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Results from the 2024 Isle of Man TT Superstock class will be posted here throughout this year’s TT. Michael Dunlop was fastest after practice, and backed that up with victory in Race 1.

Race 1

Michael Dunlop secured and historic 26th win in the first Supersport race at the 2024 Isle of Man TT.

Dunlop took until the second lap to take the lead, after Dean Harrison led the first lap, but from there he didn’t look back.

Davey Todd offered a challenge on lap three, but the Northern Irish rider responded on the fourth lap, winning in the end by a relatively comfortable margin.

Dunlop’s Supersport week began with difficulty as he tried to make the Triumph Street Triple 765 work around the Mountain Course, but once he switched to the Yamaha R6 on Wednesday he was immediately the rider to beat in the Supersport class.

Todd secured himself in third place on the last lap, while Dean Harrison finished third despite falling behind Dunlop on the road on the last lap.

Harrison’s first two laps were complicated by Jamie Coward, with whom the Honda Racing UK rider was battling for road position throughout the second lap.

Coward lost around seven seconds to Harrison in the pits, and then retired as he exited the pits. With Harrison finishing third, it seems unlikely that #2 Coward would have been able to make up the 10 seconds he’d lost to the Honda rider indicated by #3 Harrison having caught him on the road. It was nonetheless a disappointment for Coward, who was looking solid for yet another top six finish.

In the end, it was Josh Brookes who rounded out the top six, behind Bournemouth Kawasaki’s James Hillier and the impressive James Hind who set off 19th on his Suzuki GSX-R750.

Paul Jordan was seventh, ahead of Mike Browne, Michael Evans, and Dominic Herbertson completed the top 10.

Results are provisional as Peter Hickman suffered transponder issues on the final lap.

Qualifying 4 (Friday 31 May)

Davey Todd topped final practice for the Supersport class, which is promising to be one of the most competitive classes at this year’s Isle of Man TT.

One of the main contenders, Michael Dunlop, didn’t ride in the final qualifying session, but his time from Friday afternoon’s Qualifying 3 session was four seconds faster than Todd’s in Qualifying 4.

James Hind was 11 seconds off Todd, but second-fastest overall in an impressive run for the Suzuki GSX-R750 rider, while Michael Evans was third.

Dean Harrison was fourth on the factory Honda CBR600RR, while Peter Hickman rounded out the top five on his Triumph.

Mike Browne was the fastest Yamaha R6 rider in the session in sixth, ahead of Rob Hodson – who had crashed on Friday afternoon – in seventh. Shaun Anderson, Ian Hutchinson, and Michael Sweeney completed the top 10.

Qualifying 3 (Friday 31 May)

Michael Dunlop remained the fastest Supersport rider at the Isle of Man TT after third qualifying on Friday. The MD Racing rider switched back to his Yamaha R6 on Wednesday, and immediately established himself at the top of the Supersport standings with a 17:50.208, but in third practice he reduced that time further to a 17:44.071.

Just over three seconds back was Jamie Coward on the KTS Racing Triumph, and Davey Todd rounded out the top three on the Powertoolmate Ducati.

Peter Hickman was fourth on his Triumph, while James Hillier made Kawasaki the third manufacturer in the top five.

Mike Browne was sixth on another Yamaha, while David Johnson, Dean Harrison, James Hind, and Michael Evans rounded out the top 10.

Qualifying 2 (Wednesday 29 May)

Michael Dunlop was only third-fastest in first qualifying for the Supersport class at the Isle of Man TT, but switched from Triumph to Yamaha machinery in the second session and went 16 seconds faster.

Dunlop’s time meant he was the only rider to go under the 18-minute mark in the Supersport class. He was ahead of Jamie Coward, who set his personal best Supersport time and was only 0.793 seconds away from a sub-18-minute lap.

Davey Todd was slower in the second session than the first, but was third-fastest nonetheless. Paul Jordan and Peter Hickman completed the top five, and Mike Browne was sixth. Dean Harrison was seventh, ahead of David Johnson, Michael Evans, and Rob Hodson who completed the top 10.

Qualifying 1 (Monday 27 May)

Davey Todd was fastest in first qualifying for the Supersport class at the 2024 Isle of Man TT, ahead of James Hillier and Michael Dunlop.

Behind, James Hind was an impressive fourth, ahead of Dean Harrison on the Honda UK machine, while Jamie Coward completed the top six. Peter Hickman was seventh, ahead of Josh Brookes, Conor Cummins, and Mike Browne who rounded out the top 10.

Full Supersport results from Isle of Man TT Q1 are below.