TT2014: Triple winner Dunlop staying grounded

Michael Dunlop has vowed to keep his feet on the ground as the Northern Ireland rider takes the 2014 Isle of Man TT races by storm.

Dunlop completed a treble with victory in Wednesday's second Supersport race and still has two more races to come on Friday in the Lightweight and Senior events.

The Ulsterman notched a four-timer in 2013 and two more wins on Friday would see him equal Ian Hutchinson's 2010 record of five wins in a week.

Dunlop, who is now level on TT wins with Giacomo Agostini and Stanley Woods, said: "It's just class and the tyres worked from the first corner; I caught Bruce [Anstey] and sat back because I didn't want to get too involved.

"We lost about three or four seconds in the pit-stop so I caught Bruce back and then I just sat there because I didn't need to go any harder.

"We're getting there and we'll keep plugging away because we don't want to get carried away with ourselves."

Dunlop set the fastest lap of the race at 127.403mph but once he caught Bruce Anstey on the road he controlled his advantage of nine seconds until the finish, taking his third win of this year's TT festival by 10 seconds.

"It never missed a beat, I caught Bruce and that's what I had to do so I'm happy as Larry," he said.

"I want to say a big thanks to Chris Meyhew and all the boys and all my sponsors, plus 'Big Man' [Mark Kelly] who helped me reinvent the wheel last night: it's just a pity we didn't do that in the first race."