2020 Isle of Man TT dates and schedule

The dates for the 2020 Isle of Man TT have been released. Here’s those all important dates and times for your diary. 

Isle of Man TT Race organisers have announced schedule revisions for the 2020 event designed to “optimise qualifying conditions and offer shorter race days, reducing the pressure put on competitors, teams, volunteers and officials,” according to Rob Callister MHK, Political Member with responsibility for tourism and motorsport.

The event starts a day later than is traditional, now with a Sunday afternoon qualifying session taking place on 31st May. Evening qualifying sessions then take place as normal from Monday 1st June to Thursday 4th June with the afternoon of Friday 5th June assigned to final qualifying sessions for all solos and sidecars.

Three of the four race days now begin with a single lap ‘Morning Warm Up Session’ for solo racers plus a ‘Sidecar Shake Down’ lap on Wednesday 10th June on the basis their customary two races are now split by five days.

Mr Callister added, “This new format is designed to minimise the impact that racing has on local residents and businesses with more clearly defined road closure schedules including the more definitive first weekend qualifying timetable and cutting the duration of road closures during race week which result in clearer, easier to follow road closure timetables.”

The 2020 Isle of Man TT Races will consist of just eight races after the TT organisers also confirmed that the TT Zero category has been suspended for two years (2020 and 2021), following ten years of racing around the famous Mountain Course culminating in a lap record of 121.824mph.

When is the Isle of Man TT in 2020?

The Isle of Man TT next year will take place from Sunday 31st May to Friday 12th June 2020. 

See bottom of page for full list of qualifying and race times. 

A week of qualifying, which for 2020 begins on Sunday 31st May, often merely hints at the spectacular racing to follow as riders and their teams get to grips with their machines and come to terms with the challenge of racing on the TT Mountain Course.

TT Race week will get underway on Saturday 6th June with a six lap RST Superbike Race.

The 2020 TT Race meeting reaches its climax on Friday 12th June with the Senior TT Race getting underway at 12.45pm. 

Just like last year, we are working on some fantastic prizes to reward our customers at the Isle of Man TT Races. Whether you’re a veteran of the island or visiting for the first time, you won’t want to miss out. Find our more about Bennetts Rewards here. 

Photo Credits: Kevin Clague, Dave Kneen and Stephen Davison