The 2023 Isle of Man TT was held between Monday 29 May and Saturday 10 June, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course .
The event was marked by the high profile absences of possible podium contenders Lee Johnston[1] and Nathan Harrison[2] due to injury, multiple TT winner Ian Hutchinson [3] due to a stroke, Gary Johnson, the 2 time winner crashed badly in Horice Czech Republic meaning he was sidelined for the 2023 season and fastest ever newcomer Glenn Irwin [4] for personal reasons.
This year saw the outright lap record broken again by Peter Hickman achieving 136.358 mph (219.447 km/h) on Friday 9th June during the second RL360 Superstock race aboard the Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW M1000RR.
Michael Dunlop saw success during the event by earning 4 victories (Superbike, Supersport 1, Supersport 2, Lightweight 1) putting him at 25 total, one below his uncle Joey Dunlop . He also set a new supersport record of 130.403 mph (209.863 km/h), Peter Hickman also manage to break the 130 mph (210 km/h) average on a supersport with 130.219 mph (209.567 km/h).
The Birchall brothers, Ben and Tom , saw continued success by winning both Sidecar races taking their tally to 14 and 11 in a row. They also set a new lap record of 120.645 mph (194.159 km/h) during the second Sidecar race.
The event saw the unfortunate passing of one competitor on the final lap of the first Supertwin TT, Spanish rider Raul Torras Martinez.[5]
Schedule Qualifying Week Race Week Mon 29 May - Fri 2 June Sat 3 June Sun 4 June Tue 6 June Wed 7 June Fri 9 June Sat 10 June All categories Superbike TT Senior TT Superstock TT Race 1 Superstock TT Race 2 Supersport TT Race 1 Supersport TT Race 2 Supertwin TT Race 1 Supertwin TT Race 2 Sidecar TT Race 1 Sidecar TT Race 2
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1 [7] Results (11-41) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 20 Craig Neve Triumph 01:13:56.081 122.476 12 19 Michael Evans Honda 01:14:35.739 121.390 13 18 Shaun Anderson Honda 01:14:45.497 121.126 14 26 Michal Dokoupil Yamaha 01:16:00.303 119.139 15 21 Brian McCormack Triumph 01:16:02.326 119.087 16 31 Joey Thompson Yamaha 01:16:08.268 118.932 17 34 Baz Furber Kawasaki 01:16:10.705 118.868 18 24 Pierre Yves Bian Triumph 01:16:19.236 118.647 19 36 Stefano Bonetti Yamaha 01:16:25.734 118.479 20 47 Richard Wilson Honda 01:16:38.182 118.158 21 61 Jonathan Goetschy Yamaha 01:16:44.304 118.001 22 63 Ryan Cringle Triumph 01:16:45.144 117.979 23 49 James Chawke Kawasaki 01:16:46.054 117.956 24 42 Tom Weeden Yamaha 01:16:51.311 117.822 25 27 Julian Trummer Yamaha 01:16:56.032 117.701 26 45 Michael Russell Kawasaki 01:17:08.675 117.380 27 29 Stephen Parsons Kawasaki 01:17:21.096 117.065 28 48 Jonathan Perry Honda 01:17:24.833 116.971 29 53 Mark Parrett Yamaha 01:17:34.093 116.739 30 46 Forest Dunn Yamaha 01:17:37.643 116.650 31 43 Allann