# Senior TT

The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the blue ribbon event of the festival that takes place on the Saturday of race week, with "The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars trophy" awarded to the winner.
The event was part of the FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship from 1949 to 1976, before being transferred to the United Kingdom after safety concerns, becoming the British Grand Prix under the FIM from the 1977 GP season.
Until 2012, the Senior TT had never been cancelled except during the two World Wars and during travel restrictions associated with the animal foot and mouth outbreak in 2001. However, during the 2012 TT Races, with inclement weather on the day prior to its traditional Friday race day (8 June), the decision was taken to postpone racing until the following day, Saturday, 9 June. Consequently, a course inspection was made, and following a meeting between riders and officials, the decision was made to cancel the running of the Senior race for safety reasons. The races were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Engine capacity

The 1911 TT races was the first time the Senior TT race took place and was open to 500 cc single-cylinder and 585 cc twin-cylinder motorcycles. It was won by Oliver Godfrey riding an Indian, at an average speed of 47.63 mph over five laps of the Snaefell Mountain Course that was in use for the first time that year. The 1912 event was the first to limit the Senior TT to 500 cc machines and this engine capacity prevailed until 1984.
The engine capacity was modified from the traditional (up to) 500 cc for two-strokes and is now (up to) 1,000 cc for four-strokes, although 1,000 cc machines were permitted in 1985 and 1986, 1,300 cc in 1987, 1988 and 1989, and 750 cc in 1990–1998.

## Eligibility
### Entrants

* Entrants must be in possession of a valid National Entrants or FIM Sponsors Licence for Road Racing.

### Machines

The 2012 specification for entries into the Senior TT race are defined as:
* Any machine complying with the following specifications:
** TT Superbike: (Machines complying with the 2012 FIM Superbike and Supersport Championships specifications)
*** (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 4 cylinders 4-stroke)
*** (Over 750cc up to 1000cc 3 cylinders 4-stroke)
*** (Over 850cc up to 1200cc 2 cylinders 4-stroke)
** Supersport Junior TT (without limitation of tyre choice)
*** TT Superstock (without limitation of tyre choice)
*** Other machines admitted at the discretion of the Organisers

### Official qualification time

* 115% of the time set by the third fastest qualifier in the class.

## Speed and lap records

The lap record for the Senior TT class is 16 minutes and 42.778 seconds at an average speed of 135.452 mph (217.989 km/h) set by Peter Hickman during the 2018 Senior TT Race. The race record is also held by Hickman in 1 hour, 43 minutes and 08.065 seconds; an average race speed of 131.700 mph (211.951 km/h) achieved during the same six-lap race.
The longest race distance for a FIM Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship event was the 500 cc 1957 TT race, over eight laps (302.00 Miles), won by Bob McIntyre riding a 500cc Gilera, in 3 hours, 2 minutes and 57.0 seconds at an average race speed of 98.99 mph.

