After bad weather forcꦡed an early end to Monday's action - with only the speed-controlled laps for Newcomers completed - a revised Isle of Man TT schedule sees Free Practice moved to this evening, in place of what should have been Qualifying 1.
The Tuesday evening schedule - featuring 𒊎all five classes, starting with the Sidecars - is as follows:
18:00 - All Roads closed
18:30 - Sidecar (Untimed)
19:10 - Supersport, Supertwin (Untimed)
20:15 - Superbike, Superstock (Untimed)
Tomorrow's action will see the first timed sessions of the week with Qualifying 1 for the Superbike, Superstock and Supersport classes beginning at 18:30 followed by the 𝕴Sidecars at 20:10.
Qualifying 2 will be held on Thur༒sday and 𒅌Qualifying 3 on Friday.
The chequered flag is out.
The main news of the evening is reign🔯ing Superstock TT winner Davey Todd missing out on any laps in the Superbike/Superstock session, after a technical issue during the Supertwin/Supersport sessio▨n left him stranded out on track.
Michael Dunlop is ൩heading out for one more lap, with 2m 30s to go.
Hickman takes his time t😼o pass Herbertson, who now gets a chance to try and follow the lap reco🔯rder holder.
8mins ♋to go and Michael Dunlop is also in the pits, speaking to the Hawk team. The record TT winner takes off his helmet, it's not clear if he'll try for one more lap.
John McGuinness is back in the Honda pits, getting some changes made 🍸to the Fireblade.
James Hillieᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚr: "Amazing! It's been a bit stressful to make it all happen, but I remember why I do it all now! I've got a big smile under the helmet. The bike was behaving itself, even if the conditions aren't great with the damp patches and bugs."
Steve Plater confirms rid🧜ers are taking it easy tonight with the tricky conditions, which in turn leads to groups of riders forming on track.
However, the likes of Hickman and Dunlop are riding alﷺone.
Ramsey Hairpin is one of the damp areas, and the big bikes are ꦺbeing careful with the throttle.
Meanwhile, Michae꧅l Dunlop heads out🐻 on the Rokit BMW.
Davey Todd is reported to have a problem with his Supertwin at the end of the previous session, and is now losing valuable track time in t𝔉his session.
The final session of the day, Superbike and Superstock, begins. Josh Brookes is first out.
By contrast Michael Rutter, who is not in the next session, rushes back out for another lap with 1min 🍌to go.
3mins of the session to go and a lot of riders are already back in the pits to prepare for the following Superbike, Superstock session.
Josh Brookes: "The second lap was better but there's still a lot of damp patches, but we knew that. It was fun because𒈔 Hutchy and Harrison came past and we were all in a bit of a group.
"We've made some changes to the big b🍌ike for stability and I'm looking forward to tr꧃ying that out next."
11mins to go until the chequered flag for the Supersport, Supertwin session. Warning flags for the damp patches are still in place.
Michael Dunlop is carving his way past other riders on the ex-🧜Aruba Ducati WSS machine.
Peter Hickman's rear hugger (mudgu🔯a🌌rd) is broken as he returns to the pits.
A quick pit stop and Michael Dunlop heads back out, now on the MD Racing Du꧂cati.
Mile Browne crosses the line to complete his first Supersport💜 lap, next on track Michael Dunlop pits on the Paton.
Dean Harriꦡson, Dav🐻ey Todd, Ian Hutchinson etc continue.
By contrast, last year's double Supertwin winner Michael🍌 Dunlop looks smooth and comfortable.
A massive u🐷nplanned wheelie for Maurizio Bottalico forces the Italian to shut the throttle to bring the Paton back under contꦯrol.
The damp patches and lack of official timing mean this evening is very much about settling in for the weeks ahead, including a shakedown to make sure everythin🍬g is running correctly.
Mike Browne 🗹is leading the way on the road from Michael Dunlopꦫ.
Michael Dunlop pullsꦅ out of pitlane on the MD Racing Paton Supe🌸rtwin, perhaps suggesting he's already happy with the Ducati Supersport bike.
