TT 2025: Dunlop breaks lap record for fifth straight Supertwin win

33-time winner laps at over 123mph to surpass own benchmark from 2018

Michael Dunlop has secured a fifth straight Supertwin TT and a new lap record in the class as he charged to victory in the Supertwin TT Race 2 this evening (6 June).

The now 33-time TT winner's final lap pace of 123.056mph not only secured him a fifth straight top spot in the class but it eclipses his own previous Supertwin benchmark of 122.750mph set back in 2018.

Elsewhere, Davey Todd secured a first Supertwin podium for the Milenco by Padgett's Motorcycles team in second whilst Dominic Herbertson claimed his second ever TT top-three spot in third.

There was early disappointment on lap one as local rider Michael Evans - who finished second in the first Supertwin event of 2025 - saw his race come to an early lead as he retired with a mechanical issue on the approach into Glen Helen.

One sector late at Ballaugh and Dunlop - the defending champion in the class - had opened up a 5.5 second gap to Davey Todd in second.

Meanwhile, Rob Hodson in third - only half-a-second off Todd - was having an early job on his hands to fend off Dominic Herbertson, Mike Browne and Adam McLean.

As Dunlop extended his lead out front, Todd was being reeled in at Ramsey by Hodson who'd opened up a four-second advantage to Browne who moved up above Herbertson.

As the leading riders on the field began their mandatory first-lap pit stops, Dunlop's lead had stretched over Todd to 12 seconds, however Todd's speedy pit stop managed to cut around six seconds off of that deficit heading onto lap two.

In the battle for third, Hodson was still holding his ground but with Browne lurking only 0.4 seconds further back.

With ground to make up again, Dunlop was unfazed out front, restoring his lead over Todd at Ballaugh on lap two to 12 seconds.

Behind, the deck had been shuffled by the pit stops - whilst Hodson in third was holding off Herbertson, Browne and McLean continued their battle to be in the top five.

But that then changed on the mountain section on lap two with Hodson hitting mechanical problems allowing Herbertson to take up third spot, three seconds ahead of Browne.

The front of the order was then beginning to spread out somewhat heading onto the final lap - Dunlop carrying a 14.5-second advantage over Todd onto lap three who in turn was opening up a 17-second cushion to Herbertson.

Such was his pace at the front, Dunlop was starting to creep towards the pace of his own Supertwin lap record set back in 2018 and three seconds inside that pace on his final run through Ballaugh.

With Todd running well in second, Herbertson was also cementing his solidarity in third as through that sector his gap to Browne had opened up to nearly nine seconds.

With top sport firmly within his control from the outset, the question for those watching Dunlop was whether he'd maintain his record-chasing speed across the mountain section and into the final sectors of the race.

We soon got an answer as the Ballymoney man crossed the line three seconds under his own previous record to write another piece of his own history.