ROME - Swiss Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, victim of a horrific crash in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, has"severe brain damage", the hospital treating him said Sunday.
The 19-year-old underwent chest surgery overnight"for a vascular lesion. Severe brain damage persists. He remains in intensive care in a very serious condition," a spokesman for the Careggi hospital told AFP, without releasing any further details. His team, Pruestel GP, pulled out of Sunday's race following the accident, and wrote on Facebook that thei rider's situation was"still critical".Dupasquier fell and was struck by another bike, before sliding along the track, during Saturday qualifying. Doctors rushed to the scene and after attending to him for 40 minutes on the circuit had him airlifted to hospital."I want to dedicate this pole to Jason Dupasquier, who had a really bad crash earlier today.
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