Four-time Macau winner Hickman wins TT’s RST Superbike

Peter Hickman

Peter Hickman, one of the most successful racers at the Guia circuit and last year’s winner of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, has won the RST Superbike race at the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) on Sunday afternoon (L.T).

The four-time Macau winner has extended his laurels at the TT to claim his 14th win.

The Monster Energy BMW by FHO Racing rider took the lead of the race only on the final lap to win by 5.84 seconds over Davey Todd (Milwaukee BMW). Dean Harrison (Honda Racing) took out third position.

The race was initially led by Michael Dunlop (MasterMac by Hawk/MD Racing Honda) who had a 25-second advantage until two-thirds of the race distance but, unfortunately, an issue with the side pod on his visor while leaving the pits after his second pit stop forced him to stop on the track to fix the issue, causing him to drop to fourth.

Despite finishing fourth, Dunlop secured a new lap record for the Superbike class with the fastest lap of the race, at an average speed of 135.970 miles per hour (218.82 kilometers per hour).

After a rest day, the TT will be back on the roads of the island today with two races: the RL360 Superstock TT Race 1, and the Metzeler Supertwin TT Race 1. Both races feature a large number of famous names also from Macau’s Road Racing event.