Dominic Herbertson lꦑed the way in Friday afternoon’s delayed practice fo⛎r the 2024 Manx Grand Prix on his Kawasaki in the Classic Superbike class.

Poor weather has forced heavy disruption to the 2024 ꦦManx GP schedule, with ﷽Thursday evening’s practice cancelled.

While conditions ha🍰ve been better on Friday, the timetable was still delayed by several hours to allow for the 37.75-mile Isle of Man course to dry.

Herbertson was fastest of all a💞board his Kawasaki ZX750 in the Classic Superbike class🦋.

He completed two laps o💛n the bike and managed a 122.6mph effort to top the standings, though this was a🐼 bit off the pace Mike Browne set on Thursday afternoon at 123.225mph.

Browne didn’t complete any laps on his Ducati 916 in the Classi🦩c Superbike session.

Derek Shiels was se💧cond on his Kawasaki with a 120.574mph lap, while Craig Neve guided his ZX750 to a 119.976mph lap to finꦅish third.

Brian McCormack and Michael Rutter completed the top ജfive, while Rob Hodson once again encountered dramas with his Kawasaki after pullin♐g up at Ramsey on his first lap on the bike.

Michael Dunlop once again didn’t put a lap on ꧒his Ducati 916, but did manage to complete his first tour of the event in the earlier Lightweight session.

The 29-time Isle of Man TT winner was second on his Hond🙈a RS250 at 108.945mph, with Stuart Hall fastest in class on his Yam꧑aha TZ250 with a lap of 111.535mph.

Mi🙈chael Evans was🌱 third in the Lightweight class at 108.87mph.

In the Classic🅷 Ju𝓡nior class, Paul Jordan set the pace on his Honda CB350K4 with a best of 101.22mph set on his second lap on the bike.

Evans was second at 99.337mph, while Dan Sayle completed the top three. John McGuinness𓂃 was fifth on his Honda at 96.141mph.

The 23-time TT winner was second in theꦏ Classic Senior class on his Paton BIC 500 with 107.921mph, while Shaun Anderson led the way on 108.41mph.

Browne ෴was third in class at 106.436mph, with Friday afternoon’s overall pacesetter Herbertson fifth.

In the Senior Manx GP class, Chris Cook set the best lap of the day s🦩o far with a 115.615mph on a Kawasaki ZX600RF. Michael Gahan and Sayle completed the top thrไee.

Andrea Majola continued to set the pace in the Junior Manx GP claꦜss, as he guided his Paton S1-R to a 112.50mph. Maurizio Bottalico and Daniel Ingham trailed him on the leaderboa𒀰rd.

Practice i💫s due to continue th🥃is evening at 6:30pm local time.

The Clerk of the Course announced after Friday afternoon's session that the racing schedule has🧸 been revised to due to bad weather in the forecas🔜t on Sunday.

Three races will now take place on S🐻aturday and three on Monday, with Sunday's contingency sessions now scrꦅapped.

Picture credit: Manx Grand Prix Press