Venter Honda 01:17:41.921 116.543 32 35 Amalric Blanc Kawasaki 01:17:58.816 116.122 33 38 Mark Goodings Yamaha 01:18:51.515 114.828 34 41 Martin Morris Kawasaki 01:18:51.993 114.817 35 32 Xavier Denis Kawasaki 01:18:55.169 114.740 36 50 Paul Potchy Williams Suzuki 01:18:55.710 114.727 37 64 Jorge Halliday Yamaha 01:18:57.681 114.679 38 56 Paul Cassidy Yamaha 01:19:36.975 113.736 39 65 Jack Petrie Yamaha 01:20:07.707 113.009 40 57 David Brook Yamaha 01:20:20.057 112.719 41 59 Masayuki Yamanaka Honda 01:20:22.400 112.664
Results (1-10) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 1 1 Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall Honda LCR 56:53.768 119.365 2 2 Peter Founds / Jevan WalmsleyHonda LCR 57:17.835 118.529 3 6 John Holden / Maxime VasseurYamaha LCR 01:00:33.236 112.155 4 16 Steve Ramsden / Mathew Ramsden Honda LCR 01:00:36.787 112.045 5 8 Gary Bryan / Philip HydeHonda Baker 01:00:52.000 111.548 6 31 Daryl Gibson / Tom ChristieSuzuki CES 01:00:55.431 111.474 7 18 Wayne Lockey / Matthew Rostron Honda LCR 01:01:57.922 109.600 8 15 Greg Lambert / Andrew HaynesHonda LCR 01:02:17.193 109.035 9 17 John Saunders / James Saunders Honda Shelbourne 01:02:45.035 108.228 10 7 Alan Founds / Colin SmythYamaha LCR 01:02:57.404 107.874
Results (11-19) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 14 Dan Knight / Ben Hughes Honda LCR 01:03:03.566 107.698 12 12 Darren Hope / Lenny Bumfrey Honda LCR 01:04:24.626 105.439 13 34 Mike Jackson / Jake Roberts* Suzuki DMR 01:04:43.954 104.915 14 25 Shaun Chandler / Ben Chandler Honda CES 01:04:55.222 104.611 15 27 Alun Thomas / Kenny Cole Honda Ireson 01:05:39.663 103.431 16 24 Michael Russell / Vicky Cooke Suzuki LCR 01:05:45.251 103.285 17 19 Craig Melvin / Stuart Christian Suzuki LCR 01:05:48.776 103.192 18 23 Bruce Moore / Mark Gash Honda Ireson 01:06:14.660 102.520 19 33 Derek Lynch* / Anthony McDonnell* Suzuki DMR 01:07:58.353 99.914
Results (11-35) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 1 David Johnson Honda 01:48:12.256 125.529 12 28 James Hind Suzuki 01:48:20.190 125.376 13 14 Phillip Crowe BMW 01:48:25.946 125.265 14 21 Brian McCormack BMW 01:48:30.605 125.175 15 16 Mike Browne BMW 01:49:15.882 124.311 16 24 Paul Jordan Yamaha 01:50:01.002 123.461 17 19 Samuel West BMW 01:50:06.931 123.350 18 27 Julian Trummer Honda 01:50:22.857 123.054 19 25 Michael Evans Suzuku 01:50:32.283 122.879 20 32 Stephen Smith Honda 01:51:29.997 121.819 21 35 Mark Parrett BMW 01:51:43.442 121.575 22 36 Stefano Bonetti Honda 01:51:43.779 121.568 23 47 Richard Wilson Honda 01:52:01.391 121.250 24 46 Forest Dunn Suzuki 01:52:21.636 120.886 25 45 Michael Russell BMW 01:52:22.002 120.879 26 37 Raul Torras Martinez Honda 01:52:38.826 120.578 27 43 Allann Venter BMW 01:52:46.872 120.435 28 38 Mark Goodings Kawasaki 01:52:57.315 120.249 29 53 Rhys Hardisty Yamaha 01:53:00.786 120.188 30 49 James Chawke Suzuki 01:53:30.794 119.658 31 34 Baz Furber BMW 01:54:31.372 118.603 32 39 Dave Hewson BMW 01:54:41.233 118.433 33 41 Chris Sarbora BMW 01:55:07.672 117.980 34 52 Xavier Denis Yamaha 01:37:09.427 116.502 35 61 Erno Kostamo* BMW 01:37:39.247 115.909
