Tourist Trophy: annullata la quarta giornata di prove, domani le prime gare

Doveva esser una giornata di prove importante per l’edizione 2011 dell’Isle of Man TT, la penultima in programma prima della disputa delle due inaugurali gare di sabato 5 giugno tra Superbike e Sidecar. Purtroppo per i protagonisti del Road Racing non c’è stata la possibilità di prender contatto con il Mountain Course, complice la presenza d’olio nel tratto da “Kirk Michael” e “Alpine” e conseguente cancellazione della sessione delle “Solo”, posticipata al seguito dei Sidecar per le 19:50 locali. Partiti in ritardo rispetto al via fissato alle 18:20 locali per un incidente stradale nei pressi di “Ginger Hall”, i Sidecar sono così riusciti a percorrere non più di due tornate del “Mountain” prima dell’esposizione della bandiera rossa, con il risultato di trovare Klaus Klaffenbock (campione del mondo della specialità nel 2001 nonchè titolare del team Klaffi che vanta trascorsi nel Mondiale Superbike) ed il passeggero Dan Sayle, vincitori lo scorso anno, ancora in testa con il sidecar Honda 600cc scendendo sotto il muro dei 20 minuti in 19’55.96 (113.572 mph). A seguire a breve distanza in classifica figurano l’esperto e rodato equipaggio John Holden/Andrew Winkle in 20’06.05 (112.623 mph) e Conrad Harrison/Mike Aylott in 20’28.70 (110.546 mph). Va ricordato che i Sidecar sabato affronteranno la prima gara di due gare in programma sulla distanza di 3 giri alle 15:00, preceduti alle 12:00 dalle Superbike. Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy Sure Sidecar TT, Classifica Prove giovedì 2 giugno 01- Klaus Klaffenbock/Dan Sayle – 600cc Honda – 19’55.96 (113.572 mph) 02- John Holden/Andrew Winkle – 599cc LCR – 20’06.05 (112.623 mph) 03- Conrad Harrison/Mike Aylott – 600cc Shelbourne – 20’28.70 (110.546 mph) 04- Tony Elmer/Darren Marshall – 600cc Yamaha – 20’32.22 (110.230 mph) 05- Gary Bryan/Jamie Winn – 600cc Baker – 20’36.28 (109.869 mph) 06- Ben Birchall/Tom Birchall – 600cc LCR – 20’50.45 (108.623 mph) 07- Roy Hanks/Dave Wells – 599cc Molyneux – 21’05.87 (107.300 mph) 08- Tim Reeves/Gregory Cluze – 600cc Honda – 21’11.16 (106.854 mph) 09- Robert Handcock/Ken Edwards – 600cc Honda – 21’25.02 (105.701 mph) 10- David Kimberley/Robert Bell – 600cc Honda – 21’28.50 (105.415 mph) 11- Carl Fenwick/Mark Sayers – 600cc Shelbourne – 21’48.27 (103.823 mph) 12- Karl Bennett/Lee Cain – 600cc Honda – 21’55.29 (103.269 mph) 13- Brian Kelly/Dicky Gale – 600cc DMR – 21’59.43 (102.945 mph) 14- Gordon Shand/Lee Barrett – 599cc Shand – 22’07.54 102.316 mph) 15- Kenny Howles/Pete Alton – 600cc Suzuki – 22’28.79 (100.704 mph) 16- Miles Bennett/Kevin Perry – 599cc Honda – 22’30.45 (100.580 mph) 17- Tony Thirkell/Nigel Barlow – 600cc Equipe – 22’30.96 (100.542 mph) 18- Gary Knight/Dan Knight – 600cc Kawasaki – 22’32.46 (100.431 mph) 19- Mike Cookson/Kris Hibberd – 600cc Honda – 22’35.60 (100.198 mph) 20- Frank Lelias/Jerome Vannier – 600cc LCR – 22’36.23 (100.151 mph) 21- Claude Montagnier/Laurent Seyeux – 600cc Kawasaki – 22’40.25 (99.856 mph) 22- Howard Baker/Mike Killingsworth – 600cc Honda – 22’40.69 (99.823 mph) 23- Michael Grabmuller/Axel Koelsch – 600cc LCR – 22’52.57 (98.959 mph) 24- Andy King/Kenny Cole – 599cc Ireson – 22’54.08 (98.850 mph) 25- John Saunders/Shaun Parker – 600cc MR Equipe – 23’01.56 (98.315 mph) 26- Nicholas Dukes/William Moralee – 600cc Suzuki – 23’05.01 (98.070 mph) 27- Gregory Lambert/Aaron Galligan – 600cc Honda – 23’10.93 (97.653 mph) 28- Wally Saunders/Eddy Kiff – 600cc Ireson – 23’20.56 (96.981 mph) 29- Remy Guignard/Frederique Poux – 600cc MR – 23’24.23 (96.728 mph) 30- Mick Donovan/Colin Smyth – 600cc Suzuki – 23’26.79 (96.552 mph) 31- Brian Alflatt/Heath Lane – 600cc Baker – 23’42.39 (95.493 mph) 32- Nigel Mayers/Douglas Chandler – 600cc Suzuki – 24’12.21 (93.532 mph) 33- Tassilo Gall/Jerry Walker – 600cc LCR – 24’17.90 (93.167 mph) 34- Andrew Couper/Stuart