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.
Harrison just passes Browne entering the pits, but Browne jumps Harrison in the stop itself.
Dunlop enters 3.6s down on Harrison but looks to have a clean enough stop.
Hickman 8.6s adrift of Dunlop as he enters the pits.
129mph lap for Harrison on that lap one there.
Dunlop now 3.8s behind Harrison as they reach the Bungalow. Remember, pit stops at the end of this lap one.
Hickman now 6.4s behind Dunlop in second and 9.4s clear of Jordan in fourth.
Harrison continues to lead at Ballaugh, 1.9s now his gap. Hickman third and 4s off the lead. Mike Browne having transponder issues.
Harrison leads at Glen Helen on lap one, he's 1.4s clear of Dunlop, then it's Jordan third.
The first starters are away for this one with Browne leading them off from Jordan, Harrison, Coward, Johnson, Dunlop, and Brookes.
Here's your first 10 starters for today's Supersport Race 2. Also keep an eye out for Ian Hutchinson and Dominic Herbertson starting 11th and 12th, respectively. Herbertson especially was fast on Tuesday, finishing sixth. Hutchinson was in the top-10, too, in ninth.
15 minutes out now from the Supersport race start. You can check the results from Race 1 here.
Around 25 minutes out from Supersport Race 2 now. Of course, Michael Dunlop won earlier in the week in this class. A win today would be his 10th in a row in Supersport, a fifth consecutive double in the class. Plus, it would be his 35th TT win across all classes and a fourth consecutive win aboard the Ducati Panigale V2.
All of the delays and postponements this week means we arrive on Friday having only run two races: Superbike last Sunday and Supersport Race 1 on Tuesday. Both of those classes will get their second race today (the second 'Superbike' race being the Senior, of course), if the weather allows, and Sportbike will also get its first race of the week, with its second scheduled for tomorrow.
So far just the single one-hour delay to today's schedule, which is fairly good going by the standard of this week. It's not even for weather, either, instead a road traffic collision on the mountain road this morning forced a delay of one hour to the road closing time and consequently the whole schedule.
Full story here.
Welcome to live coverage of today's races from the 2026 Isle of Man TT. Supersport Race 2 is due to get underway in around an hour at 12:45 local time.