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BBC News
4 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Isle of Man TT crash 'wasn't my fault'
Peter Hickman has revealed that his high-speed crash at the Isle of Man TT, in which he suffered multiple fractures, was caused by a component 14-time TT winner crashed at the Kerrowmoar section of the Mountain Course while taking part in a qualifying session for the event, held on closed public roads, on the evening of Friday, 30 38-year-old was flown to Noble's Hospital on the island by Airmed helicopter after the incident, where he was treated for his injuries, before being who holds the absolute lap record for the 37.73-mile circuit, sustained chest, back, shoulder and facial injuries in the crash."I've broken my left collarbone, my left scapula and my shoulder blade down the back is in three pieces. I broke three ribs and four vertebrae in my back so not ideal," explained Hickman in a video posted on his Facebook page."Unfortunately, it was a component failure [which caused the crash] so it wasn't actually my fault."It was some bracketry that holds the exhaust in place. It didn't come loose, it broke in theory, and pushed the exhaust into the rear wheel and popped the rear tyre. That was why I crashed."Hickman was riding his Superstock BMW machine for the 8TEN Racing team he recently formed with fellow racer Davey Todd when he crashed."I'm pretty battered and bruised all over the place but I just want to say a massive thanks to the medics and the marshals that looked after me at the time. They did a fantastic job."I don't remember much about it because I was knocked out."I don't remember the lap leading up to it and the first time I properly woke up, I woke up in hospital, so that was a bit of a new experience for me in my 25-year career. I've never been knocked out before."Hickman has been a regular competitor at the TT since making his debut at the races in 2014."I've been going to the Isle of Man TT for 10 years and this is the first major problem that I've had," he said.
Telegraph
08-06-2025
- Climate
- Telegraph
Majority rule as Isle of Man TT feature race cancelled for only second time in 118-year history
It was the anticlimax that thousands had feared all week, but 10 minutes before the start of Saturday night's rain-delayed Senior TT on the Isle of Man, the fact that not a single bike had made its way onto Glencrutchery Road gave the game away. Several riders, including Honda Racing's Dean Harrison and 8Ten Racing BMW's Davey Todd, who had both already won races this week and were hotly fancied to battle it out for Senior TT honours, had made their feelings known to clerk of the course Gary Thompson that conditions were still the wrong side of dangerous to go racing. Many expressed their frustrations with the decision after what had been a heavily disrupted fortnight because of the weather. Frequent rain showers and gale-force winds of up to 60mph had battered the island earlier in the week. Long delays before sessions could get under way had left fans patiently waiting in the fields and pavements that line the 37.73-mile course. But there were several clues throughout the week that point to why Thompson had no choice but to listen. Some riders wanted to go racing. But many more did not. 'It was clear, after speaking with a number of competitors from across the field following the Course Inspection Lap, that conditions were not where they needed to be,' Thompson said. 'A couple of competitors said they'd be happy to ride to the conditions, but the overwhelming majority felt that the wind speeds – the way they were gusting, and the fact they were coming from the opposite direction to what they had experienced over the past two weeks – made the conditions too unpredictable and not fit for racing.' We had already witnessed what the wind could do. Earlier in qualifying week, the sidecar outfit of Pete Founds and Jevan Walmsley had suffered a terrifying crash at the Rhencullen jump when wind got under their DDM Honda. The pair were lucky to survive a frightening and fiery crash with just arm injuries for Founds. There had been several scares for the solo riders, too. Michael Rutter, the 30-year veteran of the TT, is still being treated for spinal injuries after suffering a crash in the second Supertwin TT, having been transferred to the Walton Centre in Liverpool. Jonathan Goetschy, the French rider of several years' experience at the TT who finished 19th in this year's Superbike TT, remains in a serious condition after suffering head, chest and spinal injuries. Veronika Hankocyova also remains in hospital after a crash in the first Supertwin race. The dangers were not just restricted to competitive sessions either. James Hind, the rapidly improving Lincolnshire rider who was knocking on the door of his maiden TT podium this week, suffered a huge scare during a Course Inspection Lap when he hit a hidden damp patch. This is the James Hind moment on the inspection lap that the TT+ coverage is talking about. The mother and father of all moments!!! 