{"id":693693,"date":"2026-05-25T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/693693\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:48:09","slug":"2026-isle-of-man-tt-qualifying-delay-expected-after-red-flag-in-first-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/693693\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Isle of Man TT: Qualifying delay expected after red flag in first practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A delay to Monday afternoon\u2019s first qualifying sessions at the 2026 Isle of Man TT is expected following a red flag in untimed practice.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Isle of Man TT kicked off on Monday morning under perfect conditions, with the newcomers setting off at around 10:45am local time.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by the Supersport and Sportbike class, with Sidecars and Superbike\/Superstocks having sessions into the early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tt-red-flag.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Red flag at the 2026 Isle of Man TT\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Red flag at the 2026 Isle of Man TT<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Isle of Man TT<\/p>\n<p>All sessions so far have been untimed, with the first time sessions originally scheduled for 2:15pm local time.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>However, a red flag with around 10 minutes of the final untimed session for Superbike\/Superstock is set to cause some disruption to the timetable.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the TT noted that it was dealing with an incident at Parliament Square.<\/p>\n<p>A brief statement from the TT read: \u201cA red flag has been issued and the session has been stopped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Race Control are currently managing an incident that occurred at Parliament Square, Ramsey,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A further update will be issued in due course.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please remember all roads remain closed around the TT Mountain Course until a further update is provided. For the safety of yourself and others you must not enter closed roads as there may still be vehicles moving around the course.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The original qualifying schedule for Monday was due to begin at 2:15pm with Supersport\/Sportbike.<\/p>\n<p>The Sidecars were then set for a 3pm session, before the day concluded with Superbike\/Superstock at 3:55pm local time.<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying is due to continue on Tuesday evening from 6:30pm, with running taking place on Wednesday afternoon and the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday is now scheduled to be a rest day, though can be used as a contingency session of needed by the organisers.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Practice week is set to conclude on Friday from 10:30am local time, with racing beginning on Saturday with the first contests for the Superstock and Sidecar classes.<\/p>\n<p>The big news out of the TT on Monday so far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/rr\/news\/1096212\/1\/2026-isle-man-tt-michael-dunlop-ends-superbike-speculation-practice-begins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been confirmation that Michael Dunlop will ride Honda machinery in the Superbike class.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He had originally intended to compete with the Ducati V4 Panigale, but needs more development time on what he has described as a full World Superbike-spec machine.<\/p>\n<p>Dunlop will campaign a Honda in the Superbike class and a BMW in the Supestock races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A delay to Monday afternoon\u2019s first qualifying sessions at the 2026 Isle of Man TT is expected following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":693694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,28425,85],"class_list":["post-693693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-road-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/693694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}