By Concluding his 19th TT venture with a top seven finish in the Dunlop Senior race, Michael Rutter and the Bathams Racing squadron left Manx shores in a buoyant frame of mind, happy with the progress they’ve made with the exotic Bathams/Aspire Ho supported RC213V-S Honda mount.
Retaining in style the SES TT Zero crown, setting a new class lap record of 121.909 mph, Friday’s six lap Senior race saw the evergreen Rutter produce another accomplished performance around the fabled, mythical Mountain Course.
Photo by Nick Wheeler
Ultimately a very respectable seventh, he was full of praise for the Moto GP derived RC213V-S Honda, when commenting via a recently issued Bathams Racing press release, about his time aboard the popular, great sounding steed:
“The RCV is a joy to ride round here (TT course), and it’s great to see the fans love it too. Every time I ride it, we learn more about it.
There’s so much that we can do with it, but the one thing we needed for it, we didn’t get; time. Having said that, 5th and 7th on it at our first time here with it is fantastic.
I’m over the moon with the results, and I’ve got to make a special mention to the guys doing my pit stop. They were by far the fastest in the whole pit lane. I reckon they saved me around 10-12 seconds over both pitstops against the guys at the front.”
Seven times TT winner Rutter, went onto add:
“Now we’ll take the RCV back to the workshop, give it a clean, and decide what to do with it next, but the priority now is getting back at the sharp end of the British Superstock Championship on our BMW’s.”
Words by Stevie Rial
