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The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the blue ribbon event of the festival that takes place on the Saturday of race week, with "The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars trophy" awarded to the winner.

The event was part of the FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship from 1949 to 1976, before being transferred to the United Kingdom after safety concerns, becoming the British Grand Prix under the FIM from the 1977 GP season.^[1]

Until 2012, the Senior TT had never been cancelled except during the two World Wars and during travel restrictions associated with the animal foot and mouth outbreak in 2001. However, during the 2012 TT Races, with inclement weather on the day prior to its traditional Friday race day (8 June), the decision was taken to postpone racing until the following day, Saturday, 9 June. Consequently, a course inspection was made, and following a meeting between riders and officials, the decision was made to cancel the running of the Senior race for safety reasons.^[2] The races were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Engine capacity

The 1911 TT races was the first time the Senior TT race took place and was open to 500 cc single-cylinder and 585 cc twin-cylinder motorcycles. It was won by Oliver Godfrey riding an Indian, at an average speed of 47.63 mph over five laps of the Snaefell Mountain Course that was in use for the first time that year.^[3] The 1912 event was the first to limit the Senior TT to 500 cc machines and this engine capacity prevailed until 1984.

The engine capacity was modified from the traditional (up to) 500 cc for two-strokes and is now (up to) 1,000 cc for four-strokes, although 1,000 cc machines were permitted in 1985 and 1986, 1,300 cc in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and 750 cc in 1990–1998.

Eligibility

Entrants

Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing.

Machines

The 2012 specification for entries into the Senior TT race are defined as:

Any machine complying with the following specifications:
- TT Superbike: (Machines complying with the 2012 FIM Superbike and Supersport Championships specifications)
  - (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke)
  - (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke)
  - (Over 850cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke)^[4]
- Supersport Junior TT (without limitation of tyre choice)
  - TT Superstock (without limitation of tyre choice)
  - Other machines admitted at the discretion of the Organisers

Official qualification time

115% of the time set by the third fastest qualifier in the class.^[5]

Speed and lap records

The lap record for the Senior TT class is 16 minutes and 42.778 seconds at an average speed of 135.452 mph (217.989 km/h) set by Peter Hickman during the 2018 Senior TT Race. The race record is also held by Hickman in 1 hour, 43 minutes and 08.065 seconds; an average race speed of 131.700 mph (211.951 km/h) achieved during the same six-lap race.^[6]

The longest race distance for a FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship event was the 500 cc 1957 TT race, over eight laps (302.00 Miles), won by Bob McIntyre riding a 500cc Gilera, in 3 hours, 2 minutes and 57.0 seconds at an average race speed of 98.99 mph.

