Hickman won four races at the 2023 TT, with a double in the Superstock class, a win the second Supertwin contest and victory in Saturday’s Senior TT.
But after his two Superstock wins – the second of which coming after setting an outright lap record of 136.358mph – protests were lodged by a rival, thought to be someone from within the Michael Dunlop camp.
The first was for allegedly using an illegal earpiece, while the second was for allegedly running an illegal ECU.
While sources in the TT paddock confirmed the protests – which never amounted to anything - to Autosport, the team had yet to make any public comment.
Speaking after his Senior TT win, Hickman blasted the protests.
“Yeah, people don’t realise what goes on, do they?” Hickman began when asked by Autosport if ending the week with Senior TT victory felt sweeter after all of the behind-the-scenes drama.
“Both Superstock results got protested before we’d even left the winners’ enclosure with stupid shit.
“I guess that just means I’m in their head more than what they are in mine.”
Source: Autosport