TT 2012: John McGuinness vince la Superbike

McGuinness alle 18ima vittoria

Prima gara Superbike all'Isola di Man e ancora una vittoria per il Re del Mountain John McGuinness, che si afferma per la 18ima volta al Tourist Trophy. Con la sua CBR1000RR del team TT Legends, il mago di Morecambe ha imposto un ritmo inarrivabile per tutti, con tre giri percorsi sopra le 130 miglia orarie di media e un nuovo record sulla distanza di gara di 1h46’30″. Il podio è dominato dalle Honda, con Cameron Donald secondo non molto distante da McPint e Bruce Anstey terzo, che batte Guy Martin vittima di un problema al rifornimento in cui ha perso 10 secondi. Gli italiani, come sappiamo, non sono ancora in grado di vincere al TT ma Stefano Bonetti fa segnare il suo record personale tagliando in 17ima posizione. Alessio Corradi è 20° con la BMW S1000RR. Con questa vittoria McGuinness si avvicina al recordi di 26 vittorie di Joey Dunlop, finora pensato come irraggiungibile ma ne mancano soltanto 8

L'ordine d'arrivo della 1a gara Superbike 

01- John McGuinness – Honda TT Legends – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h46’03.06 (128.078 mph)
02- Cameron Donald – Wilson Craig Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h46’17.92 (127.780 mph)
03- Bruce Anstey – Padgett’s MMCG Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h47’00.22 (126.938 mph)
04- Guy Martin – Tyco Suzuki by TAS – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1h47’20.18 (126.544 mph)
05- Gary Johnson – Padgett’s MMCG Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h47.35.65 (126.241 mph)
06- William Dunlop – Wilson Craig Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h47.53.79 (125.887 mph)
07- James Hillier – Pr1mo Bournemouth Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h49’01.23 (124.589 mph)
08- Ian Hutchinson – Swan Yamaha – Yamaha YZF R1 – 1h49’41.52 (123.827 mph)
09- Dean Harrison – Ice Valley by Motorsave – BMW S1000RR – 1h50’11.12 (123.272 mph)
10- Michael Dunlop – Hunts/McAdoo Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h50’18.92 (123.127 mph)
11- Dan Kneen – Marks Bloom Racing – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1h50’22.17 (123.067 mph)
12- Steve Mercer – W A Corless/Jackson Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h50’45.22 (122.621 mph)
13- Dan Stewart – Wilcock Consulting – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h50’54.36 (122.471 mph)
14- David Johnson – Quattro Plant Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h51’22.06 (121.964 mph)
15- Davy Morgan – Strangford Caravan Park – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1h51’46.73 (121.515 mph)
16- Ian Mackman – Kemtile Hygenic – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h52’32.79 (120.686 mph)
17- Stefano Bonetti – Speed Motor – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h53’04.31 (120.125 mph)
18- Ian Pattinson – Weardale Racing – BMW S1000RR – 1h53’23.19 (119.792 mph)
19- Daniel Cooper – Centurian Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h53’24.46 (119.770 mph)
20- Alessio Corradi – 2R Racing Team – BMW S1000RR – 1h53’45.41 (119.402 mph)
21- Karl Harris – SMT Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h54’28.91 (118.646 mph)
22- Shaun Anderson – GAS International – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1h54’30.34 (118.621 mph)
23- Antonio Maeso – Maeso Martimotos Racing – BMW S1000RR – 1h55’07.33 (117.986 mph)
24- Luis Carreira – Benimoto – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – 1h55’08.89 (117.959 mph)
25- Paul Shoesmith – Ice Valley by Motorsave – BMW S1000RR – 1h55’53.85 (117.197 mph)
26- David Hewson – David Hewson Limited – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h56’05.45 (117.002 mph)
27- Scott Wilson – Wilson Racing – BMW S1000RR – 1h56’56.93 (116.143 mph)
28- William Davison – Hill Contracts – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h57.06.91 (115.978 mph)
29- Jules Croft – HBC/Nowell Motorsport – Honda CBR 1000RR – 1h57’18.15 (115.793 mph)
30- Mark Miller – Splitlath Redmond – Aprilia RSV4 – 1h57’23.95 (115.698 mph)
31- Steve Heneghan – Quattro Plant Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 1h57’54.01 (116.206 mph)
32- George Spence – Ayton Smiddy Ltd – Aprilia RSV4 – 1h59’50.68 (113.337 mph)
33- Ryan McCay – Freebrothers Racing – Honda CBR 1000RR – 2h00’27.58 (112.758 mph)
34- Rico Penzkofer – Penz13 Racing – BMW S1000RR – 2h00.48.08 (112.439 mph)
35- John Ingram – CallMac Scaffolding – Honda CBR 1000RR – 2h00’49.31 (112.420 mph)
36- Yoshinari Matsushita – Penz13.com Racing – BMW S1000RR – 2h00’56.80 (112.304 mph)
37- Maria Costello – Pr1mo Bournemouth Kawasaki – Kawasaki ZX-10R – 2h01’08.10 (112.129 mph)
38- Graham English – TIVA Engineering Ltd – BMW S1000RR – 2h04’36.30 (109.007 mph)
39- Dave Madsen Mygdal – CSC Branson Racing – Yamaha YZF R1 – 2h05’04.15 (108.602 mph)