Fabio Quartararo dedicated his third win of the season to Moto3 rider Jason Dupasquier, who was a victim of injuries sustained in qualifying.
The race was preceded by a minute of silence in memory of 19-year-old Dupasquier, as Race Direction announced his passing after the Moto3 race.
Despite beginning with pole, Quartararo was under heavy onslaught by Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia; however, the Italian rider was out of contention within the second lap because of an unforced error.
From that moment onwards, Quartararo marvels his way through the entire race with peerless performance, taking every corner with amazing speed to secure his third win of the season after six rounds.
“I’m very emotional. It’s very hard today. It wasn’t easy to remain on the track. Each time I went past where he crashed, I believed about Jason Dupasquier.
“It’s not easy to handle the situation when you're at 340km/h, and you have to concentrate. This race for him” expressed Quartararo.
Meanwhile, KTM rider Miguel Oliveira took his first podium of the season by crossing the road 2.5 seconds behind Quartararo, followed by Joan Mir at third.
There was confusion at the end of the race as Race Direction declared the two exceeding track limits before reinstating Oliveira and Mir positions.
Mir shared his takes on the emotional race.
“There’s no preparation for it. Every one of us – more the riders, we're feeling this more than others because we are able to empathise a lot with this type of thing, because a large amount of times we forget so what can happen.
“We must respect one another a lot, always to be responsible, and don’t forget that this is really a dangerous sport.
“So all the force that I can give to the household. It had been a hard day today at the office,” he said.
