Red flag halts opening day of practice at Manx Grand Prix as remainder of session abandoned due to deteriorating weather on Isle of Man
Sunday’s opening day of Manx Grand Prix practice has been curtailed by wet weather following a red flag stoppage in the afternoon’s Supersport and Sportbike session.
The red flag was issued at 15:35 BST. No further official details have been provided.
Shortly afterwards, Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson confirmed that no further action would take place because of deteriorating weather on the Isle of Man.
Coleraine’s Lee Hara clocked an impressive lap of 115.942mph in the Supersport session on his Yamaha R6, with Scotland’s Johnny Stewart fastest at 117.018mph on the LPA Road Racing Ducati V2.
Irishman Liam Chawke was fourth quickest at 112.938mph behind Eddy Wormald (113.975mph).
Stewart also topped the Sportbikes times at 112.852mph from Wormald and Chawke, who is riding a Kawasaki prepared by Ryan Farquhar.
Skerries man Andy Farrell was fourth fastest ahead of Owen Monaghan, Northern Ireland’s Kevin Lavery and Hara.
Roads are scheduled to close on Monday at 18:00 BST for the second day of practice.