TT 2022: Hickman dominates for second Senior glory

Peter Hickman became just the fourth rider to win four races in a week at the Isle of Man TT Races when he took victory in Saturday’s Senior TT. It was Hickman’s second Senior TT win and ninth in total.

The Gas Monkey Garage by FHO Racing BMW rider led from start to finish with his eventual winning margin of 16.918s over Dean Harrison (DAO Racing Kawasaki). Conor Cummins took third place by 2.8s after a race long battle with Milenco by Padgetts Honda teammate Davey Todd. With conditions similar to the Supersport race the day before, the strong winds over the Mountain continuing, Harrison led at the first timing point at Glen Helen, his lead over Hickman just half a second. Todd was eight tenths of a second further back with teammate Cummins half a second in arrears. Michael Dunlop (Hawk Racing Suzuki) and Ian Hutchinson (Milwaukee BMW) slotted into fifth and sixth. Over Ballaugh Bridge and Hickman had turned his deficit into a 2.4s lead, the BMW rider having a great run from Glen Helen, and rounding Ramsey Hairpin for the first time he’d stretched the gap to 4.1s. Hickman built on his lead up and down the Mountain and with an opening lap of 132.381mph he now led Harrison by an ominous looking 8.3s. Cummins was exactly five seconds adrift in third and was now almost three seconds ahead of Todd. Dunlop was still in fifth but it was now Dominic Herbertson (Haith BMW) in sixth. Through Glen Helen on lap two and Hickman added another half second to his lead and after overhauling Todd on the road along the Cronk y Voddy straight, his advantage was up to 10.1s as he leapt Ballaugh Bridge. Cummins, Todd and Dunlop remained in third to fifth and James Hillier (RICH Energy OMG Racing Yamaha) was now up to sixth. Just like the