TT 2022: Dominant Peter Hickman wins Superbike race for sixth victory | Michael Dunlop on podium in third | Glenn Irwin becomes fastest ever newcomer | Heartbreak for Davey Todd and Conor Cummins

Dean Harrison finished as the runner-up on the DAO Racing Kawasaki, 39 seconds behind, with Northern Ireland’s Michael Dunlop rounding out the top three on the Hawk Racing Suzuki, 18 seconds further back.

Honda Racing UK’s Glenn Irwin set the fastest ever lap by a newcomer on the sixth lap at 129.85mph as he finished in eighth in his first-ever TT race. Hickman previously held the record at 129.104mph set in the 2014 Senior.

Race winner Hickman set the fastest lap of the race at 133.461mph on his second lap and established a new race record for the six-lap Superbike TT in 1h 43m 58.564s, bettering Dunlop’s previous 2018 record by around 15 seconds.

In a race of attrition, Milenco by Padgett’s Honda riders Davey Todd and Conor Cummins both failed to finish after running in contention for the podium, while Lee Johnston was also forced out on his Ashcourt Racing BMW while holding fifth at the end of lap two.

Hickman on the Gas Monkey Garage BMW M1000RR had set the pace in qualifying and he quickly took control of the first TT race since 2019, pulling a gap of 6.1s on Harrison by Ramsey on lap one.

Todd was only a few thousandths of a second down in third with Cummins 0.7s adrift of his team-mate, while Dunlop was a further four seconds in arrears.

After an opening lap of 133.18mph, Hickman increased his advantage to 9.3s over Harrison (131.97mph), with Cummins only 0.7s behind the Kawasaki rider in third after edging ahead of Todd by 1.1s. Dunlop was now 6.4s behind Todd and over six seconds ahead of Fermanagh rider Johnston.

On the second lap, the news came through that Todd had retired at Sulby, with team boss Clive Padgett later confirming that the 26-year-old had pulled in due to a problem with his rear Dunlop tyre.