Alistair Seeley could also be a 29-time winner on the North West 200 and robust contender for a thirtieth in 2025, however his qualifying day on the occasion on Wednesday wasn’t with out incident.
Seeley is again on the North West 200 after a 12 months away and is wanting so as to add to his tally of 29 victories this week.
Wednesday’s operating on the North West 200 was truncated by a number of purple flags, together with for an incident that led to 2 riders being taken to hospital, with solely the Superbike and Supersport courses getting any laps in.
Seeley was third within the Superbike class on a BMW and 14th in Supersport on a Kawasaki.
Within the latter session, he admits he needed to come again in previous to the purple flag anyway due to a small mistake he made together with his visor.
“I am unsure why purple flags had been put out however we had a problem anyway,” he stated earlier within the day to BBC Sport throughout the Supersport session.
“There was a canopy on the visor that we forgot to take off which is a little bit of a schoolboy error.
“It’s important to do and check out every little thing as soon as, however hopefully we can’t do this once more.
“My fault, most likely I ought to have shut the visor earlier than I left to verify I might see imaginative and prescient.”
Michael Dunlop ‘on the again foot’
The dearth of monitor time proved to be an actual frustration for everybody, although Michael Dunlop was particularly placed on “the again foot” together with his Superbike.
Dunlop wants time to type the gearing on his new M1000RR BMW, which he has swapped in for the Honda he raced in recent times at school, however solely managed three laps on Wednesday.
He was left down in seventh within the Superbike occasions.
“I’ve solely finished three laps, a number of the different boys acquired just a few extra laps,” he stated.
“With the Superbike and the dearth of getting gears left us actually on the again foot.
“We finished a lap after which in, so it has been a bit irritating after which just a few purple flags have halted it and that’s simply the way in which it goes.
“Whenever you’re left so late with stuff, it has been laborious work.
“I perceive everybody has labored laborious to get it.
“However the end result remains to be the identical whether or not they work laborious or not, while you’re left that lengthy it leaves you on the again foot slightly bit.
“Nevertheless we’ll work laborious tonight. The 2 laps that we have now finished, we have now a number of knowledge to see the place we have now to be.”
Qualifying continues on Thursday morning earlier than the primary races happen that night.
