A former podium finishe🐬r at the 🦩Isle of Man TT looks unable to race this year due to injury.

Jamie Coward was hospi🌠talise🙈d after a bad crash at the North West 200 which has left his TT participation doubtful.

Although he hasn’t officially withdrawn yet, his team KTS Racin﷽g a🐭re searching for a replacement rider.

Team sponsor Stanley Stewart told the Belfast Newsletter: “I think the best word at the minute is doubtful, at🙈 this p🐟oint.

“Jamie has a very bad puncture ꦿwound in his leg, which 𓃲has to heal from the inside out.

“He’s g📖ot a broken finger, he had concussion, which should all be all right, sore ankles…

“But he’s up, he’s out of hospital and it could⛎’ve been a lo🉐t worse.

“He’ll get better and thankfully there’s no life-threatening injuries, but the puncture wound in his🍰 leg is very ℱdeep and he had to get it dressed every day.

“The KTS team will be for the😼 TT and we’re actively seeking alternatives.”

Coward had finished sixth in 𝕴the first Supersport and Superbike races at the North West 200, on Triumph and BMW machines.

He was set to be the TT’s foremost priva💎♑teer rider.

Coward stood on a TT podium for the first time in 2019 when he trailed Michael Dunlop b♈y just 🉐1.2s.

But it now looks highly unlikely that Coward will🌟 be in action around the Mountain Course this year.

The 2025 Isle of Man TT begins on May 26.