TT officials measured the engine and reported its displacement as 599.06cc. McMullan was excluded, fined £500 and excluded from the remaining races at the 2000 TT.

Ulsterman McMullan's exclusion hands the race win to New Zealander Brett Richmond who finished Monday's three-lap race 16 seconds behind McMullan.

"It's great news," said 29-year-old Richmond. "Not the ideal way to win a TT but I'll take it. I had a good feeling I could be in the top three after practice and once the race was under way I was confident I could win."

Richmond, a parts manager for a London courier company, added: "I messed up the pit stop in the race and got a five-second penalty for over-shooting the stop box, so I knew my chances had gone. But it's time to go out and celebrate now."

"I'm pleased to get the win for New Zealand and for Honda," concluded Richmond who comes from Te Awamutu near Hamilton.


Revised 400cc TT result - three laps (113.19 miles / 182.27km):
1 Brett Richmond (Honda) 1hr 05m 12.90s - 104.13mph,
2 Brian Gardiner (Kawasaki) 1hr 05m 49.70s - 103.16mph,
3 Robert Price (Yamaha) 1hr 06m 18.70s - 102.41mph,
4 Jon Vincent (Kawasaki) 1hr 06m 18.90s - 102.41mph,
5 John Barton (Yamaha) 1hr 06m 37.90s - 101.92mph,
6 Paul Dobbs (Kawasaki) 1hr 08m 25.30s - 99.25mph,
7 Peter McGee (Yamaha) 1hr 08m 32.90s - 99.07mph,
8 Heinz Chittka (Yamaha) 1hr 08m 34.2s - 99.04mph,
9 Sandra Barnett (Honda) 1hr 08m 35.2s - 99.01mph,
10 Rich Hawkins (Yamaha) 1hr 08m 47.40s - 98.72mph.