Twenty-time TT winner John McGuinness knew he would struggle going into today's six-lap Dainese Superbike TT but still managed to pull out a seventh-placed finish despite his broken scaphoid.
The Morecambe Missile was running in the top six until the last two laps when Bruce Anstey upped his game and smashed the outright lap record with a 132.298mph effort.
"It’s does feel strange not to be in the winners' enclosure, but I knew going in to the race that I might struggle. Three or four weeks ago I thought I wouldn’t even be able to compete, so to finish six laps and place in the top ten I don’t feel like I’ve disgraced myself," said McGuinness.
"My wrist was holding me back in some places but in others it wasn’t on my mind. I need to take the positives from this – I was in the hunt for fourth before I got held up and I finished the race, so as I said, I didn’t disgrace myself."
