Michael Dunlop on his way to victory

Michael Dunlop has won the heavily delayed second Relentless Supersport race on his privately entered Yamaha, Dunlop lead the race from start to finish, following in the footsteps of his father Robert and his Uncle Joey as a TT winner.

The 21-year old Dunlop stole an early advantage in the damp conditions and from then looked in total control, Dunlop finished 31 seconds ahead of Bruce Anstey and Conor Cummins.

Michael Dunlop was clearly overjoyed, and emotional, with the victory at this historic road race “It was really hard at the beginning as it was really slippy but my Dad had passed on all his track knowledge and I know he and Joey were with me all the way today. The week had been a disaster with two blown engines and 3 DNF’s so we had to use the number two bike but I went as quickly as I could in the damp and the bike never missed a beat. I’ve always wanted to win a TT and for it to happen so early in my career is brilliant. The Dunlops are back on the road again!”

Courtesy of Rain, and hail, that hit the west side of the circuit in the morning resulting in a  three and a quarter hour delay, the race was delayed for a 2pm start, even at 2pm the course was still very damp, with most of the leading riders admitting that caution would very much be exercised in the early stages.

Michael Dunlop, who had been fastest in practice, had the race under control from early on and with a final lap of 125.077mph, Dunlop took his first TT victory by 31.01 seconds. The victory comes 11 years after his father Robert’s last win in the 1998 125cc race and nine years after Joey’s last TT win in the 2000 Formula One race.