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
Josh Brookes

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.

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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