Isle of Man TT Records
For more than 100 years the Isle of Man TT has presented the ultimate challenge of machine and rider.
Throughout its illustrious history, the TT has made reputations and created legends. Victory in the Isle of Man is a sure-fire way of entering the annals of motorcycle history – another is to claim a lap or race record during the TT.
In 2007, as the TT marked its Centenary, lap records were shattered – culminating in the frankly amazing 130.354mph lap in the Senior TT, recorded by John McGuinness. The 2009 TT was the fastest ever, with new lap and race records seen in almost every event - perhaps most notably that man McGuinness once again raising the bar as he took the outright lap record to a staggering 131.578mph.
CURRENT LAP RECORDS
CATEGORY |
RIDER(S) |
BIKE |
YEAR |
TIME |
AVERAGE SPEED |
Outright |
John McGuinness |
Honda CBR1000RR |
2009 |
17’12.30 |
131.578mph |
TT Superbike |
John McGuinness |
Honda CBR1000RR |
2009 |
17’21.29 |
130.442mph |
Junior TT (Supersport) |
Bruce Anstey |
Suzuki GSX-R600 |
2009 |
17’53.32 |
126.549mph |
Lightweight TT Mountain circuit (250 cc) |
John McGuinness |
Honda |
1999 |
19’18.2 |
118.29mph (190.37km/h) |
Lightweight TT Billown circuit (250 cc) |
Ian Lougher |
Honda |
2008 |
2’29.530 |
102.321mph (164.670 km/h) |
Ultra lightweight TT Mountain circuit (125 cc) |
Chris Palmer |
Honda |
2004 |
20’20.87 |
110.52 mph (177.86 km/h) |
Ultra lightweight TT Billown circuit (125 cc) |
Chris Palmer |
Honda |
2008 |
2’41.440 |
94.772 mph (152.521 km/h) |
Senior TT |
John McGuinness |
Honda CBR 1000RR |
2009 |
17’12.30 |
131.578mph |
Superstock TT |
Ian Hutchinson |
Honda CBR 1000RR |
2009 |
17’26.88 |
129.746mph |
Sidecar |
Nick Crowe & Dan Sayle |
LCR Honda 600 sidecar |
2007 |
19’24.24 |
116.667 mph (187.757 km/h) |
Fastest female |
Jenny Tinmouth |
Honda CBR 1000 RR |
2009 |
19’22.56 |
116.835mph |
CURRENT RACE RECORDS
CATEGORY |
RIDER (S) |
BIKE |
YEAR |
LAP TIME |
AV SPEED |
SUPERBIKE TT (6 laps) |
John McGuinness |
1000 HM Plant Honda |
2009 |
1:46.07.16 |
127.996 mph |
SUPERSPORT/ JUNIOR TT (4 laps) |
Ian Hutchinson |
600 Padgetts Honda |
2009 |
1:12.56.58 |
124.141mph |
SENIOR TT (6 laps) |
Steve Plater |
1000 HM Plant Honda |
2009 |
1:45.53.15 |
128.278 mph |
SUPERSTOCK TT (4 laps) |
Ian Hutchinson |
1000 Padgetts Honda |
2009 |
1:10.57.54 |
127.612 mph |
SIDECAR TT (3 laps) |
Dave Molyneux/ Dan Sayle |
600 DMR Suzuki |
2009 |
58.59.28 |
115.132 mph |
FASTEST TT NEWCOMERS
POS |
NAME |
SPEED |
BIKE |
YEAR |
1 |
Steve Plater |
125.808mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2007 |
2 |
Keith Amor |
124.856mph |
1000cc Honda |
2007 |
3 |
Gary Johnson |
122.859mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2007 |
4 |
Guy Martin |
122.100mph |
1000cc Suzuki |
2004 |
5 |
Luis Carreira |
122.062mph |
1000cc Suzuki |
2009 |
6 |
Jimmy Moore |
121.381mph |
600cc Honda |
2007 |
7 |
Steve Mercer |
121.362mph |
1000cc Suzuki |
2009 |
8 |
Les Shand |
121.180mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2005 |
9 |
Ben Wylie |
120.786mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2009 |
10 |
Jeremy Toye |
120.555mph |
1000cc Suzuki |
2006 |
11 |
Mark Buckley |
120.528mph |
1000cc Honda |
2006 |
12 |
Conor Cummins |
120.088mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2006 |
13 |
Roger Maher |
120.070mph |
1000cc Yamaha |
2007 |
14 |
Mark Miller |
119.836mph |
750cc Suzuki |
2006 |
15 |
Cameron Donald |
119.670mph |
600cc Honda |
2005 |
16 |
Jamie Robinson |
119.520mph |
600cc Honda |
2008 |
17 |
Ian Mackman |
119.513mph |
1000cc Suzuki |
2007 |
18 |
Rico Penzkofer |
119.490mph |
600cc Yamaha |
2009 |
19 |
James Hillier |
119.199mph |
600cc Suzuki |
2008 |