Honda Legends' John McGuinness has bagged his 17th career TT victory on the Isle of Man this evening, taking the Senior TT win and once again denying Guy Martin with Supersport race one winner Bruce Anstey in third place.
McGuinness took the lead on lap two and never looked back while Relentless Suzuki's Martin had a scrap on his hands with Anstey for the runner-up spot, losing it briefly on the run into the second pit-stops but the rhythm-less Anstey couldn't keep up the pressure.
As it has been all week, McGuinness was away first down the Glencrutchery Road wearing the number one plate followed by team-mate Keith Amor and Martin, and it was the Lincolnshire man who led as they went through Geln Helen for the first time with a 0.33s lead over Gary Johnson and Anstey as McGuinness found himself relegated to fourth on a section he is usually fastest.
Martin set an outrageous pace, upping the gap to 2.55s over Anstey in second at Ballaugh while Johnson and McGuinness were within a second of each other for third and Michael Dunlop fighting with brother William for fifth.
Such was the Suzuki man's pace, he was nearly five seconds clear at the Bungalow but McGuinness was catching Anstey while Johnson made fourth his own, dropping M-Lop while Amor started to come back into the top five.
Martin set a 131.038mph lap as they crossed the line for lap two but Anstey had stabilised the gap to just under five seconds while McGuinness had cut the Kiwi's advantage to a little over 1.5s as Johnson and M-Lop began to drop back.
Anstey and McGuinness lapped at a very similar pace for the whole of lap two and had reduced Martin's lead to four seconds as they came into the pits for the first round of stops but a slow refuel from Anstey saw McGuinness snatch second as they headed towards St Ninians for a third time.
It took the Lancashire man until Ramsey to pass Martin and he headed up the Mountain with a 0.06s lead which was the same at the Bungalow. However, McGuinness got the hammer down on his way down the Mountain and he started lap four with a 2.56s lead while Anstey began to cut Martin's advantage for second. Amor had also got a wriggle on and was just a second behind M-Lop for fifth but it emerged the Ballymoney man had run straight on at Ballacraine.
McGuinness then showed his class and consistency, increasing his lead as they completed lap four as Anstey contined to close in on Martin while Amor, M-Lop and now Cameron Donald were all in the mix for fourth place.
As the second round of pitstops began, McGuinness registered a lap of 131.248 while Anstey finally passed Martin on corrected time but lost it again on the re-fuel and went through Glen Helen five seconds down on Martin.
From there, McGuinness rode to his pitboards, keeping Martin and Anstey well in control while the fight for fourth was between Amor and Donald. The pair swapped places on lap six but the Australian was back in front as they took the chequered flag.
M-Lop finished in sixth place ahead of yesterday's Supersport race winner Johnson. W-Lop was eighth, James Hillier ninth and Michael Rutter rounded out the top ten. Newcomer Simon Andrews finished in 11th place with a fastest lap of 125.174mph.
