2017 Isle of Man TT

2017 Isle of Man TT Races

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course layout
Race details
Date	27 May, 2017 – 9 June, 2017
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Course	Isle of Man TT Mountain Course 37.733 mi (60.725 km)
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The 2017 Isle of Man TT was held between 27 May and 9 June, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.

The event saw adverse weather conditions which caused many delays and the cancellation of the second Supersport race. ^[1]

Just like 2016, the solo classes were marked by an intense rivalry between Michael Dunlop and Ian Hutchinson. This rivalry culminated in the 2017 Senior TT, won by Dunlop, ^[2] while Hutchinson suffered serious leg injuries in a race-stopping crash in the mountain section. ^[3] In the end, Hutchinson and Dunlop left the island with 2 TT wins each.

Ben and Tom Birchall won two Sidecar TTs, while the two remaining solo races were taken by Michael Rutter and Bruce Anstey. ^[4]

23-times TT winner John McGuinness was a major absentee due to career-threatening injuries suffered at the North West 200 a few weeks prior. ^[4]

Guy Martin made a high-profile return to the event, but suffered a high speed crash in the Superbike TT, and withdrew from the Senior TT. ^[5] He took second place in the TT Zero, his only race-finish of the week.

The event was marred by the deaths of 3 competitors: Davey Lambert, ^[6] Jochem van den Hoek, ^[7] and Alan Bonner. ^[8]

Results

Ian Hutchinson (pictured on his Supersport bike) took 2 wins.

Sources: ^{[9] [10]}

Superbike TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	4	Ian Hutchinson	BMW	01:45:58.474	128.170
2	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	01:46:03.544	128.068
3	9	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:46:11.545	127.907
4	3	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:46:13.281	127.873
5	14	Dan Kneen	BMW	01:47:50.068	125.960
6	11	Michael Rutter	BMW	01:47:50.203	125.957
7	1	David Johnson	Norton	01:48:25.512	125.273
8	16	Josh Brookes	Norton	01:48:39.174	125.011
9	15	William Dunlop	Yamaha	01:48:50.858	124.787
10	18	Martin Jessopp	BMW	01:48:53.943	124.728

Superstock TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	4	Ian Hutchinson	BMW	01:09:59.261	129.383
2	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	01:10:21.684	128.696
3	14	Dan Kneen	BMW	01:10:42.708	128.058
4	11	Michael Rutter	BMW	01:10:52.862	127.752
5	9	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:10:54.002	127.718
6	6	Michael Dunlop	Suzuki	01:11:03.037	127.447
7	15	William Dunlop	Yamaha	01:12:04.373	125.639
8	1	David Johnson	BMW	01:12:11.733	125.426
9	29	Jamie Coward	BMW	01:12:39.386	124.630
10	22	Horst Saiger	Kawasaki	01:12:58.409	124.089

Lightweight TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	4	Michael Rutter	Paton	01:16:19.324	118.645
2	3	Martin Jessopp	Kawasaki	01:16:28.142	118.417
3	10	Peter Hickman	Kawasaki	01:17:08.637	117.381
4	2	Ivan Lintin	Kawasaki	01:17:40.865	116.569
5	5	Daniel Cooper	Kawasaki	01:17:57.900	116.144
6	14	Josh Brookes	Kawasaki	01:18:23.270	115.518
7	6	Michael Dunlop	Kawasaki	01:18:30.418	115.343
8	8	James Cowton	Kawasaki	01:19:21.307	114.110
9	22	Michael Sweeney	Kawasaki	01:20:10.134	112.952
10	30	Jamie Hodson	Kawasaki	01:20:48.734	112.052

TT Zero

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Bruce Anstey	Mugen	19:13.924	117.710
2	2	Guy Martin	Mugen	19:55.331	113.632
3	6	Daley Mathison	University of Nottingham	20:43.748	109.209
4	3	Dean Harrison	Sarolea	20:56.924	108.064
5	7	Antonio Maeso	University of Nottingham	24:49.385	91.197
6	11	James Cowton	Brunel	24:53.229	90.963
7	14	Adam Child	MCN	28:42.662	78.848
8	8	Matthew Rees	University of Bath	29:14.549	77.415

Sidecar TT 1

Position	Number	Rider & Passenger	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall	LCR Honda	58:31.967	116.027
2	3	John Holden & Lee Cain	LCR Honda	58:57.636	115.185
3	2	Dave Molyneux & Daniel Sayle	Yamaha DMR	59:16.353	114.579
4	7	Alan Founds & Jake Lowther	Yamaha	59:22.006	114.397
5	5	Tim Reeves & Mark Wilkes	Honda	59:36.012	113.949
6	6	Pete Founds & Jevan Walmsley	Suzuki FoundsLCR	01:00:01.277	113.15
7	4	Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle	Honda Rod Bellas	01:01:49.757	109.841
8	11	Tony Baker & Fiona Baker-Milligan	Suzuki	01:02:31.981	108.605
9	8	Karl Bennett & Maxime Vasseur	DMR	01:02:52.131	108.025
10	12	Wayne Lockey & Mark Sayers	Ireson Honda	01:03:03.172	107.710

Supersport TT 1

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	6	Michael Dunlop	Yamaha	01:12:48.601	124.368
2	3	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:13:01.845	123.992
3	10	Peter Hickman	Triumph	01:13:14.613	123.631
4	15	William Dunlop	Yamaha	01:13:24.040	123.367
5	4	Ian Hutchinson	Yamaha	01:13:50.168	122.639
6	8	Gary Johnson	Triumph	01:14:01.201	122.334
7	2	Bruce Anstey	Honda	01:14:27.969	121.602
8	14	Dan Kneen	Honda	01:14:36.632	121.366
9	7	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:14:51.743	120.958
10	19	James Cowton	Kawasaki	01:15:02.076	120.680

Senior TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	6	Michael Dunlop	Suzuki	01:09:24.711	130.456
2	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	01:09:38.031	130.040
3	9	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:09:48.216	129.724
4	3	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:10:11.713	129.000
5	11	Michael Rutter	BMW	01:10:12.357	128.981
6	16	Josh Brookes	Norton	01:10:28.793	128.479
7	1	David Johnson	Norton	01:10:31.471	128.398
8	7	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:10:58.288	127.589
9	18	Martin Jessopp	BMW	01:11:09.747	127.247
10	15	William Dunlop	Yamaha	01:11:10.616	127.221

Sidecar TT 2

Position	Number	Rider & Passenger	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall	LCR Honda	58:40.090	115.760
2	3	John Holden & Lee Cain	LCR Honda	59:06.688	114.891
3	4	Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle	Honda Rod Bellas	01:01:43.005	110.041
4	26	Lewis Blackstock & Patrick Rosney	Suzuki LCR	01:01:50.080	109.832
5	8	Karl Bennett & Maxime Vasseur	DMR	01:02:21.773	108.901
6	11	Tony Baker & Fiona Baker-Milligan	Suzuki	01:02:32.122	108.601
7	13	Robert Handcock & Ken Edwards	Baker Honda	01:02:38.524	108.416
8	20	Greg Lambert & Julie Canipa	Honda GLR	01:02:39.965	108.374
9	12	Wayne Lockey & Mark Sayers	Ireson Honda	01:02:46.702	108.181
10	10	Gary Knight & Daniel Evanson	Suzuki LCR	01:02:47.422	108.160

Wins table

	Rider	Wins
1	Ian Hutchinson	2
1	Michael Dunlop	2
1	Ben Birchall	2
1	Tom Birchall	2
5	Michael Rutter	1
5	Bruce Anstey	1

Sources

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