2016 Isle of Man TT

2016 Isle of Man TT Races
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course layout
Race details
Date27 May – 10 June 2016
LocationDouglas, Isle of Man
CourseIsle of Man TT Mountain Course
37.733 mi (60.725 km)
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The 2016 Isle of Man TT was held between 28 May and 10 June 2016, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.

The event saw an intense rivalry between Ian Hutchinson and Michael Dunlop, with Hutchinson taking 3 wins, and Dunlop taking 2, including the Senior TT.

The event was marred by the death of 4 competitors: Dwight Beare, Paul Shoesmith, Ian Bell and Andrew Soar.

Results

Sources:

TT 2016 RST Superbike TT Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop BMW 01:44:14.259 130.306
2 4 England Ian Hutchinson BMW 01:44:33.323 129.910
3 1 England John McGuinness Honda 01:45:27.498 128.798
4 5 England Peter Hickman Kawasaki 01:45:44.951 128.444
5 12 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:46:09.896 127.941
6 9 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:46:40.202 127.335
7 15 Australia David Johnson Norton 01:46:56.430 127.013
8 2 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Honda 01:47:05.936 126.825
9 7 England Gary Johnson BMW 01:47:16.523 126.616
10 13 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston BMW 01:47:16.614 126.614
Alan Founds and Aki Aalto (pictured in practice) took third place in the opening Sidecar race.

TT 2016 Sure Sidecar TT 1 Results

Position Number Rider & Passenger Machine Time Speed
1 3 John Holden & Andrew Winkle LCR Honda 59:25.609 114.282
2 35 Pete Founds & Jevan Walmsley Suzuki LCR 01:00:19.858 112.569
3 7 Alan Founds & Aki Aalto LCR SUZUKI GSX-R 01:01:00.006 111.334
4 15 Stephen Ramsden & Matty Ramsden LCR 600 RR 01:01:20.447 110.716
5 12 Matthew Dix & Shaun Parker Baker 01:01:29.129 110.455
6 11 Wayne Lockey & Mark Sayers Ireson Honda 600cc 01:01:51.410 109.792
7 8 Gary Bryan & Jamie Winn Baker Honda 01:01:59.466 109.554
8 10 Gary Knight & Daniel Evanson DrV 01:02:23.337 108.856
9 17 Gordon Shand & Philip Hyde Shand Honda 01:03:05.111 107.654
10 13 Darren Hope & Paul Bumfrey Suzuki DMR 01:03:06.754 107.608

TT 2016 Monster Energy Supersport TT 1 Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 4 England Ian Hutchinson Yamaha 01:11:36.808 126.445
2 12 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:12:29.720 124.907
3 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:12:47.770 124.391
4 10 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:12:48.506 124.370
5 1 England John McGuinness Honda 01:12:53.286 124.234
6 13 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston Triumph 01:13:32.704 123.125
7 8 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Yamaha 01:13:51.684 122.597
8 25 England Steve Mercer Honda 01:14:12.890 122.013
9 7 England Gary Johnson Triumph 01:14:34.627 121.421
10 11 Australia Cameron Donald Honda 01:14:45.843 121.117
Bruce Anstey (#2), Peter Hickman(#5) and Michael Dunlop (#6) during the Superstock TT. All three had to retire from the race.

TT 2016 RL360 Quantum Superstock TT Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 4 England Ian Hutchinson BMW 01:09:47.543 129.745
2 12 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:10:15.187 128.894
3 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:10:17.092 128.836
4 9 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:10:46.047 127.957
5 7 England Gary Johnson BMW 01:10:49.292 127.859
6 1 England John McGuinness Honda 01:10:58.053 127.596
7 10 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:11:26.858 126.739
8 8 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Kawasaki 01:12:05.049 125.620
9 15 Australia David Johnson BMW 01:12:11.448 125.434
10 19 England Steve Mercer Honda 01:12:27.594 124.968

TT 2016 Monster Energy Supersport TT 2 Results

Dean Harrison took two podiums in the Supersport class.
Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 4 England Ian Hutchinson Yamaha 01:11:55.261 125.905
2 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Yamaha 01:12:12.808 125.395
3 12 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:12:29.452 124.915
4 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:12:42.986 124.528
5 2 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Honda 01:12:44.287 124.490
6 13 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston Triumph 01:12:44.950 124.472
7 10 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:12:48.719 124.364
8 5 England Peter Hickman Kawasaki 01:13:14.311 123.640
9 7 England Gary Johnson Triumph 01:13:38.285 122.969
10 9 England Michael Rutter Kawasaki 01:13:39.394 122.938
TT Zero winner Bruce Anstey

TT 2016 SES TT Zero Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 5 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Mugen 19:07.043 118.416
2 6 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Victory 19:32.504 115.844
3 8 England Daley Mathison University of Nottingham 22:39.864 99.884
4 1 England John McGuinness Mugen 23:50.538 94.949
5 9 South Africa Allann Venter Brunel 23:55.383 94.628
Second place finisher James Hillier during the Lightweight TT

