North West 200 2025 - all you need to know & BBC coverage details

Davey Todd leads Dean Harrison during a Superstock race at the 2024 North West 200

It's that time of year again to savour the sights and sounds of high speed motorcycles racing around the 8.9-mile Triangle circuit on the north coast of Northern Ireland.

The North West 200 regularly attracts the world's leading exponents of racing on closed public roads on some of the most exotic machinery on the planet, with an atmosphere to match as tens of thousands of spectators thrill to the action trackside.

As this year's event prepares to rev into action, we bring you up to speed with all the information you need to know, including details of coverage across BBC Sport NI.

How can I follow the action on the BBC?

BBC Sport NI will provide exclusive full live-streamed coverage of every qualifying session and every race on BBC iPlayer and worldwide on the BBC Sport website and app.

The qualifying sessions on Wednesday 7 May and Thursday 8 May will be broadcast from 10:00 BST to 14:45.

Coverage of Thursday's racing will be streamed from 17:00 to 20:30 BST and Saturday's race programme will be shown from 09:00 to 18:30.

Presenter Stephen Watson will once again this year be joined on the grid by analysts Lee Johnston, Phillip McCallen and Jenny Tinmouth, with Larry Carter out and about on the grid gathering interviews and Steve Parrish and Keith Huewen in the commentary box.

There will also be full coverage of all the races on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Foyle on Thursday evening from 17:00 BST to 21:00 and on Saturday from 09:30 to 19:00, with Gavin Andrews and Orla Bannon your hosts. Radio Ulster will join the commentary from 14:00 to 16:00 on Saturday.

Chris Kinley, Larry Carter and Adrian Coates will provide commentary and analysis, with Jamie Hamilton the studio pundit.

Highlights programmes will be broadcast on BBC One NI and BBC iPlayer on Friday 9 May at 22:40, Sunday 11 May at 22:25 and Monday 12 May at 22:40.

The same programmes can be viewed on BBC Three on the same evenings at 23:40, 23:35 and 23:45.

BBC Newsline will be live at the event throughout the week, with extensive coverage on the BBC Sport website and BBC Sport NI's social media channels.

Practice and race schedule

The practice and race schedule follows a similar format to last year with three Superbike races on the roster for the second year in succession and a nine-race programme slated across Thursday and Saturday.

Wednesday 7 May - first qualifying – roads closed 0900 to 1500 BST

Newcomers 0945 BST; Superbikes 1030; Supersport 1145; Superstock 1245; Supertwin 1345

Thursday 8 May - second and final qualifying – roads close 0900 to 1500

Superbikes 0945; Supersport 1100; Superstocks 1200; Supertwins 1300

Roads close for racing – 1645 to 2100

Race one – Superbike (four laps) - 1730

Race two – Supersport (four laps) - 1830

Race three – Superstock (four laps) - 1915

Saturday 10 May - roads close for racing - 0900-1900

Race 1 – Supertwins (four laps) at 1000 approx

Race 2 – Superbike race (six laps)

Race 3 – Supersport race (six laps)

Race 4 – Superstocks (six laps)

Race 5 – Supertwins (four laps)

Race 6 – Superbike race (six laps)

Lap records

Superbike - Glenn Irwin, 125.799mph, Ducati, 2024

Superstock - Alastair Seeley, 124.484, BMW, 2023

Supersport - Peter Hickman, 118.273, Triumph, 2023

Supertwin - Richard Cooper, 112.251, Kawasaki, 2023

Most wins

Alastair Seeley 29; Robert Dunlop 15; Michael Rutter 14; Joey Dunlop 13; Phillip McCallen 11; Glenn Irwin 11; Bruce Anstey 10; Tony Rutter 9; Ian Lougher 8

Fastest laps

1 Glenn Irwin 125.799; 2 Davey Todd 125.673; 3 Dean Harrison 124.973; 4 Peter Hickman 124.799; 5 Richard Cooper 124.545; 6 Alastair Seeley 124.484; 7 Michael Dunlop 123.207; 8 Josh Brookes 123.141

2024 results

Superbike race one - 1 Glenn Irwin; 2 Michael Dunlop; 3 Davey Todd

Superbike race two - 1 Glenn Irwin; 2 Davey Todd; 3 Dean Harrison

Superbike race three - 1 Glenn Irwin; 2 Davey Todd; 3 Michael Dunlop

Superstock race one - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Dean Harrison; 3 Michael Dunlop

Superstock race two - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Peter Hickman; 3 John McGuinness

Supersport race one - 1 Richard Cooper; 2 Peter Hickman; 3 Michael Dunlop

Supersport race two - 1 Davey Todd; 2 Richard Cooper; 3 Michael Dunlop

Supertwin race one - 1 Peter Hickman; 2 Richard Cooper; 3 Mike Browne

Supertwin race two - 1 Peter Hickman; 2 Richard Cooper; 3 Jeremy McWilliams