Schedules for next year’s Isle of Man TT remained unchanged from this year with seven solo races and two sidecar outings planned for festival with practice week beginning on May 30.
Monday's race programme features the double header of the RL360 Superstock Race and Monster Energy Supersport Race 1 with Wednesday 10th June's packed and varied schedule including the Sure Sidecar Race 2, the Monster Energy Supersport Race 2 and the 7th running of the ground-breaking SES TT Zero. The 2015 TT meeting finishes on Friday 12th June with the Bike Nation Lightweight and PokerStars Senior TT Races.
Although a number of established riders have confirmed their teams and plans for the 2015 TT Races, changes in personnel, machine, team and manufacturer are still anticipated throughout the winter months.
The new Superbike regulations, similar to those in the British Superbike Championship with a control ECU, will be introduced in 2015 and are likely to reduce costs and support more teams in their efforts to be competitive.
Every rider in the top ten fastest ever laps list will be back in 2015 for what is likely to be the most competitive in living memory with Bruce Anstey, Michael and William Dunlop all recording their fastest laps in this year's meeting.
John McGuinness, expected to return to full fitness and Ian Hutchinson securing a high profile Kawasaki ride with the Paul Bird Motorsport team are just two of the variables for next year's meeting while other leading contenders likely to challenge for race wins and podiums include Guy Martin, Conor Cummins, Gary Johnson, James Hillier, Michael Rutter, Cameron Donald and Keith Amor.
As well as his maiden TT win in the Bike Nation Lightweight Race, Dean Harrison also posted his first 130 lap, the thirteenth fastest in history. Indeed of the fourteen riders to have clocked 130mph, only the retired Steve Plater will not be lining up on the TT grid next year while Dan Kneen (129.360), David Johnson (129.128), fastest ever newcomer Peter Hickman (129.104) and Dan Stewart (129.077) will all be pushing hard to join the 130mph club. Riders will have to have lapped in excess of 126mph to feature in the top twenty seeds in 2015.
In the Sure Sidecar class no fewer than 7 TT race winners will line up next year with last year's race winners Dave Molyneux and Conrad Harrison both returning. While Harrison will again team up with Mike Aylott, Dave Molyneux will partner fellow Manxman Ben Binns for the first time around the Mountain Course.
The new technical regulations in the sidecar class, which will allow 675cc three cylinder motors, give teams the option to introduce power plants such as the Triumph 675 and MV Agusta F3 alongside the traditional four cylinder 600cc engines.
Provisional 2015 schedule:
Qualifying starts Saturday 30th May
Saturday 6th June- Superbike Race & Sure Sidecar Race 1
Monday 8th June - RL360 Superstock Race and Monster Energy Supersport Race 1
Wednesday 10th June - Sure Sidecar Race 2, Monster Energy Supersport Race 2 & SES TT Zero
Friday 12th June - Bike Nation Lightweight & PokerStars Senior TT Race
