Peter Hickman Sets the Fastest Lap on Day 2 of IOMTT Qualifying
May 30, 2023
IOMTT
by Ray Milton
Conditions were dry and cool as the riders ran into the evening. There was no wind anywhere on the course which many riders described as the perfect conditions. Peter Hickman (FHO Racing BMW) lapped an average 132.079mph on his FHO Racing BMW Superbike beating out the top man from yesterday’s qualifying, Michael Dunlop. On Day 1 Dunlop topped all 4 single rider classes in the session but today he fell short in Superbike. Hickman has turned heads thus far this weekend given him breaking the top speed record yesterday at 200mph and they running overall fastest today. In addition, this was Hickman’s debut on a superbike which was an impressive showing. With Dunlop as the favorite Hickman will be focused on perfecting his race strategy in the coming qualifying sessions this week.
Michael Dunlop topped the superstock qualifying 2 setting a best lap time of 17:10.224. This lap was 45.369s faster than second fastest Joshua Brookes (FHO Racing) and 49.138s faster than third place finisher Shaun Anderson (Team Classic Suzuki). Full Day 2 Qualifying classification results are below.
2023 Isle of Man TT – Superbike Classification after Qualifying 2
1
Peter Hickman
Monster Energy FHO Racing
BMW M 1000 RR
132.079
2
Dean Harrison
DAO Racing
Kawasaki ZX-10RR
131.974
3
Michael Dunlop
Hawk Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
131.782
4
Conor Cummins
Milenco by Padgetts
Honda CBR1000RR-R
130.924
5
Davey Todd
Milenco by Padgetts
Honda CBR1000RR-R
129.920
6
John McGuinness
Honda Racing UK
Honda CBR1000RR-R
129.398
7
Jamie Coward
KTS Racing Steadplan
Honda CBR1000RR-R
129.060
8
James Hillier
OMG Racing
Yamaha R1M
128.189
9
David Johnson
C&L Fairburn Jackson
Honda CBR1000RR-R
127.095
10
Rob Hodson
SMT Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
126.848
11
Phillip Crowe
Appleyard Agriwash
Honda CBR1000RR-R
126.183
12
Michael Rutter
Bathams Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
126.181
13
Dominic Herbertson
Apero
BMW S 1000 RR
124.366
14
Brian McCormack
Roadhouse Macau by FHO
BMW M 1000 RR
124.248
15
Julian Trummer
WH Racing with Dynobike
Honda CBR1000RR-R
124.247
16
Michael Evans
Michael Evans Racing
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
124.016
17
Paul Jordan
Prez Racing by Prosper
Yamaha R1M
123.859
18
Stephen Smith
DP Coldplaning TC Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
123.679
19
Shaun Anderson
Team Classic Suzuki
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
123.644
20
Mike Browne
Burrows RK Racing
BMW M 1000 RR
123.516
21
Samuel West
Street Diner Racing
BMW S 1000 RR
123.376
22
James Hind
North Lincs Components
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
123.019
23
Stefano Bonetti
Speed Motor
Honda CBR1000RR-R
122.325
24
Forest Dunn
Forest Dunn
Yamaha R1M
121.975
25
Craig Neve
Bathams Racing
Honda CBR1000RR
121.871
26
Mark Goodings
Steady Away Racing
Kawasaki ZX-10R
121.833
27
David Datzer
MTP Syntainics Penz 13
BMW M 1000 RR
120.833
28
Mark Parrett
120.362
29
Rhys Hardisty
120.219
30
James Chawke
Chawkie Racing
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
120.058
31
Timothee Monot
119.980
32
Jonathan Perry
Gordon Huxley Racing
Kawasaki ZX-10RR
119.863
33
Raul Torres Martinez
Toll Racing Team
Honda CBR1000RR-R
119.289
34
Amalric Blanc
Team B&M / Team Gazzz 58
BMW S 1000 RR
119.289
35
Michael Russell
Pipewerx Exhausts
BMW S 1000 RR
119.194
36
Dave Hewson
Obsession Engineering
BMW S 1000 RR
118.946
37
Anthony Redmond
Reds Garage IOM
BMW S 1000 RR
118.911
38
Richard Wilson
KH Hire
Honda CBR1000RR-R