TT 2016 Bennetts Lightweight TT Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 6 England Ivan Lintin Kawasaki 01:16:26.681 118.454
2 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:16:39.153 118.133
3 1 England Martin Jessopp Kawasaki 01:18:23.536 115.511
4 7 England Gary Johnson WK Bikes 01:18:25.920 115.453
5 33 Italy Stefano Bonetti Paton 01:18:30.782 115.334
6 10 England Daniel Cooper Kawasaki 01:19:06.561 114.464
7 29 England James Coward Kawasaki 01:19:37.988 113.711
8 38 England Colin Stephenson Suzuki 01:20:24.695 112.611
9 20 Sweden Bjorn Gunnarsson Kawasaki 01:20:25.519 112.591
10 11 England James Cowton Kawasaki 01:20:30.711 112.470
Ben and Tom Birchall (pictured in practice) took their 4th TT win in race 2.

TT 2016 Sure Sidecar TT 2 Results

The second sidecar race was marred by the death of Ian Bell.
Position Number Rider & Passenger Machine Time Speed
1 2 England Ben Birchall & England Tom Birchall LCR Honda 58:43.187 115.658
2 3 England John Holden & Andrew Winkle LCR Honda 59:21.971 114.398
3 4 England Tim Reeves & Patrick Farrance DMR Honda 59:40.371 113.811
4 9 Karl Bennett & Lee Cain DMR 01:01:03.336 111.233
5 12 Matthew Dix & Shaun Parker Baker 01:01:27.058 110.517
6 15 Stephen Ramsden & Matty Ramsden LCR 01:01:37.240 110.213
7 7 England Alan Founds & Finland Aki Aalto LCR Suzuki 01:01:50.291 109.825
8 8 Gary Bryan & Jamie Winn Baker Honda 01:01:53.080 109.743
9 16 Tony Baker & Fiona Baker-Milligan Suzuki 01:02:04.277 109.413
10 17 Gordon Shand & Philip Hyde Shand Honda 01:02:55.143 107.939
Ian Hutchinson (2nd place) in front of John McGuinness (3rd place) at the Senior TT

TT 2016 PokerStars Senior TT Results

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed
1 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop BMW 01:43:56.129 130.685
2 4 England Ian Hutchinson BMW 01:44:27.605 130.029
3 1 England John McGuinness Honda 01:44:58.651 129.388
4 12 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:45:51.385 128.313
5 2 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Honda 01:46:08.108 127.976
6 10 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:46:11.570 127.907
7 9 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:46:20.009 127.738
8 13 Northern Ireland Lee Johnston BMW 01:47:00.201 126.938
9 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:47:03.679 126.869
10 20 England Ivan Lintin Kawasaki 01:48:22.931 125.323

Wins table

Rider Wins
1 England Ian Hutchinson 3
2 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop 2
2 England Ben Birchall 2
2 England Tom Birchall 2
5 New Zealand Bruce Anstey 1
5 England Ivan Lintin 1

Special awards

Award Trophy Rider(s) Machine
TT Solo Championship Joey Dunlop Trophy Ian Hutchinson BMW S1000RRYamaha YZF-R6
TT Privateer's Champion TT Privateer's Champion Daniel Hegarty Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R
Overall Sidecar Championship RAC Sidecar Trophy John Holden and

Andrew Winkle

 LCR Suzuki 600 cc
Sidecar Passenger Championship Craig Trophy Andrew Winkle LCR Suzuki 600 cc
Supersport Championship TT Supporters' Club Trophy Ian Hutchinson Yamaha YZF-R6
Sidecar Chassis Championship Fred Hanks Trophy John Holden and

Andrew Winkle

 LCR Suzuki 600 cc
Irish (North or South) solo competitor Martin Finnegan Trophy Michael Dunlop BMW S1000RR
Most meritous female competitor Susan Jenness Trophy Maria Costello

References

  1. ↑ Sunday Express page 40 MOUNTAIN PEAK Michael Dunlop gave the Isle of Man TT Festival a scorching start as he smashed the outright lap record and the RST Superbike race record. Northern and Shell Ltd (2016) Trinity Mirror plc - 5 June 2016
  2. ↑ "In-form duo set for sizzling TT finale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Database | 2016 Isle of Man TT Races". www.iomttraces.com. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "TT Database".
  9. 1 2 3 "Isle of Man TT: Hickman wins thriller, smashes lap record". Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 "Birchalls on form in Sure Sidecar TT Race 2". Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016. Holden/Winkle were secure in second and with the runners-up spot, they took the overall Sidecar Championship with Reeves/Farrance salvaging their TT race week with another podium.
  11. ↑ "PokerStars Senior TT – Result Sheet" (PDF). Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 10 June 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. ↑ TT Supporters Club Magazine – Winter 2016 page 22 (2016) TT Supporters Club.

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