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

- MotoGP ☂Thailand, Buriram - Friday Practice Results
- Marc Marquez:൲ "Iღ didn’t know it was a piece of Martin’s bike…"
The bizarre incident in Buriram occurred as both riders were enteꦓring the 🌼pitlane.
The front wheel wing from the Pramac bike then flew ofꦕf and clipped Marquez.
The Repsol Honda rider, travelling behind Martin into the pits, could be seen recoili꧃ng in pain and holding onto his shoulder.
He later walked into his box, seemingly okay.
So it looks like Ma⛄rc Marquez was hit on the shoulder by th💛e carbon wing from the bottom of Jorge Martin's front forks.
— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
The wing fromඣ Martin’s bike appeared to fly off after he rode over a marker ✅on the track nearby the pitlane.
✨"Oh, he got hit," the commentary exclaꩵimed after watching the strange incident on a replay.
"There's a marker, 🦄a board, that comes 🦂into pitlane. It looks like Martin clipped it, [the wing] flies up and hits Marquez in the shoulder.
"That would have been a little bit uncomfortabl✨e, wouldn't it?"

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