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Practice week has been tough, but today we race...

The weather gods have not been kind to the 2025 Isle of Man TT Races so far. Practice week has been something of a washout, with three days pretty much written off completely due to the weather and the start of race week pushed back from Saturday (31 May) to Monday (2 June) in order to get more track time ahead of the races.

With limited running, it means we go into the races without a real picture of who’s hot and who’s not – although unsurprisingly it’s the star names who have topped the leaderboards.

Last year’s Senior TT winner Davey Todd tops the pile with 133.155mph lap on his superstock BMW M 1000 RR, with Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison just behind. The Yorkshireman came firing out of the blocks in the first timed practice session and posted a 133.069mph on his superbike during Wednesday’s first qualifying session.

Peter Hickman is third overall, again on a superstock BMW, but won’t start after crashing heavily at Kerrowmoar on Friday evening. The lap record holder avoided serious injury but is ‘battered and bruised’ meaning he’ll have to wait another 12 months if he is to add to his 14 TT wins.

The event’s most successful rider, Michael Dunlop, posted a best of 132.003mph on his BMW but with the weather restricting running, we can expect all the top runners to have more in hand if conditions improve.

Dunlop topped the times in the Supertwin class, while Harrison was top dog on his Honda CBR600RR in Supersport, with MD nipping at his wheels on his Ducati debut.

In Sidecars, the Ryan and Callum Crowe were head and shoulders ahead of the competition, posting a 120mph lap that was 35 seconds faster than second placed Peter Founds and Jevon Walmsley. The Founds crew will be a doubt for the races after crashing in final qualifying, with driver Peter suffering an arm injury.

Practice week hasn’t taught us too much, only reminding us how unpredictable the Manx weather can be, but Monday’s weather is set fair and by the end of race day one we should have a much better indication of what to expect at this year’s races.

The amended schedule sees the Superbike TT kick things off on Monday, which was originally meant to be a rest day. The big bike race will be shortened from six to four laps to allow for additional races, while Saturday’s delayed first Sidecar and Supersport TTs follow, and are set to run over three laps.

The action should start at 11:45 and be done by 17:00, but there’s contingency to run in the evening if need be. The hope is that a successful running of all three races will get the programme back on track, with Tuesday set to host the first Supertwin and Superstock TTs, and we now hope the weather gods will be smiling and give us an uninterrupted week of TT racing.