Alistair Seeley may be a 29-time winner a🐲t the North West 200 and strong contender for a 30th in 2025, but his qualifying♐ day at the event on Wednesday wasn’t without incident.

Seeley is back at the No🍬rth West 200 after a year away and is looking to add to his tally of 29 victoౠries this week.

Wednesday’s running at the North West 200 was truncated by multiple red flags, including for an incident that led to t🦋wo riders being taken to hospital, with only the Superbike and Supersport classes getting a✤ny laps in.

Seeley was third in the Superbike class on a B🧔𒈔MW and 14th in Supersport on a Kawasaki.

In the latter session, he admits he had to co൲me back in prior to the red flag anyway because of a small mistake he made with his visor.

“I'm not sure why red flag💫s were 💖put out but we had an issue anyway,” he said earlier in the day to BBC Sport during the Supersport session.

“There was a cover on the visor tha🍬t we forgot to take off which is a bit of a schoolboy error.

“You haౠve to do and try every🤪thing once, but hopefully we won't do that again.

“My🌠 fault, probably I should have shut the visor before I left to make sure I could see vision.”

Michael Dunlop 'on the back foot'

The lack of track time proved to be a re𓃲al frustration for everyone, though Michael Dunlop was especially put on “the back foot” with his Superbike.

Dunlop needs time to sort the💞 gearing on his new M1000RR BMW, which he has swapped in for the Honda he raced in recent years in class, but only managed three laps on Wednesday.

He was left down ꧅ܫin seventh in the Superbike times.

“I have only dꦐone three laps, some of the other boys g🌌ot a few more laps,” he said.

“With the Superbike and the lack of having gears left us really on the back foot𓄧.

“We done a lap and then in, so it's been a bit frustrat🦂ing and then a few red flags have halted it and that is just the way it goes.

“When ওyou're left so late with stuff, it's been hard work.

“I understand everyone has worked hard to get it.

“But the outcome is stilဣl the same whether they work hard or not, when you're leftꦡ that long it leaves you on the back foot a little bit.

“However we'll work hard tonight. The two laps that we have done, we have a lot of data to see where we🌳 have to💟 be.”

Qualifying continues on Thursday morning before the f🐬irst racesไ take place that evening.