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: "I didn’t kno♌w it was a piece of Marti🌳n’s bike…"
The bizarre incident in Buriram occurred as both ღriders wer🅷e entering the pitlane.
The front whe🀅el wing from the Pramac bike then flew off and clipped Marquez.
ꩵThe Repsol Honda rider, travelling behind Martin into the pits, could be seen recoiling in pain and holding onto his shoulder꧙.
He later walked into his box, seemingly okay.
So it looks like Marc Marquez was hit on the shoulder by the carbon win♛g from t✱he bottom of Jorge Martin's front forks.
— Crash MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
The wing from Martin’s bike appeared to fly off after he rode ove🎃r a marker on the track nearby the pitlane.
"Oh, he got hit," the commentary exclaimeꦛd after watching the strange incident on a replay.
"There's a marker, a board, that comes into pitlane. It looks like Marti꧙n clipped it, [the wing] flies up an🌼d hits Marquez in the shoulder.
"That would have been a little bit uncomfortable, wouldn't🐻 it?"

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