Michael Rutter

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Michael Rutter (born April 18, 1972 in Wordsley ) is a British motorcycle racer .

Career

Rutter's father Tony was already a successful motorcyclist in road races and ran a racing school. As a teenager, Michel Rutter took part in competitions for young talent. In 1993 he drove for the first time in both the British Superbike Championship (BSB) and the Superbike World Championship . In his career he has so far recorded 28 national victories in the BSB, in which he still participates today, and three in the World Cup. Rutter also took part in 1999 with moderate success in the 500 cc class of the motorcycle world championship .

Michael Rutter received national attention as a successful driver in road races. At the Macau Grand Prix , with eight first places, no one was able to win as often in the motorcycle category as he. Rutter won the Isle of Man TT both with conventional motorcycles and in the TT Zero, which has been held since 2009, with electric motorcycles . In 2013, he was the first pilot on an electric motorcycle to achieve the symbolic average of 100  mph (160.93  km / h ) on the almost 37.71  mi (60.69  km ) long Snaefell Mountain Course .

Rutter started his career on Honda . In the meantime he always competed in races on Yamaha and Ducati . In 2015 he competed for BMW before moving to the Paton SC project , which relies on Kawasaki.

At the Macau GP 2019, he was subsequently declared the winner by the race management in front of his teammate Peter Hickman , who overtook him a few moments before the race was stopped, triggered by a mass fall. In total, he won there nine times.

statistics

Rutter's Ducati from 2011

Isle of Man TT victories

year class machine Average speed
1998 Junior Honda 114.37  mph (184.06  km / h )
2011 TT Zero MotoCzysz 99.604 mph (160.3 km / h)
2012 TT Zero MotoCzysz 104.056 mph (167.46 km / h)
2013 TT Zero MotoCzysz 109.675 mph (176.5 km / h)
2017 Lightwight Kawasaki 118.645 mph (190.94 km / h)
2018 TT Zero Mugen Shinden 121.824 mph (196.06 km / h)
2019 TT Zero Mugen Shinden 121.909 mph (196.19 km / h)

More victories

year class machine run
1997 600s Honda North west 200
1997 Superbike race 2 Honda North west 200
1998 Production Honda North west 200
1998 Superbike race 2 Honda North west 200
1998 Solo motorcycle Honda Macau Grand Prix
2000 600s Yamaha North west 200
2000 Superbike race 1 Yamaha North west 200
2000 Superbike race 2 Yamaha North west 200
2000 Solo motorcycle Yamaha Macau Grand Prix
2001 Solo motorcycle Kawasaki Mallory Park Race
2002 Solo motorcycle Ducati Macau Grand Prix
2003 Superbike Ducati North west 200
2003 Solo motorcycle Ducati Macau Grand Prix
2003 Solo motorcycle Ducati Mallory Park Race
2004 Superbike race 1 Honda North west 200
2004 Superbike race 2 Honda North west 200
2004 Solo motorcycle Honda Macau Grand Prix
2005 Superbike race 1 Honda North west 200
2005 Solo motorcycle Honda Macau Grand Prix
2008 Superbike race 1 Yamaha North west 200
2011 Solo motorcycle Ducati Macau Grand Prix
2012 Superstock race 2 Yamaha North west 200
2017 Supertwins race 2 Kawasaki North west 200
2019 Solo motorcycle BMW Macau Grand Prix

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Macau: Motorcycle GP canceled after a mass crash, Rutter wins. In: motorsport magazine. November 16, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rutter, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Wordsley