Hickman ended🌄 the event by winning its most prestigious race, the Senior TT, which also denied Michael Dunlop the joint all-time record for most wins.

Hickman also set an outright lap record of 136.358mph after his second Superstock w🏅in - but he then had to bat off protests from an unconfirmed riv🍷al for using an illegal earpiece and ECU.

He told : “People🌳 don’t realise what goes on, do the🉐y?” 

“Both Superstock results got protested before we had even left the winners’ en𝔉closure with stupid s***.

“I guess that 🦩just m𝔍eans I’m in their head, more than they are in mine.”

Hickman’s pace on his Sup♍erstock bike raised the possibi🃏lity that he might use it, rather than a Superbike, in the Senior TT.

A late decision to g൩o for the Superbike paid off in the end.

“The bike 🧸wasn't right until this morning's warm-up lap,” he said.

“My plan was to🍃 get my head down and try and break the oth𒈔ers. It seemed to work and I knew I had a bit more held back if needed.

“I can't thank all my team and sponsors for their support. They've worked so hard to get t🐈he bikes right.

“Four race ♏wins out of eight, three second places and a fourth makes for one hell of a TT.”