Perfect conditions greeted competitors for the opening qualifying session of the 2025 Isle of Man TT Races, and Honda Racing’s Dean Harrison made an early statement, topping the Superbike session with a blistering lap of 133.069mph—the fastest ever recorded on the opening night of qualifying.
In the Superstock class, Davey Todd led the way aboard the Monster Energy by 8TEN Racing BMW with a lap of 131.231mph, while Michael Dunlop (127.181mph) and Rob Hodson (119.521mph) were quickest in the Supersport and Supertwin classes respectively, riding the Milwaukee Ducati and SMT Racing Paton.
Among the newcomers, Mitch Rees (119.775mph) and Barry Burrell (114.359mph) impressed with solid opening laps.
The Crowe brothers (118.797mph) were fastest in the Sidecar class, where the session was shortened to one lap due to low cloud on the Mountain section.
Qualifying 2 is set to get underway at 18:00 on Thursday 29th May.
