Day 1 what should one expect? this is the fourthtime I have been fortunate enough to be on the Isle of Man to witness the racing firsthand. Three of those times have been for the TT and once for the Classic. Looking back over the day it was just so typical of the TT. I came across one spectator accident on the mountain that resulted in the closure of the road, I saw one rider come off and heard of another accident that caused the restart of the sidecars. To ...

The pit area at the 2018 Isle of Man TT races was almost deserted only team mechanics and some riders were in evidence. It took me a few minutes to reorientate myself to the newly arranged pits. The reason was to visit a couple of special places before racing go underway. The Tyco BMW tent was half open,the open side was working on Michael Dunlop's bike. The other side displayed an empty workbench and no bike however the screens were open for viewing. In fr...