After a qualifying week beset by poor weather, Festival of Motorcycling organisers will be hoping for a smooth opening race day.

Saturday’s schedule features the Bennetts Senior Classic TT and Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT races.

There is also a special demonstration lap by Bruce Anstey after he missed this year’s TT because of illness. The Kiwi will be riding the Padgett’s RCV that he raced at the 2016 TT.

John McGuinness will also be undertaking a special lap, riding the 1978 Sports Motorcycles Ducati that Mike Hailwood rode to victory in the F1 TT 40 years ago.

Saturday’s race day is as follows:

11am Roads close

11.30am CTT Superbike/ CTT Lightweight/ MGP Senior/Junior/Nemcomers A and B Practice (two laps)

12.20pm: Bruce Anstey lap

1pm: Bennetts Senior Classic TT (four laps)

3pm: CTT Junior/ MGP Lightweight/ MGP Ultra Lightweight and all MGP Newcomers practice (one lap)

3.45pm: John McGuinness Mike Hailwood lap

4.30pm: Dunlop Lightweight Class TT (four laps)

6.15pm: CTT Superbikes/ MGP Senior/Junior/Lightweight/Ultra-lightweight/All newcomers practice (one lap)

7.30pm: Roads scheduled to open

-----------John McGuinness impressing on his competitive return to the Mountain Course after two years out. - McPint leads Bennetts Senior Classic TT by 38.307s on his Team Winfield Paton from Jamie Coward at end of first lap of four. - Maria Costello a further 1.855s down on Coward in third.- McGuinness building a very comfortable lead at end of lap two. Advantage over Coward now 1 minute 11.160 seconds.- Lee Johnston is on a charge on the Davies Motorsport Honda and is now up to third ahead of Costello.- King of the Mountain had a lead of 1m 32.804s ahead of his pit stop at end of lap three.- Johnston second but only just ahead of Coward.- Costello forced to retire in pits after problem with her Team Beugger Racing Paton.- Comeback win for John McGuinness as he comfortably takes the honours in the four-lap Senior Classic TT!-Winning margin 1 minute 13.072 from Jamie Coward. Lee Johnston third (fuller report on link below)-----------Adam McLean leads the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT by 4.169 seconds from Lee Johnston after the opening lap of four.- Ian Lougher 3.308s down on Johnston in third.Lead has changed hands as the bikes enter pits at end of lap two. Johnston now heads corrected time charts, but only by 1.702s from early pacesetter McLean.- Lougher remains third, Dean Harrison fourth.Lee Johnston on course to claim a second Classic TT win as he starts the last lap with a 9.226s advantage over McLean.- Lougher on course for a sixth Classic podium in third, with a comfortable margin over Harrison.- Joey Thompson fifth.Lee Johnston wraps up a second Classic TT victory by taking the honours in the Dunlop Lightweight race. - Adam McLean comes home second, 29.269s down on Johnston after initially leading the race.- The experienced Ian Lougher comes home third.(fuller report on link below).-----------Sulby's Dan Sayle is said to be in a serious but stable condition following an incident at Ballaspur in the Lightweight Classic TT Race.