{"id":1881765,"date":"2026-04-13T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1881765"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:07:19","slug":"josh-brookes-needs-to-ride-in-scary-area-for-isle-of-man-tt-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1881765","title":{"rendered":"Josh Brookes needs to ride in \u2018scary area\u2019 for Isle of Man TT wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<article>\n<header id=\"lbs-article\" class=\"article header article-header section layout layout--article-header\">\n<div class=\"col headline\">\n<div>\n<h1>Josh Brookes needs to ride in \u2018scary area\u2019 for Isle of Man TT wins<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Josh Brookes says mental barriers must be broken if he is to improve his results at the Isle of Man TT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"section two-column\">\n<div class=\"col article-info\">\n<div>\n<address> Alex Whitworth <\/address>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><time datetime=\"2026-04-13T16:07:19+01:00\">13 Apr 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col article-actions\">\n<div class=\"block block-better-social-sharing-buttons block-social-sharing-buttons-block\">\n<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons\"><span class=\"ssb-title\"> Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"lbs-content\" class=\"content wide-two-column-sticky section layout layout--wide-two-column-sticky\">\n<div class=\"col first-column\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1500&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1500w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1200&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 1200w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=900&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 900w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=800&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=600&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 600w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=400&amp;format=webp&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 710px, (min-width:768px) 62vw, 97vw\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><figcaption>\n<div>Josh Brookes with 2026 DAO Racing Honda. Credit: DAO Racing.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-preferred-source\">\n<div class=\"preferred-source-cta\">  Add as a preferred source <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Josh Brookes feels that a step from himself is required to win races at the Isle of Man TT, but that he must go to \u201can area that\u2019s a bit more scary\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes returns to the TT road races this year with the same DAO Racing team he will contest the BSB season with. The Australian has had a single 1,000cc podium, that coming in the 2024 Senior TT with FHO BMW as teammate to Peter Hickman.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now in his second year on the Honda, Brookes is continuing his road racing career that has been stop-start since 2013 with the belief that he can improve, but he knows that to achieve better results he must take more risks \u2013 a daunting proposition in a discipline where a mistake can be so gravely consequential.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like my approach is quite methodical, I don\u2019t take a great deal of risks, and I feel like I\u2019ll only go fast when I feel like I\u2019m in a range or a position where I\u2019m confident to do that,\u201d said Brookes, speaking to Crash.net.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like that\u2019s probably stopped me from achieving better already. I think that my [&#8230;] inner person that\u2019s trying to keep me safe is too strong in my case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s often been times when I\u2019ve got to the end of a practice session, or a race week even, and thought \u2018I probably could\u2019ve taken more risk, and I probably should have done this better and that better\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, I feel like I\u2019m always riding on the side of caution as opposed to the side of risk, and at some point, if I want to achieve better, I\u2019m going to have to take that next step and ride in an area that\u2019s a bit more scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d3f404d1e6a98d0fd02d6eca67ddb94b628459dd9b9498f8ef1c3f724055432\">  Podcast: Interview with Phil Wain about his new Isle of Man TT book   Prominent Isle of Man TT team to expand, change bikes for 2026 road races <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes, though, added that his approach will always remain determined by him, not by what other people think the should do.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m not particularly bothered what other people think, I\u2019m always going to have to do my road racing the way I do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m always in the mindset that I hope I can do better, I want to do better, and I know what I need to do to go better. But that self-preservation mechanism seems very strong when I\u2019m trying to do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-cd64ea51c97f5ca30c24a5bdb453127d360a5960156c5ce8448a7d00e5aea441\">  DAO Racing returns to road racing with 2026 Isle of Man TT plans confirmed   Nathan Harrison confirms 2026 Isle of Man TT plans after major 2025 injuries <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that the times when \u2013 like in that 2013 year, my very first year \u2013 I had a bike that was performing, what I thought, well, and against everybody\u2019s comments I didn\u2019t feel like I took a lot of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPeople were saying \u2018You\u2019re going too quick, slow down, you\u2019re going to hurt yourself or worse\u2019. At the time I was like \u2018Well, this is my first time here so I don\u2019t have anything to reference\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was actually questioning myself, I thought \u2018Maybe I am going too fast, maybe this is what happens: people get carried away and think they can do it earlier than they should and this is when mistakes happen\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut it didn\u2019t happen, and now, having more years of experience, I was actually following my natural intuition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI just felt like I had a bike from British Superbikes, I was actually on my British Superbike Suzuki, and because