I have sent the following message to BBC News online

I find the article that the BBC has written about the Isle of Man TT 2006 absolutely deplorable. It is stated that the organisers have dropped "a danger race because of the high fatality rate"

That is not what the announcement said,

The official statement was clear:

"There were two Supersport races at TT 2005, and whilst the racing was close and exciting, the organisers have to recognise that "there was a high mechanical mortality rate" in the second race. The prize fund from this race will be reinvested into the overall start and prize money fund."

I cannot accept that this was a mistake even the most junior typist can read the difference between the statement and the BBC's contentious and biased report. I am directly responsible for the setting up of a safety charity which will help to raise the safety standards in the Isle of Man in particular, and motorcycle Road Racing in general, throughout the UK; and I am disgusted at what I am certain, in my own mind, is a yet another deliberate attempt smear the TT races.