Paul - sorry for accusing you of being a politician, but as the closest thing to being the "boss" of the current form of the TT, I expected you to give an answer to the question, not give a "politician's answer" (an oxymoron of course, because politicians NEVER answer a question!) I remind you

Rocket Man Wrote:If this is the case, does that mean that previous lap/record times, will now stand for ever on the old course, and the new record times, if broken, in 2007, will be the start of a new era on the mountain circuit, and should be registered as such?

So a non-political answer would be "Yes" or "No"................which is it?
As for what other non-championship circuits do, I have no interest in them, as they are relatively unimportant to me. I do, however, expect that the most historically important circuit and the races held upon it even now, have distances, lap times and speeds that are verifyable - to within 2 decimal places at least. This would only mean remeasuring to within say a hundred yards - not that difficult. Failure to do so would be an admission that the sizzle has become more important than the sausage - the mantra of anyone in PR, advertising, or the present Blair government!