Michael Dunlop hints at Isle of Man TT pace after “sandbagging” theory
Quest💮ion marks about Michael Dunlop "sandbagging" at I🐽sle of Man TT answered on Sunday
Michael Dunlop responded to sugg🐽estions about “sandbagging” by showing his speed on Sunday at the Isle of Man TT.
Dunlop toꦑpped the fifth Superbike qualifying session, the last before racing is set to begin on Monda🅘y.
Prior to Sunday afternoon he had trailed Dean Haꦯrrison on the big bikes which led some onlookers to questio📖n whether he had more lap time in his pocket.
Ex-TT racer Cameron Donald said on Sunday: “Now with these last la𝐆ps, it’s not a time for riders and teams to be reinventing the wheel.
“It’s a✤ time for small and calculated changes. It’s time to say ‘that is what I will race ⛦with’.”
Tom Birchall said before Sunday's runnin♓g began: “We are seeing guys get into the groove, with the performance of Davey Todd in the past few days.
“Somet🌊hing has clicked. They have got a direction.
“We are seeing Dunlop just finding his feet now.𓆉 Hopefully the sandbagging rumours aren’t true, and he hasᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ actually found a direction to move forwards in.”
Donald said about D൲unlop: “He’s probably playing the game a bit.
“We know how good the bike is, and how fast Michael has been at the North West 200. Surely ဣhe’s holding a bit back?
“He does like to play the ‘us against them’ card. I 🌜am starting to feel like he might be doing that again, because you know the ability he has.🐓”
Birchall said: “He is the Superbike lap record holder. If you study his sectors, he went quicker than Dave꧒y in the last one. It’s clear to see on paper.
“They are finding a direction or🌊 they are throwing sandbags off!”
Michael Dunlop fastest on Sunday at Isle of Man TT
Dunlop then duly headed out to the Mountain Course on Sunday afternoon to produc𒀰e his best lap o🌠f the week at 132.003mph.
Harrison man💎aged 130.666mph on the Superbikes, and Todd 129.812mღph.
Birchall reacted: “None of 🐼us can read Michael’s body ♍language.
“That 1’32s lap is a big boos𓄧t for those guys. He did it with a pitlane star🦂t and a short lap.”
However, Donald noted: “Other front runners only did one lapꦗ before jumping on another machine. Michael focused both laps on a Superbike which confirms there is work to do.
“He started to get his shoulders up and was firing it into the🌜 corners.
“How muchꦬ is due to improvements on the bike and how much is becau🦩se he’s got the bit between his teeth?”
Dunlop smash♕ed his legendary uncle Joey’s record for TT race wins a year ago.
He returns th𓄧is year trying to aꦰdd to his tally of 29.
Harrison and Todd seem to be his closest competitors. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peter Hickman has been ruled out&nb꧃sp;after a crash on Friday.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade ⛦covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