I knew that machine so well, when I rode it \u2013 because I rode that same bike in 2011, 2012, so 2013 was the same model, even though we update every year the model hadn\u2019t changed \u2013 [&#8230;] I had a very clear understanding of how that bike would perform and operate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat gave me a lot of confidence; even though I was in an area of being new to the TT, I was riding in a range that was fast for the time and kind of defying what people had done before, but I didn\u2019t feel like I was taking a great deal of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that\u2019s a very key relationship between how I feel with the machine. I think that\u2019s probably one of my undoings: I have to wait until everything feels good before I take more risk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut if that\u2019s what keeps me safe then I\u2019m going to go on that mindset rather than just taking unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>In this article<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"field_keywords\">Road Racing<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block block-next-prev\">\n<div class=\"next-prev-pager contextual-region\">\n<div class=\"items\">\n<div class=\"item prev\">\n<h3>  Previous<\/h3>\n<div class=\"card card_default\">\n<div class=\"content\"> Prominent Isle of Man TT team to expand, change bikes for 2026 road races<\/div>\n<source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/unnamed-49.jpg?width=1920&amp;format=webp 1920w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/unnamed-49.jpg?width=1800&amp;format=webp 1800w,https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/unnamed-49.jpg?width=1600&amp;format=webp 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Credit: North West 200.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"summary body\">\n<p>Josh Brookes says mental barriers must be broken if he is to improve his results at the Isle of Man TT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Josh Brookes feels that a step from himself is required to win races at the Isle of Man TT, but that he must go to \u201can area that\u2019s a bit more scary\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes returns to the TT road races this year with the same DAO Racing team he will contest the BSB season with. The Australian has had a single 1,000cc podium, that coming in the 2024 Senior TT with FHO BMW as teammate to Peter Hickman.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now in his second year on the Honda, Brookes is continuing his road racing career that has been stop-start since 2013 with the belief that he can improve, but he knows that to achieve better results he must take more risks \u2013 a daunting proposition in a discipline where a mistake can be so gravely consequential.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like my approach is quite methodical, I don\u2019t take a great deal of risks, and I feel like I\u2019ll only go fast when I feel like I\u2019m in a range or a position where I\u2019m confident to do that,\u201d said Brookes, speaking to Crash.net.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like that\u2019s probably stopped me from achieving better already. I think that my [&#8230;] inner person that\u2019s trying to keep me safe is too strong in my case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s often been times when I\u2019ve got to the end of a practice session, or a race week even, and thought \u2018I probably could\u2019ve taken more risk, and I probably should have done this better and that better\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, I feel like I\u2019m always riding on the side of caution as opposed to the side of risk, and at some point, if I want to achieve better, I\u2019m going to have to take that next step and ride in an area that\u2019s a bit more scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d3f404d1e6a98d0fd02d6eca67ddb94b628459dd9b9498f8ef1c3f724055432\">  Podcast: Interview with Phil Wain about his new Isle of Man TT book   Prominent Isle of Man TT team to expand, change bikes for 2026 road races <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes, though, added that his approach will always remain determined by him, not by what other people think the should do.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m not particularly bothered what other people think, I\u2019m always going to have to do my road racing the way I do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m always in the mindset that I hope I can do better, I want to do better, and I know what I need to do to go better. But that self-preservation mechanism seems very strong when I\u2019m trying to do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-cd64ea51c97f5ca30c24a5bdb453127d360a5960156c5ce8448a7d00e5aea441\">  DAO Racing returns to road racing with 2026 Isle of Man TT plans confirmed   Nathan Harrison confirms 2026 Isle of Man TT plans after major 2025 injuries <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that the times when \u2013 like in that 2013 year, my very first year \u2013 I had a bike that was performing, what I thought, well, and against everybody\u2019s comments I didn\u2019t feel like I took a lot of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPeople were saying \u2018You\u2019re going too quick, slow down, you\u2019re going to hurt yourself or worse\u2019. At the time I was like \u2018Well, this is my first time here so I don\u2019t have anything to reference\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was actually questioning myself, I thought \u2018Maybe I am going too fast, maybe this is what happens: people get carried away and think they can do it earlier than they should and this is when mistakes happen\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut it didn\u2019t happen, and now, having more years of experience, I was actually following my natural intuition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI just felt like I had a bike from British Superbikes, I was actually on my British Superbike Suzuki, and because I knew that machine so well, when I rode it \u2013 because I rode that same bike in 2011, 2012, so 2013 was the same model, even though we update every year the model hadn\u2019t changed \u2013 [&#8230;] I had a very clear understanding of how that bike would perform and operate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat gave me a lot of confidence; even though I was in an area of being new to the TT, I was riding in a range that was fast for the time and kind of defying what people had done before, but I didn\u2019t feel like I was taking a great deal of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that\u2019s a very key relationship between how I feel with the machine. I think that\u2019s probably one of my undoings: I have to wait until everything feels good before I take more risk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut if that\u2019s what keeps me safe then I\u2019m going to go on that mindset rather than just taking unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Josh Brookes feels that a step from himself is required to win races at the Isle of Man TT, but that he must go to \u201can area that\u2019s a bit more scary\u201d to do so.