😲 @ttracesofficial #IOMTT #TT2025 — Steven Gaitt (@gaittman) June 6, 2025 Tom Weeden was not so lucky earlier in the week. The Maidstone racer clipped the wall on entry to Glen Helen during qualifying last week and the impact did enough damage to his handlebars to jam the throttle open, sending him off the back of the bike at high speed and flying feet-first into the barrier. 'Somehow only 'walked away' with left leg tib/fib, dislocated and smashed up ankle on right leg, broken T12 vertebra, broken hand and a messed-up little finger. I feel extremely lucky to be here at all,' Weeden said from his hospital bed. At the TT there are accidents that cannot be avoided. Mechanical failures can strike anyone at any time, as Peter Hickman learned the hard way. The 14-time TT winner was unable to add to his collection this week after suffering injuries in a qualifying accident at Kerrowmoar understood to have been caused by a mechanical failure on his 8Ten Racing BMW that sent him hurtling into a wall at 140mph. Well this isn't quite how I'd planned my TT to go!! 🤕😂 Had a bit of a get off on Friday night… Nothing quite like a 140mph slap against the Manx countryside 🙈 Battered and bruised, but we'll be back 💪🏼 @bmwmotorraduk @bmwmotorradmotorsport @phrperformance — Peter Hickman (@peterhickman60) June 1, 2025 The six serious accidents that occurred over the course of the week will have been at the forefront of Thompson's mind when riders came to see him on Saturday evening, fully in the knowledge that those crashes happened in significantly better conditions than they were experiencing ahead of the Senior TT. 'You've got damp patches, it's just difficult,' said Harrison, winner of both Superstock races earlier in the week. 'It's half-past seven at night, it's cold. It is disappointing but upwards and onwards from here.' Todd, who claimed victory in the Superbike TT, added: 'I've rode in much stronger winds mile-per-hour-wise, but I've never experienced riding a bike like that. The conditions are crazy out there.' And so, at 6.54pm on Saturday, just six minutes before the big finale of the week was due to get under way, Thompson's klaxon rang out over the paddock to deliver the news no one was surprised to hear. 'Delaying or cancelling any qualifying session or race is never an easy decision,' Thompson explained. 'Of course, in situations like this, the prestige and profile of the Senior TT naturally come to mind, but there are far more important matters at stake. Ultimately, we're here to deliver the event in the safest possible manner – and unfortunately, that simply wasn't achievable this evening.' Given the challenges faced this week, it was impressive that nine of the 10 scheduled races were completed, albeit the majority at reduced length. But when weather forced the Senior TT to be cancelled for only the second time in the event's 118-year history, and several high-speed crashes had already been recorded throughout the week, perhaps the most impressive thing is no one lost their life at the TT this year. For that, the riders have Thompson to thank.
Belfast Telegraph
07-06-2025
- Climate
- Belfast Telegraph
Davey Todd left devastated as unsafe conditions lead to cancellation of Senior TT race
Reigning Senior TT champion Davey Todd could not mask his bitter disappointment after the blue riband race at the Isle of Man TT was cancelled on Saturday night due to high winds. The final race of the 2025 festival was originally scheduled for a 10:45am start but was pushed back following a series of delays, initially to allow roads to dry out around the course following rain overnight and into Saturday morning.
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Dominant Dunlop completes Supertwins double at TT
Michael Dunlop claimed his fourth victory at the 2025 Isle of Man TT by winning the second Supertwin rider Dunlop had also dominated the opening Supertwin race on Tuesday, and he took victory by 26.774 seconds in Friday's three-lap race ahead of Davey completes a Supertwin and Supersport double for 36-year-old Dunlop, who extended his number of victories at the road race to 33 with the help of a new lap record for the class of 123.056mph around the 37.7-mile Mountain the leading pair, Dominic Herbertson took a popular podium as he held off Paul Jordan in a thrilling battle by just 3.141 seconds. "The bike's been good," Dunlop told TT Plus. "The main thing is getting the win, the last lap I was surprised [about the lap record] as I maintained the bike to make sure it was alright."The Paton boys did a fantastic job. The main thing is winning races, so I'm glad to still be at the front. "This week has been fast, hot and heavy. Four wins is the main achievement for me and I want to keep winning."Dunlop and Todd will be two contenders for victory, along with Superstock TT winner Dean Harrison, in the blue ribband Senior TT on Saturday, which closes out the event. Manx rider Michael Evans, who claimed his first TT podium in race one, pulled over at Glen Helen with a mechanical issue on the first lap, as Dunlop led Todd and Adam McLean at the first timing sector by three advantage was up to eight seconds at Ramsey Hairpin, with Rob Hodson and Mike Browne slotting in ahead of held a 12-second lead over Todd at the pit stops, but lost six seconds to Todd in the service to