Episode 2: Insanity
What remains when you give everything for your dream, yet are still unable to take your place on the start line? Insanity follows Davey Todd and Peter Hickman through setbacks, friendship and the fight to return to racing. A story about what road racing demands of people and why giving up is not an option.
Everything for that one moment
The Isle of Man TT is one of the world’s most extraordinary races. Speeds of over 300 km/h on public roads, hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe and a history that has produced legends for decades. Insanity turns the spotlight on the people behind the visors: Davey Todd and Peter Hickman.
What drives them? How do they deal with setbacks, injuries and constant uncertainty? And what does this sport mean to the people who share their journey? An episode about dedication, identity and why some people are prepared to give everything for a single moment.
The feeling of winning is addictive. When you get it, you need it again. It's like a drug.
Davey Todd
Isle of Man TT rider
Beyond reason
Insanity makes tangible what can scarcely be explained by reason: the profound fascination with a sport that demands everything, yet gives its riders something they cannot find anywhere else.
When Davey Todd and Peter Hickman talk about the Isle of Man TT, the danger almost fades into the background. What remains is their determination, the calm in their eyes and the way their faces light up as they describe a race where a single second of inattention can cost a life.
But what if this very feeling of complete presence is what makes life worth living?
Insanity reveals both the fascination of this moment and the price it demands: giving everything for one hour and forty minutes of complete presence. For a moment when everything else falls silent.
Perhaps that is precisely what Insanity is: something beyond all reason appearing perfectly logical for a moment. At least when Davey Todd and Peter Hickman tell the story.
Everything about it is unique, and I think it’s a great time to be part of the TT. Long may it continue!
”Peter Hickman
Isle of Man TT rider
A race course steeped in history
On the Snaefell Mountain Course, rider and machine merge in a symbiosis of speed, courage and absolute precision. There is scarcely another place in the world where motorsport feels as intense, tangible and awe-inspiring as at the Isle of Man TT.
M RR Limited Edition Isle of Man TT
For the racer that is born to win: the M RR Limited Edition Isle of Man TT pays tribute to legends. To riders such as Davey Todd and Peter Hickman, who conquer the Mountain Course with extraordinary skill, courage and determination.
