NW200: Tuesday practice schedule & how to watch

The 2018 Vauxhall International North West 200 gets underway today with the opening practice sessions setting off on the famous 8.9-mile Triangle course.

Conditions for the morning session are grey and overcast but the circuit is dry, although there is a small chance of rain this afternoon.

Roads are already closed and will remain so until 3pm, with four sessions set to run throughout the day starting as always with the newcomer laps.

You can watch all practice sessions and races live on the BBC Northern Ireland website and keep up live with the MCN Sport twitter page, Instagram and Facebook.

Today’s practice will continue session by session until the roads re-open at 3pm with practice then resuming on Thursday at 09:15 before racing then gets underway on Thursday evening with the Supersport, Superstock and Supertwin outings.

Tuesday Schedule – Roads closed from 09:15-15:00

1^st Session: Newcomers

2^nd Session: Supersport

3^rd Session: Superbike

4^th Session: Supertwin

5^th Session: Superstock