Tyco Suzuki's Guy Martin has expressed his disappointment with not winning a TT again in 2013 and said finishing fifth in the Senior may as well have been 25th such was the disappointment after racing that hard for six laps.
The Lincolnshire rider had a rough week with not podium to his name but he did bag a fourth place in the opening Superbike while technical problems put him out of the Superstock and one Supersport race. The second of which he finished sixth.
“If I’m honest fifth meant nothing to me I was that disappointed after the Senior TT; I might as well have finished twenty fifth. I have to hold my hands up but I did give one hundred percent. I scratched my spuds off in that race and wore the end of my boots off," said Martin.
“I couldn’t fault the team one little bit. For me they are the best team in the paddock and they all want to win races. Everyone gives their all, and as long as we all come away giving one hundred percent we have to be happy.
“Yes we use a little more fuel than the others and that makes our pit stops that little bit longer but big credit to Metzeler. I don’t go blowing smoke…; but those guys did everything I asked of them and it was a job well done.
“The Superstock job was good. I was pushing hard and went that little bit extra, but went and got a pit lane speedy penalty; then we had to park the thing. But there was a podium there for us, maybe even a win.
“I’ve never enjoyed a TT as much in my career and that’s saying something. Having Stewart Johnstone there was a big plus and I really enjoyed working with Josh Brookes. What a boy to do 127mph as a newcomer and I believe he’d have gone faster on Friday.
“I’m a TAS man, so I hope we can come back and do it all again next year. I just want to go riding again, so the Southern 100 can’t come quick enough and I’ll be talking to Philip Neill about another project we discussed.”