Ian Hutchinson (motorcycle racer)
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Hutchinson after winning the second Supersport Junior TT race at the 2010 Isle of Man TT; a record-equalling fourth win in one TT meeting.
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
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12 August 1979 Bingley, West Yorkshire |
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| Current team | Tyco BMW | ||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Ian Hutchinson (born 12 August 1979 in Bingley, West Yorkshire) is an English professional motorcycle road racer specialising in events held on closed public roads like the Isle of Man TT, the North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix.
Hutchinson's most successful racing year was in 2010, when he set the record of winning the most races in a single Isle of Man TT festival in June, achieving five solo wins, preceded by Supersport class at the North West 200 in Northern Ireland. At a British Supersport round in September, Hutchinson suffered a crash resulting in a badly broken left leg after being hit by another rider's machine which needed many surgical operations and much time to recover. Unluckily, he again fractured the leg in 2012 when riding an off-road bike practicing exhibition-riding for a motorycle show at the Excel Arena in London.
After modifications to his race machines involving changing the gear-lever to the right side and fitting a thumb-operated rear brake instead of a footbrake lever, in 2013 he won the Macau Grand Prix.
In 2015 he had a dramatic return to top form with three wins, a second and third places at the 2015 Isle of Man TT races riding PBM Kawasaki (1000 cc) and Team Traction Control Yamaha (600 cc) machines, which contributed to his overall points tally, winning the Joey Dunlop TT Championship Trophy for 2015.
He also competed in selected rounds of the 2015 British Superbike Championship on the Kawasaki ZX-10R.
Hutchinson was placed sixth in his last race on the PBM Kawasaki at the Macau Grand Prix in November 2015. For 2016, he is contracted to ride Tyco BMWs for the Superbike and Superstock classes, with a return to Keith Flint's Team Traction Control Yamahas for the Supersport class at North West 200, Isle of Man TT, and Ulster Grand Prix.
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