Latest practice news from the Island is that John McGuinness has 'unofficially' broken the outright TT course record, despite being "held up" to the tune of around ten seconds.
McGuinness did a 127.34mph/17m46s lap on his Formula 1 spec R1, pipping the late David Jefferies' 2002 outright record by three-tenths of a second. McGuinness' time remains unofficial because it was set during practice but the .
Yamaha UK team is confident his times will improve further with arrival of some parts from the factory BSB bikes today. As if that wasn't enough, McGuinness also clocked a 122.92mph/18m25s lap on his R6 which whipped the arse off Ryan Farquhar's 2003 Junior record by 5.65 seconds.
Behind McGuinness in the Formula 1 Bruce Anstey clocked a none-too-shabby 126.14mph lap practice while his TAS Suzuki teammate, and 2003 winner Adrian Archibald, was third with a 125.41mph lap
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