Isle of Man TT: The First Two Races Are Behind Us

The first two races of the 2012 Isle of Man were held on Saturday, June 2nd and, as always with the Man TT, they were a treat. The first bunch to hit the roads of the Isle were the superbikes of the Dainese Superbike TT. Right of the start, John McGuinness led the way with Cameron Donald and Guy Martin following closely behind. Donald managed to snatch the lead for a brief moment at the end of the first lap, but, as McGuinness will later admit, only because McGuinness took it a bit cautiously during the first lap. The order would remain until the end of the race when Martin, unable to change the rear tire because of the wheel spindle malfunction, fell behind Bruce Anstey and finished fourth. The victory went to John McGuinness who made it his eighteenth Man TT triumph, the second went to Donald and third, of course, to Anstey. It was a 1-2-3 for the Hondas with Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki and BMW managing to grab only by one spot each in the top ten – really explains why one of the Honda’s teams bears the name TT Legends.

During the first lap, John McGuinness’ teammate Simon Andrews crashed pretty severely and was rushed to hospital with a cracked shoulder, a broken wrist and a broken ankle. Also, one other victim of TT crashes was Tyco Suzuki’s Conor Cummins who decided to withdraw from racing for the time being, obviously saving himself for the grand event of the TT week – the Senior TT superbike race.
For the Monday’s racing, the Monster Supersport Race 1 and the Royal London 360 Superstock race, the starting grid looks almost identical. The first one to start will be John McGuinness, followed by Ryan Farquhar, Guy Martin, Cameron Donald, Bruce Anstey, Ian Hutchinson and Gary Johnson.

The races have been delayed because of the road traffic accident that happened while the roads were open for public, but the Monday’s racing should not be cancelled. Lots of voices name Ryan Farquhar as the favorite, but…

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