Isle of Man TT 1999 | F1 Race | David Jefferies wins his first TT

The Isle of Man TT 1999 turned out to be a record-breaking year with absolute solo and sidecar lap records broken and with David Jefferies winning his first TT Race. There was a dramatic start to the week in the Formula One Race - half the field had been sent away when the red flag was shown - Paul Orritt had crashed heavily at the bottom of Bray Hill. He escaped serious injury, but his machine was in the middle of the road. The riders who had got through continued for the remainder of the lap and, after a delay, the race was restarted, but reduced to four laps. Joey Dunlop opened with a lap at to lead Iain Duffus by 3.1 seconds with Ian Lougher in third place. David Jefferies, James Courtney and Phillip McCallen completed the top six.