Motogp Isle Of Man Tt

A thriving tt many road races including the tt continued to thrive but they were contested by a more specialist breed of racer epitomised by the late joey dunlop who much preferred to do their racing between stone walls hedges.

Motogp isle of man tt. As higher safety standards were demanded by racers in the 1970 s pure road races like the isle of man tt were dropped from the world championship calendar. The isle of man tt is due to begin pretty soon 25th may 7th june actually and therefore people will start to dis the riders and claim that the motogp boys are better. Isle of man tt manx grand prix and southern 100. Valentino rossi pays a visit to the isle of man tt 2009.

I don t like the tt it s putting your life on the line marc will never race on the isle of man. There have been over 270 recorded competitor deaths in the isle of man since 1910. It s like saying cyril despres five time dakar rally winner is a better rider than tony cairoli six time world motocross champion. I have a lot of respect for the riders who do it but i ride bikes to have fun.

Motogp and iomtt a shared history. From 1949 to 1976 the iomtt was the motogp british round. The isle of man tt or tourist trophy races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the isle of man in may june of most years since its inaugural race in 1907 the event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world. The isle of man tt is run in a time trial format on public roads closed to the public by an act of tynwald the parliament of the isle of man.

Some isle of man deaths are included directly below as the races carried world championship status until a british grand prix was established on short circuits from 1977.