Leading Isle of Man TT rider ‘conscious and stable' after being airlifted to hospital following qualifying crash
Hickman was riding his 8TEN Racing BMW Superstock machine when he crashed, with a red flag situation declared at 6.40pm.
Around half an hour afterwards, the organisers confirmed that no further action would take place following reports of rain coming in from the west of the island.
An official update was provided on the red flag incident, with 38-year-old Hickman described as 'currently conscious and stable'.
It read: 'Peter Hickman, bike No.10, came off at Kerrowmoar during lap one of the third qualifying session of TT 2025.
'He is currently reported as conscious and stable and has been taken to Noble's Hospital by Airmed for further assessment.
'Further condition updates will be provided in due course.'
Earlier in the day, Hickman said that he wasn't happy with his Superstock machine.
'Interestingly enough, normally I'm pretty happy with the Superstock bike and the Superbike is the one that's hard work, but it seems to be the other way around this time,' he told Manx Radio TT.
'The Superbike is working mint and the 'Stocker I'm not feeling happy with just yet, but we've a bit of time yet.'
No laps were completed in the evening qualifying session, which was a contingency slot to give competitors more time on the course after inclement weather disrupted practice week.
In a revised schedule on Saturday, additional qualifying sessions are set to go ahead in place of the first Supersport and Sidecar races of TT 2025, which have been moved to Monday — originally a rest day on the event schedule.
The Superbike TT over six laps is still scheduled to run on Sunday at 1.30pm, but with more wet weather forecast on Saturday and showers expected on Sunday, the organisers could announce further changes.
Bolton-born Dean Harrison, fastest in Wednesday's qualifying session with a 133mph lap on his Honda Racing Superbike, recorded the fastest lap again in Friday afternoon's session, this time on his Superstock machine.
The 36-year-old lapped at 132.853mph to lead the Superstock times by 4.3 secs from Hickman, who went round at 132.29mph.
Hickman's 8TEN Racing BMW team-mate Davey Todd was third fastest at 132.195mph ahead of Michael Dunlop (MD Racing BMW), who recorded a lap of 130.225mph from a standing start.
'We've got a good idea on which direction we're going now, so it's good,' said Harrison.
'There's so much going on and practice is a bit up and down, but everyone's in the same boat.
'I'm feeling good with the bikes, I feel that I can go quite a bit quicker in a lot of places, so it's good, I can't complain.'
Todd was fastest in the Superbike session at 132.673mph after a single lap on his BMW, with Hickman (131.326mph) and Manx rider Conor Cummins (131.027mph) making up the top three.
Dunlop has work to do with his new BMW Superbike after he ended the session in fifth, lapping at 129.965mph.
The Ballymoney man was fastest in the Supertwin class on his Paton at 122.159mph, while Harrison set a new Supersport qualifying record at 128.093mph to edge out Dunlop (MD Racing Ducati), who did 127.739mph from a standing start.
Roads around the TT Course are due to close on Saturday morning at 10.00am for further qualifying.
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