SBS Riders Sweep Isle of Man TT Podiums

Riders supported by Danish friction maker SBS Friction A/S took all three podium places in the headline solo races at the 2026 Isle of Man TT, sweeping the Superbike, Supersport, Senior and Sportbike contests on the 37.73-mile Mountain Course. SBS Friction, which supplies brake pads and friction products for motorcycles and powersports, said its supported riders and teams locked out first, second and third across the week’s biggest classes under its Partners In Racing programme. Across qualifying and race week, SBS-supported riders set the pace in multiple classes, according to the company.

Highlights

• Dean Harrison won the RST Superbike TT by 15.5 seconds with a 134.892mph fastest lap — his first Superbike TT win — ahead of Peter Hickman and Michael Dunlop in an all-SBS top three.
• Michael Dunlop won both Supersport races and the week’s first Sportbike TT, recording his 35th TT victory and setting a new Sportbike lap record of 124.530mph.
• Harrison won a weather-disrupted Senior TT, declared on lap-one positions after a 135.166mph standing-start opening lap once the race was red-flagged on lap two.
• Paul Jordan became the 31st member of the TT’s 130 Club with a 130.656mph lap in the Superbike TT.

Harrison Sets the Pace on the Big Bikes

Dean Harrison arrived in sharp form and, according to SBS, set what it called the fastest opening qualifying lap in TT history at 133.925mph before topping the timesheets through the week. In the RST Superbike TT, riding for Honda Racing UK, he led from the front to win by 15.5 seconds and set the fastest lap of the race at 134.892mph. The result was his first Superbike TT win and his sixth TT victory overall, with Hickman second and Dunlop third to complete an all-SBS podium.

Dunlop Doubles Up in Supersport

Michael Dunlop, riding for MD Racing, won both Supersport races. In Race 1 he moved ahead of Harrison after the opening lap and won by 24.47 seconds, setting the fastest lap at 127.672mph, with Hickman third. In Race 2 he beat Harrison by 26.1 seconds for what SBS recorded as his 35th TT victory, with Hickman again third. Before the week, the company described Dunlop as the man to beat, with milestones of 33 wins and 100 career starts in sight.

How Was the 2026 Senior TT Decided?

The Senior TT, the meeting’s blue-riband race since 1911, ran under a revised schedule after weather disrupted the week. The original race was red-flagged on lap two with Harrison more than 14 seconds clear, and could not be declared on the Friday because less than half the distance had been run. After the meeting concluded, Harrison was declared the winner on the positions recorded at the end of lap one, which he had opened at 135.166mph from a standing start. The win was his seventh TT victory and his second Senior TT success, with Hickman second and Josh Brookes third.

Sportbike Lap Record and the 130 Club

Dunlop added the week’s first Sportbike TT aboard the Paton by MD Racing, winning by 28.775 seconds and setting a class lap record of 124.530mph. Behind him, just 0.663 seconds separated Mike Browne in second from Paul Jordan in third. Jordan also featured in the Superbike TT, where a 130.656mph lap made him the 31st rider to join the TT’s 130 Club.

Podium Results

A Brake Supplier on the Mountain

SBS supplies brake pads and friction products for motorcycles, scooters, ATV/UTVs and other applications, and runs its competition involvement under the Partners In Racing banner alongside team programmes such as its sponsorship of U.S. road-racing squad Team Hammer. The TT week also featured Honda Racing veteran John McGuinness, a 23-time TT winner and seven-time Senior TT winner who first broke the 130mph barrier at the Island in 2007; now 30 years on from his first TT, he ran a 1996 tribute livery. The brand’s profile continues to grow off the track as well, with the Svendborg manufacturer reporting double-digit gross-profit growth in its most recent annual results.

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