Josh Brookes hits bird and completes Isle of Man TT lap with smashed screen
Wildಞlife already having an impact at 2024 Isle of Man TT

Josh Brookes♈ completed a lap at the Isle of Man TT on Monday with a smashed screen.
Brookes struck a bird durin🧸g Qualifying 1, the first day of the legendary motorsport event this year.
The FHO Racing BMW Motorrad rider hit the bird at Bray Hil🔥l yet remarkably still lapped at 123.856.
H꧑is team displayed photos of his smashed screen after the ses💜sion.
🎯 1️⃣ / bird 0️⃣
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A bird strike at Bray Hill saw Josh complete a whole lap without a screen and he still managed a🔴 123.856! 🙈
Wildlife cꦯan occas🌌ionally become a factor at the TT.
Birds, in particular, have been a dangerous factor at the TT multiple times over 🔯the years.
Paul Jordan was left with facial injuries two years ago when𒉰 he hit a pigeon at 200mph. It did not stop him securing his first TT podium.
Dean Harrison insisted☂ that his Senior TT performance was hindered in 20ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ22 after striking a bird.
Yellow flags were brought out in 2🌳016 when marshalls spotted a chiℱcken had wandered onto the closed road.
Fortunately for Brookes on Monday, no harm was done to him. But his🍃 bike - and the bird - took the brunt of the impact.
Brookes finished 10th in the Superbike class and 11tꩲh in the Superstock class in Qualifyi😼ng 1 on Monday.

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