Martin on the pace in the TT sunshine
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31/05/2013
Sunshine finally greeted all competitors tonight on the Isle of Man with Tyco Suzuki's Guy Martin well in the thick of the action. Guy set the quickest opening Superbike lap at 127.925mph, which kept him well within striking distance of his main rivals John McGuinness, Bruce Anstey and Michael Rutter.
Sunshine finally greeted all competitors tonight on the Isle of Man with Tyco Suzuki's Guy Martin well in the thick of the action. Guy set the quickest opening Superbike lap at 127.925mph, which kept him well within striking distance of his main rivals John McGuinness, Bruce Anstey and Michael Rutter.
In the Supersport class Martin was third quickest on his Tyco Suzuki GSX-R600 with a lap speed of 122.233mph.
Guy Martin:
“We have a few changes to make on the Superbike but we are going in the right direction. I’ve still got to get up to speed a bit but the rear Metzeler on the Superbike was brilliant tonight and the front is really egging me on. It was a good night but we need much the same tomorrow.”
Philip Neill – Team Manager:
“After a tough start to the week it was great to have a virtually trouble free run and a decent bit of weather. Guy got three Superbike laps and two on the Supersport bike and is well within striking distance on both GSX-R machines. The times are coming for him but they will slow up as expected, but he’s approaching the event with respect and doing a professional job. More of the same tomorrow night would leave us in decent shape for Saturday’s Superbike TT.”
Thursday Qualifying Times
Superbikes
John McGuinness [Honda] 129.072mph [17mins:32.338sec]
Bruce Anstey [Honda] 129.143mph [17:31.759]
Michael Rutter [Honda] 128.002mph [17:41.132]
Guy Martin [Suzuki] 127.925mph [17:41.777]
Michael Dunlop [Honda] 127.656mph [17:44.011]
Cameron Donald [Honda] 126.964mph [17:49.811]
Josh Brookes [Tyco Suzuki] 121.99mph
Supersport
Michael Dunlop 122.670mph
William Dunlop 122.259mph
Guy Martin 122.233mph
Bruce Anstey 122.099mph
Cameron Donald 121.973mph
Gary Johnson 120.609mph
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