2018 Isle of Man TT

The 2018 Isle of Man TT was held between 26 May and 8 June, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.

2018 Isle of Man TT Races

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course layout
Race details
Date	May 26, 2018 – Jun 8, 2018
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Course	Isle of Man TT Mountain Course 37.733 mi (60.725 km)

Michael Dunlop scored 3 wins during the event, increasing his TT win tally to 18.^[1] Peter Hickman took his first two TT wins, including one at the prestigious Senior TT, taking a new outright lap record of 135.452 mph (217.989 km/h) in the process.^[2] The Birchall brothers took the two Sidecar races and a new lap record, becoming the first crew to lap the course in under 19 minutes.^[3] Dean Harrison^[4] and Michael Rutter took one TT each.

23-times TT winner John McGuinness was a major absentee for the second year in a row, due to serious injuries sustained at the 2017 North West 200.^[5] Two times 2017 Isle of Man TT winner Ian Hutchinson was also recovering from serious leg injuries sustained during the 2017 Senior TT,^[6] and failed to score a single top 10 in 2018.

The event was marred by the death of two riders, 2017 TT podium finisher Dan Kneen,^[7] and TT newcomer Adam Lyon.^[8] In the aftermath of Kneen's crash, Steve Mercer suffered serious, career-ending injuries after being hit head-on by a course car travelling in the opposite direction.^[9]

Results

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Superbike TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	6	Michael Dunlop	BMW	01:44:13.398	130.324
2	1	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:45:04.259	129.273
3	2	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:45:25.919	128.830
4	9	David Johnson	BMW	01:45:58.637	128.167
5	3	Michael Rutter	BMW	01:47:27.374	126.403
6	13	Lee Johnston	Honda	01:47:42.014	126.117
7	12	Martin Jessopp	BMW	01:48:04.898	125.672
8	23	Ivan Lintin	Kawasaki	01:48:07.017	125.631
9	18	Philip Crowe	BMW	01:48:12.101	125.532
10	11	Josh Brookes	Norton	01:48:14.276	125.490

Supersport TT 1

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	6	Michael Dunlop	Honda	01:11:51.072	126.027
2	5	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:12:01.350	125.727
3	10	Peter Hickman	Triumph	01:12:01.608	125.720
4	2	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:12:03.414	125.667
5	1	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:12:44.356	124.488
6	11	Josh Brookes	Yamaha	01:12:57.357	124.119
7	7	Gary Johnson	Triumph	01:13:06.152	123.870
8	3	Lee Johnston	Honda	01:13:12.190	123.700
9	19	James Cowton	Kawasaki	01:13:45.145	122.778
10	18	Ivan Lintin	Kawasaki	01:13:54.952	122.507

Sidecar TT 1

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall	Honda CBR	57:33.635	117.987
2	3	John Holden & Lee Cain	Honda LCR	58:20.767	116.398
3	5	Tim Reeves & Mark Wilkes	Honda	58:42.668	115.675
4	6	Pete Founds & Jevan Walmsley	Suzuki	59:30.256	114.133
5	4	Alan Founds & Jake Lowther	Yamaha	01:01:16.994	110.820
6	10	Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle	Honda Rod Bellas	01:01:33.593	110.322
7	21	Darren Hope & Lenny Bumfrey	LCR Suzuki	01:02:14.600	109.110
8	29	Gary Gibson & Daryl Gibson	Shelbourne Suzuki	01:02:33.444	108.563
9	9	Gary Bryan & Philip Hyde	Baker Honda	01:03:03.297	107.706
10	18	Greg Lambert & Julie Canipa	Honda GLR	01:03:15.195	107.368

Superstock TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	01:08:49.976	131.553
2	6	Michael Dunlop	BMW	01:08:54.428	131.412
3	5	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:09:03.579	131.121
4	9	David Johnson	BMW	01:10:16.337	128.859
5	2	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:10:21.259	128.709
6	3	Michael Rutter	BMW	01:10:51.480	127.794
7	12	Martin Jessopp	BMW	01:11:43.806	126.240
8	27	Sam West	BMW	01:11:47.242	126.139
9	23	Ivan Lintin	Kawasaki	01:11:49.149	126.083
10	80	Davey Todd	Suzuki	01:11:50.396	126.047

