Todd secures Macau Grand Prix win ahead of Hickman

English rider Davey Todd produced a dominant performance to romp to victory in the Macau motorcycle grand prix on Saturday.

The Yorkshire rider finished 10 seconds ahead of Zeeco 8TEN Racing BMW team-mate Peter Hickman, with Finnish rider Erno Kostamo, also BMW-mounted, a further 14 seconds in arrears in third.

Todd was in control of the 12-lap race over the armco-lined 3.8-mile Guia circuit throughout and managed the gap over his rivals to claim an emphatic success.

Polesitter Todd also set the fastest lap of the race at two minutes 23.702 seconds, marginally outside Stuart Easton’s 15-year-old lap record of 2:23.616 seconds.

The 30-year-old three-time Isle of Man TT winner had been awarded the win on the basis of setting the fastest qualifying time 12 months ago, after the race was cancelled because of extreme weather conditions caused by a passing typhoon.

The victory completes a successful year on public road circuits for the Saltburn-on-Sea rider, who sealed a hat-trick of triumphs at the North West 200, a Superbike race win at the TT and took the honours in the feature race at the Southern 100.

Hickman, a four-time Macau GP winner, battled for second place with 2022 winner Kostamo in the early stages but the Finn lost a number of positions after overshooting at the Lisboa section of the circuit, before recovering to claim the final podium spot.

Wigan rider Rob Hodson clinched his best finish at the event by taking fourth, with Swiss rider Lukas Maurer and Italy’s Maurizio Bottalico completing the top six.

Australian David Johnson, New Zealand newcomer Mitch Rees, Manx rider Michael Evans and Phil Crowe from England rounded out the top 10.