Johnson & Brookes confirmed as Top 20 starters for Supersport TT

2025 Isle of Man TT – Monster Power Supersport TT

This yr’s Isle of Man TT Races will see two four-lap Monster Power Supersport TT races happen, because the middleweight class will get underway on Saturday thirty first Could, and is the primary class to have the top-20 riders revealed.

With John McGuinness MBE as soon as extra absent from the Supersport races, Paul Jordan will once more have the honour of getting the occasion underway, simply as he did in 2024. With two prime eight finishes final yr, he’ll be on board the Jackson Racing powered by Prosper2 Honda.

Davo Johnson on the Supersport bike in 2024 – In 2025 he’ll race an MSS Kawasaki

Ten seconds behind him can be Australian ace David Johnson (CD Racing by MSS Efficiency Kawasaki) and proper after him comes one of many pre-race favourites, Dean Harrison. Second and third final yr, he’ll be hopeful of repeating his 2018 victory and declare his first for Honda Racing UK.

He lapped near 129mph final yr however so too did the rider who takes the quantity 4 plate this yr, Jamie Coward. With manufacturing unit Triumph help for the primary time, he rides the KTS Macadam Triumph Manufacturing unit Racing machine and can be assured of claiming his first podium within the class.

Following him can be perennial prime six finisher James Hillier, who, regardless of current information that he, alongside Dominic Herbertson received’t be racing for WTF Racing, as soon as he has a brand new trip confirmed, can be once more difficult for a podium place.

Again in his common and favoured quantity six spot is Michael Dunlop, the clear favorite having dominated with six wins from six races since 2022. All eyes can be on whether or not he strains up on the ‘subsequent technology’ Ducati Panigale V2, a transfer that would definitely add one other layer of intrigue to the occasion. However with Michael, there’s all the time room for a last-minute curveball from the again of the truck.

Josh Brookes – Supersport TT 2024 – In 2025 Brookes can be on a Honda

Josh Brookes strains up once more at quantity seven on the second Jackson Racing powered by Prosper2 machine adopted by one other Honda rider at quantity eight – Davey Todd. Like Harrison, he took second and third final yr so each he and the Milenco by Padgett’s Bikes crew could have the highest spot firmly of their sights.

At quantity 9 is Mike Browne on the only real Boyce Precision Engineering by Russell Racing Yamaha entrant after which it’s one other of the 765cc Triumph’s, this time within the fingers of Peter Hickman along with his personal Trooper Triumph by PHR Efficiency crew. A race winner in 2019, he discovered himself down the order final yr in fifth and ninth so can be eager to proper these wrongs this time round.

Subsequent to go at 11 and 12 can be Conor Cummins (Burrows Engineering/RK Racing Ducati) and Ian Hutchinson (MLav Racing Ducati) with the quantity 13 plate taken in 2025 by Dominic Herbertson who, like Hillier, is awaiting information of a brand new trip.

Behind Herbertson is Craig Neve, the Bathams AJN Racing rider on a Triumph hoping for a greater TT after a apply crash at Greeba Fortress ruined his marketing campaign final yr, with Rob Hodson (SMT / VRS Restoration Yamaha) and James Hind (North Lincs Parts Suzuki) subsequent to go at numbers 15 and 16 respectively. With fifth and sixth within the final two years, Hind is unquestionably one to look at.

Shaun Anderson (Butterfields of Skipton Suzuki) begins at 17 and rounding out the highest twenty are a trio of fast Manxmen – Michael Evans, ninth and tenth final yr on the Smith Racing Triumph, Nathan Harrison (H&H Bikes Honda) and Ryan Cringle (Parker Automobile Transport Racing Yamaha).