Peter Hickman took his fourth win of the week at the 2023 Isle of Man TT Races with a 20 second victory – his 13th career win – over Dean Harrison in this afternoon’s Milwaukee Senior TT Race.
The Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW rider set the fastest lap of the race, 135.507mph, on the second lap which saw him claim two more best-ever sector times meaning he now has all six, as he came home ahead of Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki) and Michael Dunlop (MD Racing Honda).
An opening lap of 135.349mph – the quickest ever standing start lap – put Hickman 6.1 seconds ahead of Harrison with Dunlop now 3.9 seconds adrift of Harrison.
On the second lap Hickman had stretched his advantage to 8.7 seconds with Dunlop losing further ground as he now sat 6.8s behind Harrison.
A quicker pit stop by Harrison’s crew brought Hickman’s lead down to eight seconds at Glen Helen and there were further changes elsewhere as McGuinness moved up to sixth and Hillier dropped down to tenth.
Hickman slowly reasserted control of the race though and at the end of the lap, half race distance, his advantage was close to ten seconds once more. Dunlop was losing further ground in third and looked to be out of contention, but he remained well clear of fourth placed Cummins.
With a fourth lap speed of 134.822mph, Hickman extended his lead to 12.38s as he made his second and final pit stop but Harrison was continuing to keep the pressure on him.
The lead was again brought down to less than ten seconds at the pit stop but once Hickman overhauled Dunlop on the road, he upped his advantage once more and starting the final lap he led Harrison by 15 seconds.
That had become 19.989 seconds by the chequered flag with Dunlop completing the podium in third. Cummins ended his week on a high in fourth with Brookes doing likewise in fifth and it was Hillier who got the verdict for sixth after overtaking McGuinness on the final lap.
Johnson, Todd and Rob Hodson, who posted a maiden 130mph+ lap, completed the top ten after Rutter retired at Glen Vine on the penultimate lap.
