In normal years fans and racers flock to the Triangle Circuit in May for the annual eventNext year's North West 200 must be allowed to run at 100% capacity in order to be financially viable, says event consultant Mervyn Whyte. In the latter stages of 2020, limited numbers of spectators were allowed to attend sporting events in Northern Ireland, but a cap on numbers would not work at the North West, says Whyte. "The North West 200 costs us roughly £1m, there's a massive amount of work in bringing in £1m," Whyte said. "We are blessed that we have a lot of people who support the event financially. "The whole vaccination process is going well at the present time, but if we had of went ahead with the event and something had have happened on the north coast, the blame would have been on the North West 200.

Source: BBC May 13, 2021 14:48 UTC