Thursday 2nd June

18.20 – 19.25 - Superbike/Superstock/Supersport (Newcomers All Classes except Lightweight)

19.25 – 19.55 - Lightweight & Supersport +Newcomers (All Classes)

20.00 - Sidecars

16:45 - Roads close Barrule Park, Ramsey to Bungalow

17:00 - Roads close Bungalow to Creg Ny Baa

18:00 - Remainder of TT Course CLOSED

TT Course will reopen no later than 21:30 (Mountain Road will reopen approx 1 hour after...Not later than 22:30)

Issued on Thursday, 02 June 2016 at 4:15pm by Ronaldsway Met Office

Continuing fine and sunny this evening with light winds, then tonight will stay dry although with cloudier skies developing later. Minimum temperature tonight 12 Celsius.

Sunset: 21:42 hrs Today

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Snaefell at 18:00 hrs

Sunset: 21:42 hrs Today

Staying fine and sunny this evening with light or moderate northeast or northerly winds

And they are away bang on time.

Hutchy clocks a 196.2 through Sulby
David Johnson clocks a 192.3
Bruce does a 189 (on the Blade)
McGuinness does a 188
James Cowton does a 192.8


Hutchy clocks a 131.66 from a standing start
Dean Harrison does 129.968
David Johnson does a 127.2 on the Norton
Conor does a 128.9
W Dunlop does a 128

P Hickman retires at the 13th 

Michael Dunlop on the Stocker, is on it, on this 2nd lap - 0.5 sec slower than Hutchy to GH 

Retirees first lap. (All ok)

Forest Dunn

Michael Russel

Daley Mathison ??

Mark Goodings

Marco Pagani

Jo Newbold 

David Johnson on the Norton clocks a 191.7 at Sulby on Lap 2

Hutchy clocks another 131.111 on his 2nd lap

Michael Dunlop clocks 131.34 (on a stocker) - Unofficial Lap Record

John McGuinness clocks a 131.116

Conor does a 129.986

David Johnson does a 127.745 lap on the Norton

Lougher retires the Suter at Sulby

Michael Dunlop on the Superbike does a 130.884 from a standing start
David Johnson on the Norton ups his standing start (3rd) lap to 128.323
Michael Dunlop is about 3 secs up on the previously fastest time to Glen Helen (on the Superbike)

Newcomer Morgan Govignon has clocked a 113 mph lap on his Optimark Honda

Kamil Holan - Retired

Michale Sweeney - Retired

Bruce Anstey off at Keppel Gate - OK
James Hillier retires at Appledene

Michael Dunlop does a 132.36 lap on his Superbike

Lee Johnston fastest on the night in the Supersport with a 124.838 lap

Hutchy is next with a 124.223

Next is John McGuinness witha 123.478

Ivan Lintin is fastest on the night in the Superwtin with a 115.909

Next it is Danny Webb with a 114.577

Next is Stefan Bonetti with a  114.139

That's the solos done, now for the chairs.

Sidecars

Moly leads them away 3 minutes behind time.

Tim Reeves fastest through Sulby at 146.2
Pete Founds does a 143
Ian Bell does a 142
Moly does a 141

Moly seems to have the sidecar running a lot better tonight.

Moly does a 114.101 for the first lap
Next through is Tim Reeves who does a 114.73
Ian Bell is next with a 112.46

Looks like John Holden is taking things easy tonight, going out last and running much slower than the top boys.

Roy Hanks (on his 50th year at the TT), pulls in at the Grandstand after lap 1

Michael Grabmuller retired - OK

Both Tim Reeves (114.827) & Moly (114.007) pull in at the Grandstand after the 2nd lap.

John Holden pulls in at the Grandstand for a tweak or two and then leaves again like a scalded cat.

John Holden on a fast lap and clocks a 146.8 through Sulby which is fastest tonight.

Top three tonight look like

Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance

Dave Molyneux/Dan Sayle

John Holden/Andy Winkle

So that's the chequered flag out, and it's playtime over for tonight folks.

With perfect conditions yet again all the way round the Mountain Course, Thursday evening’s qualifying session at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy saw Michael Dunlop set the island alight with the first 132mph+ lap of the week.

The Ulsterman lapped at 132.36mph on his Hawk Racing BMW and also made the headlines in the Superstock class with his lap of 131.34mph an unofficial lap record.

Early in the evening, the idyllic conditions only hinted at the explosive action that was to follow. Ivan Lintin and Steve Mercer were first to leave the line at exactly 6.20pm with Michael Rutter and James Hillier and Martin Jessopp and Bruce Anstey next to go, the latter on his more familiar Honda Fireblade after focussing his efforts in recent nights on the Honda RC213V-S.

Ian Hutchinson and Gary Johnson were also early away with John McGuinness setting off, as normal, slightly further back in the seventh pairing and Michael Dunlop starting ten seconds ahead of him.

