John McGuinness won his 16th TT on Saturday when he took victory in the Dainese Superbike race at the Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy.

The Honda TT Legends rider overcame an early challenge from Bruce Anstey and a strong pit stop at the end of lap two saw him reassert himself.

When the Kiwi went out at Quarry Bends, McGuinness was already 20 seconds clear of the field.

“I am speechless… I feel like I am dreaming,” McGuinness said. “It looked like it was going to be a mega-close race to begin with. Bruce was really pushing hard at the beginning there and we lost some time but we had a great pit stop, went back out and got the lead back.

“I did six good laps, I didn’t make any mistakes and we had two terrific pit stops by a fantastic team. They put a lot of faith in me and I put a lot of faith in them and it paid off.

“It was tiring but I have to say that the EWC races are really paying dividends now in terms of bike fitness. Somebody said to me today if you get that 16th win it will be sweet 16 – and it certainly feels sweet.”

With Guy Martin retiring on lap five, McGuinness’ eventual winning margin was almost a minute over Victorian Cameron Donald who came through to take second, some 10 seconds clear of Gary Johnson who took third despite suffering a 30-second penalty.