2026 North West 200 Qualifying Session 2 : Thursday 7th May 2026 :

The Thursday morning qualifying session of the 2026 NW200 was halted due to a red flag during the first session, for the Superbikes. Tragically a rider died in the incident and the day time qualifying session did not resume.

The traditional Thursday evening’s racing was replaced with a further qualifying session.

The Top Ten qualifiers (for each class) from the second qualifying session were as follows :

Full results from the 2026 North West 200 Thursday Qualifying Sessions can be found here.

Supersport Practice :

1. Alastair SEELEY Ducati – Binch Pro Ducati by 3B Const 4:38.608 115.905mph
2. Dean HARRISON Honda – Honda Racing 4:39.202 115.658mph
3. Erno KOSTAMO Ducati – Zerowaste Motorsport 4:39.540 115.518mph
4. Ian HUTCHINSON Ducati – Burrows Engineering/RK Racing 4:40.280 115.213mph
5. Paul JORDAN Ducati – Jackson Racing by Prosper2 4:41.455 114.732mph
6. Josh BROOKES Suzuki – Carl Cox Motosport/Uggly&Co 4:44.612 113.460mph
7. Carl PHILLIPS Ducati – Bell Bikesport B&W Racing 4:46.182 112.837mph
8. Christian ELKIN Ducati – Bell Bikesport B&W Racing 4:46.658 112.650mph
9. Gary McCOY Suzuki – MadBros Racing 4:49.005 111.735mph
10. Michael EVANS Triumph – Dafabet Racing 4:50.016 111.346mph

Superstock Practice

1. Michael DUNLOP BMW 4:23.441 122.578mph
2. Richard COOPER BMW – SMS / Nicholl Oils Racing 4:23.845 122.390mph
3. Dean HARRISON Honda – Honda Racing 4:24.338 122.162mph
4. Storm STACEY BMW – alpha Racing by GRYD 4:27.721 120.618mph
5. Josh BROOKES Honda – DAO Racing 4:28.612 120.218mph
6. Paul JORDAN Honda – Jackson Racing by Prosper2 4:28.785 120.141mph
7. Ian HUTCHINSON BMW – Team RST 4:30.148 119.534mph
8. Dominic HERBERTSON BMW – KTS Racing 4:30.283 119.475mph
9. John McGUINNESS Honda – Honda Racing 4:30.386 119.429mph
10. Carl PHILLIPS BMW – Bell Bikesport B&W Racing 4:30.608 119.331mph

Supertwin / Sportbike Practice

1. Peter HICKMAN Yamaha – Swan Racing by PHR 4:50.266 111.250mph
2. Paul JORDAN Aprilia – Jackson Racing by Prosper2 4:51.283 110.861mph
3. Jeremy McWILLIAMS Yamaha – Flitwick Motorcycles/SMV 4:51.914 110.622mph
4. Alastair SEELEY Aprilia – Binch Pro Ducati by 3B Const 4:55.041 109.449mph
5. Michael SWEENEY Aprilia – MSR 4:57.661 108.486mph
6. Jamie COWARD Paton – Milenco by Padgetts’ Motorcycles 4:57.739 108.457mph
7. Christian ELKIN Aprilia – Bell Bikesport B&W Racing 4:57.971 108.373mph
8. Mauro PONCINI Aprilia – Scott Racing Motorcycles 4:58.305 108.252mph
9. Joey THOMPSON Aprilia – TH Racing 5:00.413 107.492mph
10. Dominic HERBERTSON Triumph – KTS Racing 5:00.530 107.450mph

Superbike Practice

1. Dean HARRISON Honda – Honda Racing 4:19.165 124.600mph
2. Glenn IRWIN Ducati – Nitrous Competitions Racing 4:21.493 123.491mph
3. Richard COOPER BMW – SMS / Nicholl Oils Racing 4:23.308 122.640mph
4. Josh BROOKES Honda – DAO Racing 4:23.734 122.442mph
5. Michael DUNLOP Honda 4:24.199 122.226mph
6. Storm STACEY Ducati – Bathams AJN Racing 4:24.300 122.179mph
7. Ian HUTCHINSON BMW – Team RST 4:25.359 121.692mph
8. Peter HICKMAN BMW – Monster BMW Motorrad 4:25.649 121.559mph
9. Erno KOSTAMO BMW – RVS Motorsport 4:27.136 120.882mph
10. John McGUINNESS Honda – Honda Racing 4:27.459 120.736mph

The final Supersport session was halted with a red flag bringing the evening’s session to an end.

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