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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
TT riders get track time in free practice session
Competitors in this year's Isle of Man TT availed themselves of some valuable track time in Tuesday's untimed free practice session for the event. The session went ahead after inclement weather earlier in the day cleared sufficiently, although riders reported that they were exercising caution due to damp patches on areas of the circuit which made conditions difficult. The sidecars were first off the line at 18:35 BST in bright sunshine, followed by the Supersports and Supertwins and finally the larger capacity Superbikes and Superstocks. Each session was afforded 35 minutes, with the solo sessions held in more overcast conditions. The opening day of the 2025 TT meeting on Monday had seen all laps except the newcomers' speed-controlled lap cancelled. It had initially been planned that Tuesday's session would be a timed qualifying one but ultimately rain showers during the day led to the practice being declared as untimed. Among those out on the Mountain Course for the first time this year were the most successful rider in the history of the races, Michael Dunlop, who took his wins tally to 29 last year courtesy of the fourth four-timer of his career at the event. Dunlop took out all four of his machines, including his World Superbike-spec Rokit BMW and World Supersport-spec Ducati V2 Supersport bike. The Northern Ireland rider has changed manufacturer for both classes, having campaigned Hondas in the big bike classes and a Yamaha in the middleweight category in 2024. Despite his prolific winning record of recent years, the 36-year-old has not tasted success in the blue riband Senior race since 2017, an eight-year gap the Ballymoney man will be keen to bridge this year. Other leading contenders for this year's races include 14-time winner Peter Hickman, Honda Racing's Dean Harrison and Davey Todd, who earned his first two TT wins 12 months ago. Todd's mounts this year include a Padgett's Paton for the Supertwins class, a first foray into that category for the renowned Yorkshire-based team. Among those getting acclimatised to new machinery were Mike Browne from the Republic of Ireland, who has replaced the injured Jamie Coward in the KTS Racing team for the 1000cc races. James Hillier had first outing of the season on a closed public roads circuit after missing the recent North West 200 in Northern Ireland. Qualifying sessions are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday evenings, followed by an afternoon session on Friday, before the scheduled start of racing on Saturday.
Belfast Telegraph
10-05-2025
- Automotive
- Belfast Telegraph
Richard Cooper holds on for second win in dramatic three-way Supersport duel
Live | After ending his nine-year wait for a North West 200 victory on Thursday night by winning two races, can Ballymoney's Michael Dunlop add to his tally on Saturday's second day of racing on the north coast? He will face stiff opposition from Thursday's Superbike winner Davey Todd, while the likes of Richard Cooper, Dean Harrison, Peter Hickman, Ian Hutchinson and North West legend Alastair Seeley will be keen to knock the local rider off his perch. 6 minutes ago Superstock grid 1. Davey Todd (BMW) 2. Alastair Seeley (BMW) 3. Peter Hickman (BMW) 4. Dean Harrison (Honda) 5. Michael Dunlop (BMW) 6. Jamie Coward (BMW) 7. Mike Browne (BMW) 8. Paul Jordan (Honda) 15 minutes ago Supersports result 1. Richard Cooper 2. Dean Harrison +0.140 3. Michael Dunlop +0.154 4. Davey Todd +10.768 5. Peter Hickman +0.227 6. Alastair Seeley +0.194 7. Josh Brookes +0.283 8. Paul Jordan +0.340 9. Ian Hutchinson +10.937 10. Kevin Keyes +16.769 18 minutes ago Michael Dunlop, third place in the Supersports "It was a great race. Everyone was on the same run, it was hard to call that one. The two boys knew they weren't making the turn so let the brakes off. The two of them ran on but I made the chicane. They made a clear advantage. I ran on earlier (in the Superbike race) but didn't get an advantage from it. I'm not going to cry about it, what do you say about it unless the organisers look at it? It was great racing. It's always going to go to that last chicane." 19 minutes ago Dean Harrison, Supersport runner-up "I knew from the start of the race it was going to be difficult to be honest. "As soon as anyone passed me, I was straight back past them and I was constantly in the slipstream. You don't have a massive amount of speed advantage but there is a bit there. "The middle of the corner I felt I had (Richard Cooper) to be fair and then Michael tried to have a go at me at Metropole in the last lap and I chopped in the inside and we had a bit of a coming together and then me and Richard had a bit of a bash. It's good for everyone to see. "Not quite a win, but I'll take second in that race. Battling around like that around here, there is nothing like it." 23 minutes ago Richard Cooper, winner of the Supersport race "We all got through the chicane in one piece in my eyes. More races should be four laps, there's no rest. I'm only a part-time racer, when I do turn up I give it my best. "I just held on, there was no other option and I had to run straight. I managed to get out the other side and controlled myself, and it takes a brave man to pass someone at the last corner. I enjoy winning Supsersport races, but to do it in front of these fans is something special." 