Anstey Disqualified with Dodgy Exhaust Cam

Bruce Anstey has been disqualified from yesterday's Supersport TT race results after a post-race check revealed that the exhaust cam in his Suzuki GSX-R600 was different to the homologated cam for that model. The cam fitted was providing more exhaust valve lift than it should have done.

The Supersport TT race win has thus been awarded to Steve Plater and his AIM Racing Yamaha R6, with John McGuinness second and Keith Amor third.

Speaking before he was awarded the race win, Plater commented: “I had no idea I had finished second. I didn’t have any boards around the circuit but one of the Phase One guys waved their board at me to say I was P5 a couple of times and I thought that would be a good result.

“But then when I went through on my last lap it said P3 and I thought, flipping heck that’s good, and thought I had better try to be as smooth as possible to hang onto third. But then coming out of Ramsey and up May Hill I made a mistake on the approach to the hairpin so I was a bit cross with myself.

“All I wanted to do was keep it smooth over the mountain and bring it home in third so I couldn’t believe it when they ushered me into the second place spot.

“It's just awesome, my head is in a big snowball right now and I can’t believe what I have just done.”

After being declared the winner, Steve had this to say: “It was a surprise to find out I was second but now I have to take in the fact that I have actually won the race. It’s all too much for me to take on board right now. Today has been such an emotional rollercoaster I just need a bit of peace and quiet to realise exactly what has happened here today.”