| | | | Isle Of Man TT : McGuinness, wins Superbike race again |  Written: 06/06/2007 : 10:33. Read 3654 times (11/day). | | The integrality of this filed article is for Premium Members. | HM Plant Honda stormed to victory in the Superbike race at the 100th Isle of Man TT yesterday, with John McGuinness taking his 12th win and team-mate Ian Hutchinson finishing in third place.
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The opening lap of six saw McGuinness instantly take control of the race, leading by 1.86 seconds on reaching the Ramsey Hairpin. The 35-year-old rode with caution around the damp 37.73-mile circuit, but was keen to pull a lead over second-place man Guy Martin.
Hutchinson completed the first lap in third position, just 6.28 seconds behind Martin. The 27-year-old maintained this position throughout and managed to pull a 15.26 lead over fourth-placed Martin Finnegan, after the first circuit.
McGuinness steadily extended his lead over Martin, and was already some six seconds ahead at the first of two pit-stops. The Morecambe-based riders stop ran like clockwork, and gave him a further 6.5 second advantage. Hutchinson entered the stop-box at the same time as two other riders and with a scurry to his team made a quick efficient stop to make time up on Martin.
Both riders got away quickly and smoothly, with McGuinness still controlling the race. By the end of lap three the Dunlop-backed rider had pulled a 22 second lead over Martin while Hutchinson continued in third place some 43 seconds behind the race leader.
The drying track saw McGuinness get yet another superb pit-stop of just 40 seconds at the end of lap four, which gained him a further eight second advantage. Hutchinson once again pitted in at almost the same time as Martin to get another good stop and exited to circulate closely with both Martin and Ian Lougher.
McGuinness’s 26 second lead allowed him to ride with more precaution for the final two laps, which saw him take the race win ahead of Martin at the prestigious Centenary TT festival.
Hutchinson crossed the line in a superb third position, some 18 seconds ahead of Finnegan, making it a Honda one-two-three and six Honda CBR1000RR Fireblades in the top six a testament to the strength of Honda machinery on the roads.
John McGuinness, Superbike TT P1
“I am very pleased as I really wanted to win a Centenary TT. The standard of competition is very high and I’ve been working very hard to get in shape over the winter as the TT really is the h ...
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