Guy Martin admitted he was a little disappointing, despite securing a fighting second place in the Bennetts Superbike race aboard his Hydrex Honda'
Martin said:
'Mustn’t grumble as I’m second, but I want to win. You can’t have everything can you? Everything went well, I had no major problems. Maybe we could have gained some time in the pits but nothing major, I don’t think it would have changed the end result.'
Martin decided to sit behind some of the more experienced riders during the early laps, but admitted he should have made a move on them.
He said:
'My problem was me. The first couple of laps I was catching the boys and I should have passed them and I didn’t. I just followed what they were doing and was taking it on board and learning for the big race on Friday. I know I need to press harder.'
The race ran under bright sunshine, but there were still some damp patches around the track.
Martin said:
'There were damp patches everywhere on the course, but with the six laps you get them all logged in your head and know where they are. It didn’t have a massive effect, but coming out of the Hairpin and at Bishopscourt there were damp patches so you just couldn’t use all of the road.'
'It was good and enjoyable to ride around, it was mint really, and I got into a good rhythm. Getting past Hutchinson and Lougher and Finnegan was hard, I was screaming at them to get out of my way and that lost me a lot of time. I was getting a bit frustrated trying to get past them and when I did I lost a bit of rhythm and it took me ages to get back into it.'
'Its second isn’t it? I sound like a right miserable bugger, but I don’t want to. At the end of the day I’m second at the Centenary TT, its mint!'