How a much-needed 'revolution' is key to a motorsport gem's future

By:

Lewis Duncan

Feb 20, 2022, 1:45 PM

OPINION: The Isle of Man TT is one of motorsport’s oldest events and one of its most revered. After a COVID-enforced two-year hiatus, the TT is back in 2022 and for the first time will be broadcast live, a much-needed move that will help to address some of the fundamental problems it faces

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The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has wrought much misery since it invaded our lives two years ago. While it is trivial against the backdrop of the human horrors the virus has caused, it led to the cancellation of many sporting events.

On this front, one of the hardest losses from the annual sporting calendar was the absence of the Isle of Man TT. Staged since 1907, a survivor of the Second World War in the 1940s and the 2001 foot and mouth outbreak, the TT is in this writer's view the greatest spectacle in all of motorsport. It is the most visceral, the most thrilling, the most dangerous.

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Lewis Duncan is Autosport's International Editor and primary motorcycle racing reporter. A motorsport fan from a young age, Lewis became interested in journalism when he won the star letter competition in the February 2012 issue of F1 Racing Magazine. A member of the Autosport Academy from 2017, Lewis became a freelance motorcycle racing correspondent for Autosport in 2019 before becoming a full-time staffer in 2020 as International Editor.

While MotoGP coverage is his priority, Lewis also covers World Superbikes and road racing across the Motorsport Network, and hosts the Tank Slappers Podcast. He has also occasionally commentated on 750 Motor Club meetings. Away from motorsport, Lewis is a keen record collector with a collection unashamedly largely featuring Iron Maiden and Rush and an avid guitar player.