Tough day at the office for Martin

It was a case of, ‘so near, yet so far’ for Tyco Suzuki rider Guy Martin during today’s Supersport Race 1 and Superstock encounters in glorious sunshine on the Isle of Man.

It was a case of, ‘so near, yet so far’ for Tyco Suzuki rider Guy Martin during today’s Supersport Race 1 and Superstock encounters in glorious sunshine on the Isle of Man.

Martin finished sixth in the Supersport race, run over four laps on his GSX-R600 Suzuki, but the Royal London Superstock encounter looked like it could produce a podium result – but for a pit lane penalty while holding second place.

Martin dropped to fifth place after the time penalty and retired later into the third lap at Glenduff when his GSX-R1000 suffered a fuel pump problem. Josh Brookes had an unscheduled pit stop with a chain tension problem, but later continued to add to his lap count on his debut. He eventually finished 46th.

Guy Martin:

“The 600 job was working okay and the bike was pulling well up top but we lacked a little bit of punch, so we need a few set-up changes for Wednesday. The boys made changes to the Superstock bike and I could tell the difference by the time I reached the lights at St Ninians – it was bloody brilliant. I didn’t know until I retired that I’d received a pit lane penalty but either way, it inspires confidence for Friday and I’m not too disappointed.”

Philip Neill – Team Manager:

“We were out of luck today, but despite the retirement in the Superstock race, I really don’t think the pit lane penalty fits the crime. We were never quite on podium pace in Supersport although it was encouraging, but in Superstock we really had a fighting chance. Guy was pleased with the set-up changes we made and although I expected him to be disappointed with the retirement, he is taking the positives from it.” 

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