DUNLOP, TODD, HARRISON AND MORE HEADLINE CLASSIC TT RETURN
Michael Dunlop MBE, Dean Harrison, Davey Todd, John McGuinness MBE, Ian Hutchinson and Conor Cummins are just some of the standout names set to return to the Mountain Course next month for the highly-anticipated return of the Classic TT.
Back for the first time in six years, the Classic TT gets underway with qualifying on Wednesday 20th August, and the rider line-up is every bit as exciting as fans had hoped. With four distinct classes on offer to contest - Formula One, Historic Senior, Historic Junior and Lightweight - this year’s event has drawn full grids packed with TT winners, podium finishers, class specialists and rising stars.
The 2025 Classic TT will culminate in style on Friday 29th August with the Senior Classic TT, a feature race that will see the fastest sixty riders from the Formula One and Lightweight classes go head-to-head.
The Formula One race is set to be one of the event’s showpiece moments, with 33-time TT winner Michael Dunlop MBE lining up against Mike Browne and Rob Hodson, both recent winners on iconic classic superbike machinery, as well as a host of other TT stars.
33 time TT winner Michael Dunlop MBE is set to light up the Mountain Course once again on classic machinery
2019 Classic TT winner David Johnson returns, as do Ian Hutchinson, Craig Neve, Jamie Coward, Dominic Herbertson, Paul Jordan, Nathan Harrison, Brian McCormack, Shaun Anderson, Michael Evans, Joe Yeardsley and Barry Furber.
International challengers include Amalric Blanc, Julian Trummer, Stefano Bonetti, Maurizio Bottalico and Timothée Monot are also set to line up in what’s sure to be a fiercely competitive three laps around the Mountain Course. Fan-favourite Horst Saiger is also set to make a welcome return.
Dean Harrison, John McGuinness MBE, and Conor Cummins, meanwhile, will line up in the Historic Senior, on 500cc machines, joined by last year’s Manx Grand Prix winner Shaun Anderson as well as Coward, Johnson, Browne, Yeardsley, Herbertson, Jordan, Evans and Saiger.
Jamie Coward will make a welcome return to the Mountain Course having missed TT 2025 due to injury
Adam McLean is another likely frontrunner, alongside classic specialists Alan Oversby, Will Loder, Hefyn Owen, Andy Hornby and Harley Rushton, who memorably took victory in the corresponding race on his Mountain Course debut last year.
McGuinness, Harrison, Coward and Jordan will also be lining up in the Historic Junior Race, where the strength in depth on the 350cc machines is emphasised by the inclusion of McLean, Evans, Oversby, Yeardsley, Rushton, Loder, Trummer, Bonetti and another of the leading locals, Dan Sayle.
Fan favourite John McGuinness returns to the Classic TT
Sayle is also expected to be a front-runner in the Lightweight Race, which once again brings the sights, sounds and smells of two-stroke racing back to the Mountain Course.
Dunlop, Browne and road racing legend Ian Lougher will also contest the Lightweight Classic TT with class specialists Stuart Hall, Chris Moore and Rhys Hardisty adding further firepower to the 250cc grid.
Adding to the spectacle, Supersport 400 machines from the 1980s and ’90s will also be in action, with Nathan Harrison being one to watch following his standout performance at TT 2025.
This year’s Classic TT entry is most definitely a veritable who’s who of road racing, and its return promises a thrilling and nostalgic week for fans, riders and teams alike.
