Hillier and Herbertson lose their 2025 road race ridespublished at 20:30 3 April

James Hillier on board his Honda at the 2024 North West 200
Leading motorcycle road racing exponents James Hillier and Dominic Herbertson have lost their scheduled rides for this year's North West 200 and Isle of Man TT events with the news that their WTF (We're The Future) Racing team has withdrawn from the meetings.
An official statement from the team issued on 1 April confirmed the news.
"WTF Racing has today announced the immediate cessation of all road racing activities due to significant commercial circumstances beyond the team's control," the statement read.
The team's sister outfit, OMG Racing, has also withdrawn from the 2025 British Superbike Championship for similar reasons.
The squad won the BSB title last year with Kyle Ryde and has captured two championships for Yamaha during their association.
Hampshire rider Hillier rode Honda machinery for the We're The Future team in 2024, securing a fourth place finish in the blue riband Senior TT and fifth positions in the Superbike and Superstock races.
The 40-year-old was fourth in both Superstock outings at the North West last year and took the same placing in one of the three Superbike races.
Speaking on his Facebook page, Hillier described the news of his team's demise as "a big shock".
"I really didn't see that coming and it's not great timing. Where I stand at the moment I don't quite know.
"I'm trying to make progress to sort some machinery and get something in place. We don't have a whole lot of time but we'll try to work something out to get something in place.
"Funding the operation is the biggest thing in today's economic climate."
Herbertson had been scheduled to race for the team for the first time this season.
The 34-year-old from Hexham clinched his first TT podium last year with a third place in the Supertwins class.