Mercer and Lintin were first back past the Grandstand at 127.97 and 127.76 respectively but Hutchinson was flying and despite it being a standing start, he lapped at a superb 131.66mph - the only rider above 130mph although Dean Harrison was close at 129.97mph.

David Johnson was going great guns on the Norton setting a new best ever lap for the British machine with a speed of 127.20mph but Peter Hickman was out of luck having stopped at Westwood on the approach to Kirk Michael.

Hutchinson was flying on his second lap but jut when it looked like he’d post a 132mph+ lap, his pace dropped on the second half of the lap eventually stopping the clocks at 131.11mph but Dunlop,’s fine form continued with the fastest ever Superstock lap on the BMW.

John McGuinness was also above the 131mph barrier with his fastest lap of the week - 131.12mph - whilst Johnson’s second lap on the Norton was quicker still at 127.74mph. Anstey wasn’t have the best of fortunes on his first lap of the night on the RCV with a speed of 120.43mph.

Dunlop, meanwhile, had switched to his Superbike BMW and his first lap was 130.88mph with Johnson and the Norton improving yet again to an impressive 128.32mph on his third lap. However, Dunlop saved the best to last with that lap of 132.34mph.  Anstey’s evening ended with a spill at Keppel Gate and although he was reported to be unhurt he was taken by airmed for a precautionary check over.  He is expected to line up in tomorrow’s final qualifying session.

As the RST Superbike and RL360 Quantum Superstock session came to an end, the Bennetts Lightweights joined the Monster Energy Supersport class at 7.25pm with Anthony Redmond and John Barton first away followed by Rob Livesey and Bjorn Gunnarsson.

Lee Johnston went to the top of the week’s Supersport leaderboard after a lap of 124.84mph while Rutter moved to the top of the Lightweight’s leaderboard for the week with 118.054mph while Italian Stefano Bonetti and Danny Webb also went well with 116.220 and 116.140 respectively. One of the main contenders for Wednesday’s Race, James Hillier, experienced a frustrating session, failing to get a lap in having stopped at Appledene in the earlier session.

Michael Dunlop set the qualifying session alight with an incredible 132.36mph lap on his Hawk Racing BMW superbike


Ian Hutchinson set the early pace in the Superbike qualifying - recording a 131mph lap from a standing start
and breaking the beam at the Sulby speedtrap in excess of 196mph


A gaggle of elite riders stream over the Mountain section - David Johnson (Norton) leads John McGuinness (Honda Racing),
Conor Cummins (Honda Racing) and Michael Dunlop (MDracing BMW)


Dean Harrison (Silicone Engineering Kawasaki) impressed with a series of fast laps during Thursday's qualifying session

Superbike - All Laps - Fast Laps

Superstock - All Laps - Fast Laps

Supersport - All Laps - Fast Laps

Lightweight - All Laps - Fast Laps

Sidecars - All Laps - Fast Laps

Tim Reeves and Patrick Farrance upped the ante in qualifying for the two Sure Mobile Formula Two sidecar races with a best lap of 114.83mph to send them to the top of the leaderboard.

17-times TT winner Dave Molyneux, with Dan Sayle in the chair, wasn’t too far behind with another 114mph plus lap as Ben and Tom Birchall also put themselves in contention.

Keen to make up for lost time, with only one lap under their belt in earlier outings, Molyneux/Sayle headed off towards Bray Hill first followed by Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance, Ben and Tom Birchall, Ian and Carl Bell and Alan Founds/Aki Aalto. John Holden/Andy Winkle, meanwhile, set off further down the field.

Molyneux reached the Grandstand first with a speed of 114.10mph but Reeves had halved the starting deficit of ten seconds and his lap of 114.73mph was the fastest lap of the week as well as being a new personal best, albeit unofficially.

The Bells were again showing well with a lap of 112.46mph whilst Holden eventually got away at the rear of the field, using the session to run in a new engine and scrub in some new tyres.

On the second lap, Reeves had overhauled Molyneux on the road and the Kent driver’s pace could be seen at the end of the lap as he went quicker still with a lap of 114.83mph. Molyneux was also in the 114mph bracket again.

The Birchalls meanwhile had had a slow first lap but they were clearly bedding something in as second time around, they lapped in excess of 113mph to prove they will be in contention in Saturday’s first race day.

Gary Bryan/Jamie Winn posted their best lap of the week at 111.14 while Peter Founds/Jevan Walmsley put in two laps of 110mph with Steve and Matty Ramsden, Dwight Beare/Ben Binns and Tony Baker/Fiona Baker-Milligan all above 109mph.

Manfred Wechserberger, passenger to Michael Grabmuller, fell out of the sidecar at Ballaugh but was assessed at the scene and reported to be uninjured.

Tim Reeves and Patrick Farrance at the Gooseneck. They lapped in excess of 114mph on both their qualifying laps on Thursday night

Dave Molyneux and Dan Sayle lead Tim Reeves and Patrick Farrance at the Gooseneck on Thursday night.