Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze saved the best until last in practice for the Isle of Man TT Sidecar races and a superb lap of 113.321mph was good enough to place them second fastest overall on the leaderboard going into today's opening three-lap race.

After a solid start to the week, the pair put in their first real quick laps on Wednesday evening posting a best lap of 111.379mph but problems on Thursday saw them slip back to 106.697mph. However, with conditions perfect on Friday evening, Reeves signalled his intentions with a standing start lap of 113.321mph, comfortably Cluze's quickest ever lap of the Mountain Course.

They looked odds on to better that speed on their second lap with substantially quicker sector times only to run low on fuel at Hillberry before limping home but with the bike handling well and flying through the speed trap at Sulby (144.9mph), hopes are high for the first race tomorrow.

"We started the week steadily and were buidling up nicely, the lap of 111mph+ on Wednesday being particularly pleasing but problems on Thursday saw us take a backward step. I wasn't happy after that session but we got the bike fixed in time for the final practice session and I had a good go, catching John Holden on the first lap and then going quicker on the second," said Reeves.

"As we were coming over the Mountain I started to run low on fuel as we didn't start the session with a full tank so I had to limp home. The bike's absolutely flying now and it's easy for people to forget that it's only Greg's second time but he's doing brilliantly.

"I've no hesitation in saying he's the best passenger in the world but the TT course takes a while to learn and it's a big jump up from the speeds he did on his debut 12 months ago. He's been absolutely faultless though and I'm feeling really strong now going into the first race."