Alistair Seeley may be a 29-time winner at the North We𓂃st 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 North West 200 after a year away and is looking to add to his tally of 29 victories this week.

Wednesday’s running at the North West 200 was truncated by multiple red flags, including for 🌃an incident that led to two riders bein💯g taken to hospital, with only the Superbike and Supersport classes getting any ꦯlaps in.

Seeley was thirdไ in the Superbike class on a BMW and 14th in Supeꦏrsport on a Kawasaki.

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

“I'm not sure why red flags were put out but we had a𝔉n issue anyway,” he said earlier in the day t🔜o BBC Sport during the Supersport session.

“There was a cover on the visor that we forgot to take off which is a bit o൩f a﷽ schoolboy error.

“You have to do and try everything once, but hopeful⛦ly we won't do tha✨t again.

“My fault, probably I should have shut the vಌisor before I left to ma𝕴ke sure I could see vision.”

Michael Dunlop 'on the back foot'

The lack of track time proved to be a real frustration for everyone, thou♛gh 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 Hon🐟da he raced in recent years in class, but only managed three laps on Wednesday.

He was lef𒀰t down in seventh in the S♉uperbike times.

“I have only done three laps, some of the other boys got a few more laps,” �𓆉�he said.

“With the Superbike and the lack of having gears left us🎐 really on꧂ the back foot.

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

“When yo෴u're left so late with stu꧂ff, it's been hard work.

“I understand everyone has worked hard to get it.

“But the outcome is still the𒅌 sa𒈔me whether they work hard or not, when you're left 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 first races t✨ake place that evening.