Michael Dunlop’s thirtieth profession Isle of Man TT win in Monday’s Supersport race marked the primary for Ducati since 1995.
The Northern Irishman has dominated the Supersport class on the TT since 2019 and continued his unbeaten run on Monday on the Isle of Man within the opening race for the bikes in 2025.
Dunlop overturned a near-eight-second deficit to Honda’s Dean Harrison on the finish of the primary lap to win by over 10 seconds on the chequered flag.
It was the thirtieth win for the TT’s most profitable rider and represented a victory for his seventh totally different producer, having switched from Yamaha to Ducati equipment in Supersport for 2025.
Dunlop’s win can be the primary for a Ducati since Robert Holden’s success within the 1995 Singles TT.
Regardless of a powerful North West 200 on the Ducati Panigale V2, Dunlop struggled via follow week to get the bike to the place he wanted it to be and was off the tempo on the opening lap of the Supersport race on Monday on the TT.
However a small preload tweak in his pitstop seemingly allowed him to unlock his tempo as he streaked away from Harrison on the ultimate lap.
Commenting on his success to Manx Radio TT, Dunlop stated: “I believe extra importantly it’s one other producer.
“Clearly, the Milwaukee guys actually needed to make an effort with the Ducati and so they needed to win across the TT, and so they had all religion in me to have a go.
“The boys have constructed a beautiful wee bike.
“It was simply exhausting to get used to the bike as a result of it’s a V-twin, however clearly the principle factor for me is to win for all of the boys and particularly for Ducati. It’s good to get them again to the highest.”
He added: “I acquired my shit collectively and acquired on with it. I simply knew it stored coming.
“It was a bit like the massive bike, we haven’t had quite a lot of laps, particularly right here with a brand-new bike.
“And clearly to win on a brand new bike I knew it was going to be exhausting with the little laps we’ve had in follow and the traits of the bike, however simply massive hats off to the lads.
“The wee bike is dinging away properly – it simply took me a lap to dial into it.”
Dunlop’s first win on the Ducati comes only a few years after he was meant to marketing campaign the massive bike lessons on the TT with Paul Fowl Motorsport, earlier than the deal fell via on the eleventh hour.
On prime of his Supersport win, Dunlop was additionally second in Monday’s Superbike TT, after a difficulty along with his rear tyre meant he completed simply 1.2s from race winner Davey Todd.