29 minutes ago RICHARD COOPER WINS! What a finish! Dean Harrison does indeed take a look into Juniper and appears to have the inside line... but Richard Cooper bounces over the grass and maintains his lead as he had nowhere else to go! That's enough for him to get across the line for the win! Michael Dunlop holds on for third. 30 minutes ago Metropole madness! Michael Dunlop thinks he has an overtake into Metropole but he doesn't... and instead Dean Harrison gets him into second! Can either catch Richard Cooper on the coast road? 31 minutes ago All change! Richard Cooper gets in ahead of Dean Harrison into University for the big overtake into first, and Michael Dunlop is up into second too! So much change on the leaderboard! 33 minutes ago End of lap 3 (of 4) 1. Dean Harrison 2. Richard Cooper +0.402 3. Michael Dunlop +0.140 Harrison gets back in front with one lap remaining, overtaking Cooper into Juniper, but Dunlop is lurking in behind! 34 minutes ago Todd fallen away It didn't look like he made a mistake anywhere but Davey Todd has lost a lot of ground to Michael Dunlop in third, so it's starting to look like a three-horse race now. 36 minutes ago Starting to see some separation As the leaders start to head back towards Portrush, there's now almost a second between the top two and Michael Dunlop in third, so it's increasingly looking like a battle for first and a battle for third. 38 minutes ago End of lap 2 (of 4) 1. Dean Harrison 2. Richard Cooper +0.454 3. Davey Todd +0.579 4. Michael Dunlop +0.199 Keep an eye on Peter Hickman, who is four seconds back of the top-four but is the fastest man on the circuit right now. 39 minutes ago Great pass Harrison Davey Todd has slipped back into third as Dean Harrison out-brakes him into Metropole and dives up the inside! Richard Cooper now leads the way up the coast road! 40 minutes ago Todd edges in front Davey Todd is up into first as the top-four all come within touching distance of each other but it's the Englishman who emerges at the top, followed by Richard Cooper, Dean Harrison and Michael Dunlop! 42 minutes ago End of lap 1 (of 4) 1. Dean Harrison 2. Richard Cooper +0.441 3. Davey Todd +0.236 4. Michael Dunlop +0.687 Harrison has worked his way back up into top spot as he caught Cooper into Metropole, with Paul Jordan just hanging onto the coat-tails of the top-four down in fifth. 44 minutes ago Two gone! I can't quite see who has gone but two riders flew through Mather's Cross and have had to stop in the stop-box! It looks like it was probably Alastair Seeley and Peter Hickman. Richard Cooper, Dean Harrison and Davey Todd are the top three. 47 minutes ago Todd hot off the line Davey Todd is the man first into the York hairpin, followed by Dean Harrison and Peter Hickman. The Englishman is superb off the start.
Belfast Telegraph
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Michael Dunlop claims controversial third win in Superbike race
Live | After ending his nine-year wait for a North West 200 victory on Thursday night by winning two races, can Ballymoney's Michael Dunlop add to his tally on Saturday's second day of racing on the north coast? He will face stiff opposition from Thursday's Superbike winner Davey Todd, while the likes of Richard Cooper, Dean Harrison, Peter Hickman, Ian Hutchinson and North West legend Alastair Seeley will be keen to knock the local rider off his perch. Follow all the action on our LIVE blog below! one minute ago No time to rest We'd love to sit back and digest what happened at the end of that race but the Supersports are already on the grid for the next race! 6 minutes ago Davey Todd's comments "Fair play to him he is obviously riding well but we should have won the race anyway. "We were miles in front and we had a technical issue with the bike and it started riding really slow. I don't know what's wrong with it and I wasn't sure if it was going to finish. "I have no words. There is a rule and they just change the rules to suit whoever it suits." 10 minutes ago Peter Hickman lives up to his promise The Englishman does not take his place on the podium as Michael Dunlop is crowned the winner. Davey Todd, to his credit, is up there but he does not look at all happy. 14 minutes ago OFFICIAL: Michael Dunlop wins the Superbike race The results are in and the officials have determined that Michael Dunlop does not get a ten-second penalty and, therefore, has won the Superbike race and his third of the weekend! Davey Todd is not happy. "It's his backyard, isn't it? There are rules and they just change the rules to suit whoever," he fumes. Peter Hickman comes over and says Todd won that race and that he won't be going on the podium in protest. 17 minutes ago Hickman thinks it should be a penalty "It's dead simple, if you run onto a chicane, you have to stop and put your foot down and go again. "Michael Dunlop obviously got pulled in by me into Mather's Cross and we both missed the chicane. Michael went straight on, I cut across to the stop box and went like you're meant to. "If you don't do that, it's a ten-second penalty and that's the rules. As far as I'm concerned one of us gets a ten-second penalty and the other doesn't, but who knows what's going to happen." 19 minutes ago Dunlop thinks he's won "A good ride there. We were pushed into the chicane, Peter (Hickman) jumped over the grass which was dangerous. We went over the curb. I came back to win. The rules say if you cut the chicane you have to put your foot down. For safety reasons I couldn't do that. It was too dangerous. End of story, I didn't gain an advantage, got past everybody and won the race. You can't start swerving all over the road. I didn't gain an advantage, people got past me and I made another mistake. I think I deserved the race, I lost a load of time and came back again." We're going to treat this as if Dunlop has won but, as I keep saying, that could change. 