In pole position in Italy for the fourth consecutive race this season in MotoGP, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) dedicated “the best lap of (his) life” to Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, “in serious condition” after a accident Saturday. At the end of qualifying, around 1:15 p.m., Dupasquier, 19, fell at the exit of the Arrabiata 2 turn and appeared to be struck by at least one motorcycle before sliding lifeless on the track. “I think I hit him in the legs,” commented Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba, when Japanese Ayumu Sasaki “touched his bike”. After forty minutes of intervention by rescuers, the Swiss was taken by medical helicopter to Carregi hospital in Florence. "The patient was transferred to the trauma center (...) he is multiple trauma and in serious condition",told AFP a medical source, who assured to have "no information" on a possible neurosurgical intervention in progress according to the Italian press.
Son of motocross and Supermoto rider Philippe Dupasquier, Jason, who wears the N.50, made his World Cup debut in 2020 under the colors of the German team PrüstelGP, which races KTMs.
He didn't score any points and placed 28th in his first season.
In 2021, after five starts, he is 10th in the drivers' standings with 27 units.
"I pray for him and his family and I hope he will be well," continued Quartararo, who in qualifying edged out his pursuers at the head of the world championship, the Italian Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati), second, and his compatriot Johann Zarco (Ducati-Pramac), third.
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