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Ian Hutchinson has completed a dominant double in the Monster Energy Supersport TT races today (Wednesday), claiming his second win in the class this week in commanding form to celebrate the victory by an incredible 14.820 seconds.
An emotional Hutchinson scored Team Traction Control their debut victory in the opening Supersport TT race on Monday and a stunning performance again this afternoon gave the determined Bingley Bullet a clean sweep in the Supersport class, adding to his victory in the Superstock race yesterday.
On the opening lap Hutchinson was hunting down James Hillier, but it didn’t take long for the Team Traction Control rider to emerge ahead and he was building his advantage at an astounding rate to hold an 8.269 lead before the pit stop. The speedy efforts from the team saw Hutchinson’s pit stop completed in just 50 seconds before he was on the road again and pushing to extend his advantage over the chasing pack.
Hutchinson continued to extend his lead and as he fired the Team Traction Control Yamaha to the finish his margin was increased to over 14 seconds to celebrate another dominating performance.
Speaking straight after the race Hutchinson said: “I did my usual of keeping in contention at the begging and not do anything stupid. I had +7 on my board earlier than I did in Monday’s race and it was going pretty good, although I was a little bit concerned as I had a brand new engine, but the bike felt great. I knew I couldn’t relax too much and I pushed on for the last lap and this just feels fantastic. It is an amazing feeling to do the double, especially as it all came together at the last minute.”
Keith Flint commented: “What a man – that was the longest 17 minutes of my life and I am absolutely speechless! Hats off to Hutchy, this is no fairytale it is down to sheer determination and grit that has got him here and I am so proud of him, the boys, the whole team to make this happen. It means so much to me.” |
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