The Swiss Jason Dupasquier died after his serious accident.
He succumbed to head injuries.
The Swiss motorcycle racer Jason Dupasquier died of his head injuries after his serious accident at the Italian Grand Prix.
The organizers announced this on Sunday lunchtime.
The 19-year-old from the German team PrüstelGP had an accident in qualifying for the Moto3 class in Mugello on Saturday and was operated on during the night.
Moto3 class: Whole MotoGP mourns Jason Dupasquier
"On behalf of the entire MotoGP, we send our love to his team and his family," the message said: "We will miss you very much." The Moto3 race was just over at the time, the Moto2 World Championship was just about to start a few minutes after the death was announced.
Dupasquier had had an operation on his chest on Sunday night.
However, he had also suffered severe brain damage.
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Moto3: Dupasquier falls with his KTM - Sasaki hits him in the head
On Sunday morning there was still cause for hope.
“All of our thoughts are his.
Keep fighting, Jason ”, wrote his Saxon team.
Jason Dupasquier had fallen with his KTM and was hit in the head by the motorcycle of the following Japanese Ayumu Sasaki.
The Spaniard Jeremy Alcoba was also involved.
Dupasquier received medical care for 40 minutes at the scene of the accident and then flown to the clinic by rescue helicopter.
Just a few minutes after death was announced, the Moto2 started.
Australian Remy Gardner won ahead of Raul Fernandez (both Kalex) from Spain and thus extended his lead in the overall standings: Gardner (114) is still ahead of Fernandez (108).
The Swiss journalist Renat Künzi wrote on Twitter: “50 years after Jo Siffert, another Freiburg motor sportsman dies: RIP Jason Dupasquier”.
In addition to the races that take place, the motorsport world will probably mainly be in the mind of the dead man's family.
Moto3: Less than two hours after death, there was a minute's silence at MotoGP
The shock was enormous, but the show went on anyway.
Less than two hours after the news hit the world, the premier class MotoGP held a minute's silence.
The pilots stood behind a hastily made banner with a picture of Dupasquier and the inscription "Jason, always in our hearts" - and immediately afterwards the engines howled again.
It's a sad habit, the motorcycle world championship remains dangerous. Much more dangerous than Formula 1. The Spaniard Luis Salom only died five years ago after a training accident in Barcelona, and since the turn of the millennium, five drivers have already lost their lives after an accident on the race weekend.
(ank with SID / dpa)