hazy with some early mist or hill fog patches 

and also, perhaps, sea mist drifting onto some coasts at times. 

Winds will be light with afternoon temperatures up to a warm 21 Celsius in the sunshine.

Sunrise: 04:47pm

Road Closure

09:15 - From Barrule Park Ramsey

09:30 - From the Bungalow

16:55: - Scheduled time for Roads Open (Except around the mountain section)

17:55 - Scheduled time for Roads Open around the Course

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The Bungalow at 10:00 hrs

No Klaxon at 10:00 hrs - Reason a 45 minute delay announced.

A further 30 minute delay announced. - Hopefully a 12 o'clock start

14:00 -  Sidecar Qualifying (2 laps)

 16:00 - Senior TT Qualifiying (2 laps)

17:00 - Roads open except Mountain Section

18:00 Roads closed

Mist creeping in at Glen Helen and now reported to be doing the same on the West Coast

View in Ramsey upto the higher levels - 11:00 hrs

11:15 - 45 minute Klaxon sounded.

11:30 - 30 minute Klaxon sounded 

William Dunlop not out today - Back injury is giving him too much pain.

11:45 - Further 30 minute delay due to mist on the West Coast.

(Helicopter can't get into area around Alpine)

First Race now to go at 12:30 (hopefully)

A Further 15 minute delay due to mist in the Alpine area - so maybe a 12:45 start

Looking good now for a 12:45 start.

5 minute start signal given

45 minute Klaxon sounded

And they are off with John McGuinness leading down Glencrutchery, next is Bruce Anstey and then William Dunlop, next comes Daley Mathison then Allann Venter. Timothy Monot and Matthew Rees

15 minute signal sounded at 18:15

Leading away down Glencrutchery is Martin Jessop, then it is James Hillier, next is Ivan Lintin, then Gary Johnson and then Michael Russell and now Michael Rutter. Peter Hickman and James Cowton are away. Mark Miller, Danny Webb, next is Sam West, then Ryan Kneen,  Now it is S Bonnetti

and Rob Hodson and then Jamie Coward, Johnny Barton sets off then Colin Stevenson, 

Ian Hutchinson equalled the late, great Mike Hailwood’s tally of 14 wins when he dominated Wednesday’s delayed second Monster Energy Supersport race at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy.

The CAME BPT/Team Traction Control Yamaha dominated from start to finish to take his third win of the week and his fourth Supersport win in a row following last year’s double and his win earlier this week. It was also his eighth Supersport win in total.

His eventual winning margin was 17.5s with Michael Dunlop overcoming the disappointment of Monday’s disqualification to claim second with Dean Harrison on the podium again in third.

The race was delayed by two hours due to sea mist swirling round parts of the island, finally getting underway at 12.45pm, but at Glen Helen on the opening lap,

Hutchinson led but only narrowly with Dunlop just six tenths of a second behind which Hutchinson extended to half a second by Ramsey.

However, with an opening lap of 127.451mph Hutchinson established a commanding lead of four seconds while Dunlop pointed down to his machine as he flashed past the Grandstand. Harrison slotted into third, 7.6s behind Dunlop but ahead of Bruce Anstey, Conor Cummins and James Hillier as the top eight all lapped at more than 125mph.

By Glen Helen second time around, Hutchinson was exerting his control on the race as the gap grew to 5.6s and he now led on the road as well having caught and passed Anstey and John McGuinness. The Kiwi was still in fourth ahead of Cummins and Hillier as Harrison maintained his third place.

Hutchinson’s second lap was slightly quicker than his first at 127.736s and when he came into the solitary pit stop, the margin over Dunlop had grown further to 7.1s. However, he had a quicker pit stop than his arch-rival and by the time they reached Glen Helen on lap three, the margin had shot up to 12s.

Harrison was still holding onto third from Anstey, Cummins and Hillier and although McGuinness started the third lap in eighth, he retired shortly afterwards at Braddan Church.

At the head of the field, there were no such problems for Hutchinson and he continued to pull away from Dunlop throughout the lap as the podium positions were being cemented. It was a lot closer for fourth though as just six seconds separated Anstey, Hillier, Cummins and Lee Johnston.

Going into the fourth and final lap and Hutchinson had stretched further away, his lead now up to 18s at Glen Helen. Harrison was looking secure in third but Hillier was on the move and by Ballaugh he’d overtaken Anstey albeit by just half a second.

