Reigning World Sidecar Champion Tim Reeves is gearing up for his assault on the 2015 Isle of Man TT races and having gained additional support from Assured Office Solutions (AOS), Hunts Motorcycles, H&S Contractors and Sure IOM, he’s confident of adding to the single TT win he took in 2013.

Driving under the AOS/Team E-Aide Motorsport banner, Reeves is reunited this year with passenger Patrick Farrance for the first time since 2009 and with the Cumbrian having taken three wins with Dave Molyneux in the intervening period, the duo have a great chance of success. The pairing took a podium on Reeves’ debut in 2008 and with the Kent driver now having stood on the rostrum a total of five times, including the win in the opening race of 2013, there’ll be one of the favourites for honours in both of this year’s three-lap races.

Reeves will again campaign a DMR Honda this year, although this time the chassis has had a number of modifications to suit his specific requirements with considerable input in the design coming from Molyneux, former World Champion and TT winner Steve Abbott and Bill and Dean Ryde from Metmachex.

AOS, along with Be Wiser Insurance, currently back Ricky Stevens and Ryan Charlwood in the British F1 Sidecar Championship and have added their weight to Reeves’ effort whilst John Brown of Hunts Motorcycles, who has had a successful partnership with Michael Dunlop at the TT, will be supplying the CBR 600cc Honda engines. These will be prepared by Mark Woodage of MJW Specialists.

Reeves and Farrance recently conducted their first shakedown test of the new outfit at Silverstone, where they were immediately running under the circuit lap record, with further test sessions planned at Aintree and Mallory Park this weekend prior to the opening TT practice session on Saturday 30th May.

Tim Reeves: “I’ve got the perfect package for this year’s TT and with E-Aide Motorsport and the added support of AOS, Hunts Motorcycles, H&S Contractors and Sure Mobile, I’ll be going into the races in the best possible position. It’s an all-new outfit whilst I’m back with Patrick for the first time in six years and everything clicked straightaway at Silverstone. Six years is a long time but it was if it was yesterday as Patrick and I were at home immediately. He’s a class act so I’m delighted to have him back on board whilst the outfit felt really good and was flying.”

“With the additional test sessions this weekend, I’ll be raring to go come the 30th May. I’m delighted to welcome Stuart Wakley from AOS, John Brown from Hunts Motorcycles and Sarah Jarvis from Sure IOM to the team and with the continued support of Glennis and Mickey Toms of E-Aide Motorsport and all my other loyal sponsors, I’m really fired up this year’s TT – I can’t wait to get going.”

Stuart Wakley, Managing Director, AOS: “Having dipped our toe into the TT water last year, we had a few offers to assist people at this year’s event but, for us, there was only one stand out candidate and that was Tim. He’s helped us tremendously with our F1 effort and always been available for advice and support. It will help push the AOS brand forward and, hopefully, gain us more coverage and with Tim being a contender for the race wins, we’re looking forward to this year’s event with great anticipation and excitement. The whole team will be on the island to lend their support to Tim and Patrick and we’d love nothing more than to get our first TT win.”

Sarah Jarvis, Marketing Manager, Sure IOM: “We’re absolutely delighted to be supporting Tim and Patrick at the 2015 Isle of Man TT. We’re trying really hard to raise the profile of sidecar racing through our sponsorship of the races and who better to be involved with than the reigning World Champion. We’ve worked with Patrick before and know him well and we’re really excited about his and Tim’s prospects this year so, hopefully, they can be victorious this year.”

Pictures by Mark ‘Wally’ Walters