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Bruce Anstey has held the Supersport TT in 2011 for themselves. In the first of two races on Monday won the Honda Pilot victory.


The New Zealander Bruce Anstey is back on the top step: With his Padgett’s Honda, won the 41-year-old his eighth TT victory, the first race weekend of the 2011th Behind him is classified Keith Amor, also on a Honda, and Guy Martin on the Relentless Suzuki by TAS Racing.

The first Supersport race was a two-part affair. With the best weather of the motorcycle run was started on time, but it came in the second round of demolition. The Irishman Derek Brien was hard Ramsey fell shortly before and shortly after came out the red flag. Derek Brien died of his injuries shortly afterwards .

Against 13 of the running clock time was taken up again and all the favorites that had already failed in the first run, were allowed to ride again. Among them was like Martin, who was overthrown in the first race attempt also was not injured, however. And top favorite Michael Dunlop, who was rolled out with a technical defect, took a ride again.

The Supersport race went three laps and at first it was marked not deny that Anstey would have a say for the win. At the end of the first round was to Dunlop Yamaha sweep of his street with about six seconds in the lead, but even in round two, he fell again – as in the first race attempt – from.

Now Gray Johnson had on his Honda CBR600RR taken the reins, but he was one of those who still had the pit stop ahead. In the last round, therefore, Anstey took the lead and drove out a lead of around eight seconds on his brand-mate Keith Amor.

The battle for third was a close case between Martin and Johnson. The latter could command the man with the distinctive sideburns but did not halt and had to just under a half seconds to admit defeat. Fifth place went to the World Superbike winner of Saturday, John McGuinness, before Dan Kneen, Ian Lougher, Ben Wylie, Ian Mackman and Daniel Stewart.

The Irishman Roger Maher, who used to live in Gera, worked and learned German, drove to the 16th Rank – his best ever TT result. He also received a bronze replica of the TT Cup.