Going back to the subject of Windy Corner, it was reported on Manx Radio this morning that the works are more than three weeks ahead of schedule and the road could be open again as early as next week. The camber on the new piece of road (which is wholly inside the original corner) has been changed to a 'positive camber' as opposed to the 'adverse camber' on the original corner, and the gravel trap has been removed. From a racing point of view, I imagine these works will make the corner into very much a 'short circuit scratch' style corner . As a TT traditionalist I'm quite sad that the original corner is no more, but will probably be sufficiently interested in the new corner to head up there for the first practice session if the weather's half-decent!

The story, with photos, is on http://www.manxradio.com - go to the news section.