Clark – 600cc Suzuki – 25’09.64 (89.974 mph) 35- Robin Daykin/Annette Daykin – 600cc Ireson – 25’16.43 (89.571 mph) 36- Tony Baker/Fiona Baker Milligan 600cc Suzuki – 29’53.11 (75.750 mph) 37- Francois Leblond/Nicolas Duhamel – 600cc Shelbourne – 41’37.71 (54.381 mph) Con la cancellazione delle prove, i protagonisti del Tourist Trophy hanno così perso un’occasione importante alla vigilia della prima corsa del sabato tra le Superbike. L’unico ad avvantaggiarsi di conseguenza è stato Keith Amor, caduto mercoledì tra le Superstock rimediando un colpo alla spalla sinistra, che tornerà regolarmente in sella alla Fireblade di Honda TT Legends in giornata cercando di recuperare dalla provvisoria settima posizione in classifica. In testa nella classifica combinata nei primi 3 giorni di prove svetta così Bruce Anstey (Padgett’s Honda) arrivato alle 129.695 mph mercoledì, seguito da Guy Martin (Relentless Suzuki by TAS) in 129.333 mph e da John McGuinness, autore del miglior tempo personale in 129.041 mph martedì 31 maggio. Il nostro Stefano Bonetti con la Kawasaki Superstock è 17° assoluto arrivando a 121.307 mph con la possibilità di migliorarsi oggi nell’ultima giornata di prove con il via per le “Solo” fissato alle 19:40 locali. Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy Dainese Superbike, Classifica combinata primi 3 giorni di Prove 01- Bruce Anstey – Padgett’s Motorcycles – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’27.29 (129.695 mph) 02- Guy Martin – Relentless Suzuki by TAS – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 17’30.22 (129.333 mph) 03- John McGuinness – Honda TT Legends – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’32.59 (129.041 mph) 04- Gary Johnson – Lincs Lifting Ltd – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’37.43 (128.452 mph) 05- Michael Dunlop – Street Sweep – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 17’38.93 (128.269 mph) 06- Cameron Donald – Wilson Craig Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’40.42 (128.089 mph) 07- Keith Amor 999cc – Honda TT Legends – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’45.06 (127.531 mph) 08- Daniel Stewart – Wilcock Consulting – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’48.40 (127.132 mph) 09- Michael Rutter – Riders Motorcycles – Ducati 1098R – 17’51.10 (126.811 mph) 10- William Dunlop – Wilson Craig Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 17’59.10 (125.872 mph) 11- Ryan Farquhar – KMR Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’14.94 (124.051 mph) 12- Ian Mackman – Kemtile Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 18’17.93 (123.713 mph) 13- John Burrows – Burrows Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 18’21.39 (123.324 mph) 14- Adrian Archibald – AMA Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’24.01 (123.032 mph) 15- Robert Barber – Shipley Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 18’31.08 (122.248 mph) 16- Dan Kneen – Marks Bloom Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’31.23 (122.232 mph) 17- Stefano Bonetti – Speed Motor – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’39.71 (121.307 mph) 18- Paul Shoesmith – Ice Valley BMW Motorrad – BMW S1000RR – 18’41.19 (121.146 mph) 19- Jim Hodson – Al Gibson Pete Beale – Yamaha YZF R1 – 18’46.94 (120.528 mph) 20- Steve Mercer – WA Corless Jackson Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’47.07 (120.514 mph) 21- Conor Cummins – McAdoo Kawasaki Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’49.99 (120.203 mph) 22- James Hillier – Bournemouth Kawasaki Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 18’50.73 (120.124 mph) 23- Ian Pattinson – Ian Pattinson – BMW S1000RR – 18’51.87 (120.003 mph) 24- Simon Andrews – Ice Valley BMW Motorrad – BMW S1000RR – 18’56.78 (119.485 mph) 25- Russ Mountford – Northpoint Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 