List of Senior TT podiums

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	Winner			Second			Third
	Rider	Machine	Speed	Rider	Machine	Speed	Rider	Machine	Speed
1911	Oliver Godfrey	Indian	47.63 mph	Charles B Franklin	Indian	?? mph	A J Moorhouse	Indian	?? mph
1912	Frank A. Applebee	Scott	48.69 mph	J R Haswell	Triumph	?? mph	Harry A Collier	Matchless	?? mph
1913	Tim Wood	Scott	48.28 mph	A R Abbott	Rudge	?? mph	A H Alexander	Indian	?? mph
1914	Cyril Pullin	Rudge	49.49 mph	Oliver Godfrey	Indian	?? mph	Howard R Davies	Sunbeam	?? mph
1915-1919	Not held
1920	Tommy de la Hay	Sunbeam	51.79 mph	Doug M Brown	Norton	?? mph	W R Brown	Sunbeam	?? mph
1921	Howard R. Davies	AJS	54.49 mph	Freddie Dixon	Indian	54.02 mph	Bert le Vack	Indian	53.91 mph
1922	Alec Bennett	Sunbeam	58.31 mph	Walter Brandish	Triumph	?? mph	Harry Langman	Scott	?? mph
1923	Tom Sheard	Douglas	55.55 mph	G M Black	Norton	55.14 mph	Freddie Dixon	Indian	55.01 mph
1924	Alec Bennett	Norton	61.64 mph	Harry Langman	Scott	61.23 mph	Freddie Dixon	Douglas	60.17 mph
1925	Howard R. Davies	HRD	66.13 mph	Frank A Longman	AJS	64.95 mph	Alec Bennett	Norton	64.05 mph
1926	Stanley Woods	Norton	67.54 mph	Wal Handley	Rex-Acme	66.31 mph	Frank A Longman	AJS	66.03 mph
1927	Alec Bennett	Norton	68.41 mph	Jimmie Guthrie	New Hudson	66.02 mph	Tom Simister	Triumph	65.75 mph
1928	Charlie Dodson	Sunbeam	62.98 mph	George Rowley	AJS	61.27 mph	Tommy L Hatch	Scott	60.89 mph
1929	Charlie Dodson	Sunbeam	72.05 mph	Alec Bennett	Sunbeam	70.51 mph	Henry Tyrell-Smith	Rudge	70.25 mph
1930	Wal Handley	Rudge	74.24 mph	Graham Walker	Rudge	73.1 mph	Jimmy H Simpson	Norton	73.7 mph
1931	Tim Hunt	Norton	77.90 mph	Jimmie Guthrie	Norton	77.34 mph	Stanley Woods	Norton	76.35 mph
1932	Stanley Woods	Norton	79.38 mph	Jimmie Guthrie	Norton	78.47 mph	Jimmy H Simpson	Norton	78.38 mph
1933	Stanley Woods	Norton	81.04 mph	Jimmy H Simpson	Norton	80.41 mph	Tim Hunt	Norton	80.16 mph
1934	Jimmie Guthrie	Norton	78.01 mph	Jimmy H Simpson	Norton	75.27 mph	Walter F Rusk	Velocette	73.27 mph
1935	Stanley Woods	Moto Guzzi	84.68 mph	Jimmie Guthrie	Norton	84.65 mph	Walter F Rusk	Norton	83.53 mph
1936	Jimmie Guthrie	Norton	85.80 mph	Stanley Woods	Velocette	85.66 mph	Freddie Frith	Norton	84.49 mph
1937	Freddie Frith	Norton	88.21 mph	Stanley Woods	Velocette	88.09 mph	John H White	Norton	83.97 mph
1938	Harold Daniell	Norton	89.11 mph	Stanley Woods	Velocette	88.99 mph	Freddie Frith	Norton	88.98 mph
1939	Georg Meier	BMW	89.38 mph	Jock West	BMW	88.22 mph	Freddie Frith	Norton	87.96 mph
1940-1946	Not held
1947	Harold Daniell	Norton	82.813 mph	Artie Bell	Norton	82.656 mph	Peter Goodman	Velocette	82.463 mph
1948	Artie Bell	Norton	84.969 mph	Bill Doran	Norton	80.338 mph	Jock A Weddell	Norton	79.564 mph
1949	Harold Daniell	Norton	86.93 mph	Johnny Lockett	Norton	86.19 mph	Ernie Lyons	Velocette	85.5 mph
1950	Geoff Duke	Norton	92.27 mph	Artie Bell	Norton	90.86 mph	Johnny Lockett	Norton	90.37 mph
1951	Geoff Duke	Norton	93.83 mph	Bill Doran	AJS	91.44 mph	Cromie McCandless	Norton	90.33 mph
1952	Reg Armstrong	Norton	92.97 mph	Leslie_Graham	MV Agusta	92.72 mph	Ray Amm	Norton	92.4 mph
1953	Ray Amm	Norton	93.85 mph	Jack Brett	Norton	93.74 mph	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	93.62 mph
1954	Ray Amm	Norton	88.12 mph	Geoff Duke	Gilera	87.19 mph	Jack Brett	Norton	86.04 mph
1955	Geoff Duke	Gilera	97.93 mph	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	96.74 mph	Ken Kavanagh	Guzzi	95.16 mph
1956	John Surtees	MV Agusta	96.57 mph	John Hartle	Norton	95.69 mph	Jack Brett	Norton	94.96 mph
1957	Bob McIntyre	Gilera	98.99 mph	John Surtees	MV Agusta	97.86 mph	Bob Brown	Gilera	95.81 mph
1958	John Surtees	MV Agusta	98.63 mph	Bob Anderson	Norton	95.4 mph	Bob Brown	Norton	95.25 mph
1959	John Surtees	MV Agusta	87.94 mph	Alistair King	Norton	85.5 mph	Bob Brown	Norton	83.0 mph
1960	John Surtees	MV Agusta	102.44 mph	John Hartle	MV Agusta	100.44 mph	Mike Hailwood	Norton	98.29 mph
1961	Mike Hailwood	Norton	100.61 mph	Bob McIntyre	Norton	99.2 mph	Tom_Phillis	Norton	98.78 mph
1962	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	103.51 mph	Ellis Boyce	Norton	96.27 mph	Fred Stevens	Norton	96.24 mph
1963	Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	104.64 mph	John Hartle	Gilera	103.67 mph	Phil Read	Gilera	100.1 mph
1964	Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	100.95 mph	Derek Minter	Norton	98.47 mph	Fred Stevens	Matchless	96.4 mph
1965	Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta	91.69 mph	Joe Dunphy	Norton	90.28 mph	Mike Duff	Matchless	88.09 mph
1966	Mike Hailwood	Honda	103.11 mph	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	101.09 mph	Chris Conn	Norton	95.37 mph
1967	Mike Hailwood	Honda	105.62 mph	Peter Williams	Matchless	99.64 mph	Steve Spencer	Norton	98.59 mph
1968	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	101.63 mph	Brian Ball	Seeley	95.57 mph	Barry Randle	Norton	95.58 mph
1969	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	104.75 mph	Alan Barnett	Metisse	98.28 mph	Tom Dickie	Seeley	97.92 mph
1970	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	101.52 mph	Peter Williams	Matchless	97.76 mph	Bill Smith	Kawasaki	96.26 mph
1971	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	102.59 mph	Peter Williams	Matchless	98.4 mph	Frank Perris	Suzuki	96.51 mph
