Very confusing. We have always been told for the TT that a race day cannot be brought forward. Rumour went around at TT 16 that Thursday was being considered to run the senior. Paul Phillips tweeted it was not allowed per road closing order. Maybe something has changed.

MGP did have the option to push Friday’s race to Saturday this year just like the TT does every year (not sure what the weather forecast was).

Either way, given the lack of appetite for sending bikes out on a wet track, the organizers need every ounce of flexibility for getting practice and racing in. TT is a slightly different animal with their commercial considerations - would be interesting to see if the same call is made at TT20 with a bad Friday forecast.