A dominant show in Supersport Race 2 on the Isle of Man TT was not with out its “nervy” moments for Michael Dunlop.
The MD Racing Ducati rider led from the beginning as he pushed on to win by over 20 seconds over Honda’s Dean Harrison, profitable the second Supersport race of the week to finish his fourth consecutive sweep of the TT’s middleweight solo class.
“It wasn’t so unhealthy,” Dunlop summarised in his post-race TV interview.
“It was going to be troublesome, I knew Dean [Harrison] was going to come back out the blocks, however I type of received my act collectively at the beginning of the race.
“I used to be proper on the entrance at the beginning so I gave myself slightly bit much less work to do”
However the Ducati was sluggish to fireside within the pit cease on lap two, Dunlop admitting to feeling “nervy” as he watched two seconds slip away to Harrison, and 4 seconds to Davey Todd.
“We had a little bit of a nervy pit cease, she wouldn’t hearth once more,” Dunlop stated.
“However the bike was mint, because of all of the staff, they labored late final evening to get it going and truthful play to them. It was nice.
“I’d similar to to thank the staff and the sponsors – it’s not doable with out them. O
“Clearly for Ducati as effectively it’s good to be again on prime and doing the double once more.”
Dunlop stated he had a small entrance finish difficulty however he wasn’t positive if it was brought on by the blustery circumstances.
“We had a wee little bit of a entrance finish difficulty,” he stated, “however I knew what we have been going to attempt which was going to type of work, and it was windy on the market so I didn’t know if it was a wind factor [or something else].
“However we simply stored going, and joyful to do the double for the Ducati staff, for my very own staff, and for everyone else.”
