Will TT World Series differ from F1 TT?

Wed, 03 Dec 2014

The proposed TT World Championship concept will avoid the failures of previous TT spin-off events.

That's the belief of Economic Development Minister who was quizzed on the matter in yesterday's House of Keys sitting.

The last such event, the Formula One TT, ran from 1977 to 1990 - its decline was blamed on the rise of the World Superbike Championship.

Laurence Skelly says the difference is that the new proposals are being developed at a time when the TT's popularity is sky high: