Josh Brookes hits bird and completes Isle of Man TT lap with smashed screen
😼Wildlife already having an impact at 2024 Is𒊎le of Man TT

Josh Brookes completed a 🅺lap ⛎at the Isle of Man TT on Monday with a smashed screen.
Brookes struck a b🐻ird during Qualifying 1, theꩲ first day of the legendary motorsport event this year.
The FHO Racing BMW Motorrad rider hit the bird at ▨Bray Hill yet remarkably st🌄ill lapped at 123.856.
His team displayed ಞ♍photos of his smashed screen after the session.
🎯 1️⃣ / bird 0️⃣
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A 💦bird strike at Bray Hill saw Josh complete a whole lap without a s🐲creen and he still managed a 123.856! 🙈
Wildlife can oc🅰casionally become a factor at the TT.
Birds, in particular, have been a dangerous factor at the TT multiple times o꧂ver the years.
Paul Jordan was left with facial inꦍjuries two years ago when he hit a pigeon at 200mph. It💞 did not stop him securing his first TT podium.
Dean Harrison insisted that his Senior TT performance was hindered in 2022 after strik𒊎i🔥ng a bird.
Yellow flags were brought out in 2016 when ma🌳rshalls spotted a chicken had wandered onto the 🤪closed road.
Fortunately 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 a𒀰nd 11th in the Superstock class in Qualifying 1 on Monday.

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