TT 2024: Michael Dunlop clinches fantastic four-timer and 29 wins as Supertwin race red-flagged

Dunlop, who won the earlier Supersport race, extended his record tally of victories to 29 around the Mountain Course as he clinched a Supertwin double on his MD Racing Paton, adding to his two triumphs in the Supersport races.

The Ulsterman held a lead of 17.4s over Peter Hickman (Swan Yamaha) at Ramsey on the second and last lap, with Dominic Herbertson in third on the Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Paton, 11.2s further behind and two seconds up on southern Irishman Mike Browne (Scott Racing Aprilia).

Dunlop has now achieved four four-timers at the TT, claiming his first in 2013 and following up with a further four wins in 2014 and 2023.

A result was declared in the race when the red flag went out at 4:05pm, with Dunlop taking the win from Hickman and Cork man Browne.

Dunlop was on course to break his own Supertwin lap record (122.750mph) when the race was halted, with a possible 124mph lap on the cards.

No official details have been provided regarding the stoppage.

Dunlop was the favourite going into the race and he immediately took the lead, opening a gap of 3.5s over Hickman at Glen Helen, with Jamie Coward third on the KTS Racing Kawasaki ahead of Browne and Herbertson.

At Ramsey hairpin, Dunlop’s lead had increased to 8.9s over Hickman, who was 1.9s clear of Coward.

Herbertson was 1.4s back in fourth but only 0.039s ahead of Browne.

Yorkshireman Coward encountered trouble with his machine and retired at Creg-Ny-Baa.

An opening lap of 122.451mph gave Dunlop an advantage of 6.4s over Hickman, with Browne now into third, 7.9s back and 3.3s in front of Herbertson on the time sheets.

Dunlop continued to pull clear, stretching his lead to 17 seconds over Hickman at Ramsey, with Herbertson now back into third ahead of Browne in their battle for the final rostrum spot before the red flag went out, bringing the race to a premature stop.

Behind the top four, Paul Jordan finished fifth on the Rev2Race Yamaha ahead of Rob Hodson (SMT Kawasaki), Davey Todd (Dafabet Kawasaki), Josh Brookes (Rev2Race Yamaha) and Adam McLean (Flitwick Motorcycles Yamaha).