Senior TT

  2010 Isle of Man TT Races

Ian Hutchinson on the start-line of the Senior TT Race on 11 June 2010
Race details
Date	Senior TT - 11 June 2010
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Course	Road Course 37.733 mi (60.725 km)
Senior TT
Pole Position Fastest Lap Ian Hutchinson Ian Hutchinson 130.614 mph 131.487 mph Podium 1. Ian Hutchinson 2. Ryan Farquhar 3. Bruce Anstey

The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival; an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. The Senior TT is the Blue Riband event of the festival and takes place on the Friday of race week. The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars trophy is now presented annually to the winner of the Senior TT race. The event was part of the FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship during the period 1949-1976 before being transferred to the United Kingdom after safety concerns and run by the FIM as the British Grand Prix for the 1977 season.

Engine capacity

The 1911 Isle of Man TT was the first time the Senior TT race took place and was open to 500 cc single-cylinder and 585 cc twin-cylinder motorcycles. It was won by Oliver Godfrey, riding an Indian, at an average speed of 47.63 mph for the 5 laps of the Snaefell Mountain Course that was in use for the first time that year. The 1912 event was the first to limit the Senior TT to only 500 cc machines and this engine capacity prevailed until 1984.

The engine capacity has been modified from the usual (up to) 500 cc and is now (up to) 1,000 cc, though 1,000 cc machines were permitted in 1985 and 1986, 1,300 cc in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and 750 cc in 1990-1998.

Eligibility

Entrants

• Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing.

Machines

The 2009 specification for entries into the Senior TT race are defined as;-

• Any machine complying with the following specifications:
  • TT Superbike: (Machines complying with the 2009 British Superbike and Supersport Championships specifications)
    • (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke)
    • (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke)
    • (Over 750cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke)
  • Supersport Junior TT (without limitation of tyre choice)
    • TT Superstock (without limitation of tyre choice)
    • Other machines admitted at the discretion of the Organisers

Official Qualification Time

• 20 minutes an average speed of 113.19 mph

Speed and Lap Records

The lap record for the Senior TT is 17 Minutes and 12.30 seconds at an average speed of 131.578 mph set by John McGuinness during the 2009 Senior TT Race. The race record for the Senior TT is 1 hour, 45 minutes and 53.15 seconds an average race speed of 128.278 mph set by Steve Plater during the same 6 lap (236.38 Miles) race. The longest race distance for a FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship event was the 500cc 1957 Isle of Man TT race. The 8 lap (302.00 Miles) 1957 Senior TT race was won by Bob McIntyre riding a 500cc Gilera in 3 hours, 2 minutes and 57.0 seconds at an average race speed of 98.99 mph.

Senior TT Race Winners

Rider	Wins
Mike Hailwood	7
Giacomo Agostini	5
Joey Dunlop, John Surtees, Stanley Woods, John McGuinness	4
Alec Bennett, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, Steve Hislop, David Jefferies, Phillip McCallen	3
Adrian Archibald, Ray Amm, Howard R Davies, Charlie Dodson, Mick Grant, Tom Herron, Rob McElnea	2
Reg Armstrong, Artie Bell, Norman Brown, Roger Burnett, Tommy de la Hay, Jimmie Guthrie, Wal Handley, Jack Findlay, Carl Fogarty, Freddie Frith, Ian Hutchinson, Georg Meier, Bob McIntyre, Steve Plater, Phil Read, Tom Sheard, Ian Simpson	1

Senior TT Race Winners by Marque

Marque	Wins
Honda	20
Norton	19
MV Agusta	13
Suzuki	9
Sunbeam, Yamaha	4
Gilera, Scott	2
AJS, BMW, Douglas, HRD, Indian, Kawasaki, Moto Guzzi	1

See also

• TT Zero
• Lightweight TT
• Ultra-Lightweight TT
• Sidecar TT
• Junior TT