RL360 Superstock TT Race 1 [10] Results (11-38) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 21 Brian McCormack BMW 53:48.443 126.217 12 20 Craig Neve Honda 53:49.243 126.186 13 12 Michael Rutter BMW 53:58.364 125.830 14 28 James Hind Suzuki 54:03.697 125.623 15 19 Samuel West BMW 54:09.031 125.417 16 24 Paul Jordan Yamaha 54:48.621 123.907 17 27 Julian Trummer Honda 54:53.118 123.738 18 32 Stephen Smith Honda 54:56.455 123.613 19 22 Rob Hodson Honda 55:02.460 123.388 20 37 Raul Torras Martinez Honda 55:09.613 123.121 21 47 Richard Wilson Honda 55:32.978 122.258 22 38 Mark Goodings Kawasaki 55:43.333 121.880 23 35 Mark Parrett BMW 55:43.466 121.875 24 36 Stefano Bonetti Honda 55:50.608 121.615 25 29 David Datzer BMW 55:50.764 121.609 26 62 Ryan Cringle* Honda 55:51.760 121.573 27 45 Michael Russell BMW 55:53.638 121.505 28 46 Forest Dunn Suzuki 55:58.254 121.338 29 13 Dominic Herbertson BMW 56:01.125 121.234 30 25 Michael Evans Suzuki 56:07.088 121.020 31 49 James Chawke Suzuki 56:10.125 120.911 32 43 Allann Venter BMW 56:28.871 120.242 33 53 Rhys Hardisty Yamaha 56:33.222 120.088 34 57 Rennie Scaysbrook BMW 56:34.670 120.036 35 39 Dave Hewson BMW 56:54.130 119.352 36 55 Amalric Blanc BMW 57:02.160 119.072 37 54 Anthony Redmond BMW 57:07.266 118.895 38 52 Xavier Denis Yamaha 57:45.319 117.589
Carole Nash Supertwin TT Race 1 [11] Results (11-28) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 19 Michael Evans Aprilia 59:49.030 113.536 12 13 Michal Dokoupil Aprilia 59:58.748 113.229 13 45 Michael Russell Aprilia 01:00:41.946 111.886 14 14 Chris Moore Kawasaki 01:00:50.441 111.626 15 41 Martin Morris Aprilia 01:00:53.996 111.517 16 30 Paul Potchy Williams Kawasaki 01:00:56.614 111.438 17 39 Dave Hewson Aprilia 01:01:02.491 111.259 18 25 Jonathan Goetschy Aprilia 01:01:06.714 111.131 19 48 Miroslav Sloboda Kawasaki 01:01:29.375 110.448 20 32 Paul Cassidy Kawasaki 01:01:37.836 110.195 21 44 Pete Murray Kawasaki 01:01:50.571 109.817 22 38 Gareth Arnold Aprilia 01:02:14.705 109.107 23 40 Jamie Cringle Kawasaki 01:02:51.691 108.037 24 53 Andy Hornby Paton 01:03:07.631 107.583 25 42 Tom Weeden Kawasaki 01:03:14.612 107.385 26 46 David Madsen-Mygdal Kawasaki 01:03:31.855 106.899 27 47 Masayuki Yamanaka Kawasaki 01:03:41.529 106.629 28 54 Jack Petrie* Kawasaki 01:05:26.655 103.774
