Guy Martin and Tyco Suzuki take Ulster GP triple
Tuesday 20 August: 48 hours late with this .. the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix in Northern Ireland.
Tyco Suzuki's Guy Martin raced to a hat-trick of race wins and the
Man-of-the-Meeting award at today's Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix in
Northern Ireland, ending his 2013 International Road Racing season in
style.
The Lincolnshire rider won the Blue Riband Ulster Grand
Prix Superbike race, sandwiched either side with victories in the
opening Supersport race and the second Superbike encounter. Martin also
had the fastest lap in Superbike race 2 with a lap-speed of 132.938mph.
Guy Martin: "I'm
over the moon with that today. What a way to seal the deal for next
year with the Tyco Suzuki boys and well-deserved for everyone involved.
The Superbike was quick in the Ulster Grand Prix race but just started
moving about a little towards the end, so we made a few changes and
yeah... it was peachy, just peachy. The little 600 was flying and we
again proved how good a little bike she is and those Metzeler tyres, top
job boy, top job. Great racing and well done to the organisers for
getting it off well, and I'm pleased to win the Darran Lindsay Man of
the Meeting Award. Now it's time for the boat home!"
Philip Neill - Team Manager: "A
fantastic way to end the international part of the season for Guy, even
though he still has a few races to go this season. The Scarborough Gold
Cup is a big meeting for him and he will be looking forward to that. As
he would say, our bikes are 'mint' at the minute: the GSX-R600 and our
GSX-R1000 are really well dialled-in now and that's thanks to the whole
team. Davy has the electronics well sorted, Stewart Johnstone
has had a serious impact and Guy is over the moon with how the bikes
feel, as you could see today. That was as good as we've seen Guy Martin
perform in quite a few years and he might have won more than three races
today if we hadn't suffered a few niggly electronic and battery-power
problems, but that's one of those things. The Superstock
problem was caused by some water in the electronics, probably caused by
this morning's practice session, and the Supersport retirement was
simply down to a connector problem. Fair play to Guy for doing the
business today for all our sponsors, but especially Tyco Security
Products and of course Suzuki."
Ulster Grand Prix Superbike Race [7 laps]:
1 - Guy Martin [Tyco Suzuki]
23:33.594s
2 - Michael Dunlop [Honda] +0.054s
3 - William Dunlop [Yamaha] +10.675s
4 - Bruce Anstey [Honda] +17.799s
5 - Gary Johnson [Honda] +20.069s
6 - Dean Harrison [Kawasaki] +44.562s
Superbike Race 2 [6 laps]:
1 - Guy Martin [Tyco Suzuki]
20:15.158s
2 - Bruce Anstey [Honda] +4.043s
3 - Conor Cummins [Yamaha] +7.802s
4 - Lee Johnston [Honda] +17.005s
5 - Jamie Hamilton [Kawasaki] +20.763s
6 - Cameron Donald [Honda] +21.091s
Supersport Race 1 [6 laps]:
1 - Guy Martin [Tyco Suzuki]
22:23.270s
2 - Bruce Anstey [Honda] +0.075s
3 - Lee Johnston [Honda] +17.827s
4 - Ian Lougher [Honda] +19.045s
5 - William Dunlop [Yamaha] +20.381s
6 - Conor Cummins [Yamaha] +30.289s