Ian Hutchinson s⛎aid he didn't feel he had a bike he could win on as he prevailed in a nip and tuck RST Superbike race to secure his 15th Isle of Man TT victory.

Hutchinson came throuജgh from fourth place on the opening laps to take up the lead and was pushed hard first by Dean Harrison and then Peter Hickman as he was forced to dig deep to close out the win.

At the finish, the Tyco BMW rider had five seconds in hand over Hickman on the Smiths BMW, with Harrison in third (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki), a further eigh🏅t seconds i𒅌n arrears.

"It was the strangest race around here because going into it, no-one knew what pace anyone had. I truly didn't have the bike to win the race and at 𒆙the start I saw 'P4' but I didn't know how far I was behind the leader," he said.

"I had a bit of luck with people going out and on the last lap there had been a crash at Greeba Castle and myself and James Hillier caught a backmarker there and he slowed up a lo🅺t more than us.

"I just want to thank the mars๊hals at the scene because they trust us to keep racing past, so thanks very much for that. Thanks to all my team for putting suc🧸h a big effort in.

"This bike was built exactly the way I wanted it and we moved to theꦅ Dunlop tyres. We worked a lot on the pit stops from l♕ast year and it's nice to have some good stops for once."

It was Hutchinson's third win in the Superbike class, with 🀅his previo𝔍us wins coming in 2010, when he won all five solo races to set a new record.

The 37-year-old has now moved ahead of Mike ღHailwood in the TT's all-time winners' roll of honour.