Results (1-10) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 1 1 Ben Birchall / Tom Birchall Honda LCR 56:41.816 119.784 2 2 Peter Founds / Jevan WalmsleyHonda LCR 56:50.963 119.463 3 3 Ryan Crowe / Callum CroweHonda LCR 57:38.595 117.818 4 5 Tim Reeves / Mark WilkesYamaha LCR 59:14.913 114.626 5 16 Steve Ramsden / Mathew Ramsden Honda LCR 59:53.875 113.383 6 8 Gary Bryan / Philip HydeHonda Baker 01:00:24.856 112.414 7 6 John Holden / Maxime VasseurYamaha LCR 01:01:17.827 110.795 8 15 Greg Lambert / Andrew HaynesHonda LCR 01:01:47.897 109.896 9 18 Wayne Lockey / Matthew Rostron Honda LCR 01:02:18.795 108.988 10 17 John Saunders / James Saunders Honda Shelbourne 01:02:35.449 108.505
Results (11-16) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 7 Alan Founds / Colin Smyth Yamaha LCR 01:03:03.710 107.694 12 25 Shaun Chandler / Ben Chandler Honda CES 01:03:52.766 106.316 13 34 Mike Jackson / Jake Roberts* Suzuki DMR 01:04:31.029 105.265 14 33 Derek Lynch* / Anthony McDonnell* Suzuki DMR 01:04:54.706 104.625 15 21 Andy King / Andrew Sigsworth Honda Ireson 01:05:45.932 103.267 16 23 Bruce Moore / Mark Gash Honda Ireson 01:06:21.304 102.349
Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2 [13] Results (11-38) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 15 Rob Hodson Yamaha 01:13:41.857 122.870 12 16 Mike Browne Yamaha 01:14:06.803 122.180 13 18 Shaun Anderson Honda 01:14:47.688 121.067 14 26 Michal Dokoupil Yamaha 01:15:12.179 120.410 15 31 Joey Thompson Yamaha 01:15:22.001 120.149 16 21 Brian McCormack Triumph 01:15:44.451 119.555 17 34 Baz Furber Kawasaki 01:16:00.693 119.129 18 63 Ryan Cringle* Triumph 01:16:06.618 118.975 19 46 Forest Dunn Yamaha 01:16:37.104 118.186 20 61 Jonathan Goetschy Yamaha 01:16:38.449 118.151 21 47 Richard Wilson Honda 01:16:39.544 118.123 22 49 James Chawke Kawasaki 01:16:48.986 117.881 23 36 Stefano Bonetti Yamaha 01:16:51.472 117.817 24 28 Timothee Monot Yamaha 01:16:54.662 117.736 25 43 Allann Venter Honda 01:16:58.400 117.641 26 51 Rhys Hardisty Yamaha 01:17:00.525 117.587 27 42 Tom Weeden Yamaha 01:17:03.085 117.522 28 32 Xavier Denis Kawasaki 01:17:15.392 117.210 29 56 Paul Cassidy Yamaha 01:17:40.841 116.570 30 52 Gary Vines Honda 01:17:46.728 116.422 31 38 Mark Goodings Yamaha 01:17:54.889 116.219 32 41 Martin Morris Kawasaki 01:18:00.419 116.082 33 50 Paul Potchy Williams Suzuki 01:18:28.440 115.391 34 64 Jorge Halliday* Yamaha 01:18:45.119 114.984 35 65 Jack Petrie* Yamaha 01:19:03.263 114.544 36 59 Masayuki Yamanaka Honda 01:20:03.193 113.115 37 57 David Brook Yamaha 01:20:04.766 113.078 38 62 Craig Szczypek Kawasaki 01:20:14.082 112.859
RL360 Superstock TT Race 2 [14] Results (11-34) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 18 Shaun Anderson Suzuki 53:24.752 127.150 12 14 Phillip Crowe BMW 53:36.419 126.689 13 20 Craig Neve Honda 53:49.461 126.177 14 22 Rob Hodson Honda 53:52.982 126.040 15 21 Brian McCormack BMW 54:03.517 125.630 16 24 Paul Jordan Yamaha 54:15.357 125.173 17 19 Samuel West BMW 54:23.101 124.876 18 32 Stephen Smith Honda 54:39.931 124.236 19 62 Ryan Cringle* Honda 54:55.243 123.658 20 43 Allann Venter BMW 55:14.050 122.956 21 25 Michael Evans Suzuki 55:34.828 122.190 22 29 David Datzer