TT 2014

[joSe.77]

Última vuelta, posiciones prácticamente definidas. Al paso por Glen Helen esta es la clasificación:

1º M Dunlop
2º G Martin +20.8
3º C Cummins +25
4º Anstey +1:02
5º M Rutter +1:05
6º J McGuinness +1:08

[joSe.77]

Final de carrera
1º M Dunlop
2º G Martin
3º C Cummins

4º B Anstey (con record absoluto en la última vuelta, 132.298mph (17:06.682) impresionante)
5º M Rutter
6º W Dunlop
7º J McGuinness
8º D Harrison
9º J Hillier
10º J Brookes

[joSe.77]

132 mph. Todavía no me lo creo.

[borobobh]

Y en la ultima vuelta... Por cierto, en BMW estaran contentos, han fichado a una bestia

[joSe.77]

Y en la ultima vuelta... Por cierto, en BMW estaran contentos, han fichado a una bestia

Y han ganado una carrera del TT 75 años después.

[joSe.77]

Rueda de prensa de la carrera, a partir del minuto 29.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1I2_hD8DGY

[Daiyiro]

He estado todo el día desconectado.

Busco info de la carrera y alucino al ver el record de Anstey 132.298 mph 

Qué bestia. Y Dunlop cerca también de las 132 mph. Carrera rapidísima por lo que veo. Estoy ansioso por ver el resumen de ITV.

 

[Daiyiro]

Os dejo el programa resumen de la semana de entrenamientos de la ITV:

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[Daiyiro]

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[Eddie]

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No entro mucho en este hilo porque prefiero no enterarme y ya ver las carreras una vez pasado todo tranquilamente, pero este video es brutal. Los cambios de luz/sombra tienen que acojonar que no veas, y la temperatura del asfalto, vamos, que tienen unos co.onazo de tres pares 

[Rasmien]

Yo no conocía el efecto tunel hasta ver este video

[el chino]

Resumen de la carrera de sábdo en sides. Emocionante hasta el final.
Moly/Ferrance vuelven a tener problemas yendo lider y no puede terminar y primera victoria de Aylott/ Harrison despues de su debut ¡hace 20 años!.


La nota. (dispculpad, pero las recibo en el trabajo, y por eso no la he podido colgar antes):
Saturday 31st May 2014
Aylott/ Harrison triumph in Sure Sidecar 1 Race after twenty one years competing at the TT Races
After six previous podium positions and over 20 years since his debut, Conrad Harrison, partnered by Mike Aylott, took his maiden Isle of Man TT victory on Saturday after coming through from an opening lap fourth to win a dramatic opening Sure Sidecar race.

Harrison and Aylott took the win by 17s from former winner John Holden/Andy Winkle with last year’s Race 1 winner Tim Reeves, now partnered by Gregory Cluze, a further 16 seconds back in third.

With conditions remaining ideal all round the course, Ben and Tom Birchall grabbed the early initiative at Glen Helen on the opening lap but it was tight with their lead over Holden/Winkle just 0.7s as Dave Molyneux/Patrick Farrance found themselves four seconds further back in third. They, in turn, were only two tenths of a second clear of Harrison/Aylott with Tim Reeves/Gregory Cluze less than a second behind in fifth.

By the end of the lap, the Birchalls had extended their lead to four seconds after a lap of 114.335mph and Molyneux/Farrance moved up to second with Holden/Winkle dropping to third. Harrison/Aylott and Reeves/Cluze still occupied fourth and fifth but the local pairing of Karl Bennett/Lee Cain moved up to sixth place.

As the outfits swept through Glen Helen second time around, Molyneux/Farrance were now in the lead by ten seconds with Holden/Winkle in second and Harrison/Aylott third as news came through that the Birchalls had crashed out at the Black Dub, fortunately sustaining only minor injuries but the brothers were taken by airmed to Nobles hospital for further assessment.

Having started at number one, Molyneux/Farrance were taking full advantage of the clear road and with the fastest lap of the race, 115.538mph, on the second lap, they rocketed into a 21.5s lead. The battle for second was hotting up though as less than a second separated Holden and Harrison, Reeves still in fourth ahead of Bennett/Cain and Ian and Carl Bell who were having a great drive in fifth.

However, more drama lay ahead as Molyneux/Farrance failed to make Glen Helen on the third and final lap, later being given as a retirement at the Hawthorn, and that meant Harrison and Holden were now fighting it out for the race win with still only 0.9s between them.

However, as the lap wore on, it was clear Harrison/Aylott were stronger and they soon opened up a sizeable gap over Holden/Winkle and, aided by their fastest ever lap of the TT Course at 114.674mph, they took the win by 17s with Reeves/Cluze a similar margin behind in third.

The Bells took a brilliant fourth on Ian’s return and Carl’s debut, posting a brilliant final lap of 111.242mph, and Bennett/Cain upheld local honour with an excellent fifth place.

