McGuinness set an unofficial lap record in practice

Isle of Man TT preview: BBC1 NI, 2 June, 0005 BST

John McGuinness set an unofficial lap record in Wednesday night's practice session for the Isle of Man TT Races.

The HM Plant Honda rider lapped at a speed of 127.81mph, the fastest ever lap of the 37.73-mile Mountain course.

Guy Martin was second in the Superbike class ahead of Ian Lougher, Ian Hutchinson and Martin Finnegan.

Bruce Anstey was best in Supersports at 122.00mph, with McGuinness and Martin next best while Martin topped the Superstock times at a speed of 123.0

Hutchinson was second and McGuinness third in that category.

There was more disappointment for Northern Ireland rider Adrian Archibald who failed to complete a lap on his Superbike machine for the second night in succession.

William Dunlop, son of Robert, bettered his previous best time by lapping at 114.26mph on his Supersport machine.

Dave Molyneux continued to dominate the Sidecar times, recording a lap of 116.2mph, another unofficial lap record.

Wednesday practice times
Superbikes: J McGuinness 127.81mph; G Martin 126.41; I Lougher 125.39; I Hutchinson 124.50; M Finnegan 122.60; C Rennie 121.94
Superstocks: G Martin 123.0mph; I Hutchinson 121.5; J McGuinness 120.8; M Parrett 120.0; J McBride 119.9; G Carswell 119.9
Supersports: B Anstey 122.0mph; J McGuinness 121.9; G Martin 121.3; A Archibald 120.2; J Griffiths 120.1; R Frost 119.4; R Porter 119.4.