By We start this article with a stat attack, over 50 percent of those gaining seeded rider status for the 2025 Formula One Classic TT, have unlocked 130 Mph TT Club membership.
Back with Greenall Racing, ZXR 750 Kawasaki apparatus, Nathan Harrison (No.1) is-given the much-heralded No.1 plate.
Chasin the Racin host Dominic Herbertson (Bob Henderson Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki) departs ten seconds after Harrison.
Reigning category Champion Michael Browne (The Bike Specialist by Key Racing – 916 Ducati) will follow Herbertson with 2019 Super Twins TT runner-up Jamie Coward (Greenall Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki) next away.
Craig Neve (Callmac Scaffolding – 7XR 750 Kawasaki), hoping to make a prosperous return to Mountain Course racing goes next.
Then its’ TT wins record holder Michael Dunlop, who is still on the lookout for suitable machinery.
Antipodean, 2019 class conqueror David Johnson (Mistral Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki) will be next to scurry down towards Bray Hill, Quarter Bridge.
At No.9 it is previous class winner from 2022, Rob Hodson (SMT by Key Racing – 916 Ducati).
Hodson recently enjoyed a successful test at Oulton Park on SMT, VRS Recovery supported 916 Ducati exotica, which looks certain to give him an above average chance of regaining the number one position in the yesteryear Superbike field.
Ten to fifteen plate numbers wise, these have been individually attained by Paul Jordan (Mistral Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki), third Greenall Racing team-member Brian McCormack, 16 times TT winner Ian Hutchinson (Steadplan Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki), Michael Sweeney (Mistral Racing – ZXR 750 Kawasaki), Julian Trummer (TC Racing/DP Coldplaning – ZXR 750 Kawasaki) and Wiz Norton propelled Shaun Anderson.
Capping off the seeded riders’ spots are Barry Furber with his DC Auto Repairs Newtown sponsored GSXR 750 Suzuki, Mistral Racing’s Joe Yeardsley, Good with Wood Racing’s Michael Evans (SRAD GSXR 750 Suzuki vaulted) and France’s speediest TT pilot, Hampe Racing Kawasaki equipped Amalric Blanc.
Formula One Classic TT – First Twenty Starters Re-Cap:
1 – Nathan Harrison
2 – Dominic Herbertson
3 – Michael Browne
4 – Jamie Coward
5 – Craig Neve
6 – Michael Dunlop
7 – David Johnson
8 – No starter at present, Davey Todd a possible entrant
9 – Rob Hodson
10 – Paul Jordan
11 – Brian McCormack
12 – Ian Hutchinson
13 – Michael Sweeney
14 – Julian Trummer
15 – Shaun Anderson
16 – No starter at present
17 – Barry Furber
18 – Joe Yeardsley
19 – Michael Evans
20 – Amalric Blanc
Photo credit: Mark Corlett
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
