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

- M𝔉otoGP Thailand, Buriram - Friday Practice Results
- Marc Marquez: ဣ"Iꦡ didn’t know it was a piece of Martin’s bike…"
The bizarre inci🅘dent in Buriram𝐆 occurred as both riders were entering the pitlane.
The front w♍heel wing from the Pramac bike then flew off and clipped Marquez.
The Repsꦉol Honౠda 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 o🐭n the🌄 shoulder by the carbon wing from the bottom of Jorge Martin's front forks.
— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
The wing from Marti🥀n’s bike appeared to fly off after he rode over a marker on the track nearby the pitlane.
"Oh, he got hit," the commentary exclaimed after watching t✤he strange incidentꦬ on a replay.
"There's a marker, a board, that comes ꦺinto pitlane. It looks like Martin clipped iꦛt, [the wing] flies up and hits Marquez in the shoulder.
"That would have been a little bit uncomfortable, wouldn't it✅?"

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything f♛rom American sports, to football, to F1.