Anstey out for victory in Relentless Supersport TT
Wednesday 10 June 2009
TT
TAS Suzuki star Bruce Anstey will be going all out to win the second Relentless Supersport race on Wednesday after a frustrating and disappointing day on Tuesday.
The Kiwi retired from the opening Supersport race on the last lap while in a commanding lead, and was forced out of the Royal London 360 Superstock race after just one lap.
There was some consolation for Anstey in the supersport race, he lapped at 126.549mph on his GSX-R600 to set a new lap record.
His speed had given him a healthy lead, but over the Mountain the machine slowed and coasted to a halt at Brandywell on the fourth and last lap.
The team explained a broken rectifier cable had halted Anstey just five miles from claiming his eighth TT win and the TAS team’s 16th.
Problems with the settings on the GSX-R1000 saw him retire from the Superstock race.
Anstey said:
‘My GSX–R600 was faultless in the Supersport race until it stopped on the last lap. I’d settled into my rhythm early on and was comfortably in the lead when I got caught up with other riders on the last two laps, but I had the race in the bag.’
‘I just felt the bike starting to cut out at the Bungalow and it eventually stopped at Brandywell. I will be doing my best to win the second Supersport race.’
Team Principal Philip Neill added:
‘What can we say, it just wasn't our day at the TT. You need a lot of luck around here with the nature of the races and today we didn't have any.’
‘What is pleasing, was watching Bruce recording the fastest lap on our Relentless Suzuki GSX–R600. He was leading comfortably in the Relentless Supersport race, but due to a minor failure with a broken wire on the last lap we lost out on the win.’
‘In the Superstock class, Bruce never quite found the set-up he required on his GSX–R1000 and we all know if Bruce is not fully confident, he will not race. This is the first time TAS Racing has been beaten in the Superstock class at the TT, but we still have tomorrow's Supersport race and Friday's Senior Superbike TT to make our mark on this year's event.’