Supersport TT 2

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	5	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:11:28.059	126.703
2	10	Peter Hickman	Triumph	01:11:46.730	126.154
3	2	James Hillier	Kawasaki	01:11:58.508	125.810
4	1	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:12:08.333	125.525
5	6	Michael Dunlop	Honda	01:12:14.160	125.356
6	11	Josh Brookes	Yamaha	01:12:51.195	124.294
7	3	Lee Johnston	Honda	01:13:05.465	123.889
8	7	Gary Johnson	Triumph	01:13:25.657	123.321
9	19	James Cowton	Kawasaki	01:13:28.648	123.238
10	18	Ivan Lintin	Kawasaki	01:13:39.852	122.925

Lightweight TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	6	Michael Dunlop	Paton	01:15:05.032	120.601
2	15	Derek McGee	Kawasaki	01:15:19.633	120.212
3	3	Michael Rutter	Paton	01:16:30.242	118.362
4	8	Stefano Bonetti	Paton	01:16:40.194	118.106
5	32	Joey Thompson	Paton	01:18:13.175	115.766
6	9	Ian Lougher	Paton	01:18:26.857	115.430
7	13	Michael Sweeney	Kawasaki	01:18:27.273	115.420
8	12	Adam Mclean	Kawasaki	01:18:38.044	115.156
9	31	Julian Trummer	Kawasaki	01:19:04.182	114.522
10	55	Dominic Herbertson	Kawasaki	01:19:12.721	114.316

TT Zero

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Michael Rutter	Mugen	18:34.956	121.824
2	3	Daley Mathison	University of Nottingham	18:58.600	119.294
3	2	Lee Johnston	Mugen	21:26.668	105.566
4	4	James Cowton	Brunel	23:14.934	97.372
5	14	Adam Child	Moto Corsa	27:50.042	81.332
6	9	Shaun Anderson	Brammo	30:16.155	74.789

Sidecar TT 2

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	1	Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall	Honda CBR	57:25.040	118.281
2	3	John Holden & Lee Cain	Honda LCR	57:47.960	117.500
3	5	Tim Reeves & Mark Wilkes	Honda	58:03.738	116.967
4	4	Alan Founds & Jake Lowther	Yamaha	59:20.780	114.437
5	12	Lewis Blackstock & Patrick Rosney	Honda LCR	01:00:21.459	112.519
6	10	Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle	Honda Rod Bellas	01:00:37.918	112.010
7	9	Gary Bryan & Philip Hyde	Baker Honda	01:00:48.452	111.687
8	8	Stephen Ramsden & Matty Ramsden	LCR	01:00:58.064	111.393
9	17	Estelle Leblond & Melanie Farnier	SGR Suzuki	01:01:36.707	110.229
10	29	Gary Gibson & Daryl Gibson	Shelbourne Suzuki	01:02:13.039	109.156

Senior TT

Position	Number	Rider	Machine	Time	Speed (mph)
1	10	Peter Hickman	BMW	01:43:08.065	131.700
2	5	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	01:43:10.126	131.656
3	1	Conor Cummins	Honda	01:44:50.559	129.554
4	6	Michael Dunlop	BMW	01:45:45.315	128.436
5	11	Josh Brookes	Norton	01:46:09.904	127.940
6	7	Gary Johnson	Kawasaki	01:47:06.818	126.807
7	12	Martin Jessopp	SBK	01:47:58.408	125.798
8	16	James Cowton	BMW	01:48:27.787	125.230
9	80	Davey Todd	Suzuki	01:49:00.059	124.612
10	32	Brian McCormack	BMW	01:49:04.383	124.529

Wins table

	Rider	Wins
1	Michael Dunlop	3
2	Ben Birchall	2
2	Tom Birchall	2
2	Peter Hickman	2
5	Dean Harrison	1
5	Michael Rutter	1

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