The 2017 Isle of Man TT is finally underway…sort of. The iconic road race had to scratch its opening session, as the fog rolled into the island nation, making the visibility on the lower parts of the course too difficult for motorcycles to run.
This left Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson no option but to cancel the opening qualifying session, leaving Monday to be the true start of the TT sessions, thus delaying our pleasure for proper road racing on the Manx island.
This is certainly not the first time that the weather, especially the fog (or mist, as the locals call it), has thrown a wrench into the Isle of Man TT’s schedule. The weather report for the rest of the week looks dubious as well, so consider the revised schedule below as tentative.
Monday’s revised schedule will now run as follows:
18.20 — Solo newcomers
18.25 — Sidecar newcomers
18.40 – 19.45 — Superbike, Superstock, Supersport, and all newcomers sans those in the Lightweight class
19.50 — Sidecars
Source: IOMTT
Be sure to follow all of our 2017 Isle of Man TT racing coverage this fortnight.
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