Outright Lap Record Holder · Isle of Man TT

Peter Hickman

Fourteen Isle of Man TT victories and the outright lap record of the Mountain Course, 136.358 mph set in 2023. He has also won the Macau Grand Prix four times, and has raced in the British Superbike Championship since 2006.

Nationality
English
Born
8 April 1987 · Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
Number
60 in the British championship · 10 at the TT
TT wins
14 (2018–2024)
Lap record
136.358 mph · 16:36.114, Superstock TT Race 2, 2023
Macau wins
4 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2023)
14-Time Isle of Man TT Winner
2006 — Present
14
Isle of Man TT Wins
4
Macau Grand Prix Wins
3
Senior TT Victories
136.358
mph Outright Lap Record

Who is Peter Hickman?

Peter Hickman (born 8 April 1987) is an English motorcycle racer who has won fourteen races at the Isle of Man TT and holds the outright lap record of the Mountain Course at 136.358 mph, set in 2023. He has won the Macau Grand Prix four times and has raced in the British Superbike Championship since 2006.

Full name
Peter John Hickman
Nationality
English
Career
2006–present
Best known for
Fourteen TT wins and the outright Mountain Course lap record
Rider Profile

Peter Hickman: Full Biography

Peter John Hickman, known as Hicky, is an English motorcycle racer who has won fourteen races at the Isle of Man TT and holds the outright lap record of the Mountain Course — 16 minutes 36.114 seconds, an average of 136.358 mph, set on a BMW M1000RR in the second Superstock race of 2023. He is joint sixth on the TT’s all-time winners list.

Short Circuits He has raced in the British Superbike Championship since 2006, taking his first win at Cadwell Park in 2014 and a career-best fourth in the championship in 2017. He also rode in the Superbike World Championship in 2022, first as a Donington wild card and then standing in for Michael van der Mark at the factory BMW team.

Roads He learned the TT course by driving seventy laps of it in a hire car and watching video, and set a fastest-newcomer record on his 2014 debut. His father Dave was a Manx Grand Prix winner. He won the Ulster Grand Prix feature race in 2015 and the Macau Grand Prix in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2023.

The TT His first two wins came in 2018, three followed in 2019, and four in each of 2022 and 2023 — a haul in a single week matched only by Phillip McCallen and Michael Dunlop, and bettered only by Ian Hutchinson’s five in 2010. His fourteenth win came in the 2024 Superbike TT at 135.534 mph.

The Career

Three Chapters That Defined Peter Hickman

Chapter 01

Seventy Laps in a Hire Car

He was born at Burton-upon-Trent in April 1987 and came to road racing through the British championships, riding in the British Superbike Championship from 2006 and carrying the number 60 that he still uses. His father Dave was a Manx Grand Prix winner who entered two TTs. His own first British Superbike win came at Cadwell Park in 2014, a season he had started without a ride at all — a single round for Tsingtao WK Kawasaki, then the RAF Reserves Honda team from Knockhill onwards. He went to the Isle of Man for the first time the same year, having prepared by driving seventy laps of the thirty-seven-mile course in a hire car and watching video of it, and set a record as the fastest newcomer the TT had had. A first international road race win came at the Ulster Grand Prix in 2015, and the first of four Macau Grand Prix victories in November of that year.

Peter Hickman riding the number 60 Ultimate Racing Yamaha at Snetterton during the 2009 British Superbike Championship. Ultimate Racing Yamaha · British Superbike Championship, 2009 Photo: Peter Hickman, British Superbike Championship (2009) by Stuart Bassil from Norwich, England / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Chapter 02

Two, Three, Four, Four

The wins arrived in 2018. In the Superstock race he beat Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison, breaking Ian Hutchinson’s lap record twice on the way, and in the Senior he raised the absolute lap record of the Mountain Course on the final lap to win from Harrison, with the Manxman Conor Cummins third. Three more followed in 2019 — the Superbike, the Superstock and the second Supersport race, the last of them on a Triumph. When the TT returned in 2022 after two years lost to travel restrictions he won four races in the week, on a BMW three times and a Paton once, and in 2023 he won four again. Only Phillip McCallen and Michael Dunlop had taken four in a week before him, and only Ian Hutchinson has taken more, with five in 2010.

Peter Hickman’s Briggs Equipment and RAF Reserves BMW S1000RR in the paddock awning at the 2015 Isle of Man TT races. BMW S1000RR · Isle of Man TT, 2015 Photo: Peter Hickman’s BMW S1000RR, Isle of Man TT (2015) by Mark Walker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Chapter 03

Sixteen Minutes, Thirty-Six Seconds

The lap that defines him came in the second Superstock race of 2023: 16 minutes and 36.114 seconds around the Mountain Course, an average of 136.358 mph on a BMW M1000RR, and still the outright record for the circuit. He holds the Senior TT lap record too, 16:42.778 at 135.452 mph from 2018, and the Senior race record set in the same afternoon. His fourteenth and most recent TT win came in the 2024 Superbike race at 135.534 mph, which puts him joint sixth on the event’s all-time list alongside Mike Hailwood and the Birchall brothers, with Joey Dunlop above him. Away from the Island he has spent two decades in the British Superbike Championship, 468 starts and seven wins with a best of fourth overall in 2017, took his first World Superbike points at Most in 2022 standing in for Michael van der Mark, and won Macau for a fourth time in 2023.

Peter Hickman riding the number 60 FHO Racing BMW Motorrad in wet qualifying at Brands Hatch during the 2023 British Superbike Championship. FHO Racing BMW Motorrad · Brands Hatch, 2023 Photo: Peter Hickman, FHO Racing BMW, Brands Hatch (2023) by Smudge 9000 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (resized) · licence
Career Timeline

Peter Hickman Career Timeline: 1987–Present

Born in Burton-upon-Trent

Peter John Hickman is born on 8 April in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.

