Josh Brookes hits bird and completes Isle of Man TT lap with smashed screen
Wildlife already having𓂃 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 during Qualifying 1, the fi🌟rst day of the legendary motorsport event🐼 this year.
The FHO 🎶Racing BMW Motorrad rider hit the bird at Bray𓄧 Hill yet remarkably still lapped at 123.856.
His team display🎃ed photos of his smashꦇed screen after the session.
🎯 1️⃣ / bird 0️⃣
— Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW Motorrad (@FHO_Racing)
A bird strike a💧t Bray Hill saw Josh complete a whole lap with﷽out a screen and he still managed a 123.856! 🙈
Wildlife can occasionally beco🐻me a🤡 factor at the TT.
Birds, in particular, have been a dangerous factor at the TT m🌊ultiple times over the years.
Paul Jordan was left with facial injuries two years ago when he hit a pigeon at 200mph. It did not stop him securing his first TT podiu🐟m.
Dean Harrison insisted that his Senior TT🅺 perfo🌼rmance was hindered in 2022 after striking a bird.
Yellow flags were brought out in 2016 when mꦦarshalls spotted a chicken had wandered o♛nto the closed road.
Foไrtunately 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 11th in the Superstock class in♚ Qualifying 1 on Monday.

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