By Although just five races took place at the 2022 Manx Grand Prix, no less than 17 racers still recorded lap speeds topping the 120 mph mark.
Fastest of all, thanks to an ultra potent last lap during Monday’s Classic Superbike race, was Greenall Racing’s Nathan Harrison, who lapped at 126.326 mph (17 minutes 55.221 seconds).
RST Classic Superbike race winner Rob Hodson, Alasdair Cowan Racing’s Craig Neve and David Johnson, all banked 125 mph + laps.
Whilst fastest non yesteryear Superbike runner was Senior race victor Stephen Smith, who now ranks amongst the top 160 quickest Mountain Course pilots of all time.
Respective speediest Mountain Course newcomers this week were seasoned European road racers Amalric Blanc (117.399) and Maurizio Bottalico (116.074).
In descending order the top forty quickest Manx GP exponents of 2022, are as follows:
1 – Nathan Harrison – 126.326
2 – Rob Hodson – 125.935
3 – Craig Neve – 125.496
4 – David Johnson – 125.239
5 – Michael Dunlop – 124.978
6 – Brian McCormack – 123.844
7 – Michael Rutter – 123.278
8 – Ryan Kneen – 122.969
9 – Lee Johnston – 122.886
10 – Stephen Smith – 121.796
11 – Michael Sweeney – 121.456
12 – Phil Crowe – 120.634
13 – Julian Trummer – 120.632
14 – Victor Lopez Santos – 120.355
15 – David McConnachy – 120.327
16 – Dan Ingham – 120.211
17 – Paul Jordan – 120.137
18 – Jamie Williams – 119.771
19 – Dominic Herbertson – 119.503
20 – Chris Cook – 119.491
21 – Michal Dokoupil – 119.345
22 – Barry Furber – 119.195
23 – Richard Wilson – 118.702
24 – Shaun Anderson – 118.656
25 – Paul Williams – 118.457
26 – Jim Hind – 117.592
27 – Michael Evans – 117.418
28 – Michael Browne – 117.403
29 – Amalric Blanc – 117.399
30 – James Reveley – 117.123
31 – Andrew Fisher – 117.031
32 – Tom Robinson – 116.971
33 – Sam West – 116.782
34 – Francesco Curinga – 116.475
35 – Jack Fowler – 116.075
36 – Maurizio Bottalico – 116.074
37 – Sam Mousley – 115.938
38 – Rad Hughes – 115.65
39 – Jamie Cringle – 115.65
40 – Anthony Redmond – 115.509
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
