Sunday afternoon saw the final qualifying session take place for this year’s Isle of Man TT Races, and after overnight and morning rain cleared, Michael Dunlop finally showed his hand. The Ballymoney rider topped the Superbike leaderboard aboard his MD Racing BMW Motorrad machine, setting his fastest lap of the week at 132.003mph.
UPDATE: The Clerk of the Course has confirmed a revised qualifying and race schedule over the weekend and in to Monday.
Saturday’s schedule will now feature additional qualifying sessions, with the Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1 and the 3wheeling.media Sidecar TT Race 1 rescheduled for Monday.
Sunday’s schedule remains unchanged with the RST x D3O Superbike TT.
Full details can be found at: iomttraces.com/racing/page/schedule
UPDATE: The Clerk of the Course has confirmed a revised schedule for Friday, utilising the contingency session in evening in addition to the scheduled afternoon session.
Roads will close from 11:15.
UPDATE: The Clerk of the Course has confirmed this evening’s qualifying session has been cancelled due to weather conditions.
A revised schedule for Friday will be issued shortly.
In this episode, they’re joined by one of the most experienced and respected names in sidecar racing, Greg Lambert, with Andy Haynes and James Hanks.
Read more: Greg Lambert, Andy Preacher Haynes and James Hanks on Manx Motorsport Podcast
From the IOMTT YouTube Channel
Continue readingLikely to change? If it does I’ll update asap.
Issued 27 May 1545
Update 11:01. Newcomers went out for speed controlled lap and the rest of the day now cancelled
Maria Costello MBE will make her 17th appearance at the Isle of Man TT Races later this year and her 37th start on both two and three wheels.
The Northamptonshire rider will contest both Metzeler/Entire Cover insurance Supertwin TT races on a Galgorm Resort branded VRS Racing Kawasaki Z650 and will again line up in the two 3wheeling.Media Sidecar TT races onboard her own Galgorm LCR Honda F2.
Costello, now in her 30th year of motorcycle racing, will be joined by Alice Smith, the 20-year-old set to tackle the 37 and ¾-mile Mountain Course for the very first time and the pairing have been building up to this, their biggest challenge on three wheels, since they started racing together in 2023.
I know it’s a long shot with only 6 weeks to go, but I’m looking for TT ride if possible. Also available for the rest of the season, southern 100 and Scarborough as well as any British meetings.
(email steve@steveenglish.com for contact details unless of course you have Jake’s already 😊)
From Lee Bartram
ENTRIES ARE OPEN FOR OUR APRIL TEST & RACE WEEKEND!
I am delighted to announce the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (Our new ARA Race School Sponsors) have put together a deal to come over to the Isle of Man to race at our first three 2025 events.
This includes an offer for a car/van or motorhome with 2 people to compete from £245 return.
Deals for later events will be coming soon!
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