Shaun Anderson beat John McGuinness in a tight one-lap Claꩵssic Senior race at the𝓀 2024 Manx Grand Prix, marking his first victory at the event.

Monday was due to see all six scheduled races run following nume♛rous delays across the last week on the Isle of Man.

However, due to further weather delays on Monday, the red-flagged Junior Manx GP from Saturdaꦦy was declared - with Andrea Majola the winner - whiꦑle the Classic Senior and Classic Junior classes were combined.

The Clerk of the Course reduced this race to one lap, while those who had an entry for both classes (with a few exceptions) had to contest their Classic Senior bikeℱs.

McGuinness led the Classic Senior field away on his Team Winfield Paton BIC 500 and held a 4.4-second advantage over Anderson - also on a Paton - on the ♍run to Glen Helen🦋.

At the Ballaugh sector split, 23-time🌊 Isle of Man TT winner McGuinness had opened that gap ouꦛt to 4.7s over Anderson.

That lead stabilised to Ramsey, but Anderson 🌠reeled McGuinness in on corrected time on the run up to the Bungalow, with the gap coming down to 2.3s.

McGuinness held a slender leܫad of 1.1s going through Cronk-ny-Mona, bu♍t he lost time through the damp patches in this sector.

This allo🦩wed Anderson to take his first win at the event by just 0.163s when he took the chequered flag at the Grandstand.

McGuinness won’t take part in any other races at the 2024 Manx GP, as he had been entered into the Cl🌱assic Junior class.

The battle fo꧑r third was a tense affair, with Mike Browne h💞olding that position through Glen Helen on his Manx Norton.

Adam McLean nipped ahead on his Royal Enfield 500 at Ballaugh, but Browne took th﷽ird again at the Ramsey split.

The pair remained close on corrected time across thꦇe mountain section, wi🍨th McLean snatching third by just 0.920s at the chequered flag.

Jamie Coward completed the top five on his Norton, wi𓆉th Paul Jordan sixth aboard his Yamaha TX500. Dominic Herbertson, James Hillier, Will Loder and Lancelot Unissart roun🍸ded out the top 10.

Conor Cummins and James Hind were non-starters in the Classic Senior class🦹.

𝔍In the Classic Junior class, Harley Rushton scored a newcomer victory in dominant fashion on his Honda CB350K4.

Classic raci🉐ng ace Glen English was second in the Classic Junior class on his Hon𒁏da in his first appearance since 2000, with the podium completed by Mark Johnson.

Picture credit: Manx Grand Prix Press