After retiring from the opening Superbike race last Sunday, Michael Dunlop bounced back in superb fashion in today’s Senior TT to not only take his 15th TT win but also give Suzuki their first 'big bike' victory since Cameron Donald in 2008. He also set the fastest ever lap by a Suzuki with his second lap speed of 132.903mph.

The 28-year was struggling in the initial six-lap race and was down in fifth at the end of the opening lap, over six seconds adrift of race leader Peter Hickman. However, with the race being stopped due to Ian Hutchinson's crash at the 27th Milestone, he was able to make changes to his rear suspension and in the four-lap re-start, he neved looked back.

"We've made the impossible possible," he said afterwards. "Some people said coming to the TT with a brand new motorbike was a mistake but we've proven them wrong. Stuart and Steve (Hicken) said it could be done but it was going to be a hard task and with parts arriving late we were up against it. We were getting new parts and changing things all the time and the rear suspension wasn't right in the first part of the race so were able to change things for the second and never looked back."

Dunlop grabbed the lead from the beginning and held a 4.3s lead at the end of the first lap, courtesy of a lap of 132.292mph. And with a second lap of 132.903mph, that gap stretched to 9.3s at half race distance. Hickman briefly retaliated but Dunlop wasn't to be outdone and eventually took the chequered flag by over 13 seconds.

"The bike's completely different to what I was riding at the NW200 and we backed the power off a bit here whilst we also started with a new chassis for the Superbike race. There's plenty more development that can be done to take us to the next page but winning on different manufacturers ticks my boxes. Everyone wants to win the senior, it's the one everyone remembers, and to move on to 15 wins is something special."