21 minutes ago Confusion reigns Michael Dunlop has parked in the winners' spot in the paddock, while Davey Todd looks perplexed as Glenn Irwin wanders over and tells him he thinks he's won. 25 minutes ago MICHAEL DUNLOP WINS? We wait to find out! The Ballymoney man is across the line first, leading Davey Todd in second and Peter Hickman in third, but now we wait to see whether the clerk of the course Mervyn White decides if Dunlop needs to be penalised for not properly taking a chicane on lap one. Todd, who at one point led by over ten seconds and was 20 seconds clear of Dunlop, comes into the paddock and looks at his rear tyre. For him to be caught like that, there had to be some kind of issue. 25 minutes ago Dunlop stretching away As we head back into Portrush for the last time in this race, Michael Dunlop is over half a second clear of Davey Todd and is flying towards the win on the track. The good news is he is going to finish on the podium as, even with the ten-second penalty, he's in third, but will it be on the top step? 27 minutes ago Dunlop 'leads'! Michael Dunlop has produced one of the most remarkable comebacks in North West history as he overtakes Davey Todd into Station corner and is top of the tree on the track! He was 20 seconds back at one point! Now we wait to see if that penalty does indeed apply... 28 minutes ago End of lap 5 (of 6) 1. Davey Todd 2. Michael Dunlop +0.549 3. Peter Hickman +1.976 Davey Todd must surely have some problems with his bike because he's lapping four seconds slower than Michael Dunlop, who has closed right up behind him! Could Dunlop stretch far enough away to win regardless of his penalty?! 30 minutes ago Dunlop into 'second'! I have no idea how to report this but, on the track at least, Michael Dunlop is into second place as he catches Peter Hickman on the way down to University and is now just over three seconds behind Davey Todd! What a finish we could have in store here! 31 minutes ago Reprieve for Dunlop? According to reports on the ground, Michael Dunlop wasn't able to stop at the chicane because he was on the grass, so could that ten-second penalty be rescinded?! What drama! Replays show that he went down the footpath beside the chicane and then moved over the grass into the slip road, but did not stop. So this is a very grey area. 32 minutes ago End of lap 4 (of 6) 1. Davey Todd 2. Peter Hickman +5.996 3. Michael Dunlop +0.695 4. Alastair Seeley +5.507 5. Dean Harrison +5.204 6. Ian Hutchinson +0.496 Tell you what, all of a sudden Davey Todd is within touching distance of Hickman and Dunlop, who have closed a lot of time very quickly. 34 minutes ago Dunlop on some pace His best lap is 4:19.089. Only Alastair Seeley has broken 4:21, let alone dropped into the 4-teens. This is some pace from Dunlop who, even with the ten-second penalty, is seventh. 36 minutes ago End of lap 3 (of 6) 1. Davey Todd 2. Peter Hickman +10.328 3. Michael Dunlop* +3.677 4. Alastair Seeley +3.162 5. Ian Hutchinson +0.641 6. Dean Harrison +1.694 *will receive ten-second penalty Tell you what, even if he's not actually in it to win it because of the penalty, we're about to have a thrilling battle between Michael Dunlop and Peter Hickman. The Ballymoney man is the fastest man on the track right now, so it's set up for another cracking race to end the day between Todd and Dunlop. 38 minutes ago Seeley into third And this is actually third this time as he gets past Ian Hutchinson heading down towards Metropole. Long way to go still. 39 minutes ago Dunlop up to 'third' But he is actually in 13th because he has indeed been assessed the ten-second penalty. So Ian Hutchinson is still holding onto third as it stands. Sorry, folks, this looks like a procession here. Davey Todd is over ten seconds clear of Peter Hickman. 40 minutes ago End of lap 2 (of 6) 1. Davey Todd 2. Peter Hickman +9.219 3. Ian Hutchinson +5.420 4. Michael Dunlop +1.488 5. Michael Rutter +0.550 6. Alastair Seeley +0.094 7. Erno Kostamo +0.351 Disaster for John McGuinness as he runs through a chicane and drops down the leaderboard! We also believe that Michael Dunlop is likely to take a ten-second penalty for running through a chicane and not stopping, so his fourth place might be a little misleading but we will see.
BBC News
05-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Will Todd succeed Irwin as NW200 Superbike king?
Davey Todd ensured that Irwin did not have things all his own way in the Superbike events in 2024, the Yorkshireman coming a close second to his rival in each of the three 29-year-old remains on BMW machinery this year but has swapped the colours of the Milwaukee by TAS Racing team for his new 8Ten Racing Team as he aims to add to his six race wins and 16 rostrum finishes to two-time British Superstock 1000cc champion has moved up to compete in the feature British Superbike class on short circuits this term and is having his first competitive outing in the opening round at Oulton Park over the May Day Bank Holiday three victories at last year's NW200, two in Supersports and one in Superstocks, doubled his career tally of successes at the meeting, his maiden triumph having been achieved in the Supersports in his burgeoning CV also including Senior TT and Superstock TT wins, few would bet against the Saltburn-on-Sea pilot achieving a first Superbike win around the Triangle this currently sits as the second fastest rider ever around the 8.9-mile course with a lap speed of 125.673mph, set 12 months ago.
