Island Racer Magazine Island Racer 2011 Retour à l'édition précédente

FLAG DOWN Great moments of recent TT history writ large for all to see, in glorious 2D
HUTCHY ON THE RETURN At the end of last year Ian Hutchinson’s career looked almost over. A badly broken leg was nearly lost several times over as operation on top of operation was carried out to save it. Remarkably the surgery worked.
THE HORROR CRASH Guy Martin crashed during last year’s Senior TT. He fell off his Honda at 140mph and the resulting fireball looked like a bomb had gone off on the TT course. Here’s the exclusive photos of those horrific few seconds...
WHO’S WHO A look at the main players in this year’s Isle of Man TT event.
IT HAPPENED THERE: TT 2010 A look back at what went on during last year’s race week – one for the record books in every sense of the phrase.
RATED! The top runners in this year’s events come under the watchful eye of the fastest man not to be racing on the Island this year. Steve Plater may have had to knock TT racing on the head himself, but that doesn’t stop him pulling his punches when talking about the fast lads out there...
COMEBACK CONOR Cummins smashed himself up badly in 2010, but he’s picked up his TT campaign and is back. Here he goes through the pain and the push to come back from a massive crash at Verandah on the Mountain Course nearly 12 months ago.
RIDING THE COURSE We’ve all heard about the specific gears and speeds needed for a fast lap at the TT but what does a fast racer really think about lapping at pace on the world’s toughest motorcycle circuit? Tell you what, let’s sit down and ask him.