"Bearing in mind they are always provisional results until they're approved by the stewards in the meeting." The North West 200 have been contacted for a response about Hickman's comments.

Davey Todd takes his first North West 200 Superbike win and the seventh of his career at the event in Thursday night's four-lapper.

The North West 200 regularly attracts the world's leading exponents of racing on closed public roads on some of the most exotic machinery on the planet, with an atmosphere to match as tens of ...