Hutchinson wasn’t to be denied his third win of the week and with another start to finish victory, he got the verdict from Dunlop and Harrison with Hillier sealing fourth with a final lap of 126.968mph. Anstey, Johnston and Cummins were close behind with just 5.6s covering the quartet with Peter Hickman, Gary Johnson and Michael Rutter completed the top ten.

The win has seen Hutchinson already clinch the Joey Dunlop Championship with an unassailable total of 95pts with Harrison in second on 67 and Hillier third on 50.

Meanwhile, the battle for the TT Privateer’s Championship continues to rage on.  Jamie Coward got the maximum 25 points having finished in a fine 12th place. Michael Dokoupil was second with Dan Hegarty in third and Coward now has 72 points to Hegarty’s 66.

Ian Hutchinson on the Came BPT / Team Traction Control Yamaha R6

Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2:
Dean Harrison (3rd), Ian Hutchinson (winner) and Michael Dunlop (2nd);
the top three of the Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2

Ian Hutchinson and Came BPT / Team Traction Control celebrate winning the Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2

A big smile from Dean Harrison as he takes third on the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki ZX-6R

A thoughtful Michael Dunlop reflects on his second place in the Monster Engineering Supersport TT Race 2

IVAN LINTIN CLINCHES SECOND BENNETTS LIGHTWEIGHT TT WIN  

Ivan Lintin won the four-lap Bennetts Lightweight TT race at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy on Wednesday evening, the second year in a row for both him and Devitt RC Express Racing – and third in total for the team – as he came home 12.4s ahead of James Hillier. Yeovil’s Martin Jessopp, on the Riders Motorcycles Kawasaki claimed third for his maiden TT podium.

Morning mist had seen the race pushed back to a 6.30pm start and at Glen Helen on the opening lap, it was Lintin who led but it was close with his advantage over Hillier just 0.33s while Michael Rutter was only a further tenth of a second back in third. Italian Stefano Bonetti jumped up the order into fourth on the Paton with Daniel Cooper and Gary Johnson rounding out the top six but Danny Webb and Mark Miller were already reported to be out on the opening lap.

By Ramsey, there was a change at the front of the field with Hillier in the lead from Lintin with Rutter still in third and with an opening lap speed of 118.864mph, it was the Quattro Plant Muc-Off Kawasaki rider who led at the end of the first lap. Lintin was now 2.1s adrift in second with Johnson, Bonetti, Martin Jessopp and Cooper completing the top six with Rutter having retired at Brandywell.

The difference between Hillier and Lintin remained negligible throughout the second lap with the margin varying between the timing points. Indeed, Lintin had reduced the gap to 1.1s at Ramsey Hairpin and as they came into their pit stop at the end of the second lap, just 1.4s separated the pair but Lintin was now the new race leader. Johnson was still holding onto third ahead of Jessopp, Bonetti and Cooper.

A quicker pit stop by the Devitt RC Express Racing team gave Lintin some breathing space and by Glen Helen on the third lap, his lead over Hillier had gone out to 8.2s. Jessopp’s pit crew also put in a rapid turn around and he moved into third ahead of Johnson.

At the head of the field, the gap between Lintin and Hillier now remained constant and the race was all about these two as Jessopp, although now in third, was over a minute back. Italian Bonetti on the Paton regained fourth with Johnson dropping to fifth although with a healthy gap over sixth placed Cooper.

Lintin was pressing on ahead though and, riding to his signals, he wasn’t to be denied his second successive win in the class, also making it three in a row for the team after Dean Harrison’s triumph in 2014. Lintin’s win also made him the first man to win the Lightweight race more than once since it was re-introduced in 2012.

Hillier was secure in second but the battle for third went all the way to the chequered flag and it eventually went the way of Jessopp by just over two seconds from Johnson with Bonetti and Cooper rounding out the top six.

Jamie Coward, Colin Stephenson, Bjorn Gunnarsson, and James Cowton completed the top ten.

Bennetts Lightweight TT Results

Bennetts Lightweight TT - Result Sheet

Bennetts Lightweight TT - Bennetts Lightweight - Positions Lap Order

Bennetts Lightweight TT: Martin Jessopp, Ivan Lintin and James Hillier in the winners' enclosure

Ivan Lintin leaves the line to start the Bennetts Lightweight Isle of Man TT

Bennetts Lightweight TT: James Hillier at Gingerhall in the Bennetts Lightweight TT

Bennetts Lightweight TT: Martin Jessopp at Gingerhall in the Bennetts Lightweight TT