The COVID-19 pandemic has been a merciless spectre of death which has enveloped the world, with the number of confirmed infections racing past the one million mark and showing no signs of slowing down, while deaths have surpassed 50,000.
As world governments throw their countries into lockdown, enforce strict social-distancing measures to quell the spread and ease the immense strain exacted on health care systems, the world of sport has been derailed as event after event is either postponed or cancelled.
While there is still hope for the likes of Formula 1, MotoGP and World Superbikes that they will have some form of 2020 campaign, motorcycle road racing has had its year utterly decimated by the crisis. Most national events in Ireland have been scrapped, with a handful postponed, while the major internationals have suffered the same fate - including the flagship Isle of Man TT.