Saturday 24th August 2013
JOHN McGUINNESS AND GIACOMO AGOSTINI
RECREATE '67 SENIOR TT RACE WITH ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET COMPANY
PARADE LAP
The TT Races Paddock turned the clock
back to 1967 with the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company '67 Senior TT
Re-enactment at today's Classic TT presented by Bennetts.
Giacomo Agostini and John McGuinness
recreated the Italian legend's battle with Mike Hailwood in the
Diamond Jubilee Senior TT, which was ultimately won by the Englishman
after Hailwood clawed back Agostini's lead before Italian's chain
broke on the fifth lap, handing victory to Hailwood.
John McGuinness appeared riding a Mike
Hailwood replica Honda owned by John Chapman while Giacomo Agostini
paraded his own MV Agusta.
John Watt, the Isle of Man Steam Packet
Company Commercial Director flagged the pair off at around 4.20pm
with Mike's wife Pauline and son David joining the illustrious duo on
the start-line.
At the end of the lap John McGuinness
said that it was 'a real honour' to be chosen to represent Mike
Hailwood while Giacomo Agostini joked that John had stopped to help
him fix his chain on the Mountain.
In keeping with the 1967 theme,
Mylchreest Motors used an Austin Healey 3000 for the course
inspection, the same model as the company used at the 1967 TT Races.
