NW200: Two riders taken to hospital after incident in Supersport qualifying

The session was stopped after the first lap and one competitor has been taken to hospital by air ambulance with another rider transported in an ambulance.

An official statement said: "Two riders were involved in an incident at Mill Road roundabout on the NW200 course six minutes into the Supersport qualifying session at today's Briggs Equipment North West 200.

“Both riders were injured in the incident and the on course medical team attended the scene.

"The riders were subsequently transferred to hospital, one by road ambulance and the other by air ambulance.”

It was the third red flag stoppage on a frustrating opening day at the 2025 meeting on the sun-kissed north coast after Superbike qualifying was halted twice because of oil contamination.

Oil at University Corner caused the first red flag while a further oil spill from Station Corner towards University resulted in a lengthy delay.

The Supersport session was restarted at 14:42 BST with time running out for the organisers before roads were scheduled to open around the 8.9-mile course by 15:00 BST.

The newcomers practice and opening Superbike qualifying took place earlier.

England’s Peter Hickman was fastest in Superbike qualifying on his 8TEN Racing BMW with a speed of 121.732mph from Dean Harrison (Honda Racing UK), whose best lap was 121.385mph.