TT race cancellations

Summary

The Department for Enterprise responded to a request for statistics on Isle of Man TT race cancellations and rescheduling over the last 10 years. The authority disclosed the number of scheduled races, weather-related reschedules, and races not held for each year from 2016 to 2025.

Key Facts

• No TT races were held in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid19 Pandemic.
• The number of scheduled races varied between 8 and 10 per year, excluding pandemic years.
• Weather-related reschedules peaked at 7 in 2019 and 6 in 2024.
• The response included a caveat that some reschedules involved multiple reasons, not just weather.
• The request was processed in two and a half hours.

Data Disclosed

• 2025: 10 scheduled, 4 rescheduled, 1 not held
• 2024: 10 scheduled, 6 rescheduled, 1 not held
• 2023: 10 scheduled, 0 rescheduled, 0 not held
• 2022: 8 scheduled, 1 rescheduled, 0 not held
• 2021: 0 scheduled (Covid19 Pandemic)
• 2020: 0 scheduled (Covid19 Pandemic)
• 2019: 9 scheduled, 7 rescheduled, 0 not held
• 2018: 9 scheduled, 0 rescheduled, 0 not held
• 2017: 9 scheduled, 4 rescheduled, 1 not held
• 2016: 9 scheduled, 0 rescheduled, 0 not held
• Reference number: 4743093
• Processing time: two and a half hours

Original Request

For each of the last 10 years: How many TT races were scheduled to take place during each festival period? And of those: How many were rescheduled because of weather? How many were not held at all?

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

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Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 4743093 16 July 2025

Dear ###,

We write further to your request, received 23 June 2025, which states:

"For each of the last 10 years:

How many TT races were scheduled to take place during each festival period?

And of those:

How many were rescheduled because of weather?

How many were not held at all?"

Our response to your request is as follows:

“For each of the last 10 years:

How many TT races were scheduled to take place during each festival period?”

2025 10 2024 10 2023 10 2022 8 2021 0 (Covid19 Pandemic) 2020 0 (Covid19 Pandemic) 2019 9 2018 9 2017 9 2016 9

“And of those:

How many were rescheduled because of weather?”

2025 4 2024 6 2023 0 2022 1 2021 N/A 2020 N/A 2019 7 2018 0 2017 4 2016 0

*Please note these figures are for all rescheduled races, including weather related. Sometimes a reschedule has been for more than one reason, one of which may have been weather.

“How many were not held at all?"

2025 1 2024 1 2023 0 2022 0 2021 N/A 2020 N/A 2019 0 2018 0 2017 1 2016 0

Please quote the reference number 4743093 in any future communications.

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This response took two and a half hours to complete.

Freedom of Information Co-Ordinator