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes returns to the TT road races this year with the same DAO Racing team he will contest the BSB season with. The Australian has had a single 1,000cc podium, that coming in the 2024 Senior TT with FHO BMW as teammate to Peter Hickman.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now in his second year on the Honda, Brookes is continuing his road racing career that has been stop-start since 2013 with the belief that he can improve, but he knows that to achieve better results he must take more risks \u2013 a daunting proposition in a discipline where a mistake can be so gravely consequential.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like my approach is quite methodical, I don\u2019t take a great deal of risks, and I feel like I\u2019ll only go fast when I feel like I\u2019m in a range or a position where I\u2019m confident to do that,\u201d said Brookes, speaking to Crash.net.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI feel like that\u2019s probably stopped me from achieving better already. I think that my [&#8230;] inner person that\u2019s trying to keep me safe is too strong in my case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s often been times when I\u2019ve got to the end of a practice session, or a race week even, and thought \u2018I probably could\u2019ve taken more risk, and I probably should have done this better and that better\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, I feel like I\u2019m always riding on the side of caution as opposed to the side of risk, and at some point, if I want to achieve better, I\u2019m going to have to take that next step and ride in an area that\u2019s a bit more scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-2d3f404d1e6a98d0fd02d6eca67ddb94b628459dd9b9498f8ef1c3f724055432\">  Podcast: Interview with Phil Wain about his new Isle of Man TT book   Prominent Isle of Man TT team to expand, change bikes for 2026 road races <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brookes, though, added that his approach will always remain determined by him, not by what other people think the should do.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m not particularly bothered what other people think, I\u2019m always going to have to do my road racing the way I do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m always in the mindset that I hope I can do better, I want to do better, and I know what I need to do to go better. But that self-preservation mechanism seems very strong when I\u2019m trying to do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"ins-related_content dsp-related_content_in_article_2\">\n<h2>Read More<\/h2>\n<div class=\"related-content-in-body js-view-dom-id-cd64ea51c97f5ca30c24a5bdb453127d360a5960156c5ce8448a7d00e5aea441\">  DAO Racing returns to road racing with 2026 Isle of Man TT plans confirmed   Nathan Harrison confirms 2026 Isle of Man TT plans after major 2025 injuries <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that the times when \u2013 like in that 2013 year, my very first year \u2013 I had a bike that was performing, what I thought, well, and against everybody\u2019s comments I didn\u2019t feel like I took a lot of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cPeople were saying \u2018You\u2019re going too quick, slow down, you\u2019re going to hurt yourself or worse\u2019. At the time I was like \u2018Well, this is my first time here so I don\u2019t have anything to reference\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was actually questioning myself, I thought \u2018Maybe I am going too fast, maybe this is what happens: people get carried away and think they can do it earlier than they should and this is when mistakes happen\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut it didn\u2019t happen, and now, having more years of experience, I was actually following my natural intuition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI just felt like I had a bike from British Superbikes, I was actually on my British Superbike Suzuki, and because I knew that machine so well, when I rode it \u2013 because I rode that same bike in 2011, 2012, so 2013 was the same model, even though we update every year the model hadn\u2019t changed \u2013 [&#8230;] I had a very clear understanding of how that bike would perform and operate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<aside>\n<div class=\"block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-block\">\n<div class=\"mpu-title\"><span>Article continues below<\/span><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThat gave me a lot of confidence; even though I was in an area of being new to the TT, I was riding in a range that was fast for the time and kind of defying what people had done before, but I didn\u2019t feel like I was taking a great deal of risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think that\u2019s a very key relationship between how I feel with the machine. I think that\u2019s probably one of my undoings: I have to wait until everything feels good before I take more risk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut if that\u2019s what keeps me safe then I\u2019m going to go on that mindset rather than just taking unnecessary risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;http:\/\/crash.net\/rr\/news\/1092984\/1\/josh-brookes-needs-ride-scary-area-isle-man-tt-wins&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn.crash.net\/2026-04\/_3tk0497.jpg?width=1600&amp;aspect_ratio=16:9&#8243;] Josh Brookes needs to ride in \u2018scary area\u2019 for Isle of Man TT wins Josh Brookes says mental barriers must be broken if he is to improve his results at the Isle of Man TT. Alex Whitworth 13 Apr 2026 Share Josh Brookes with 2026 DAO Racing Honda. Credit: DAO Racing. 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