## List of Senior TT podiums

| | Winner | Winner | Winner | Second | Second | Second | Third | Third | Third |
| | Rider | Machine | Speed | Rider | Machine | Speed | Rider | Machine | Speed |
| 1911 | Oliver Godfrey | Indian | 47.63 mph | Charles B Franklin | Indian | ?? mph | A J Moorhouse | Indian | ?? mph |
| 1912 | Frank A. Applebee | Scott | 48.69 mph | J R Haswell | Triumph | ?? mph | Harry A Collier | Matchless | ?? mph |
| 1913 | Tim Wood | Scott | 48.28 mph | A R Abbott | Rudge | ?? mph | A H Alexander | Indian | ?? mph |
| 1914 | Cyril Pullin | Rudge | 49.49 mph | Oliver Godfrey | Indian | ?? mph | Howard R Davies | Sunbeam | ?? mph |
| 1915-1919 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1920 | Tommy de la Hay | Sunbeam | 51.79 mph | Doug M Brown | Norton | ?? mph | W R Brown | Sunbeam | ?? mph |
| 1921 | Howard R. Davies | AJS | 54.49 mph | Freddie Dixon | Indian | 54.02 mph | Bert le Vack | Indian | 53.91 mph |
| 1922 | Alec Bennett | Sunbeam | 58.31 mph | Walter Brandish | Triumph | ?? mph | Harry Langman | Scott | ?? mph |
| 1923 | Tom Sheard | Douglas | 55.55 mph | G M Black | Norton | 55.14 mph | Freddie Dixon | Indian | 55.01 mph |
| 1924 | Alec Bennett | Norton | 61.64 mph | Harry Langman | Scott | 61.23 mph | Freddie Dixon | Douglas | 60.17 mph |
| 1925 | Howard R. Davies | HRD | 66.13 mph | Frank A Longman | AJS | 64.95 mph | Alec Bennett | Norton | 64.05 mph |
| 1926 | Stanley Woods | Norton | 67.54 mph | Wal Handley | Rex-Acme | 66.31 mph | Frank A Longman | AJS | 66.03 mph |
| 1927 | Alec Bennett | Norton | 68.41 mph | Jimmie Guthrie | New Hudson | 66.02 mph | Tom Simister | Triumph | 65.75 mph |
| 1928 | Charlie Dodson | Sunbeam | 62.98 mph | George Rowley | AJS | 61.27 mph | Tommy L Hatch | Scott | 60.89 mph |
| 1929 | Charlie Dodson | Sunbeam | 72.05 mph | Alec Bennett | Sunbeam | 70.51 mph | Henry Tyrell-Smith | Rudge | 70.25 mph |
| 1930 | Wal Handley | Rudge | 74.24 mph | Graham Walker | Rudge | 73.1 mph | Jimmy H Simpson | Norton | 73.7 mph |
| 1931 | Tim Hunt | Norton | 77.90 mph | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 77.34 mph | Stanley Woods | Norton | 76.35 mph |
| 1932 | Stanley Woods | Norton | 79.38 mph | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 78.47 mph | Jimmy H Simpson | Norton | 78.38 mph |
| 1933 | Stanley Woods | Norton | 81.04 mph | Jimmy H Simpson | Norton | 80.41 mph | Tim Hunt | Norton | 80.16 mph |
| 1934 | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 78.01 mph | Jimmy H Simpson | Norton | 75.27 mph | Walter F Rusk | Velocette | 73.27 mph |
| 1935 | Stanley Woods | Moto Guzzi | 84.68 mph | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 84.65 mph | Walter F Rusk | Norton | 83.53 mph |
| 1936 | Jimmie Guthrie | Norton | 85.80 mph | Stanley Woods | Velocette | 85.66 mph | Freddie Frith | Norton | 84.49 mph |
| 1937 | Freddie Frith | Norton | 88.21 mph | Stanley Woods | Velocette | 88.09 mph | John H White | Norton | 83.97 mph |
| 1938 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 89.11 mph | Stanley Woods | Velocette | 88.99 mph | Freddie Frith | Norton | 88.98 mph |
| 1939 | Georg Meier | BMW | 89.38 mph | Jock West | BMW | 88.22 mph | Freddie Frith | Norton | 87.96 mph |
| 1940-1946 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1947 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 82.813 mph | Artie Bell | Norton | 82.656 mph | Peter Goodman | Velocette | 82.463 mph |
