2017 Isle of Man TT

2017 Isle of Man TT Races
Isle of Man TT Mountain Course layout
Race details
Date27 May, 2017 – 9 June, 2017
LocationDouglas, Isle of Man
CourseIsle of Man TT Mountain Course
37.733 mi (60.725 km)
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The 2017 Isle of Man TT was held between 27 May and 9 June, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course.

The event saw adverse weather conditions which caused many delays and the cancellation of the second Supersport race.

Just like 2016, the solo classes were marked by an intense rivalry between Michael Dunlop and Ian Hutchinson. This rivalry culminated in the 2017 Senior TT, won by Dunlop, while Hutchinson suffered serious leg injuries in a race-stopping crash in the mountain section. In the end, Hutchinson and Dunlop left the island with 2 TT wins each.

Ben and Tom Birchall won two Sidecar TTs, while the two remaining solo races were taken by Michael Rutter and Bruce Anstey.

23-times TT winner John McGuinness was a major absentee due to career-threatening injuries suffered at the North West 200 a few weeks prior.

Guy Martin made a high-profile return to the event, but suffered a high speed crash in the Superbike TT, and withdrew from the Senior TT. He took second place in the TT Zero, his only race-finish of the week.

The event was marred by the deaths of 3 competitors: Davey Lambert, Jochem van den Hoek, and Alan Bonner.

Results

Ian Hutchinson (pictured on his Supersport bike) took 2 wins.

Sources:

Superbike TT

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 4 England Ian Hutchinson BMW 01:45:58.474 128.170
2 10 England Peter Hickman BMW 01:46:03.544 128.068
3 9 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:46:11.545 127.907
4 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:46:13.281 127.873
5 14 Isle of Man Dan Kneen BMW 01:47:50.068 125.960
6 11 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:47:50.203 125.957
7 1 Australia David Johnson Norton 01:48:25.512 125.273
8 16 Australia Josh Brookes Norton 01:48:39.174 125.011
9 15 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Yamaha 01:48:50.858 124.787
10 18 England Martin Jessopp BMW 01:48:53.943 124.728

Superstock TT

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 4 England Ian Hutchinson BMW 01:09:59.261 129.383
2 10 England Peter Hickman BMW 01:10:21.684 128.696
3 14 Isle of Man Dan Kneen BMW 01:10:42.708 128.058
4 11 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:10:52.862 127.752
5 9 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:10:54.002 127.718
6 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Suzuki 01:11:03.037 127.447
7 15 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Yamaha 01:12:04.373 125.639
8 1 Australia David Johnson BMW 01:12:11.733 125.426
9 29 England Jamie Coward BMW 01:12:39.386 124.630
10 22 Austria Horst Saiger Kawasaki 01:12:58.409 124.089

Lightweight TT

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 4 England Michael Rutter Paton 01:16:19.324 118.645
2 3 England Martin Jessopp Kawasaki 01:16:28.142 118.417
3 10 England Peter Hickman Kawasaki 01:17:08.637 117.381
4 2 England Ivan Lintin Kawasaki 01:17:40.865 116.569
5 5 England Daniel Cooper Kawasaki 01:17:57.900 116.144
6 14 Australia Josh Brookes Kawasaki 01:18:23.270 115.518
7 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Kawasaki 01:18:30.418 115.343
8 8 England James Cowton Kawasaki 01:19:21.307 114.110
9 22 Republic of Ireland Michael Sweeney Kawasaki 01:20:10.134 112.952
10 30 England Jamie Hodson Kawasaki 01:20:48.734 112.052

TT Zero

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 1 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Mugen 19:13.924 117.710
2 2 England Guy Martin Mugen 19:55.331 113.632
3 6 England Daley Mathison University of Nottingham 20:43.748 109.209
4 3 England Dean Harrison Sarolea 20:56.924 108.064
5 7 Spain Antonio Maeso University of Nottingham 24:49.385 91.197
6 11 England James Cowton Brunel 24:53.229 90.963
7 14 England Adam Child MCN 28:42.662 78.848
8 8 Wales Matthew Rees University of Bath 29:14.549 77.415

