ACU Events Ltd, Race Organiser of the Isle of Man TT Races, has confirmed details of a new initiative to raise the physical and mental health of competitors from 2025.
The project’s aim is to ensure competitors are in the best possible physical and mental state for the unique challenge of racing on the TT Course, and is part of the Race Organiser’s continuous evaluation of risk management across the whole event.
TT medical
At present, all competitors must file a medical report from their doctor to the ACU as part of their application for a Mountain Course License, which then permits them to race on the TT Course.
It is planned that from 2025, each competitor will also be subject to a thorough on-event medical assessment by the TT Medical Officers prior to first qualifying, whilst MRMS will also provide competitors with pre-event guidance to aid their physical and mental preparation.
The project will commence in TT 2024 with a number of volunteer competitors from across the entry list undergoing a range of physiological, mechanical and biochemical assessments.
Data
Data will be monitored for a range of factors such as lactate levels, blood glucose, heart rate, and grip strength, with assessments taking place before and after qualifying and race sessions to ultimately help understand the physicality of racing on the TT course and inform medical standards in the future.
Paired with detailed data capture from racing incidents to analyse trends and contributory factors, as well as the Race Organiser’s on-going systematic approach to risk management, it is envisaged that the revised medical standards will continue to provide clarity between the TT’s inherent risks and the unnecessary risks, removing the latter so that the event operates as safely as possible without impacting the spectacle or DNA of the Isle of Man TT Races.
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