TT 2018: Qualifying round-up

Racing is set to get underway at the 2018 Isle of Man TT races this afternoon after some blisteringly quick lap times across a busy week of practice.

Dean Harrison leads the way on the combined Superbike times with the unofficial Superbike lap record he set in Tuesday’s session, lapping the course with an average speed of 133.462mph.

The Silicone Engineering man was the only rider to lap in the 133mph bracket and managed it twice having clocked a 133.1mph from a standing start.

Michael Dunlop rounded out the week second quickest for Tyco BMW with the 132.983mph lap he set to top Friday’s session. The Ballymoney ace has been working tirelessly on set-up issues throughout the week and hasn’t completed a clear flying lap of the mountain course after returning to the pits or being short-lapped. Peter Hickman sits third quickest on the qualifying sheets having set his quickest ever lap of the mountain course at 132.806mph on Thursday. Happy with the set-up of his Smiths BMW machine, Hickman spent Friday evening’s session on his Superstock bike.

Dan Kneen, who tragically lost his life in an incident on Wednesday night, set the fourth quickest time of the week with his 132.258mph on Tuesday. Having shown pace quick enough for the podium battle, he will be sadly missed from number eight on the grid.

Conor Cummins rounded out a strong week fifth quickest for Padgetts Honda with James Hillier rounding out the top six.

Peter Hickman led the way in the Superstock class ahead of one final qualifying lap later today. His 130.892mph lap placed him ahead of Silicone’s Dean Harrison and Padgett’s Conor Cummins.

Harrison has been quickest so far on the 600s ahead of Michael Dunlop on the MD Racing Carl Cox Honda with Cummins third.

Last year’s double winners Ben and Tom Birchall were quickest qualifying for this afternoon’s first Sidecar race ahead of John Holden and Lee Cain.  

 SUPERBIKE – ALL SESSIONS

POS	RIDER	TEAM	TIME
1	Dean Harrison	Silcone Engineering Kawasaki	133.462mph
2	Michael Dunlop	Tyco BMW	132.983mph
3	Peter Hickman	Smiths BMW	132.806mph
4	Dan Kneen	Tyco BMW	132.258mph
5	Conor Cummins	Padgetts Honda	131.175mph
6	James Hillier	Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki	130.644mph
7	David Johnson	Gulf BMW	130.097mph
8	Michael Rutter	Batham’s BMW	129.583mph
9	Josh Brookes	Norton	129.174mph
10	Phil Crowe	Fleetwood Grab BMW	128.491mph

 SUPERSTOCK ALL SESSIONS 

POS	RIDER	TEAM	TIME
1	Peter Hickman	Smiths BMW	130.829mph
2	Dean Harrison	Silicone Engineering Kawasaki	130.553mph
3	Conor Cummins	Padgetts Honda	129.584mph
4	David Johnson	Gulf BMW	129.202mph
5	Dan Kneen	Tyco BMW	129.140mph
6	Lee Johnston	Honda Racing	128.288mph
7	James Hillier	Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki	128.110mph
8	Michael Dunlop	MD Racing Carl Cox BMW	128.012mph
9	Jamie Coward	BMW	127.554mph
10	Gary Johnson	RAF Kawasaki	127.167mph

 SUPERSPORT ALL SESSIONS 

POS	RIDER	TEAM	TIME
1	Dean Harrison	Silicone Engineering Kawasaki	125.797mph
2	Michael Dunlop	MD Racing Carl Cox Honda	125.741mph
3	Conor Cummins	Padgetts Honda	125.152mph
4	James Hillier	Quattro JG Speedfit Kawasaki	124.919mph
5	Dan Kneen	Jackson’s Honda	124.703mph
6	Peter Hickman	Smiths Trooper Triumph	124.447mph
7	Ivan Lintin	Dafabet Devitt Kawasaki	124.376mph
8	Josh Brookes	Monster McAMS Yamaha	123.718mph
9	James Cowton	McAdoo Kawasaki	123.378mph
10	Lee Johnston	Padgetts Honda	123.367mph

SIDECAR ALL SESSIONS 

POS	RIDER/PASSENGER	TEAM	TIME
1	Ben Birchall/Tom Birchall	IEG Racing Honda	116.554mph
2	John Holden/Lee Cain	Silicone Engineering Honda	115.732mph
3	Tim Reeves/Mark Wilkes	Carl Cox Motorsport	114.369mph
4	Alan Founds/Jake Lowther	Brian Gray Powerbiking	113.557mph
5	Peter Founds/Jevan Walmsley	Trustland Group	113.354mph
6	Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle	DMR	113.155mph
7	Conrad Harrison/Andrew Winkle	Printing Roller Services	110.855mph
8	Lewis Blackstock/Patrick Rooney	Silicone Engineering	110.685mph
9	Tony Baker/Fiona Baker/Holden	Silicone Engineering Carl Cox Motorsport	110.015mph
10	Steve Ramsden/Matty Ramsden	Ramsden Racing	108.964mph