2024 Isle of Man TT Superbike, Senior TT: Todd Wins After Dunlop, Hickman Retire

Results from the 2024 Isle of Man TT Superbike class will be posted here throughout this year’s TT. Peter Hickman won Race 1, but crashed out of Race 2, which was won by Davey Todd.

Senior TT

Davey Todd took victory in the 2024 Senior TT, winning comfortably after both Michael Dunlop and Peter Hickman retired.

Hickman led early, and seemed on course to secure a new lap record on lap two when he crashed at Ginger Hall. He reportedly walked away. Dunlop’s retirement came on lap one in the Mountain section.

That handed an 18-second lead to Davey Todd over Josh Brookes, while Dean Harrison was third.

Todd secured his second TT victory in fine style, ahead of Brookes – who took his second podium – and Dean Harrison who took yet another podium.

James Hillier was fourth, ahead of John McGuinness and Mike Browne who completed the top six, while Nathan Harrison was seventh. Shaun Anderson, Michael Rutter, and Rob Hodson completed the top 10.

Race 1

Peter Hickman took his first victory of the 2024 Isle of Man TT in Superbike Race 1 after drama in the pit stops.

Dean Harrison took the early lead, but Michael Dunlop took the lead on lap two. Dunlop then looked to dominate: he caught Harrison on the road on lap three after the first pit stop from 30 seconds back, and he entered the pits on lap four with a lead of over 20 seconds.

Harrison had used Dunlop’s tow to bring himself back into podium contention, having dropped to fourth on lap three – he was ahead of Hickman entering the pits on lap four.

But that’s where the race changed. Harrison exited the pits right behind Dunlop, which he needed to keep making time on Hickman and even Davey Todd, who was second entering the pits for the second time.

Then Dunlop slowed, visor issues causing him to stop. He got going again but had lost 40 seconds. It seemed advantage Todd, but he had issues of his own in the pits, and now Harrison led from Hickman.

Harrison now had no tow from Dunlop, and that gave the advantage to Hickman, who took the lead at Ramsey on lap five.

What followed was classic Hickman, as he opened a gap on Harrison to lead by eight seconds at Ballaugh on the final lap.

By now, Todd had taken second from Harrison and had passed Dunlop on the road, and he was faster than Hickman on the last lap, but not fast enough. He finished 5.840 seconds down, but second place confirmed his first Superbike podium at the TT.

Michael Dunlop took fourth place and set the Superbike lap record – 135.97mph – on the final lap.

James Hillier beat John McGuinness by two seconds to finish fifth. McGuinness was sixth, just 0.2 seconds ahead of Jamie Coward in seventh. Mike Browne, Michael Rutter, and Brian McCormack completed the top 10.

Qualifying 5

Final qualifying for the Superbike class at the Isle of Man TT saw Peter Hickman set the fastest time ahead of Michael Dunlop. the two were separated by less than half-a-second.

Josh Brookes was third, ahead of Honda’s Dean Harrison and John McGuinness who rounded out the top five. Conor Cummins’ #11 Padgett’s machine was the fourth Honda in the top six.

Qualifying 4 (Friday 31 May)

Peter Hickman became the third rider to top a Superbike qualifying this week at the Isle of Man TT, after Michael Dunlop and Davey Todd topped the earlier sessions.

Hickman was actually faster on his Superstock bike in the final practice, but his 17:02.314 was equivalent to an average speed of 132.863mph on his Superbike. That put him a couple of seconds ahead of Dean Harrison, while Michael Dunlop was third – all three in the 132mph bracket.

In the 131s was Josh Brookes in fourth, while John McGuinness and David Johnson were both in the 130s. Dominic Herbertson, Shaun Anderson, Michael Rutter, and Phillip Crowe completed the top 10, all in the 128s, as was Conor Cummins in 11th.

Qualifying 3 (Friday 31 May)

Davey Todd retained his position atop the Superbike times in Friday’s first qualifying session. He was just under 0.7 seconds clear of Peter Hickman in second place.

Dean Harrison was just outside the 17-minute barrier, but over four seconds ahead of Michael Dunlop in fourth.

Josh Brookes completed the top five, ahead of John McGuinness, David Johnson, Dominic Herbertson, James Hillier, and Conor Cummins who completed the top 10.

Qualifying 2 (Wednesday 29 May)

After Tuesday practice was cancelled, Wednesday became the second qualifying session for all riders on the Isle of Man this week.

Only 12 riders set Superbike laps, with Davey Todd fastest of them all, beating Michael Dunlop by just under a second to set the fastest Superbike time of the week so far.

Dunlop, after topping Monday’s session, was second-fastest, while Peter Hickman was third.

John McGuinness was fourth, ahead of Josh Brookes, David Johnson, Shaun Anderson, Dominic Herbertson, James Hillier, and Craig Neve who rounded out the top 10. Michael Rutter was slowest of the Superbike riders in 11th, and Dean Harrison retired from the session on his first lap.

Qualifying 1 (Monday 27 May)

Michael Dunlop narrowly topped Superbike Q1 at the 2024 Isle of Man TT, just over 0.1 seconds ahead of Davey Todd.

In the Superstock/Superbike session on Monday, most put more focus into their Superstock machines, and only 15 Superbike-spec machines set times.

Michael Dunlop’s 17:28.139 equated to a top speed of 129.590mph, which was only 0.015mph and 0.113 seconds ahead of Davey Todd in second place.

Peter Hickman was third