The ꦉopening of the site to fans at the Isle of Man TT has been delayed by 24 hours due to bad weather.

A statement from the Isle of Man TT read: “Due to the impact of the severe weather conditions earlier in the week, the 2024 Isle of Man TT Races site will no longer open to the public as plan🧔ned on Saturday 25th May.

“Despite the event’s production team working tireꦿlessly to get the site-build back on schedule, a decision has been made to delay the opening until 09:00am on Sunday 26th May.

“𝐆The weather conditions have had a significant impact on🦄 the ground conditions and the safety of everyone must remain paramount.

“This news will come as a disapp🎃ointment to many, especially visiting fans as well as traders who will be 🍎impacted by this delay.

“The public should be aware that it may be necessary for the site to remain closed on Sunday 26th May. A final decision will beﷺ made on this by 12:00 on💫 Saturday 25th May.

“For information the s𝐆ite consists of the TT Grandstand, Paddock, Fan Park 🅷and Car Parks.”

Strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday night caused extra woജrk, with limited manpower, to clear the site before the bikes hit the track for the first time this ye🦋ar on Monday.

Tents, marquees, fen𝓀cing and signage were damaged by the weather as the wind hit nearl🍌y 50mph (80km/h).

Head 🥀of motorsport Paul Phillips told BBC: "This is not the first time we have had bad weather during this period and we have got a well-rehearsed plan and approach for doꦆing this kind of thing."

"Provid🌳ing the weather plays ball, there will be bikes o🎶n track for Monday morning."

He described the clean-up as "quite a big undertaking" with a "finite amount of man power, resource𝓀s and time".

There was also some disruption to flights and ferries to the Isle of Man 𝕴due to the weathe💝r.

The 2024🎃 Isle of Man TT begins on Monday May 27 and runs until Saturday𓂃 June 8.