Live updates from the Senior TT at the 2026 Isle of Man TT which is due to start at 18:15 local time.
The Senior is set to be the fifth race this week on the Isle of Man after a series of delays that have prevented racing from taking place since Tuesday, when it was only the Supersport class that got a race in, and even that over a reduced three-lap distance.
Supersport and Sportbike have both already raced today, with Michael Dunlop winning on both occasions. Both races were reduced in distance, as is the Senior TT which will run over four laps instead of the usual six.
Dean Harrison won the Superbike TT earlier in the week. The Senior TT hasn't run since 2024, when Davey Todd won. Todd is out injured this year, so the most recent Senior TT winner to be lining up this evening is Peter Hickman, who won in 2023.
Harrison and Hickman both joined Dunlop on the podium earlier today in Supersport Race 2, while it was Mike Browne and Paul Jordan in the Sportbike race.
A win this evening in the Senior in would mark Dunlop's 37th TT win, and would make him the first rider to ever win three TTs in a day.
The schedule was been delayed by one hour this morning as a result of a road traffic collision on the mountain road. Another delay was forced ahead of the Sportbike race due to a "non-racing operational matter", according to the Isle of Man TT.
The Isle of Man TT has confirmed that the Senior TT will not be restarted today and will be rescheduled to tomorrow instead. An updated schedule has not yet been released, so start times are not confirmed, although it should be expected that the Superstock race will be clipped from tomorrow's schedule.
The Isle of Man TT has confirmed that the red flag in the Senior TT was for an incident at the 11th Milestone.
The rider involved has been taken to Noble's Hospital.
Full story here.
Not sure of the cause of the red flag yet. We'll pass on that info as we get it.
Red flag on the second lap of the Senior TT. Harrison had just passed through Ramsey and is now up over the Mountain.
On the road, Coward, Brookes, and Dunlop all circulating together. Really strong ride by Brookes, this.
At the front of the race, Harrison now 15s clear of Hickman. It's a second or so per sector at the minute that Harrison's making.
14s is now Harrison's advantage. We know Hickman is stronger in the second half of races, but it's going to be some gap to cut at this rate by the time we reach the pit stops at the end of this lap.
Brookes has caught and passed Dunlop on the road, which - no disrespect to Brookes - is perhaps indicative of how uncomfortable Dunlop is with the Honda this week.
Harrison the first over the line at the end of lap one and he's immediately in the 135mph bracket - from a standing start. 12s is his lead.
Dunlop now 11s behind Brookes, who is now just 5s behind Hickman. That gap is coming down over the last half of the first lap.
Dunlop still dropping time to Brookes, 6s that gap now. A podium looking a stretch for Dunlop at this point.
Hickman now over 10s adrift of Harrison. Brookes cut time to Hickman to Bungalow, too, 6s that gap now. Hutchinson now 5s behind Brookes.
Dunlop now 18s adrift, took a while to pass David Johnson but he's got through at Schoolhouse.
Brookes now 2.6s clear of Dunlop, but now 8s behind Hickman, who is now 7s adrift of Harrison.
Hutchinson comes through in fourth, 1.5s behind Brookes.
Harrison already with 14s over Dunlop at Ballaugh and has already passed McGuinness on the road, so he's the leader.
Hickman 6.7s behind, Brookes a further 5s behind Hickman now. Brookes 1s ahead of Dunlop, and he's jumped Hutchinson by 0.086s.
Hutchinson a late entry to the podium places, third at Glen Helen.
At Glen Helen for the first time and it's Harrison with the early lead. He's already passed Nathan Harrison on the road and is 4s clear of Hickman, 8.5s ahead of Dunlop. Brookes actually third, ahead of Dunlop
Not a bad start from N. Harrison, by the way, he's only 0.9s behind McGuinness and 0.7s behind Coward.
The first 10 riders are all away cleanly and on their way to Glen Helen in this 2026 Senior TT.
Hickman talking to TT+ ahead of the start and pointing out that today, with a four-lap Senior, three-lap Supersport, two-lap Sportbike, and a one-lap free practice, there's been 10 laps around the TT today, which is over 370 miles. When you think of it like that, it's been a mammoth day for the teams and riders, even with the reduced distances.
10-minute delay due to a "non-racing medical emergency", according to the Isle of Man TT. 18:25 start time now.
The grid is being cleared now as we head towards the final five minutes before the start.
Here's your first 10 starters for this year's Senior TT:
No one has ever won three TTs in one day, but having won two already today and with one more race still to run, Michael Dunlop has the chance to create yet more TT history this evening.
It will be far from straightforward for Dunlop, though, given his deficit to Dean Harrison throughout practice week and even in the Superbike TT last Sunday when Harrison was out to a lead of 30 seconds at half-distance.
Harrison, though, is expected to be racing his Superstock machine in this one, despite winning on his Superbike last weekend.
Don't discount Peter Hickman, either, of course - it was the 8Ten Racing rider who was second to Harrison in the Superbike TT, beating Dunlop by 12 seconds.
The Senior TT is our next and final race for today. The race is due to start in around 45 minutes at 18:15.
After the one-hour delay earlier, the Senior TT has been pushed back to 18:15.
Michael Dunlop secures his 3rd win of the week in Sportbike Race 1 and a huge lap record - 124.53mph on the last lap.
The battle behind is won by Browne by 0.6s over Jordan, they were both in the 123mph bracket on the last lap.
Jordan cuts the gap again to Bungalow, 1.5s now the gap with just the last couple of sectors to go.
Browne just edging away from Jordan now, 2s his gap. But it was the run up the mountain that was strong for Jordan the last lap. He might get some tow from Dunlop in the final part of the lap as well, the leader isn't far behind on the road now.
Browne back ahead at Ballaugh, 1.1s clear of Jordan now. They're 17s clear of Hickman.
Dunlop 25s clear at the front.