2026 North West 200: Qualifying Results (Wednesday)

Wednesday qualifying results at the North West 200, updated as they happen below. 

The opening races take place on Thursday evening, followed by a full day of racing on Saturday.

Superbike

Richard Cooper leads Superbike qualifying in wet conditions with a time of 4m 51.332s, putting the BMW rider 2.5s clear of Paul Jordan’s Honda. 

Michael Dunlop, riding a Honda, completed only two laps, with a best time of 10m11.539s.

2026 NW200 – Superbike Qualifying: Top 10 (Wednesday)POSRIDERBIKETIME1Richard CooperBMW4m51.332s2Paul JordanHonda4m53.940s3Dean HarrisonHonda4m54.566s4Glenn IrwinDucati4m54.689s5Peter HickmanBMW4m55.322s6Mike BrowneHonda4m57.706s7Darryl TweedHonda4m58.176s8Storm StaceyDucati5m01.107s9Gary McCoyBMW5m06.666s10John McGuinnessHonda5m06.831s

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Supersport

Track conditions improved for the Supersport qualifying, which finished with Richard Cooper again on top from Jeremy McWilliams.

2026 NW200 – Supersport Qualifying: Top 10 (Wednesday)POSRIDERBIKETIME1Richard CooperYamaha4m50.877s2Jeremy McWilliamsKawasaki4m53.419s3Dean HarrisonHonda4m55.676s4Peter HickmanTriumph4m56.187s5Alastair SeeleyDucati4m56.265s6Ian HutchinsonDucati4m58.464s7Josh BrookesSuzuki5m00.254s8Paul JordanDucati5m00.598s9Darryl TweedTriumph5m01.436s10Mitch ReesHonda5m03.267sSuperstock

The weather deteriorated for the Superstock session, when Josh Brookes was fastest from Dean Harrison.

2026 NW200 – Superstock Qualifying: Top 10 (Wednesday)POSRIDERBIKETIME1Josh BrookesHonda4m55.143s2Dean HarrisonHonda4m56.764s3Storm StaceyBMW4m59.361s4John McGuinnessHonda5m01.709s5Dominic HerbertsonBMW5m01.738s6Peter HickmanBMW5m02.318s7Carl PhillipsBMW5m04.193s8Ian HutchinsonBMW5m04.521s9Mitch ReesHonda5m04.902s10Paul JordanHonda5m07.321sSupertwin/Sportbike

Former grand prix rider Jeremy McWilliams masters the tricky conditions to blast seven seconds clear of the field in the final session of the day, the Supertwin/Sportbike class.

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2026 NW200 – Supertwin/Sportbike Qualifying: Top 10 (Wednesday)POSRIDERBIKETIME1Jeremy McWilliamsYamaha5m07.065s2Paul JordanAprilia5m14.767s3Alastair SeeleyAprilia5m18.141s4Christian ElkinAprilia5m20.555s5Jamie CowardPaton5m22.175s6Mauro PonciniAprilia5m23.015s7Neil KernohanAprilia5m24.610s8Joey ThompsonAprilia5m26.119s9Sean BrollyAprilia5m26.902s10Barry GrahamAprilia5m29.363s