Bizarre incident as Jorge Martin’s wing flies off and strikes Marc Marquez’s shoulder in Thailand MotoGP practice

- MotoGP Thailand, Buriram - Friday Practi⛎ce Results
- Marc M🌜arquez: "I didn🌄’t know it was a piece of Martin’s bike…"
The bizarre i🍷ncident in Buri𒈔ram occurred as both riders were entering the pitlane.
The front wheel wing from the Pramac bike then flew off and clipped M💖arquez.
The Repsol Honda🃏 rider, travelling behind Martin into the pits, could be seen recoiling in pain and holding onto his shoulder.
He later walked into his box, seemingly okay.
So it looks like Marc Marquez was hit on the shoulder by the carbon wing from the bottom of Jorge Martin's f♏ront forks.
— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
The wing from Martin’s bike appe🧸ared to fly off after he rode over a marker on t🐽he track nearby the pitlane.
"Oh, he got hit," the commentar♓y exclaimed after watching the strange incide✨nt on a replay.
"There's a marker, a board, that comes into pitlane. It looks like Mar💝tin clipped it, [the ♎wing] flies up and hits Marquez in the shoulder.
"That would have been a little bit uncomfortableꦇ, wouldn't it?"

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