| 1948 | Artie Bell | Norton | 84.969 mph | Bill Doran | Norton | 80.338 mph | Jock A Weddell | Norton | 79.564 mph |
| 1949 | Harold Daniell | Norton | 86.93 mph | Johnny Lockett | Norton | 86.19 mph | Ernie Lyons | Velocette | 85.5 mph |
| 1950 | Geoff Duke | Norton | 92.27 mph | Artie Bell | Norton | 90.86 mph | Johnny Lockett | Norton | 90.37 mph |
| 1951 | Geoff Duke | Norton | 93.83 mph | Bill Doran | AJS | 91.44 mph | Cromie McCandless | Norton | 90.33 mph |
| 1952 | Reg Armstrong | Norton | 92.97 mph | Leslie_Graham | MV Agusta | 92.72 mph | Ray Amm | Norton | 92.4 mph |
| 1953 | Ray Amm | Norton | 93.85 mph | Jack Brett | Norton | 93.74 mph | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 93.62 mph |
| 1954 | Ray Amm | Norton | 88.12 mph | Geoff Duke | Gilera | 87.19 mph | Jack Brett | Norton | 86.04 mph |
| 1955 | Geoff Duke | Gilera | 97.93 mph | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 96.74 mph | Ken Kavanagh | Guzzi | 95.16 mph |
| 1956 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 96.57 mph | John Hartle | Norton | 95.69 mph | Jack Brett | Norton | 94.96 mph |
| 1957 | Bob McIntyre | Gilera | 98.99 mph | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 97.86 mph | Bob Brown | Gilera | 95.81 mph |
| 1958 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 98.63 mph | Bob Anderson | Norton | 95.4 mph | Bob Brown | Norton | 95.25 mph |
| 1959 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 87.94 mph | Alistair King | Norton | 85.5 mph | Bob Brown | Norton | 83.0 mph |
| 1960 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 102.44 mph | John Hartle | MV Agusta | 100.44 mph | Mike Hailwood | Norton | 98.29 mph |
| 1961 | Mike Hailwood | Norton | 100.61 mph | Bob McIntyre | Norton | 99.2 mph | Tom_Phillis | Norton | 98.78 mph |
| 1962 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 103.51 mph | Ellis Boyce | Norton | 96.27 mph | Fred Stevens | Norton | 96.24 mph |
| 1963 | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta | 104.64 mph | John Hartle | Gilera | 103.67 mph | Phil Read | Gilera | 100.1 mph |
| 1964 | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta | 100.95 mph | Derek Minter | Norton | 98.47 mph | Fred Stevens | Matchless | 96.4 mph |
| 1965 | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta | 91.69 mph | Joe Dunphy | Norton | 90.28 mph | Mike Duff | Matchless | 88.09 mph |
| 1966 | Mike Hailwood | Honda | 103.11 mph | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 101.09 mph | Chris Conn | Norton | 95.37 mph |
| 1967 | Mike Hailwood | Honda | 105.62 mph | Peter Williams | Matchless | 99.64 mph | Steve Spencer | Norton | 98.59 mph |
| 1968 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 101.63 mph | Brian Ball | Seeley | 95.57 mph | Barry Randle | Norton | 95.58 mph |
| 1969 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 104.75 mph | Alan Barnett | Metisse | 98.28 mph | Tom Dickie | Seeley | 97.92 mph |
| 1970 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 101.52 mph | Peter Williams | Matchless | 97.76 mph | Bill Smith | Kawasaki | 96.26 mph |
| 1971 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 102.59 mph | Peter Williams | Matchless | 98.4 mph | Frank Perris | Suzuki | 96.51 mph |
| 1972 | Giacomo Agostini | MV Agusta | 104.02 mph | Alberto Pagani | MV Agusta | 98.13 mph | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 97.03 mph |
| 1973 | Jack Findlay | Suzuki | 101.55 mph | Peter Williams | Matchless | 100.62 mph | Charlie Sanby | Suzuki | 100.27 mph |
