On the qualification topic, I remember Milky Quail complaining at a chat show, two years ago in Douglas that slow riders on the TT course were a hazard and that qualifying times should be higher.

I appreciate it is a challenge to ride the mountain course, but surely that is the reason for the existence of MGP to cater for the slower riders. The organisers always appear to be looking for new riders to come forward for TT but I fully support that the way forward is via MGP, the vast majority of Irish riders came this route, those who didn't have normally 'cut their teeth' in Irish road races. If the organisers bring newcomers directly to TT they are left with the embarassment what to do if these riders do not reach qualifying times, and if they stick 100% to the rules they get criticism for discriminating against these riders.

With the same club running the TT as the MGP this task shouldn't be so onerous. I would support a rule that riders must qualify for TT through MGP.