1972	Giacomo Agostini	MV Agusta	104.02 mph	Alberto Pagani	MV Agusta	98.13 mph	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	97.03 mph
1973	Jack Findlay	Suzuki	101.55 mph	Peter Williams	Matchless	100.62 mph	Charlie Sanby	Suzuki	100.27 mph
1974	Phil Carpenter	Yamaha	96.99 mph	Charlie Williams	Yamaha	96.31 mph	Tony Rutter	Yamaha	94.35 mph
1975	Mick Grant	Kawasaki	100.27 mph	John G. Williams	Yamaha	99.88 mph	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	98.15 mph
1976	Tom Herron	Yamaha	105.15 mph	Ian Richards	Yamaha	105.11 mph	Billy Guthrie	Yamaha	104.84 mph
1977	Phil Read	Suzuki	106.97 mph	Tom Herron	Yamaha	105.67 mph	Eddie Roberts	Yamaha	104.24 mph
1978	Tom Herron	Suzuki	111.74 mph	Billy Guthrie	Suzuki	107.72 mph	Chas Mortimer	Yamaha	107.11 mph
1979	Mike Hailwood	Suzuki	111.75 mph	Tony Rutter	Suzuki	109.84 mph	Dennis Ireland	Suzuki	109.43 mph
1980	Graeme Crosby	Suzuki	109.65 mph	Steve Cull	Suzuki	108.87 mph	Steve Ward	Suzuki	108.58 mph
1981	Mick Grant	Suzuki	106.14 mph	Donny Robinson	Yamaha	104.05 mph	John Newbold	Suzuki	103.77 mph
1982	Norman Brown	Suzuki	110.98 mph	Jon Ekerold	Suzuki	110.85 mph	Dennis Ireland	Suzuki	109.25 mph
1983	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	114.81 mph	Con Law	Suzuki	112.97 mph	Joey Dunlop	Honda	112.77 mph
1984	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	115.66 mph	Roger Marshall	Honda	112.65 mph	Trevor Nation	Suzuki	112.05 mph
1985	Joey Dunlop	Honda	113.69 mph	Roger Marshall	Honda	113.43 mph	Mark Johns	Suzuki	111.31 mph
1986	Roger Burnett	Honda	113.98 mph	Geoff Johnson	Honda	112.91 mph	Barry Woodland	Suzuki	112.47 mph
1987	Joey Dunlop	Honda	99.85 mph	Geoff Johnson	Yamaha	98.79 mph	Roger Marshall	Suzuki	97.9 mph
1988	Joey Dunlop	Honda	117.38 mph	Steve Hislop	Yamaha	116.53 mph	Geoff Johnson	Suzuki	115.84 mph
1989	Steve Hislop	Honda	118.23 mph	Nick Jefferies	Yamaha	117.58 mph	Graeme McGregor	Honda	116.38 mph
1990	Carl Fogarty	Honda	110.95 mph	Trevor Nation	Norton	109.76 mph	Dave Leach	Yamaha	109.61 mph
1991	Steve Hislop	Honda	121.09 mph	Joey Dunlop	Honda	119.66 mph	Phillip McCallen	Honda	118.35 mph
1992	Steve Hislop	Norton	121.28 mph	Carl Fogarty	Yamaha	121.2 mph	Robert Dunlop	Norton	119.1 mph
1993	Phillip McCallen	Honda	118.32 mph	Nick Jefferies	Honda	117.55 mph	Steve Ward	Honda	116.31 mph
1994	Steve Hislop	Honda	119.25 mph	McCallen, Phillip	Honda	117.96 mph	Joey Dunlop	Honda	116.75 mph
1995	Joey Dunlop	Honda	119.11 mph	Iain Duffus	Ducati	118.53 mph	Steve Ward	Honda	118.25 mph
1996	Phillip McCallen	Honda	119.76 mph	Joey Dunlop	Honda	118.5 mph	Nick Jefferies	Honda	118.47 mph
1997	Phillip McCallen	Honda	119.45 mph	Jim Moodie	Honda	119.4 mph	Ian Simpson	Honda	118.62 mph
1998	Ian Simpson	Honda	119.79 mph	Bob Jackson	Kawasaki	119.72 mph	James Courtney	Honda	119.19 mph
1999	David Jefferies	Yamaha	121.27 mph	Iain Duffus	Yamaha	120.44 mph	Ian Lougher	Honda	120.42 mph
2000	David Jefferies	Yamaha	121.95 mph	Michael Rutter	Yamaha	121.21 mph	Joey Dunlop	Honda	120.66 mph
2001	Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak
2002	David Jefferies	Suzuki	124.74 mph	Ian Lougher	Suzuki	124.32 mph	John McGuinness	Honda	123.45 mph
2003	Adrian Archibald	Suzuki	124.53 mph	John McGuinness	Ducati	123.93 mph	Ian Lougher	Honda	123.21 mph
2004	Adrian Archibald	Suzuki	123.81 mph	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	122.96 mph	Gary Carswell	Suzuki	120.64 mph
2005	John McGuinness	Yamaha	124.324 mph	Ian Lougher	Honda	123.67 mph	Guy Martin	Honda	123.32 mph
2006	John McGuinness	Honda	126.178 mph	Donald Cameron	Honda	125.68 mph	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	125.59 mph
2007	John McGuinness	Honda	127.255 mph	Guy Martin	Honda	126.6 mph	Ian Hutchinson	Honda	125.67 mph
2008	John McGuinness	Honda	127.186 mph	Donald Cameron	Suzuki	126.18 mph	Ian Hutchinson	Yamaha	125.19 mph
2009	Steve Plater	Honda	128.278 mph	Conor Cummins	Kawasaki	127.88 mph	Gary Johnson	Honda	126.87 mph
2010	Ian Hutchinson	Honda	128.607 mph	Ryan Farquhar	Kawasaki	127.46 mph	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	126.4 mph
2011	John McGuinness	Honda	128.426 mph	Guy Martin	Suzuki	128.28 mph	Bruce Anstey	Honda	128.1 mph
2012	Cancelled due to weather conditions
2013	John McGuinness	Honda	128.943 mph	Michael Dunlop	Honda	128.73 mph	Bruce Anstey	Honda	128.58 mph
2014	Michael Dunlop	BMW	128.680 mph	Conor Cummins	Honda	128.39 mph	Guy Martin	Suzuki	128.201 mph
2015	John McGuinness	Honda	130.481 mph	James Hillier	Kawasaki	130.03 mph	Ian Hutchinson	Kawasaki	129.83 mph
2016	Michael Dunlop	BMW	130.685 mph	Ian Hutchinson	BMW	130.029 mph	John McGuinness	Honda	129.388 mph
2017	Michael Dunlop	Suzuki	130.456 mph	Peter Hickman	BMW	130.04 mph	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	129.724 mph
2018	Peter Hickman	BMW	131.700 mph	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	131.656 mph	Conor Cummins	Honda	129.554 mph
2019	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	130.824 mph	Peter Hickman	BMW	129.719 mph	Conor Cummins	Honda	129.599 mph
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022	Peter Hickman	BMW	129.432 mph	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	129.085 mph	Conor Cummins	Honda	128.745 mph
2023	Peter Hickman	BMW	132.526 mph	Dean Harrison	Kawasaki	132.097 mph	Michael Dunlop	Honda	131.661 mph