118.713
39
Forest Dunn
Forest Dunn
Yamaha R1M
118.562
40
Allann Venter
Lekka Racing Sandton
BMW S 1000 RR
117.843
41
Baz Furber
DC Motorcycles Newtown
BMW S 1000 RR
117.670
42
Chris Sarbora
Motohub UK
BMW S 1000 RR
117.105
43
Xavier Denis
PerformanX Racing Team
Yamaha R1
116.641
44
Rennie Scaysbrook
Wilson Craig Racing
Honda CBR1000RR
115.886
45
Erno Kostamo
38 Motorsports Syntainics
BMW S 1000 RR
114.976
46
Paul Potchy Williams
Potchy’s MOT Station
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
114.713
47
Matthieu Lagrive
Optimark Road Racing
Yamaha R1
113.613
48
Matt Stevenson
Dafabet Racing
Kawasaki ZX-10RR
0.000
2023 Isle of Man TT – Supersport Classification after Qualifying 2
1
Michael Dunlop
MD Racing
Yamaha R6
127.019
2
Peter Hickman
K2 Trooper by PHR
Triumph ST765RS
126.814
3
Dean Harrison
DAO Racing
Kawasaki ZX-6R
125.494
4
Davey Todd
Milenco by Padgetts
Honda CBR600RR
124.604
5
Conor Cummins
Milenco by Padgetts
Honda CBR600RR
122.783
6
Mike Browne
Burrows Engineering RK
Yamaha R6
122.161
7
Paul Jordan
Prez Racing by Prosper
Yamaha R6
121.796
8
David Johnson
C&L Fairburn Jackson
Honda CBR600RR
121.788
9
James HIllier
Boyce Precision/Russell
Yamaha R6
120.607
10
Craig Neve
Bathams Racing
Triumph ST765RS
120.502
11
Matt Stevenson
Dafabet Racing
Yamaha R6
119.496
12
Pierre Yves Bian
K2 Trooper by PHR
Triumph ST765RS
119.346
13
Joey Thompson
Seventy Four Racing
Yamaha R6
119.000
14
Brian McCormack
Global Robots
Triumph ST765RS
118.971
15
Forest Dunn
Forest Dunn
Yamaha R6
118.303
16
Julian Trummer
WH Racing with Dynobike
Yamaha R6
118.225
17
Shaun Anderson
Team Kibosh
Honda CBR600RR
117.798
18
Mark Goodings
IPG Power Generation
Yamaha R6
117.508
19
Stephen Parsons
CHB Surfacing
Kawasaki ZX-6R
117.215
20
Stefano Bonetti
Gomma Racing
Yamaha R6
116.945
21
Jonathan Goetschy
Goetschy Racing
Yamaha R6
115.988
22
Tom Weeden
115.977
23
Richard Wilson
Team Kibosh
Honda CBR600RR
115.214
24
Xavier Denis
PerformanX Racing Team
Kawasaki ZX-6R
114.695
25
Mark Parrett
114.634
26
Jamie Cringle
AGR Motorsports
Honda CBR600RR
114.568
27
Gary Vines
Atherstone Accident Repair
Honda CBR600RR
114.540
28
Amalric Blanc
Team B&M / Team Gazzz 58
Kawasaki ZX-6R
114.056
29
Allan Venter
Lekka Racing
Honda CBR600RR
113.601
30
Ryan Cringle
111.658
31
James Hind
Bass Tyre Services
Yamaha R6
110.620
32
Craig Szczypek
Oxman Carpentry
Kawasaki ZX-6R
108.865
33
Jack Petrie
AM Tiling
Yamaha R6
107.696
34
Jorge Halliday
Stanford Halliday
Yamaha R6
107.527
35
David Brook
Brook Motorsport
Yamaha R6
107.097
36
Timothee Monot
0.000
37
Raul Torras Martinez
Ecubitt Performance
Yamaha R6
0.000
2023 Isle of Man TT – Superstock Classification after Qualifying 2
1
Michael Dunlop
Hawk Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
131.843
2
Davey Todd
Milenco by Padgetts
Honda CBR1000RR-R
126.630
3
Josh Brookes
Monster Energy FHO Racing
BMW M 1000 RR
126.404
4
Phillip Crowe
Appleyard Agriwash
BMW M 1000 RR
126.067
5
Shaun Anderson
Team Classic Suzuki
Suzuki GSX-R1000R
125.841
6
Mike Browne
Burrows Engineering RK
BMW M 1000 RR
125.745
7
Dean Harrison
DAO Racing
Kawasaki ZX-10RR
125.000
8
David Johnson
C&L Fairburn Jackson
Honda CBR1000RR-R
124.942
9
James Hillier
OMG Racing
Yamaha R1
124.042
10
Michael Rutter
Bathams Racing
Honda CBR1000RR-R
123.707
11
Brian McCormack
Roadhouse by Macau FHO
BMW M 1000 RR
120.778
12
Craig Neve
Bathams Racing
Honda CBR1000RR
120.292
13
David Datzer
MTP Racing
BMW M 1000 RR
120.093
14
John McGuinness
Honda Racing UK
Honda CBR1000RR-R
118.588
15
Erno Kostamo
38 Motorsport Syntainics
BMW S 1000 RR
115.468
2023 Isle of Man TT – Supersport Classification after Qualifying 2