Video: 2025 Hailwood Trophy Part 2 full race | 82MM

29th April 2025

Russell Campbell

Close-quarter racing isn’t reserved for four wheels. With little aerodynamic grip to speak of, minimal drag and less dirty air, the motorbikes of the Hailwood Trophy at the 82nd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport offered edge-of-your-seat racing we can all appreciate.

The Hailwood Trophy takes its name from Mike Hailwood, the nine-time World Champion and 14-time victor at the Isle of Man TT – it’s hard to imagine a name more worthy of its own race.

At the start, second-placed qualifier Dan Jackson’s Harris-Yamaha made a great getaway, cruising past Michael Russell’s stuttering RPS Triumph Trident T150. Russell quickly fell down the order, passed by Glen English’s Yamaha TZ350G and Levi Day’s Yamaha TZ350G.

But the order didn’t reflect Russell’s true pace, which was almost two seconds faster than the next closest bike in qualifying, and the Englishman started to put it to good use; he’d retaken third position from Day before the end of the third lap.

English’s challenge, meanwhile, was extinguished by a five-second penalty for jumping the start. And that’s how it stayed until the final laps of the race, with Jackson in front, followed by English (subject to a penalty), Russell and Day.

With just four laps to complete, less than a second to split the first four bikes, and it was all to play for – could Russell make good on his practice pace? Or would Jackson, who had led the race from the start, hold on?