Honda’s Dean Harrison admits “we can’t improve what we have” in the Supersport class after losing Monday’s✃ race at the 2025 Isle of Man TT.

The three-time TT winner was qu🌱ick throughout practice on his CBR600 Supersport bike and came into Monday’s first race for the class as a favourite.

Over seven seconds clear of♓ Michael Dunlop at the end of the first lap, Harrison was gradually reeled in 💮by the Ducati rider and eventually overhauled on the final tour.

Dunlop got to🔯 the chequered flag 10.6s clear of Harrison to score his 30th ▨career victory and keep the Honda rider waiting for his first win since 2019.

While happy with his second-place finish, Harrison doesn’t believe he has anything left to give in a fight against Dunlop and 🃏the Ducati for the second Supersport race later this wee꧙k.

“Honestly, I’m over the moon with that💫 to be fair because the Ducati is so fast through the speed traps,” he told TT+.

“So, I knew I had to go hard from the star♔t and go as fast as I could because I knew he would come strong later on in the race.

“So, it’s nice to battle at the front and be there or tꦉhereabouts. Good start to the week.

“That’s all it’s got. We can’t improve what ꧂we have. This🍷 is all we have here with us.

“That [Ducati] is a new-generation bike, we’re 6mph down through the [speed] trap. We’re not going to find any more powꦅer through the week, so we’ll just do the same again in race two.”

Harrison was third in the opening 𒊎Superbike race of the week earlier on Monday behind Dunlo and winner Davey Todd.

Commenting on that race, he said: “It was hard work. I got a reasonable start, but was just strug☂gling with a few stability problems, to be honest.

“We struggled with something similar in pr🦂actice week but I felt I sort of sat at my pace 💮for the whole race and that was all I had today.

“We’ll have learned quite a lot, so we’ll make some♐ improvements for later in the week.”