Peter Hickman on grave danger of Isle of Man TT: “I’m not forced to be here”
Only once in the past 85 yea🌱rs has the infamous event passed without at least one rider losing his life.
Last year, the death toll of six riders equalled the worst-ever tally꧃ but riders have flocked back to༺ the Isle of Man TT undeterred.
"I'm not forced to be here. I want to be here,” Hickman told . “Iꩲt's an obvioღus risk.
"A lot of people think we're jꦍust crazy or idiots. You take your brai☂n out and put your helmet on.
"It's very, very much the opposite effect. So you've really got 🃏to use your brain.
"And you've got to take the risk w📖hen you want to take the risk - or if it's necessary.
"So, for example, I hold the outright lap record here and I'm constantly getting asked, '🐬Are you going to break that record?' And my answer always is 'only if I have to'.
"And by that I mean, I win the race at the slowest pos𒆙sible pace. Because theꦰ slower I win the race, the less risk to me.
"Life is short as it is. I would rather go away doi🍃ng something 𝓰like this."
Hickman, now 36, has ꦐwon nine races at the TT, including four in 2022 alone.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from🍒 American sports, to football, to F1.
