LIGHTWEIGHT CLASSIC TT TO BE RESTARTED

The Lightweight Classic TT was brought to a halt on the opening lap due to an incident at Glen Helen, which resulted in the race being red-flagged.

The race got underway at 5.30pm in dry and bright conditions around the Mountain Course, although it remained breezy on the west side of the Island and over the Mountain itself.

At Glen Helen on lap one, Dunlop held the lead, but only narrowly, his advantage over Browne just 0.341 seconds, with Ian Lougher a further 1.6 seconds back in third. 

By Ballaugh Bridge, Browne had moved into the lead, his advantage over Dunlop up to 3.5 seconds, while Lougher remained in third, now 2.2 seconds adrift. Sayle had climbed to fourth, but moments later the red flags were shown and the race was stopped following an incident at Glen Helen.

Andy Whale, bike number 26, who came off at Glen Helen was reported as conscious and talking, and was taken to Nobles Hospital by Airmed for further assessment.

Separate to the Incident at Glen Helen, Dan Hanby, bike number 44, also came off at Ballagarey during the first lap and was reported as Rider Ok. Dan was taken to Nobles Hospital by ambulance for further assessment.

At 18:45, following consultation with the teams and competitors it was confirmed that the Lightweight Classic TT would not be restarted on Monday evening due to the time required to prepare for a race restart and the amount of daylight remaining.

The Clerk of the Course had confirmed earlier in the day that the contingency period on Tuesday 26th August would not be utilised, and given the unsettled weather forecast for the week ahead, a further update and revised schedule for Wednesday 27th August would be issued in due course.