Imperious Michael Dunlop made it a perfect 10 Supersport wins in a row at the Isle of Man TT as the Northern Ireland rider clinched his 35th victory at the event on Friday.

Dunlop wrapped up a fifth consecutive Supersport double on the Scars/MD Racing Ducati, beating Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison with Peter Hickman third on the Trooper by PHR Performance Triumph.

It was Dunlop’s fourth consecutive win on the Ducati after he won both races in 2025, earning the Italian manufacturer’s first TT victories in 30 years.

The Ballymoney man, riding with a new yellow Ducati Corse livery in the second Monster Energy Supersport race, was also celebrating a 54th podium at the TT in his 97th race start.

placeholder image — Michael Dunlop won the second Monster Energy Supersport race at the Isle of Man TT for his 35th victory on Friday. (Photo by Callum Staley/Pacemaker Press)

Harrison made his customary fast start and was 2.665s up on Dunlop, with the Honda rider on lap record pace, approximately one second inside Dunlop’s 2023 record.

At the Bungalow, Harrison’s pace had dipped as he dropped outside lap record pace, but he was still 3.859s ahead of Dunlop.

Mike Browne (BPE by Russell Racing Yamaha) wasn’t showing on the live timing screen because of an apparent transponder issue, but was estimated to be running inside the top four.

As they slowed for their compulsory pit-stop, Harrison’s advantage was 3.665s over Dunlop after an opening lap of 129.218mph on the Honda, which is the fastest standing start lap ever in a Supersport TT race.

Dunlop’s opening speed was 128.768mph on the Ducati.

A slower pit-stop for Harrison handed the advantage to Dunlop, who gained four seconds.

Dunlop was the new race leader by half-a-second from Harrison, with Hickman in third.

Paul Jordan (Jackson Racing by Prosper2 Ducati) was holding fourth, with Browne now confirmed be in fifth position after an opening lap at 126.716mph, and Josh Brookes sixth on the Uggly&Co Suzuki.

As he did in the first race, Dunlop began to up his pace on lap two and was four seconds ahead of Harison at Ballaugh, with Hickman 15.389s further back in third and Jordan an additional eight seconds down in fourth.

Dunlop’s lead was out to 16 seconds over Harrison with a second lap of 125.873mph – factoring in his pit-stop – with Harrison lapping at 123.611mph.

Hickman (123.238mph) was 15.625s adrift of Harrison and 10.173s ahead of Jordan on corrected time.

Onto the third and last lap and Dunlop continued to stretch his lead over Harrison, who was 22.716s behind.

Hickman was another 18.628s in arrears as he remained third, with Jordan fourth.

Dunlop rolled off slightly as he guided his booming Italian Ducati over the Mountain section for the final time, closing out another TT win by 26.126s.

Hickman secured the final rostrum spot, 13.537s behind Harrison.

Browne pipped Jordan on the final lap by ninth tenths of a second to claim fourth, with Brookes completing the top six.

Dominic Herbertson (KTS Macadam Triumph Factory Racing) and Jamie Coward (Rapid Racing Honda) were seventh and eighth respectively, while Shaun Anderson from Banbridge (Standford Racing by ARD Suzuki) and Ian Hutchinson (Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Ducati) filled the top ten positions.