Molyneux sets the pace during windy Sidecar session

Seventeen-time TT winner logs fastest lap of the week

The sidecars got the chance to go out first at Friday evening's TT qualifying session.

It's been an at-times frustrating week for the riders and their passengers, with occasional poor weather and on-track incidents cutting down the time available to them to get their laps in.

But they got away on time on Friday, and managed to get a full session in before it was time for the solos to take over.

Local sidecar legend Dave Molyneux, a 17-time TT winner, posted the fastest time of the night and indeed the week, averaging almost 114.7mph.

He wasn't too comfortable with the conditions, though, as he told Vauxhall Radio TT's Chris Kinley afterwards: 

Meanwhile, in the solo classes, Michael Dunlop did enough to qualify his BMW superbike for Sunday's rescheduled race.