Jason Dupasquier was a Swiss motorcycle rider who competed in the Moto3 class in the motorcycle world championship until his death after a crash during qualifying at the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix.
10 Facts About Jason Dupasquier
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Jason Dupasquier was the son of Motocross rider Philippe Dupasquier.
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Jason Dupasquier was set to debut in the Red Bull Rookies Cup in 2018, but suffered a femur injury that prevented him from doing so.
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Jason Dupasquier debuted in the Red Bull Rookies Cup in 2019 and was awarded a two-year contract as a Moto3 rider, making his Moto3 debut in 2020.
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Jason Dupasquier was in his second season in the World Championship's lightweight class and was in the top 10 in the overall rankings going into the weekend at Mugello.
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On 29 May 2021, Jason Dupasquier was involved in a crash with Ayumu Sasaki and Jeremy Alcoba near the end of the day's qualifying session at the Mugello circuit of the Italian Grand Prix in Scarperia.
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Jason Dupasquier appeared to fall between turns nine and ten and was hit by his own motorbike, and then by Sasaki's; the session was red-flagged immediately.
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Jason Dupasquier was taken to Careggi University Hospital, in Florence, Italy, where he underwent "thoracic surgery for a vascular lesion" and was operated on for a brain injury, according to a statement from the MotoGP World Championship organization.
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Jason Dupasquier's death was the first during a world championship event since Moto2 rider Luis Salom's fatal crash at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the second practice session of the 2016 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix.
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Jason Dupasquier waved the Swiss flag when he arrived at the parc ferme.