Costello crashed on Monday during the Supertwin class qualifying and�ꦚ� was absent on Tuesday and Wednesday, as a result.

A statement has confirmed: Following an incident on the opening day of qualifying, Maria Costello MBE has been withdrawn from competing at this year’s Isle of Man TT Races under the inꦫstruction of the Chief Medical Officer.

“We’d like to wish Maria🔜 a speedy recovery and look forwar🀅d to her continued punditry on this year’s TT+ coverage.”

She was due to compete in the Supertwin and Sidecar categories, ꦿreprese🧜nting FHO.

Four years she made history ♊as the fir🐼st female ever to finish both a Sidecar race and a solo race at the same TT event.

: "Physically I feel absolutely fine in myself but, quite rightly, the medical team here take any possible head injury very seriously.

“I’m hugely d⛦isappoint𒁏ed to miss out on what is the biggest event of my season, but I’ll be back next year.

"It takes a massive amo✨unt of effort and support to get here, something that I couldn’t do without the backing of my amazing team and sponsors, but they’ve been incredibly supportive through this very unfortunate situation.

“I’ll stay on and enjoy the sunshine and the racing, and I’m looking forward to hel👍ping out on the TV coverage even more.

"I also want to wish Colin the very best for rest of the TT, having jumped in the chair alongside Alan Found▨s. I’ll be cheering them on♏!”