BMW 55:36.518 122.129 23 35 Mark Parrett BMW 56:03.749 121.140 24 38 Mark Goodings Kawasaki 56:05.542 121.075 25 46 Forest Dunn Suzuki 56:06.885 121.027 26 36 Stefano Bonetti Honda 56:07.279 121.013 27 53 Rhys Hardisty Yamaha 56:09.530 120.932 28 45 Michael Russell BMW 56:29.369 120.224 29 49 James Chawke Suzuki 57:05.460 118.957 30 54 Anthony Redmond BMW 57:09.207 118.827 31 57 Rennie Scaysbrook BMW 57:16.242 118.584 32 61 Erno Kostamo* BMW 57:16.605 118.572 33 52 Xavier Denis Yamaha 57:21.984 118.386 34 34 Baz Furber BMW 58:23.482 116.308
Carole Nash Supertwin TT Race 2 [15] Results (1-10) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 1 10 Peter Hickman Yamaha 56:55.114 119.318 2 8 Pierre Yves BianPaton 57:42.898 117.671 3 7 Joshua BrookesKawasaki 57:44.900 117.603 4 11 Stefano BonettiPaton 58:12.298 116.681 5 5 Rob HodsonKawasaki 58:19.874 116.428 6 24 Baz FurberYamaha 58:55.719 115.248 7 19 Michael EvansAprilia 59:12.651 114.699 8 12 Francesco CuringaPaton 59:20.322 114.451 9 13 Michal DokoupilAprilia 59:35.707 113.959 10 45 Michael RussellAprilia 01:00:01.194 113.152
Results (11-23) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 41 Martin Morris Aprilia 01:00:33.214 112.155 12 25 Jonathan Goetschy Aprilia 01:00:37.337 112.028 13 32 Paul Cassidy Kawasaki 01:00:44.599 111.805 14 30 Paul Potchy Williams Kawasaki 01:00:44.669 111.803 15 38 Gareth Arnold Aprilia 01:00:45.955 111.763 16 48 Miroslav Sloboda Kawasaki 01:01:36.918 110.223 17 42 Tom Weeden Kawasaki 01:02:05.526 109.376 18 44 Pete Murray Kawasaki 01:02:14.403 109.116 19 50 David Brook Aprilia 01:02:24.129 108.833 20 47 Masayuki Yamanaka Kawasaki 01:02:33.765 108.553 21 53 Andy Hornby Paton 01:04:12.740 105.765 22 54 Jack Petrie* Kawasaki 01:05:28.553 103.724 23 34 Vinny Brennan Kawasaki 01:13:00.632 93.019
Results (11-31) Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph) 11 20 Craig Neve Honda 01:47:21.596 126.516 12 18 Shaun Anderson Suzuki 01:47:30.999 126.332 13 21 Brian McCormack BMW 01:48:19.203 125.395 14 28 James Hind Suzuki 01:48:28.399 125.218 15 14 Phillip Crowe BMW 01:48:35.885 125.074 16 24 Paul Jordan Yamaha 01:49:34.199 123.965 17 32 Stephen Smith Honda 01:50:09.655 123.300 18 27 Julian Trummer Honda 01:50:28.757 122.944 19 25 Michael Evans Suzuki 01:50:31.955 122.885 20 62 Ryan Cringle* Honda 01:50:36.888 122.794 21 43 Allann Venter BMW 01:51:11.519 122.156 22 46 Forest Dunn Suzuki 01:51:17.794 122.041 23 47 Richard Wilson Honda 01:51:59.582 121.283 24 49 James Chawke Suzuki 01:52:06.343 121.161 25 29 David Datzer BMW 01:52:08.460 121.123 26 45 Michael Russell BMW 01:52:30.279 120.731 27 55 Amalric Blanc BMW 01:53:02.112 120.164 28 53 Rhys Hardisty Yamaha 01:53:30.816 119.658 29 34 Baz Furber BMW 01:53:57.380 119.193 30 54 Anthony Redmond BMW 01:54:35.961 118.524 31 61 Erno Kostamo* BMW 01:54:43.805 118.389
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