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TT 2015: Hickman ups his game with a 131mph lap

Last year's fastest newcomer Peter Hickman rounded off his 2015 Isle of Man TT campaign with seventh place in yesterday’s Senior TT and a 131.626mph lap, the eighth quickest lap of race week.

Riding the Briggs Equipment BMW, Hickman set his first 130mph+ laps, recording three in total, and set a new personal best on the last lap of the blue riband event.
 
The Louth-based rider was lying in seventh place when the race was stopped after a lap and a half due to an incident and it was eventually restarted at 2.45pm over the reduced distance of four laps, as opposed to the original six.
 
Upon the re-start, an opening lap of 130.481mph placed the 28-year old in a strong eighth place and only two seconds behind 11-times TT winner Michael Dunlop. Second time around and Hicky improved his lap speed to 130.511mph to maintain his eighth place. A superb pit stop by the team allowed him to move up to seventh place with just one lap of the race to go.
 
Circulating on the road with fellow BMW rider David Johnson, the pair really flew on the final lap but Hickman was again the quickest and with a final lap of 131.626mph, he not only became the eighth fastest rider in the history of the event but also claimed a brilliant seventh place finish to ensure he maintained his 100% finishing record at TT 2015.
 
“Today’s been absolutely mega and the whole two weeks have been awesome. After coming close in the Superstock race, I’m so pleased to get my first 130mph laps in and to end up with a 131.6 is incredible,” he said.

“I’m over the moon with how this year’s TT has gone so a massive thanks to everyone for all their support and especially everyone at Lee Hardy Racing, Briggs Equipment and Jack Valentine.”

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