Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier has died aged 19 from accidents sustained in a crash in qualifying on the Italian Grand Prix, organisers MotoGP introduced on Sunday.
“We’re deeply saddened to report the lack of Jason Dupasquier,” MotoGP said on Twitter.
“On behalf of the entire MotoGP family, we send our love to his team, his family and loved ones. You will be sorely missed, Jason. Ride in peace,” the assertion added.
The Careggi hospital in Florence treating Dupasquier confirmed to AFP that {the teenager} had suffered mind accidents “incompatible with life” in the multi-bike accident at Mugello on Saturday.
Dupasquier, in his second season in Moto3, fell and was struck by at least one bike, before sliding along the track, during qualifying.
Doctors rushed to the scene and after attending to him for 40 minutes on the circuit had him airlifted to hospital.
He underwent chest surgery overnight “for a vascular lesion” and had suffered “extreme mind harm”, a hospital spokesman told AFP earlier Sunday.
Motorcycling’s governing body the FIM, the team’s IRTA umbrella association, and the sport’s commercial rights holder DORNA issued a joint statement on the tragic news.
“Following a serious incident in the Moto3 Qualifying 2 session at the Gran Premio d’Italia, it is with great sadness that we report the passing of Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier,” it learn.
It stated after Dupasquier’s crash medical officers “arrived on the website instantly and the Swiss rider was attended to on monitor” before his transfer to hospital.
“Despite the best efforts of circuit medical staff and all those subsequently attending to the Swiss rider, the hospital has announced that Dupasquier has sadly succumbed to his injuries,” the assertion continued.
His group, Pruestel GP, had already pulled out of Sunday’s race, posting on Facebook: “PruestalGP determined to not race at this time within the #italianGP. The scenario of @jasondupasquier50 remains to be essential and all our ideas are with him.”
Tom Luthi, a Swiss rider who races in Moto2, also withdrew from Sunday’s grand prix to be close to Dupasquier’s family at the hospital, his team SAG Racing announced.
Japan’s Ayumu Sasaki and Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba were the others involved in the horrific accident. Organisers reported that both were “fine”.
MotoGP championship chief Fabio Quartararo had devoted his pole-clinching qualifying lap to Dupasquier on Saturday.
Dupasquier, whose father Philippe was a former motocross rider, was in his second season in Moto3.
Racing for his German group he completed his rookie Moto3 marketing campaign final yr pointless in twenty eighth within the total standings.
After 5 races in 2021 he was positioned tenth with 27 factors.
The FIM joint assertion famous: “Dupasquier had made a powerful begin to his second season within the light-weight class of Grand Prix racing, persistently scoring factors and inside the high ten within the standings.
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“The FIM, IRTA, MSMA and Dorna Sports cross on our deepest condolences to Dupasquier’s household, pals, group and family members.”
The last fatality in the motorcycling world championship was Spain’s Luis Salom, who died in practice at the Catalonia Moto2 Grand Prix in Barcelona in 2016.
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