New Medical Standards for TT25

TT organisers will introduce a new initiative to raise the physical and mental health of competitors from 2025.

In collaboration with the Manx Roadracing Medical Services (MRMS) – the organisation that provides medical support for the TT and headed by the event’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr Gareth Davies – the project’s aim is to ensure competitors are in the best possible physical and mental state.

At present, all competitors must file a medical report from their doctor to the ACU  as part of their application for a Mountain Course License, which then permits them to race on the TT Course.

It is planned that from 2025, each competitor will also be subject to a thorough on-event medical assessment by the TT medical officers prior to first qualifying, whilst MRMS will also provide competitors with pre-event guidance to aid their physical and mental preparation.

Dr Gareth Davies, Chief Medical Officer: ‘Sports science is an area of medicine that’s evolved at an incredible rate. The level of insight that can be attained is now invaluable for many sports across all ranges, from top-level international athletes to individuals training at the gym. But it’s an area where motorcycle racing in general is arguably behind the curve, and the TT is no exception.

‘Ultimately this is a project to further the work aimed at removing avoidable risks at the TT. In all aspects of health, prevention is far better than cure and it is no different here. We are taking a proactive and systematic approach to the TT’s medical standards. The physiological, mechanical and biochemical data we collect this year will help inform our strategy to ensure competitors are physically and mentally fit to take on the TT Course and we reduce avoidable risk wherever possible.’