Peter Hickman vows to quit North West 200 after “rules bent for certain people”

Peter Hickman says the 2025 North West 200 was “probably”﷽ his last.

Peter Hickman, 2025 North West 200.
Peter Hickman, 2025 North West 200.
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Peter Hickman has said that the 2025 North West 200 was “probably my last,” following controversy in the second Superbike race of the week at the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:road race on the north coast of Northern Ireland.

Hickman’s 8Ten Racing teammate and co-owner Davey Todd was leading Superbike Race 2 until th𒐪e final lap, when he was passed by Michael Dunlop.

Dunlop had run on twice on the fir🍰st lap. The first of those was at Mather’s chicane and the second was at Metropole.

It was the Mather’s run-on that caused the controversy, though. Dunlop, unlike Hickman, didn’t stop and put his foot down when he ran through the chicane. The Ballymo♎ney rider said after that race that, because he didn’t go through the stop box, he didn’t need to stop and put his foot down before rejoining the race.

Peter Hickman vows not to return to North West 200

Hickman disagreed when he spoke after the race, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:and said the🔯 rule is “dead simple”: that y🔜ou have to stop and put your foot down in the stop box whenever you cut a chicane, and failing to do so means a 10-second penalty.

Dunlop was initially awarded a penalty during the race, and was initially classified third, but it was rescinded afterw🔥ards making him the winner.

It was ✅a decision which frustrated Hickman, who felt༒ the decision to not penalise Dunlop was “not fair”.

“A bit of a sad end really, and there’s a lot of stuff going on, a lot of things happened that shouldn’t have happened, so that’ll probably be my last ever North W🌊est unfortunately,” Hickman told the Belfast News Letter following Superbike Race 3 at the North West, which he retired from with a technical problem on theﷺ first lap.

“We’re not going to be here and be t🅘reated the way we’re being treated, and rules being bent for certain people but not others.

“It’s not r𒅌ight, it’s not fair, so that’s it I’m afra♉id.”

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