After a disappointing Superbike TT, Michael Dunlop regarded relieved after profitable Supersport Race 1 on the 2026 Isle of Man TT.
Dunlop enters the Supersport race in a much more refined method than he entered the Superbike race, main final week’s qualifying by about 2mph (about 20 seconds).
So although Dean Harrison had a barely higher begin within the first half of the primary lap, it wasn’t too stunning that he was within the lead on the finish of the primary lap.
Michael Dunlop, 2026 Isle of Man TT, Supersport. Credit score: Isle of Man TT.
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After taking the lead, Dunlop relentlessly elevated his margin over Harrison, profitable by virtually 25 seconds and taking his thirty fourth TT victory, his ninth in a row within the Supersport class and his third place out of three races on the Ducati Panigale V2.
“It was good,” Dunlop stated on the TT+ broadcast after the Supersport race.
“The bike has been operating nice all week and I felt actually comfy, so a very powerful factor at present was whether or not I may get it (on the rostrum).
“The circumstances had been a bit of unusual at present, however the bike by no means let up and the fellows labored laborious. It was nice to be again right here and win.”
Michael Dunlop, 2026 Isle of Man TT, Supersport. Credit score: Isle of Man TT.
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Relating to the Ducati, Dunlop added: “It has been good all week and it was good final 12 months too. It is like different individuals’s bikes, it is a subsequent era bike and the bike is nice.”
“We have been working rather well with the bike and the staff has been working rather well, so I am actually glad to get one other win.”
Dunlop identified that he might have influenced the rise within the variety of Ducatis lining up on the TT grid.
“To be trustworthy, it did not trouble me in any respect,” he replied. “So long as I’m taking good care of myself, that’s all I’m anxious about.
“Work goes properly, the bike goes properly. Because of the entire staff, everybody who solved the undertaking. It was good to have the ability to pay them again at present.”
Dunlop was scheduled to compete within the sports activities bike race at 6:30pm after the supersport race, however the occasion was canceled as a consequence of rain from the west within the night.