Sidecar TT 1

Position Number Rider & Passenger Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 1 Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall LCR Honda 58:31.967 116.027
2 3 John Holden & Lee Cain LCR Honda 58:57.636 115.185
3 2 Dave Molyneux & Daniel Sayle Yamaha DMR 59:16.353 114.579
4 7 Alan Founds & Jake Lowther Yamaha 59:22.006 114.397
5 5 Tim Reeves & Mark Wilkes Honda 59:36.012 113.949
6 6 Pete Founds & Jevan Walmsley Suzuki FoundsLCR 01:00:01.277 113.15
7 4 Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle Honda Rod Bellas 01:01:49.757 109.841
8 11 Tony Baker & Fiona Baker-Milligan Suzuki 01:02:31.981 108.605
9 8 Karl Bennett & Maxime Vasseur DMR 01:02:52.131 108.025
10 12 Wayne Lockey & Mark Sayers Ireson Honda 01:03:03.172 107.710

Supersport TT 1

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Yamaha 01:12:48.601 124.368
2 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:13:01.845 123.992
3 10 England Peter Hickman Triumph 01:13:14.613 123.631
4 15 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Yamaha 01:13:24.040 123.367
5 4 England Ian Hutchinson Yamaha 01:13:50.168 122.639
6 8 England Gary Johnson Triumph 01:14:01.201 122.334
7 2 New Zealand Bruce Anstey Honda 01:14:27.969 121.602
8 14 Isle of Man Dan Kneen Honda 01:14:36.632 121.366
9 7 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:14:51.743 120.958
10 19 England James Cowton Kawasaki 01:15:02.076 120.680

Senior TT

Position Number Rider Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 6 Northern Ireland Michael Dunlop Suzuki 01:09:24.711 130.456
2 10 England Peter Hickman BMW 01:09:38.031 130.040
3 9 England Dean Harrison Kawasaki 01:09:48.216 129.724
4 3 England James Hillier Kawasaki 01:10:11.713 129.000
5 11 England Michael Rutter BMW 01:10:12.357 128.981
6 16 Australia Josh Brookes Norton 01:10:28.793 128.479
7 1 Australia David Johnson Norton 01:10:31.471 128.398
8 7 Isle of Man Conor Cummins Honda 01:10:58.288 127.589
9 18 England Martin Jessopp BMW 01:11:09.747 127.247
10 15 Northern Ireland William Dunlop Yamaha 01:11:10.616 127.221

Sidecar TT 2

Position Number Rider & Passenger Machine Time Speed (mph)
1 1 Ben Birchall & Tom Birchall LCR Honda 58:40.090 115.760
2 3 John Holden & Lee Cain LCR Honda 59:06.688 114.891
3 4 Conrad Harrison & Andrew Winkle Honda Rod Bellas 01:01:43.005 110.041
4 26 Lewis Blackstock & Patrick Rosney Suzuki LCR 01:01:50.080 109.832
5 8 Karl Bennett & Maxime Vasseur DMR 01:02:21.773 108.901
6 11 Tony Baker & Fiona Baker-Milligan Suzuki 01:02:32.122 108.601
7 13 Robert Handcock & Ken Edwards Baker Honda 01:02:38.524 108.416
8 20 Greg Lambert & Julie Canipa Honda GLR 01:02:39.965 108.374
9 12 Wayne Lockey & Mark Sayers Ireson Honda 01:02:46.702 108.181
10 10 Gary Knight & Daniel Evanson Suzuki LCR 01:02:47.422 108.160

Wins table

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

Sources

  1. ↑ Lieback, Ron (2017-06-14). "2017 Isle of Man TT Recap | Winners & Fatalities (+ Video)". Ultimate Motorcycling. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  2. ↑ "Senior TT Race Results". Bennetts UK. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  3. ↑ "'You're not amputating my leg! I'll never ride again'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. 1 2 Lieback, Ron (2017-06-14). "2017 Isle of Man TT Recap | Winners & Fatalities (+ Video)". Ultimate Motorcycling. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  5. ↑ Irran, Sep (2017-06-09). "Isle of Man TT 2017 – Guy Martin withdraws from Final Senior TT race". Motorcycle news, Motorcycle reviews from Malaysia, Asia and the world - BikesRepublic.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Isle of Man TT 2017: Davey Lambert died from multiple injuries". BBC News. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Jochem van den Hoek: Dutch TT racer died from 'catastrophic liver injuries'". BBC News. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  8. ↑ "Third racer dies at IoM TT races". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  9. ↑ https://www.iomttraces.com/racing/results/?year=2017&racer=&class=
  10. ↑ "TT Database".

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