18’57.68 (119.390 mph) 26- Scott Wilson – Diamond H Servlite – BMW S1000RR – 19’01.65 (118.975 mph) 27- John Barton – Marks Bloom Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’04.09 (118.721 mph) 28- Mark Parrett – C & C Ltd Vines – BMW S1000RR – 19’06.63 (118.458 mph) 29- Stephen Thompson – T & R Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 19’07.57 (118.361 mph) 30- George Spence – Ayton Smiddy Ltd – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’09.21 (118.192 mph) 31- Paul Owen – Paul Owen Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 19’09.78 (118.134 mph) 32- Alan Connor – Connor Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 19’15.32 (117.567 mph) 33- Steve Heneghan – Quattro Plant Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – 19’16.26 (117.472 mph) 34- Gary Carswell – Carswell Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’16.34 (117.464 mph) 35- Sandor Bitter – KMR Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 19’16.45 (117.453 mph) 36- Jules Croft – Nowell Motorsports – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’20.12 (117.081 mph) 37- Brian McCormack – TAG Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’22.59 (116.833 mph) 38- Herve Gantner – Rhino Universal – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’24.91 (116.599 mph) 39- Roger Maher – Slick Performance – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’26.01 (116.489 mph) 40- David Hewson – Ch’Ien Acupuncture Clinic – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 19’26.66 (116.424 mph) 41- Simon Fulton – Fulton Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’28.81 (116.211 mph) 42- Michael Russell – Top Gun Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 19’28.91 (116.200 mph) 43- Alan Bud Jackson – Mike Smith BDS Fuels – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’35.52 (115.548 mph) 44- Chris Petty – Dave Milling Motorcycles – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 19’38.08 (115.296 mph) 45- David Paredes – Argentine Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 19’41.35 (114.977 mph) 46- Betlej Piotr – Piotr Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 19’41.43 (114.969 mph) 47- Daniel Hegarty – thepeoplesbike.com – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 19’41.64 (114.949 mph) 48- Dean Harrison – P.R.S. Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’42.77 (114.839 mph) 49- Mark Herbertson – Ladycross Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – 19’48.78 (114.258 mph) 50- Mark Miller – Splitlath Motorsport – Aprilia RSV4 – 19’51.98 (113.952 mph) 51- Fabrice Miguet – Team of Paris – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 19’52.49 (113.903 mph) 52- Ian Lougher – Blackhorse Kawasaki Motors UK – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 19’59.63 (113.225 mph) 53- Toni Rechberger – MSC Rottenegg – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 20’00.75 (113.119 mph) 54- Paul Duckett – West London Superbikes – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 20’03.45 (112.866 mph) 55- David Madsen Mygdal – CSC Branson Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – 20’03.66 (112.846 mph) 56- Rico Penzkofer – Penz13 BMW Racing Team – BMW S1000RR – 20’04.97 (112.723 mph) 57- Adrian Clark – BHR Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 20’15.48 (111.749 mph) 58- Jeremy Toye – Sondel Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 20’22.25 (111.130 mph) 59- James Ford – James Ford Racing – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 20’32.02 (110.248 mph) 60- James McCullagh – McCullagh Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 21’26.17 (105.607 mph) 61- Lee Vernon – Vernon Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 21’44.22 (104.145 mph) 62- Ivan Lintin – Ivan Lintin Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 35’38.12 (63.527 mph)