The 2023 Isle of Man TT has been one for the ages. Perfect weather conditions throughout allowed ample practice time, which already suggested lap records would be broken in race week.
Michael Dunlop set the tone with an unofficial lap record of 135.537mph on his Hawk Racing Honda Superbike in practice, having never even done a 134mph before this year. And indeed, the lap times tumbled. The first ever 130mph laps in the Supersport class were registered, both Dunlop – 130.403mph – and Peter Hickman – 130.2mph – did the honours.
