More road closures for race qualifying sessions

Roads on the Isle of Man are set to close twice on Wednesday for qualifying in the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT.

Organisers have confirmed that a daytime contingency session will be used to make up for the cancellation of Monday's evening session due to rain.

It follows disruption to the second half of Sunday's opening session due to a red flag incident and incoming showers.

Although there had been doubt over Tuesday evening's qualifying, clerk of the course Gary Thompson said the latest weather forecast indicated conditions would be "suitable", however he warned of "a chance" of rain disruption" later in the evening.

The use of Wednesday's contingency will see road around the 37.7 mile (61km) Mountain Course close at 12:30 BST until no later than 17:00.

The extra session will be followed – weather permitting - by the scheduled evening programme, with roads closing once again from 18:00 until 21:00.

Qualifying is set to run until early Saturday afternoon, with racing due to start later the same day.

The final races for the 2026 events are scheduled for Friday, 28 August.

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