Michael Rutter has taken an all-the-way victory in the Lightweight TT Race at the Isle of Man TT.
Rutter set a new lap record on his way to an 8.8s victory over Martin Jessopp, giving Italian manufacturer Paton its first win in the Isle of Man TT in the process.
The first lap of the 37.7mi (60.7km) circuit was a tight affair with Rutter holding a narrow advantage over team-mate Stefano Bonetti throughout.
Jessopp (Kawasaki) took up second position on the run to Glen Helen on Lap 2, with Bonetti by then locked in combat with Peter Hickman (Kawasaki) and James Cowton (Kawasaki).
Rutter had extended his advantage to over 10s with a sizzling lap of 120.362mph (193.704km/h) by the time he had to refuel at the end of Lap 2, but a slow pit stop cost him most of that lead.
Jessopp trailed by only 2.8s by the time the pair reached Glen Helen on Lap 3, but that was as close as he got for the rest of the four-lap race as Rutter responded to take his first win at the TT since 2013 and his fifth in total.
Hickman finished comfortably clear of fourth-placed Ivan Lintin (Kawasaki), who ran as high as third but lost time and the position when he made a helmet change at his pit stop.
Bonetti retired on Lap 2 at Creg-ny-Baa.
Earlier in the Superstock race, Ian Hutchinson (BMW) dominated the four-lap encounter for his second win of the race week, while Hickman (BMW) and Dan Kneen (BMW) rounded out the podium.
Hickman now has four podiums from as many starts at the 2017 Isle of Man TT.
The Thursday (local time) program sees Supersport Race 2 run over four laps, before a single-lap race for TT Zero.
Top 10: Bennetts Lightweight TT, 2017 Isle of Man TT
| Pos | No | Rider | Machine/Entrant | Time |
| 1 | 4 | Michael Rutter | Paton / Paton SC-Project Reparto Corse | 01:16:19.324 |
| 2 | 3 | Martin Jessopp | Kawasaki / Riders Motorcycles | 01:16:28.142 |
| 3 | 10 | Peter Hickman | Kawasaki / KMR Kawaski / IEG Racing | 01:17:08.637 |
| 4 | 2 | Ivan Lintin | Kawasaki / Dafabet Devitt RC Express Raci | 01:17:40.865 |
| 5 | 5 | Daniel Cooper | Kawasaki / KW Electrical Services by DCM | 01:17:57.900 |
| 6 | 14 | Joshua Brookes | Kawasaki | 01:18:23.270 |
| 7 | 6 | Michael Dunlop | Kawasaki / McAdoo Racing | 01:18:30.418 |
| 8 | 8 | James Cowton | Kawasaki / McAdoo Racing Kawasaki | 01:19:21.307 |
| 9 | 22 | Michael Sweeney | Kawasaki / Kiely Heating | 01:20:10.134 |
| 10 | 30 | Jamie Hodson | Kawasaki / JGH Racing/Idesign kitchen & b | 01:20:48.734 |
Top 10: RL360 Quantum Superstock TT, 2017 Isle of Man TT
| Pos | No | Rider | Machine/Entrant | Time |
| 1 | 4 | Ian Hutchinson | BMW / Tyco BMW | 01:09:59.261 |
| 2 | 10 | Peter Hickman | BMW / Smiths Racing | 01:10:21.684 |
| 3 | 14 | Dan Kneen | BMW / DTR powered by Penz 13 | 01:10:42.708 |
| 4 | 11 | Michael Rutter | BMW / Bathams SMT Racing | 01:10:52.862 |
| 5 | 9 | Dean Harrison | Kawasaki / Silicone Engineering | 01:10:54.002 |
| 6 | 6 | Michael Dunlop | Suzuki / MD Racing | 01:11:03.037 |
| 7 | 15 | William Dunlop | Yamaha / Temple Golf Club | 01:12:04.373 |
| 8 | 1 | David Johnson | BMW / Fleetwood Grab Services BMW | 01:12:11.733 |
| 9 | 29 | Jamie Coward | BMW / Radcliffe’s Racing | 01:12:39.386 |
| 10 | 22 | Horst Saiger | Kawasaki / Swiss Moto | 01:12:58.409 |
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