Isle of Man TT road motorcycle race is part of the World Superbike Championship (WorldSuperbikeChampionship, SBK) levels. Since 1907, held every June in located between England and Ireland, the Isle of Man. Isle of Man TT can be called the world’s most spectacular and most dangerous racing, racing at an average speed over 200 km / h, the maximum speed of over 330 km / h, although it has been more than 250 people were killed in the race, but the race still attracts the world’s best motorcyclists.
1. The Isle of Man TT origin
Isle of Man TT is the oldest motorcycle race, it is almost witnessed the entire history of motor sports.
In the motorcycle has just been developed era, speed fans could not help but start with this two machines started the game, because the characteristics of the motorcycle itself plus the UK was very poor road conditions, early motorcycle car racing is extremely dangerous that the British government held a total ban on motorcycle race in the United Kingdom.
But how could people give up the pursuit of speed, they moved the tournamentThere is no ban on the Isle of Man, and has continued ever since.
Since 1907, the annual Isle of Man TT motorcycle race has been around for a hundred years.
1915 because of World War I halted, 1920 rematch.
1923 to join sidecar motorcycle group matches at the tournament in 1940 due to the Second World War, the Isle of Man TT again interrupted in 1947 returned to the Isle of Man.
In 1949, TT became FIM World Motorcycle Grand Prix race track UK station.
fifties and sixties heyday of the Isle of Man TT contest, recording has been renewed, ushered in a more top racers and teams vendors.
2. Isle of Man TT race
track road around the island perimeter, a total length of 60.7 kilometers, there are 200 or more corners, is the longest track in the world.
track across town villages, woods and no one’s outskirts, undulating roads, the car is almost constantly in the game of jump from the plains to the mountains, the Isle of Man TT race in a total of more than 250 people were killed, 1970 6 people killed in a year.
3. Isle of Man TT Related reading
Subaru driver had got MarkHiggins drive 2015 Subaru WRXSTI for up to 60 kilometers at a speed challenge TTMountainCourse stage Isle of Man TT race track, and set a record of 19 minutes 56 seconds 7 in 2011.
Not long ago, the drivers MarkHiggins cooperation with Subaru again, driving 2015 Subaru WRXSTI challenge the record set.
In order to better meet the challenges and safety reasons, this car WRXSTI of the shock absorber has been enhanced, and installed a roll cage, multi-point seat belts and fire extinguishers.
the final 19 minutes 26 seconds results set a new record TTMountainCourse stage of the (nearly 30 seconds faster than before), with an average speed of up to 187.3km / h.