TT 2016: Hutchinson breaks 130mph to put down marker

Ian Hutchinson raised the bar as the Tyco BMW rider recorded the ཧfirst 130mph lap of TT 2016 on his final lap on Tuesday evening.
Sunny and dry weather prevailed again and t𓆏he Bingley Bullet put in a flying lap on the S1000RR to to🍰p the Superbike times for the second night running with a speed of 130.626mph on his third and final lap.
The 36-year-o🤡ld also shot to the top of the times in the Superstock class with a lap i🀅n 128.723mph.
Hutchy led the way from 23-times winner John McGuinness on the Honda🌞 Racing Fireblade in the Superbike class, who clocked 129.꧅618mph.
Yorkshireꦅman Hutchinson was also quickest through the speed trap at Sulby, breaking the timing beam at ꧒196.8mph.
Peter Hickman also broke into the 129mph bracke♑t, lapping at 129.550mph on the JG Speedfit Kawasaki to go third quickest on Tuesday.
Ulsterman Michael Dunlop, second fastest on Monday, never complete🏅d a lap on the Hawk Racing BMW and was reported as stopped at Sarah's Cottage.
Dunlop was forced to make his way back to the Grandstand and took the chance to venture out fℱor a lap on his Yama💖ha Supersport machine, setting a speed of 122.900mph.
Manx rider Conor Cummins was also in the ballpark on his Honda Racing Supe🎀rbike, with the Ramsey Rocket lapping at 129.169mph to slot into fourth on Tuesday's times.
It was another fine night for Bradford's Dean Harrison, who went fifth fastest on༺ the Silicone Engineering Kawasaki (129.022mph) after topping the Superstock and Supersport times on Monday.
Flyin🐟g Kiwi Bruce Anstey continues to impress on the Valvoline Paꦦdgetts Honda RC213V-S and set his fastest lap of the week so far at 128.976mph.
Anstey seemed tಌo be on course foꦺr a high 129mph lap but slowed in the final sector and it seems he is still yet to fully show his hand on the V4 racer as he ended the session sixth fastest.
Behind Hutchinson in the Superstock standings, 🍌Michael Rutter was second fastest on the Bathams SMT BMW at 128.429mph with Hickman third (127.305mph) on his Kawasaki ZX-10R ahead of Ausssie David Johnson (BMW), who lapped🏅 at 125.196mph.
Anstey headed the Supersport꧋ leaderboard on the🅠 Valvoline Padgetts Honda at 124.508mph from Harrison (124.207mph) and Hutchinson, who managed a lap on Keith Flint's Came BPT Yamaha (123.757mph).
Morecambe Missile McGuinness was fourth fastest on the Jackson Honda (123.505mph) ahead of Michael Dunlop, with James Hillier next on the Quattro Plant🎐 Muc♎-Off Kawasaki (122.047mph).
Last year's winner Ivan Lintin led the way in the Lightweight session with a speed of 118.00mph on the Devitt RC Express Kaꦅwasaki from Martin Jessopp (114.871mph) and Italian rider Stefano Bonetti, who clocked 114.611mph on the Paton S1.
Formeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr winner James Hillier was fourth quickest at 114.482mph.
In the S🃏idecar class, John Holde🍌n and Andy Winkle again topped the leaderboard, improving their speed to 113.15mph.
It was close though with father an💜d son team Ian and Carl Bell only🐽 marginally slower at 112.98mph.
Tom and Ben Birchall and Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance were early retirements, stoꦺpping at Ballacraine and Laurel Bank respectively.
However, Dave Molyneux and Dan Sayle, who experienced a water leak on Monda💮y♚, set their first lap of 2016 at 112.48mph.
Reeves 🎶and Farrance and Co🍌lin Buckley/Robbie Shorter both hit the bales at Laurel Bank and Kerrowmoar respectively, but escaped uninjured.
Stephane 🌠Hubert, passenger to Dan Knight, came into contact with the wall at Quarry Bends but was reported to be OK after being checked by the doctor.
Kevin Jones, passenger to Dave Dermott, came off his Sidecar at Burnside, at the end of Cronk Y Voddy and was taken to Nobles hospital with rep🍌orted leg and arm fractures.