put pressure on his the leading pair, Hodson, Browne, Herbertson and McLean were split by two-and-a-half seconds in the battle for soon restored and then extended his lead throughout the second lap, as he set a sector record from Glen Helen to Ballaugh Bridge, and Todd held a comfortable second. The battle for third took a twist when race one podium sitter Hodson retired at the Gooseneck on the second lap, which promoted Herbertson into third ahead of Browne and ended the second lap 14.5 seconds up on Todd, while Herberston, who took his first TT podium in the class in 2024, held a 3.8 seconds advantage over Browne, with McLean, Paul Jordan and Barry Furber split by less than five seconds being overtaken on the road by Dunlop, Jordan, who was the first bike down Bray Hill, started flying into podium contention by slipstreaming behind the race Ireland's Jordan managed to complete the lap tucked in behind Dunlop, but fell just short of his podium bid as Herbertson claimed third by 3.141 seconds for his second-ever TT was a lonely second for his fifth podium of the TT, while Herbertson was emotional after racing onto the podium after a last-ditch effort to make the event after his original plans fell through."To do it twice, it's fantastic," England's Herbertson told TT Plus."Doing that last lap, I was praying to everyone 'please make it home'. I'm over the moon. "It's been bananas. Five and a half weeks to turn it around to get to the TT, thanks to friends and even strangers. "Strangers saying, 'I want to see you there'. To get back on the box, I hope they're proud." Supertwin TT Race Two result 1. Michael Dunlop (NIR, Paton) Three laps2. Davey Todd (ENG, Paton) +26.774 seconds3. Dominic Herbertson (ENG, Paton) +20.5854. Paul Jordan (NIR, Aprillia) +3.1415. Mike Browne (IRL, Kawasaki) +6.0276. Adam McLean (NIR, Yamaha) +5.3447. Barry Furber (ENG, Yamaha) +5.5948. Joe Yeardsley (IOM, Aprillia) +44.184
BBC News
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Harrison races to Isle of Man TT Superstock double
Dean Harrison made it a double in the Superstock class at this year's Isle of Man TT by taking victory in Friday's three-lap race over the Mountain was a fifth TT victory of the Honda Racing rider's career and his fifth podium finish of the 2025 36-year-old had 16 seconds to spare over runner-up, Davey Todd on the 8TEN Racing BMW, with Michael Dunlop a further 32.8 seconds in arrears in third on his MD Racing BMW, the same top three as in the first Superstock outing on and Todd both had spells at the head of the timesheets on lap one but by the end of the first circuit it was the Honda rider who had a narrow advantage of half a second thanks to the fastest lap of the race at hopes of a win effectively ended however when his bike failed to fire after his pit-stop and he lost 12 seconds, one of his mechanics having to push the machine almost the entire length of pitlane before it could be coaxed back into controlled the race from the front thereafter to take victory."Words can't describe it, what it's like to do a double in the Superstock class," said the Bradford rider, who is now resident in Laxey in the Isle of Man."I got off to a real hard start and the lead was swapping but coming out of Glen Helen on lap two I saw '+13' on my board and then I kept going as hard as I could, kept the head down," he added on TT Plus."I saw the advantage was '+20' so I managed my lead to the finish from there." Pit-stop misfortune ends Todd hopes Harrison led by 2.2 seconds at Glen Helen on the first lap but Todd battled back and moved in front by just two hundredths of a second by Ramsey Hairpin.A strong response over the mountain section saw Harrison regain top spot by 1.1 seconds but the leader's cushion over his fellow Yorkshireman was just 0.5 seconds when the riders came into the so often in the context of TT racing, there was drama in the pits however as Todd's challenge petered out as a result of the time he lost trying to get his bike to fire. His deficit after the second lap increased to 20 seconds and he was forced to settle for second."I'm disappointed. I really thought we could challenge for that win but the bike just wouldn't start after the pitstop."We had made improvements to the bike and I went really steady on the first lap and was in the mix."I'm gutted for the team as they have all worked so hard. We don't deserve this bad luck really."Dunlop was never in contention for the win on this occasion as he struggled with an electronic issue from the outset, overshooting at Braddan Bridge on lap one and suffering a top speed deficit with his record 32-time winner battled back from the time lost in that setback as he worked his way up the leaderboard to claim the 50th rostrum finish of his TT career. James Hillier finished fourth, with Conor Cummins fifth and Josh Brookes rounding out the top TT winner Ian Hutchinson was contending for a podium place when he retired at Ramsey Hairpin. Superstock TT race two results 1 Dean Harrison (Eng, Honda)2 Davey Todd (Eng, BMW)3 Michael Dunlop (NI, BMW)4 James Hillier (Eng, Honda)5 Conor Cummins (IOM, BMW)6 Josh Brookes (Aus, Honda)7 Nathan Harrison (IOM, Honda)8 John McGuinness (Eng, Honda)