| 1974 | Phil Carpenter | Yamaha | 96.99 mph | Charlie Williams | Yamaha | 96.31 mph | Tony Rutter | Yamaha | 94.35 mph |
| 1975 | Mick Grant | Kawasaki | 100.27 mph | John G. Williams | Yamaha | 99.88 mph | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 98.15 mph |
| 1976 | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 105.15 mph | Ian Richards | Yamaha | 105.11 mph | Billy Guthrie | Yamaha | 104.84 mph |
| 1977 | Phil Read | Suzuki | 106.97 mph | Tom Herron | Yamaha | 105.67 mph | Eddie Roberts | Yamaha | 104.24 mph |
| 1978 | Tom Herron | Suzuki | 111.74 mph | Billy Guthrie | Suzuki | 107.72 mph | Chas Mortimer | Yamaha | 107.11 mph |
| 1979 | Mike Hailwood | Suzuki | 111.75 mph | Tony Rutter | Suzuki | 109.84 mph | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | 109.43 mph |
| 1980 | Graeme Crosby | Suzuki | 109.65 mph | Steve Cull | Suzuki | 108.87 mph | Steve Ward | Suzuki | 108.58 mph |
| 1981 | Mick Grant | Suzuki | 106.14 mph | Donny Robinson | Yamaha | 104.05 mph | John Newbold | Suzuki | 103.77 mph |
| 1982 | Norman Brown | Suzuki | 110.98 mph | Jon Ekerold | Suzuki | 110.85 mph | Dennis Ireland | Suzuki | 109.25 mph |
| 1983 | Rob McElnea | Suzuki | 114.81 mph | Con Law | Suzuki | 112.97 mph | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 112.77 mph |
| 1984 | Rob McElnea | Suzuki | 115.66 mph | Roger Marshall | Honda | 112.65 mph | Trevor Nation | Suzuki | 112.05 mph |
| 1985 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 113.69 mph | Roger Marshall | Honda | 113.43 mph | Mark Johns | Suzuki | 111.31 mph |
| 1986 | Roger Burnett | Honda | 113.98 mph | Geoff Johnson | Honda | 112.91 mph | Barry Woodland | Suzuki | 112.47 mph |
| 1987 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 99.85 mph | Geoff Johnson | Yamaha | 98.79 mph | Roger Marshall | Suzuki | 97.9 mph |
| 1988 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 117.38 mph | Steve Hislop | Yamaha | 116.53 mph | Geoff Johnson | Suzuki | 115.84 mph |
| 1989 | Steve Hislop | Honda | 118.23 mph | Nick Jefferies | Yamaha | 117.58 mph | Graeme McGregor | Honda | 116.38 mph |
| 1990 | Carl Fogarty | Honda | 110.95 mph | Trevor Nation | Norton | 109.76 mph | Dave Leach | Yamaha | 109.61 mph |
| 1991 | Steve Hislop | Honda | 121.09 mph | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 119.66 mph | Phillip McCallen | Honda | 118.35 mph |
| 1992 | Steve Hislop | Norton | 121.28 mph | Carl Fogarty | Yamaha | 121.2 mph | Robert Dunlop | Norton | 119.1 mph |
| 1993 | Phillip McCallen | Honda | 118.32 mph | Nick Jefferies | Honda | 117.55 mph | Steve Ward | Honda | 116.31 mph |
| 1994 | Steve Hislop | Honda | 119.25 mph | McCallen, Phillip | Honda | 117.96 mph | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 116.75 mph |
| 1995 | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 119.11 mph | Iain Duffus | Ducati | 118.53 mph | Steve Ward | Honda | 118.25 mph |
| 1996 | Phillip McCallen | Honda | 119.76 mph | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 118.5 mph | Nick Jefferies | Honda | 118.47 mph |
| 1997 | Phillip McCallen | Honda | 119.45 mph | Jim Moodie | Honda | 119.4 mph | Ian Simpson | Honda | 118.62 mph |
| 1998 | Ian Simpson | Honda | 119.79 mph | Bob Jackson | Kawasaki | 119.72 mph | James Courtney | Honda | 119.19 mph |
| 1999 | David Jefferies | Yamaha | 121.27 mph | Iain Duffus | Yamaha | 120.44 mph | Ian Lougher | Honda | 120.42 mph |
