According to one of his mechanics (from the MD team) he had some sort of rear shock ‘failure’.

Ironically, if I’m not mistaken, the issues he had all through the TT was around the rear shock they were using. I understood it to be a different manufacturer than what he was used to. Did he run k-Tech with Hawk?

Clearly something was amiss. Never really got close to the times he was doing on the Hawk bike in 16.

Do not agree with anyone who believes MD is not capable of Hicky’s LR. We have never seen Michael on a sperbike on a flying lap in race trim with a race win on the line.