Sunshine finally hits the Island as Brookes impresses

Sunshine finally greeted all competitors tonight on the Isle of Man with Tyco Suzuki's Josh Brookes well in the thick of the action.

Josh Brookes continues to steal much of the limelight on his TT debut, after a lap of 121.99mph and the fastest Grandstand Speed-trap time of 180.5mph, keeps him well ahead as top newcomer.

Josh Brookes:

“I really enjoyed it tonight and the laps came to me pretty naturally, but that’s exactly what we need, is laps, after missing a couple of sessions. The Superbike is spot on and the Metzeler tyres are working really well for me. The Superstock bike needs a bit more work but that’s only because I’m not used to riding it, although we are going in the right direction.”

Philip Neill – Team Manager:

“After a tough start to the week it was great to have a virtually trouble free run and a decent bit of weather. Josh just continues to impress and was very relaxed tonight despite all the hype and just cracked on with the job. The times are coming for him but they will slow up as expected, but he’s approaching the event with respect and doing a professional job. More of the same tomorrow night would leave us in decent shape for Saturday’s Superbike TT.”

Thursday Qualifying Times

Superbikes

John McGuinness [Honda] 129.072mph [17mins:32.338sec]

Bruce Anstey [Honda] 129.143mph [17:31.759]

Michael Rutter [Honda] 128.002mph [17:41.132]

Guy Martin [Suzuki] 127.925mph [17:41.777]

Michael Dunlop [Honda] 127.656mph [17:44.011]

Cameron Donald [Honda] 126.964mph [17:49.811]

Josh Brookes [Tyco Suzuki] 121.99mph

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