Wayne Lockey/Mark Sayers secured their best ever position in sixth with former race winner, as a passenger, Darren Hope in seventh, partnered by Paul Bumfrey. Greg Lambert/Kenny Cole, Roy Hanks/Kevin Perry and Gordon Shand/Phil Hyde completed the top ten whilst an excellent drive by newcomers Alan Founds/Tom Peters saw them come home in 11th and after a brilliant final lap of 108.506mph.

[el chino]

La nota de la carrera de superbikes.

Saturday 31st May 2014
Stunning Performance from Dunlop as he smashes lap and race record
Michael Dunlop took his eighth TT victory when he won Saturday’s 6-lap Dainese Superbike race in record-breaking style. The BMW Motorrad rider took control from early race leader James Hillier at Ballaugh on the opening lap and, aided by two laps inside the old outright lap record, he surged clear and was able to control the race in the closing stages to take the win by 20.5s from Guy Martin (Tyco Suzuki) with Conor Cummins (Honda Racing) in third.

There was also sensational news on the final lap when Bruce Anstey, outside the top ten on the opening lap after overshooting the Nook, tore round the Mountain Course on the Valvoline Racing/Padgetts Honda to become the first man ever to have lapped at more than 132mph with a final lap of 132.298mph.

Hillier was quickest to Glen Helen on the opening lap on his Quattro Plant/Muc-Off Kawasaki and he led Dunlop by one second with Martin, a rapid starting Dean Harrison (RC Express Racing Kawasaki), Gary Johnson (Lincs Lifting Honda) and Dan Kneen (Cookstown BE Racing Suzuki) close behind.

As the lap unfolded though, it was clear Dunlop was charging and having overhauled Hillier at Ballaugh, he increased his lead all round the opening 37 and ¾ miles and with a new lap record of 131.730mph, he rocketed clear with Martin 9.4s in arrears. The leaderboard was constantly changing and Cummins moved up into third with Hillier, Harrison and John McGuinness completing the top six with Johnson reported retired at Creg ny Baa.

Dunlop was in determined mood and was closing in on Martin, who had started twenty seconds ahead of him on the road, the gap between the duo after two laps almost 17 seconds as the Ballymoney man went quicker still at 131.890mph. The Tyco Suzuki rider was six seconds clear of Cummins as they took their first pit stop with Michael Rutter up to fourth on the Bathams BMW.

Dunlop, Martin, McGuinness and Hillier were circulating in close formation on the roads but Dunlop’s lead was increasing and he was first into the pits at the end of lap four, the gap to Martin now a very healthy looking 25s after another 130mph+ lap. Martin was coming under pressure from Cummins though with his advantage now under five seconds for the first time while Rutter was still in fourth with McGuinness and William Dunlop completing the top six.

As the race went into it’s final third, Dunlop and Martin were still together on the roads and the 25-year rode to his signals to control the race for his eighth victory and BMW’s first ‘big bike’ win since German Georg Meier won the 1939 Senior.

Martin took his 14th podium in second with Cummins three seconds further back after doing his all on the final lap. Anstey really put the hammer down after his early race mishap and his lap of 132.298mph was some six seconds quicker than McGuinness’ lap set in the same race last year

Rutter ensured it was a good day for BMW with a strong fifth with William Dunlop making a late charge to overhaul McGuinness on the final lap, the gap between the pair just 0.8s after six hard laps.

The 20-times winner had to settle for seventh with his wrist injury, as expected, unable to run the pace for six entire laps but it was a solid effort by the Morecambe man. Harrison and Hillier both dropped back as the race wore on, finishing in eighth and ninth with Josh Brookes completing the top ten.

Newcomer Peter Hickman had a brilliant ride into 14th place with his final lap of 126.195mph making him the second fastest newcomer in TT history and it also meant he was the first privateer home with Ivan Lintin (17th) and Russ Mountford (18th) second and third in the early TT Privateer’s Championship.

Debutantes Martin Jessopp and Danny Webb both picked up bronze replicas in 26th and 37th also posting their best laps of the event so far at 123.470 and 120.508 respectively.

[joSe.77]

La jornada de carreras de hoy, que debia empezar a las 11:45 (hora española) ha tenido que retrasarse debido a la espesa niebla con la que ha amanecido la Isla.
A las 13:00 habrá anuncio del Clerk of the course.

[joSe.77]

Las carreras de hoy que debían celebrarse esta mañana se han pospuesto para esta tarde.
a las 15:00 hora española se celebrará la carrera de Supersport, y a las 17:15, la de Superstock.

Por las fotos que han ido colgando en twitter, se ve que el tiempo ha mejorado bastante. Hay zonas en las que ya da el sol de forma más o menos tímida, el cielo se ha ido despejando un poco, y parece que la amenaza de lluvia va a menos.