| 2000 | David Jefferies | Yamaha | 121.95 mph | Michael Rutter | Yamaha | 121.21 mph | Joey Dunlop | Honda | 120.66 mph |
| 2001 | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak | Cancelled due to foot-and-mouth outbreak |
| 2002 | David Jefferies | Suzuki | 124.74 mph | Ian Lougher | Suzuki | 124.32 mph | John McGuinness | Honda | 123.45 mph |
| 2003 | Adrian Archibald | Suzuki | 124.53 mph | John McGuinness | Ducati | 123.93 mph | Ian Lougher | Honda | 123.21 mph |
| 2004 | Adrian Archibald | Suzuki | 123.81 mph | Bruce Anstey | Suzuki | 122.96 mph | Gary Carswell | Suzuki | 120.64 mph |
| 2005 | John McGuinness | Yamaha | 124.324 mph | Ian Lougher | Honda | 123.67 mph | Guy Martin | Honda | 123.32 mph |
| 2006 | John McGuinness | Honda | 126.178 mph | Donald Cameron | Honda | 125.68 mph | Bruce Anstey | Suzuki | 125.59 mph |
| 2007 | John McGuinness | Honda | 127.255 mph | Guy Martin | Honda | 126.6 mph | Ian Hutchinson | Honda | 125.67 mph |
| 2008 | John McGuinness | Honda | 127.186 mph | Donald Cameron | Suzuki | 126.18 mph | Ian Hutchinson | Yamaha | 125.19 mph |
| 2009 | Steve Plater | Honda | 128.278 mph | Conor Cummins | Kawasaki | 127.88 mph | Gary Johnson | Honda | 126.87 mph |
| 2010 | Ian Hutchinson | Honda | 128.607 mph | Ryan Farquhar | Kawasaki | 127.46 mph | Bruce Anstey | Suzuki | 126.4 mph |
| 2011 | John McGuinness | Honda | 128.426 mph | Guy Martin | Suzuki | 128.28 mph | Bruce Anstey | Honda | 128.1 mph |
| 2012 | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions | Cancelled due to weather conditions |
| 2013 | John McGuinness | Honda | 128.943 mph | Michael Dunlop | Honda | 128.73 mph | Bruce Anstey | Honda | 128.58 mph |
| 2014 | Michael Dunlop | BMW | 128.680 mph | Conor Cummins | Honda | 128.39 mph | Guy Martin | Suzuki | 128.201 mph |
| 2015 | John McGuinness | Honda | 130.481 mph | James Hillier | Kawasaki | 130.03 mph | Ian Hutchinson | Kawasaki | 129.83 mph |
| 2016 | Michael Dunlop | BMW | 130.685 mph | Ian Hutchinson | BMW | 130.029 mph | John McGuinness | Honda | 129.388 mph |
| 2017 | Michael Dunlop | Suzuki | 130.456 mph | Peter Hickman | BMW | 130.04 mph | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki | 129.724 mph |
| 2018 | Peter Hickman | BMW | 131.700 mph | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki | 131.656 mph | Conor Cummins | Honda | 129.554 mph |
| 2019 | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki | 130.824 mph | Peter Hickman | BMW | 129.719 mph | Conor Cummins | Honda | 129.599 mph |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Peter Hickman | BMW | 129.432 mph | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki | 129.085 mph | Conor Cummins | Honda | 128.745 mph |
| 2023 | Peter Hickman | BMW | 132.526 mph | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki | 132.097 mph | Michael Dunlop | Honda | 131.661 mph |

### Multiple winners (riders)

| Rider | Wins |
| Mike Hailwood, John McGuinness | 7 |
| Giacomo Agostini | 5 |
| Joey Dunlop, Steve Hislop, John Surtees, Stanley Woods | 4 |
| Alec Bennett, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, Michael Dunlop, David Jefferies, Phillip McCallen, Peter Hickman | 3 |
| Adrian Archibald, Ray Amm, Howard R Davies, Charlie Dodson, Mick Grant, Jimmie Guthrie, Tom Herron, Rob McElnea | 2 |

### Multiple winners (manufacturers)

| Marque | Wins |
| Honda | 23 |
| Norton | 20 |
| MV Agusta | 13 |
| Suzuki | 13 |
| BMW | 6 |
| Yamaha, Sunbeam | 5 |
| Gilera, Kawasaki, Rudge, Scott | 2 |