Multiple winners (riders)

Rider	Wins
Mike Hailwood, John McGuinness	7
Giacomo Agostini	5
Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop, John Surtees, Stanley Woods	4
Alec Bennett, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, Michael Dunlop, David Jefferies, Phillip McCallen, Peter Hickman	3
Adrian Archibald, Ray Amm, Howard R Davies, Charlie Dodson, Mick Grant, Jimmie Guthrie, Tom Herron, Rob McElnea	2

Multiple winners (manufacturers)

Marque	Wins
Honda	23
Norton	20
MV Agusta	13
Suzuki	13
BMW	6
Yamaha, Sunbeam	5
Gilera, Kawasaki, Rudge, Scott	2

References

^ Guinness Motorcycle Sport Fact Book by Ian Morrison pp120 (1991)(1st Edition) Guinness Publishing The Bath Press ISBN 978-0-85112-953-2
^ "Decision made on final day of racing at the 2012 TT - The official Isle of Man TT website". Archived from the original on 13 June 2012.
^ Frank, Aaron (16 November 2011). "The First American Motorcycle to Win the Isle of Man TT". Motorcyclist. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ International Tourist Trophy Regulations 2012 page 3/Appendix A page 34 ACU Events (Isle of Man) Limited (2012) Isle of Man Department of Economic Development
^ International Tourist Trophy Regulations 2012. ACU Events (Isle of Man) Limited. 2012. p. 19.
^ "New lap and race records for victorious Hickman in PokerStars Senior TT". Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
^ "TT Fact Zone". Duke Marketing Ltd.