bingley bullet to race factory mv at tt

Tsingtao Racing/Hampshire MV Agusta has confirmed that eight-time TT winner Ian Hutchinson will race their factory-backed MV Agusta in the Monster Energy Supersport TT Races.  The Bingley Bullet returned to the TT last year after missing the 2013 meeting through injury. 

The team will campaign the Italian marque’s F3 675 machine.

MV Agustas have won 34 TT races and taken 61 podiums between 1952 and 1972.The first race win came in the 1952 Ultra-Lightweight race, won by Cecil Sandford, while the last was the 1972 Senior won by Giacomo Agostini.   

While Agostini is the most successful MV Agusta rider at the TT, with 10 wins to his name, some of the greatest names in the event’s history have also raced on MVs, including John Surtees (six wins), Carlo Ubbiali (five), Mike Hailwood (four) and Tarquinio Provini (three). Other race winners have included Gary Hocking (two) while John Hartle, Bill Lomas, Cecil Sandford and Les Graham have also stood on the top step.