Swedish F1 driver crashes into chicken in Thailand

by Maria Jønsson 

 

Photos from Marcus Ericsson’s Twitter profile

 

BANGKOK: -- Swedish Formula1 driver Marcus Ericsson has had a biking accident inThailand.

 

When he was attending a boot camp ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Marcus Ericsson fell from his bike because of a big chicken being in the way.

 

The Swedish driver first wrote on his Twitter that hitting a (big) chicken going 45 km/h is not to recommend, after which he wrote “Believe it or not the chicken kept running!! Not sure what they feed the chickens in Thailand because that was a big hit!”

 

Full story: http://scandasia.com/swedish-f1-driver-crashes-into-chicken-in-thailand/

 

-- ScandAsia 2016-09-29

Thank his lucky star it was not a buffalo...

What a brilliant headline!

He should have chickened out.

Maybe it was a big chicken from a local chicken farm?

That's probably the only time you'd see Formula 1 and Thailand being associated positively.

39 minutes ago, trogers said:

Thank his lucky star it was not a buffalo...

Highly unlikely occurrence. As most of the nation's buffaloes are chronically ill and in the infirmary. Hence the sacrifice of countless young Thai women working nights in BKK, Pattaya etc. to help the sick buffaloes. Bless them. How selfless. 

I never realised how little of import is happening in the world...

In typical Thai manners the chicken fled the scene of the accident. 

Lucky gai hit by unlucky guy.

On 9/24/2016 at 11:09 AM, PattayaBoy said:

Theres bits in eng

 

 

 

I had a friend who hit a chicken with his motor scooter. He wasn't badly hurt but he lost a lot of skin, very painful. Advice to the two wheeler riders, both bicycles and motor bikes. It is instinct to swerve but always try to remember to keep in a straight line. If you run over the creature you are not likely to go down. And yes, I have hit chickens with my motor bike and stayed upright.

A fault with T.Visa not post this, only way to get rid of it

46 minutes ago, Rob8891 said:

I never realised how little of import is happening in the world...

I tink his Bighens Gone

Did he kill the chicken and how many people in the area demanded compensation ?

KFC aint happy. C.P. are.

2 hours ago, trogers said:

Thank his lucky star it was not a buffalo...

 

Especially the two-legged variety 

Edited September 29, 20169 yr by kotsak
typo

After 17 posts, I am surprised no-one has asked the question "Why did the chicken cross the road anyway?"

obviously no injuries or damage to the bike, as he is not pointing to them as per Thai law!

2 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

After 17 posts, I am surprised no-one has asked the question "Why did the chicken cross the road anyway?"

He wanted to see an unknown Swedish F1 Racing Driver, as would any respectable Thai Chicken who follows F1.

Good it was a chicken and not some chicks!

"......... hitting a (big) chicken going 45 km/h is not to recommend.........."

 

That is one very fast chicken.    Poultry in motion.

1 hour ago, NongKhaiKid said:

Did he kill the chicken and how many people in the area demanded compensation ?

 

If he did kill the chicken (kitchen?) it must have been a super breed as it kept on running after the accident...

No matter how good a driver you are, nothing can prepare you for Thai traffic!

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

After 17 posts, I am surprised no-one has asked the question "Why did the chicken cross the road anyway?"

It was asked in the third post.

But he deleted it because he knew it was a stupid joke.

Tomorrow's headline:  Swedish F1 driver Fined 10,000,000,000 baht for killing lucky lottery number picking chicken

 

 

Hope he drives better than he rides, how on earth could a chicken knock him off a bike? unless of course it was a Rooster Cogburn.

4 hours ago, HoboKay said:

That's probably the only time you'd see Formula 1 and Thailand being associated positively.

What happened to the 2014 formula 1 grand prix that was suppose to be held in BKK.  I thought the government in early 2011 had it all sewn up and Thailand was the new G.P hub.

Didn't anyone warn him it's safer to drive a Formula 1 car than riding a bike in Thailand ?

38 minutes ago, Thechook said:

What happened to the 2014 formula 1 grand prix that was suppose to be held in BKK.  I thought the government in early 2011 had it all sewn up and Thailand was the new G.P hub.

Never knew Thailand had serious motorsports ambitions, if memory serves me correctly there is no infrastructure in place to host the Formula 1 circus even now, apart from the Chang International Circuit  track (supposed FIA Grade A) at Buriram, the hospitality services in the immediate vicinity is still as barren as it was when the track first opened in 2014.