More history was made at the Isle of Man TT Races on Tuesday evening as Michael Dunlop won the Metzeler Supertwin race to claim his 31st TT win and 48th podium – the latter breaking the record of 47 previously held by former team-mate John McGuinness MBE.
Dunlop set a fastest lap of 122.610mph on his MD Racing Paton to defeat Manxman Michael Evans (Dafabet Racing Kawasaki) by 22.6 seconds, with Rob Hodson (SMT Racing Paton) taking third. For Evans and Hodson, it marked their maiden TT podiums.
Dunlop continued to extend his lead with each passing sector from the start – 17.9 seconds at Ramsey – and a second lap at 122.610mph sealed his 31st TT victory. His eventual winning margin over Evans (121.306mph) was 22.6 seconds, the local rider securing a brilliant second place on his 32nd birthday.
Hodson (121.020mph) joined them on the podium for the first time, edging out a charging Jordan (121.032mph) by just 1.7 seconds.
Dean Harrison claimed his fourth TT victory on Tuesday evening, the Honda Racing rider defeating Davey Todd (Monster Energy by 8TEN Racing BMW Motorrad) by 11.6 seconds in the RL360 Superstock TT Race after setting his quickest ever lap of the Mountain Course at 135.692mph.
Michael Dunlop (MD Racing BMW) completed the podium in third, his 47th podium finish which equalled the record held by John McGuinness for just a couple of hours.
