{"id":9640,"date":"2015-07-31T09:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T08:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2015-07-31T09:10:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T08:10:11","slug":"dunlop-back-to-his-best-and-ready-for-action-at-the-metzeler-ulster-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2015\/07\/dunlop-back-to-his-best-and-ready-for-action-at-the-metzeler-ulster-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunlop back to his best and ready for action at the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Dunlop out to make amends for his mixed 2015 season with another stellar performance at Dundrod<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Michael Dunlop in action at the 2014 Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MICHAEL Dunlop is confident he can end his season on a high and add to his tally of six wins at Dundrod circuit, as he looks forward to next week\u2019s Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old, who sensationally switched from Shaun Muir\u2019s factory Yamaha team back to Stuart Hicken\u2019s BMW outfit just days before racing started at the TT, has had a below par season in comparison to his dominant 2013 and 2014 performances.<\/p>\n

However the Ballymoney racer seems to have found his way back to form in recent weeks, with podiums at the Southern 100 and a win in the Race of Legends at Armoy, and looks set to be in the mix once again at Dundrod.<\/p>\n

Michael said: \u201cWe had a good run at Armoy and hopefully we can carry that through to Dundrod. With a couple of weeks between it and the Ulster I\u2019ll get some extra rest which will do me good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be ready, we just have to push on really and try to get a few wins. The superbike is a brand new motorbike so I\u2019ll have to get the head down and put some miles on it, but we\u2019ll get it dialled in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should go well in all of our classes and it\u2019s a good circuit to ride. It\u2019s a big fast track with plenty of 5th<\/sup> and 6th<\/sup>gear corners so we\u2019re looking forward to getting out next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunlop\u2019s determination is good news for Noel Johnston, Clerk of the Course at the Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix, who has watched two generations of Dunlops battle it out at Dundrod.<\/p>\n

Noel said: \u201cMichael is getting back to full fitness and top form, so it\u2019s almost impossible to rule him out at Dundrod. He\u2019s a proven winner around the circuit and when it\u2019s his day there\u2019s nobody faster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fans love to see him at the front, he has such an aggressive style and it\u2019s spectacular to watch. We can\u2019t wait to have him out on track and on the pace, doing battle with Hutchy, Guy Martin and Bruce Anstey, to name but a few. We\u2019re in for some great racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information\u00a0visit\u00a0www.ulstergrandprix.net<\/a> or you can also follow @UlsterGrandPrix on Twitter and find us on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Michael Dunlop out to make amends for his mixed 2015 season with another stellar performance at Dundrod MICHAEL Dunlop is confident he can end his season on a high and add to his tally of six wins at Dundrod circuit, as he looks forward to next week\u2019s Metzeler Ulster Grand Prix. The 26-year-old, who sensationally … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9642,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9640\/revisions\/9642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}