British Superbikes

Begins racing in the British Superbike Championship.

Superstock 1000

Contests the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup on a Yamaha.

Cadwell and the Island

A first British Superbike win, and a fastest-newcomer record on his TT debut.

Ulster and Macau

Wins the Ulster Grand Prix feature race and the Macau Grand Prix.

Macau Again

Retains Macau by 0.533 seconds from Michael Rutter.

Career-Best Fourth

Finishes fourth in the British Superbike Championship.

First TT Wins

Wins the Superstock TT, then the Senior with a new absolute lap record.

Three in a Week

Wins the Superbike, Superstock and Supersport 2 TT races.

Four in a Week

Four TT wins on the event’s return, and first World Superbike points.

136.358 mph

Four more TT wins and the outright Mountain Course lap record.

Fourteenth

Wins the Superbike TT at 135.534 mph.

By the Numbers

Peter Hickman Isle of Man TT Victories

Peter Hickman season-by-season record: team, win no., race, wins that week, average speed and final standing.
SeasonTeam Win No. Race Wins That Week Average Speed Pos.
2018 BMW 1 Superstock TT 2 131.553 1
2018 BMW 2 Senior TT 2 131.700 1
2019 BMW 3 Superbike TT 3 132.644 1
2019 BMW 4 Superstock TT 3 130.488 1
2019 Triumph 5 Supersport 2 TT 3 127.671 1
2022 BMW 6 Superbike TT 4 130.634 1
2022 BMW 7 Superstock TT 4 130.552 1
2022 Paton 8 Supertwin TT 4 120.006 1
2022 BMW 9 Senior TT 4 129.432 1
2023 BMW 10 Superstock 1 TT 4 132.937 1
2023 BMW 11 Superstock 2 TT 4 133.676 1
2023 Yamaha 12 Supertwin 2 TT 4 119.318 1
2023 BMW 13 Senior TT 4 132.526 1
2024 BMW 14 Superbike TT 1 135.534 1

Every row is a victory, so every position badge reads first. This is his complete Isle of Man TT win record: the Win No. column is a running count that closes on 14, his published career total, and the Team column gives the marque. Average speeds are race averages in miles per hour. Within a year the wins are grouped rather than strictly ordered, although the schedule fixes some of it — the Superbike race opens the week and the Senior closes it. No career podium or race-start figure is given: his published podium total is 33 but the position distribution on the same source, dated June 2026, lists 14 firsts, 13 seconds and 5 thirds, which comes to 32, and the same source counts 10 TT meetings contested when the years given add up to 11. His fourteen wins are separately confirmed by the TT’s own all-time winners list, which places him joint sixth alongside Mike Hailwood and Ben and Tom Birchall. His British Superbike career, four Macau Grand Prix wins and 2022 World Superbike appearances are covered in the biography and timeline rather than here. Figures verified 6 September 2026.

Frequently Asked

Peter Hickman: Frequently Asked Questions

How many Isle of Man TT races has Peter Hickman won?

Fourteen, between 2018 and 2024 — two in 2018, three in 2019, four in 2022, four in 2023 and one in 2024. That puts him joint sixth on the event’s all-time winners list, alongside Mike Hailwood and Ben and Tom Birchall.

What is Peter Hickman’s Isle of Man TT lap record?

16 minutes and 36.114 seconds, an average of 136.358 mph over the 37.73-mile Mountain Course, set on a BMW M1000RR in the second Superstock race of the 2023 TT. It is the outright record for the circuit. He also holds the Senior TT lap record, 16:42.778 at 135.452 mph from 2018.

How did Peter Hickman learn the TT course?

He drove seventy laps of the thirty-seven-mile course in a hire car and studied video of it before his 2014 debut, on which he set a record as the fastest newcomer the TT had had. Glenn Irwin broke that newcomer record in 2022.

Has Peter Hickman won the Macau Grand Prix?

Four times — in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2023. The 2016 win came by 0.533 seconds from the eight-time winner Michael Rutter, and the 2023 win by 28 seconds from Davey Todd, the first for FHO BMW.

What did Peter Hickman do in 2018?

He won his first two TT races. In the Superstock he beat Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison, breaking Ian Hutchinson’s lap record twice, and in the Senior he raised the outright lap record of the course on the final lap to win from Harrison, with Conor Cummins third.

Has Peter Hickman raced in World Superbikes?

Yes, in 2022. He appeared as a wild card at Donington Park on his British championship BMW M1000RR, then replaced Michael van der Mark at the factory BMW team for the Most round, scoring his first points with fourteenth place in race two.

What is Peter Hickman’s British Superbike record?

468 starts since 2006, with seven wins, twenty-five podiums and five pole positions. His best championship finish is fourth, in 2017. He has ridden BMWs, Hondas, Kawasakis and Yamahas in the series.

Why is Peter Hickman called Hicky?

It is a straightforward shortening of his surname, and the name he uses himself — his website trades as Hicky 60, after the number 60 he carries in the British championship. His start number at the Isle of Man TT is 10.

Who else has won four TT races in a week?

Only Phillip McCallen and Michael Dunlop had done it before Hickman managed it in 2022 and again in 2023. Ian Hutchinson is the only rider to have won five in one week, in 2010.

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References

Sources & Further Reading

Every statistic on this page is drawn from the following records.

  1. Isle of Man TT Mountain Course · Wikipedia
  2. Isle of Man TT · Wikipedia
  3. 2018 Isle of Man TT · Wikipedia
  4. 2023 Isle of Man TT · Wikipedia
  5. Peter Hickman · Wikipedia
  6. Peter Hickman (Q17612404) · Wikidata entity record

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